Issue with Old games in Win 7

[furious_gamer]

Hi guys,

I recently downloaded the BLC99SE (Brian Lara Cricket) and i installed the game. The installation went smooth, but when i try to start the game in compatibility mode with Windows 98/Me, it's giving me an error saying that

"Your processor speed is ~1125MHz
The minimum is 200Mhz. Please click to terminate the application"

I dont know why it's giving this error.

The same time, when i try to install BLC 2007, it's giving me this error saying that
"The Application.exe is not a valid win32 application"

Can you guys help me suggest any workarounds for these issues?

But old games like NFS:HP and even NFS2 is working fine....

---------- Post added at 02:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:38 PM ----------

Can anyone help me with this. Tired of googling and no solutions working.

 

[vamsi_krishna]

dude make a 10gb partition. Install xp. And play in it. You are playing old games a lot. Believe me, thats the best thing to do.

 

[furious_gamer]

^^ Tried that. In XP also, i am getting the same error vamsi. It ruined my whole day.

Is there any patch or fix for this?

 

[vamsi_krishna]

No idea. Better post on official forums.

 

[furious_gamer]

^^ I didn't expect that reply from vamsi....

BTW i downloaded ApplicationCompatibilityToolkit from MS site and will see whether it solved the issue or not...

 

[vamsi_krishna]

LOL. Actually first error is a bit weird. Never faced it. But, "Not valid win32 application" error indicates, either it is a 16bit application or a corrupted executable file.

 

[NVIDIAGeek]

Best yet is, uninstall them darn old games. Play new cricket games, aren't there any new cricket games?

 

[furious_gamer]

^^
Yeah that first one i faced when i used to play it around 2002 i guess, but at that time my config was a 700MHz PIII,256MB RAM, and somehow i fixed that issue and managed to play.

The whole idea of installing BLC 99 is, to play from 1st title to end...

 

[Zangetsu]

Hi guys,

I recently downloaded the BLC99SE (Brian Lara Cricket) and i installed the game. The installation went smooth, but when i try to start the game in compatibility mode with Windows 98/Me, it's giving me an error saying that

"Your processor speed is ~1125MHz
The minimum is 200Mhz. Please click to terminate the application"

I dont know why it's giving this error.

The same time, when i try to install BLC 2007, it's giving me this error saying that
"The Application.exe is not a valid win32 application"

Can you guys help me suggest any workarounds for these issues?

But old games like NFS:HP and even NFS2 is working fine....

---------- Post added at 02:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:38 PM ----------

Can anyone help me with this. Tired of googling and no solutions working.

Try DOSBox ur problem will be solved i guess...

 

[furious_gamer]

^^ Sure will give it a try

 

[vamsi_krishna]

I don't think BLC 2007 needs a DOsBOX to run. Try another copy of the game. See if it works.

 

[furious_gamer]

^^ Yes that a highly compressed RIP and doubt that how can they compress a 2+ GB game into some 450+ MB....

Will try to buy it online... :sigh: (too many purchases this feb/mar)

 

[vamsi_krishna]

Dude, you gotta ditch the habit of getting RIPs

 

[thetechfreak]

Try Windows 98 compatibality mode.

If fail, reinstall wid Win 98 mode then run

 

[gameranand]

Man I think this error is because of that RIP because I play BLC 2007 without any hassles on win7 that too without any compatibility whatsoever.

 

[thetechfreak]

@gameranand

There is LOTS of difference between game launched in 2007 and 1999.

We didnt even have Windows XP back then!

 

[gameranand]

There is LOTS of difference between game launched in 2007 and 1999.

We didnt even have Windows XP back then!

Look at this bro

The same time, when i try to install BLC 2007, it's giving me this error saying that
"The Application.exe is not a valid win32 application"

He also have problem with BLC 2007 not just 1999.

 

[vamsi_krishna]

Yes they both have same problem, but might be because of different reasons.

 

[gameranand]

These problems arises many times due to *ahem* version because I have similar problem with F1 2010. Maybe I am wrong not so sure.

 

[thetechfreak]

These problems arises many times
due to *ahem* version...

I think you're right because

Some games just dont work..