A couple of things you should try:

- Uninstall the game completely and delete any remaining folders.
- Launch the installer from the CD manually with right clicking on it and launching it as an administrator.
- Try installing in \Progam Files
OR Try installing in \Program Files (x86)
(You should try the (x86) one first).
- Make sure to install the latest patch, also, right click on it and run it as an administrator.
- When launching the game, right click the shortcut and in the properties disable visual themes and have it run as administrator.
- Before launching the game, disable Aero (known the cause alot of problem to launch old games) and also set the default non Aero theme !
- Make sure any firewall and antivirus is disabled before launching the game.

If this all doesn't work, come back with the error logs generated in the event viewer related to the game.

hey thanks for that:

- the install goes OK and both the DS1 and DS/LOA icons appear on the desktop

- followed your instructions to the letter from there onward, and I get these two error messages..


followed (eventually!) by this one:


- pretty much same error-type as before

- I have also followed brkopac's additional advice from here:
siegetheday.org/?q=nod...ment-10954

- would that old Vista 64-bit work-around do any good in W7, I wonder..??

Blondin,
Be sure to check the guest poster's comment in the thread you linked...

Hello,

Apparently you have a cd check error maybe ?
Try installing a nocd patch and see if the game runs fine then.
You could check gamecopyworld or megagames for one.

Also you can try to run in compatility mode for Windows XP service Pack 2.
Make sure to right click and launch as an administrator then !

Also, Sharkull made a sharp remark.
Running the game without the tnl option seems to make it run for some people on the internet.

Last option left, if your computer is really powerfull, is to run vmware in Windows 7 and play the game from there.
However Windows 7 has vmware already activated and is able to launch it for some things within the main system, it doesn't work for games very well yet.
So you will have to install the environment yourself.

wow, thanks for your help on this, Kayiaxo..

I tried those links and am still only a hair's breadth away from a running game..

there's still a glitch somewhere, at present..
I can almost get to the game, but am faced with a flickering intro GUI
and the cursor smears across the screen during gameplay

- it might be time to completely wipe everything DS1 off my PC at the moment
- and try from basics upward again..

- I'll report back..
- determined to find the solution to this - Windows7 deserves a game like DS1..!!

solved..!!

do as Kayiaxo has instructed above, but bear in mind that:

DS1 doesn't like ATI Crossfire mode, so disable it..

and install DirectX 9c Redist from MS downloads (W7 doesn't have it, apparently..)
then it runs in compatibility mode for Vista Service Pack2

- now to see if I can get LoU, Mageworld, and LOH to install and run..

- yahoo..!!

Blondin235 wrote:

solved..!! do as Kayiaxo has instructed above, but bear in mind that: DS1 doesn't like ATI Crossfire mode, so disable it.. and install DirectX 9c Redist from MS downloads (W7 doesn't have it, apparently..) then it runs in compatibility mode for Vista Service Pack2 - now to see if I can get LoU, Mageworld, and LOH to install and run.. - yahoo..!!

What, got it working finally

i have windows 7 64-bit now, and i can say i didnt have to go through all that hassel, all i did was install to c:\dungeon siege... the default folder of program files (x86) should be avoided for installs of games as that is a protected folder which requires admin rights for about everything.

on a side note, while installing world of warcraft, the original and burning crusade would install to program files (x86) but when installing Wrath of the Lich King, the game requests that the game be moved to users\public guess Blizzard even dont like microsoft's new os folder just an example

Microsoft made the x86 folder for a very specific reason.
All programs installed there get loaded with files from the WoW64 directory.
That directory contains x86 bits only system files, thus allowing better compatiblity.

Only thing World of Warcraft with the last extension did was make the game compatible enough with the 64 bits files loaded from the system32 directory.

None of the mods I downloadad is woirking with windows 7
yet they all run perfectly on my other machine (Win XP)

Might have to do with UAC then...