Win xp new install AH2 not working

[LostRat]

Just installed win xp pro, dl'ed ah2005 and installed, dl'ed dx9b & installed. when I start Ah2 I get a black screen, then black screen with small white triangles in top 2 corners, then black screen and dump to desktop. Was running AH2 on 98se, no probs (besides a truly sucky rig).

Any help?

Rat

OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Name   EJ-7SU5GW2S4T1K
System Manufacturer   SNC302EEH
System Model   AWRDACPI
System Type   X86-based PC
Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~801 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date   Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG, 3/19/2001
SMBIOS Version   2.1
Windows Directory   D:\WINDOWS
System Directory   D:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale   United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
User Name   EJ-7SU5GW2S4T1K\e j
Time Zone   Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory   256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory   125.22 MB
Total Virtual Memory   880.30 MB
Available Virtual Memory   626.51 MB
Page File Space   625.82 MB
Page File   D:\pagefile.sys

[LostRat]

Already tried updating vidcard drivers btw, they're all up -to-date

[zmeg]

Available Physical Memory 125.22 MB
Available Virtual Memory 626.51 MB


 Too little ram with no room left on hardrive for virtual memory plus a low end machine. Try clearing some space on your HD.

[Hobbie]

I have the same problem on both my laptop and on my friends laptop.

My Specs are: GeForce 2 GO 32MB, PIII 1.1GHz, DX9b, Latest hardware drivers. Laptop is a Dell Inspiron 8100 running on W2K SP4. 512 MB SDRAM

my Friends is a P4, with a GeForce4mx GO 64MB, Also latest hardware drivers, also DX9b 512MB DDR RAM, running on Windows XP Home, latest updated installed.

Both systems have the same problem, start, go black show a white screen real quick and then drop back on desktop. Tried the solutions from the FAQ of changing FPS settings. Does not change anything.

Any clues? all AH versions before were running perfectly on my Laptop so I don't know whats wrong. Any ideas are welcome.

[Hyrax81st]

Originally posted by LostRat
OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Total Physical Memory   256.00 MB

From the MS webpage the Windows XP Pro System Req's are:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx
Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional
• PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
• 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features
• 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space
• Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor.
• CD-ROM or DVD drive.
• Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device.
 
You're going to be running rough until you feed your O/S some RAM. I am running XP Home Edition and I have 1GB RAM with many gigs of free diskspace. You DON'T want Windows trying to page to the harddrive while AH is running or you will never see the end of frame freezing and stutters -  you might as well be running automatic update in background then.

[Hobbie]

have over 300 MB in ram free for AH and also 10G+ free on the hard drive, both CPUs are over 1 GHz. on my Laptop I know I disabled it, so that can't be it.

Might it be that the Laptop TFT Monitors cause the problem?