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How many processors / processor cores does your machine have?

Dunno.
One?

it also helps you to install the patches correctly, manually i would get a black/white screen with garbled stuff in it when i tried to run red alert after I installed it. And then it would ultimatly crash back to the desktop. When using this tool step by step (first only install the game, then only install the first patch then only install the lastest patch, so i runned it 3 times) and now it works perfectly.

Ah, i see. I will try this later.

EDIT: It launched. The intro video was slow motion for some reason, the sound was corrupted. And after a few seconds gameplay it crashes.
When put on Win95 compatibility, it doesn't launch at all.
But lots of thanks for getting me this far.

A shame, the manger worked fine and dandy for me. I could play it without a single error in vista 64bit and on a HD4870 videocard

I think the manager fixes installation issues. I had none of those, i think.

You say it renders the .exe useless; can you expand on that?

It cannot be launched.

EDIT: The manager did not work, it turned out the same result.

Did you try patching that one?

Yes. I'm a nightmare case 

Actually, Red Alert was released for free by EA not a long time ago as .ISO images ready for WinXP installation. Google it, there are numerous download locations for them.

I will.
Can someone provide a link, just in case?

EDIT: Link not needed.
Thanks, Oliwerko.

I will report back, should any problems occur.

EDIT:
No dice.
I am getting exactly the same results.

Patch it.

I had tried patching.
I obtained the game from an abandonware website (Sorry). Abandonware is software that is no longer sold [read "free"]
For this reason i cannot patch it, it renders the .exe useless.

I have Windows XP SP3, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
On this i try to run C&C: Red Alert.  When i open RA95.exe it opens as a black window, and stays that until i terminate the process.
If i attempt to use the compatibility mode, it doesn't open at all, so i have to terminate the process with TaskMng.
Once it opened it ran at a very high speed for about 3 seconds, then crashed requiring be to terminate the process.
On some occasions of trying to run it, after terminating it i cannot open Task Manager, or shut down the computer or, indeed, launch any program apart from Opera.
I cannot run the program as administrator, i simply do not have that option even tough i am on the administrator account.
I have searched for help on the internet, the solutions did not help me.
This forum was my last resort.
Thank you for helping in advance.

I would rather be depressed and a genius, than be blissfully ignorant, but that's just me and TheAmazingAtheist.

I point out mistakes to my teacher a lot. I don't think i'm qualified to teach english, but i think i know better english than her.
I can pick almost any accent, i can tell a pun, and so on.
She has a strong latvian accent, don't look it up it will make your want to rip off your ears to escape the torment, and doesn't know a pun until i spell it out.
But i wouldn't want to be a teacher anyway. Too much responsibility.

Couldn't be a virus. Wasn't working before i even got connected to the internet...
I think the only one that worked was dev... for Halo CE...
Maybe it's just game-specific?

-autoconfig usually helps.

Even better, go into your gMod folder in Steam and delete the config file?

- Huw

-autoconfig does not work. -window also does not. None of these commands work, for ANY program.

I solved the problem
I used my Wacom Tablet for precision, and somehow changed the video settings without seeing anything.

This reminds me that somewhere in the world there is the worst doctor.
And somebody has an appointment to him.

[A]

Apparently the Awesmoe Gmod Specialists (AGS) community is dumbfounded. Rumour has it that some members consider becoming girl scouts and make adventure games, the likes of which have not been seen yet.

Thanks, this was extremely helpful.

You don't seem to be following the advice though.

How do you tell?

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Apparently the Awesmoe Gmod Specialists (AGS) community is dumbfounded. Rumour has it that some members consider becoming girl scouts and make adventure games, the likes of which have not been seen yet.

Thanks, this was extremely helpful.

I live in Latvia, and this country we basically suck at english.
This teacher thinks that "disguise" is pronounced "disgeeze" in america, pronounces "north" as "norse" and when i call her on it she says that "norse" has a D in it.

Should this teacher be allowed to teach?

The launch option tweak has NEVER worked for ANY program, and i have absolutely no idea why...

I have buried in my BOX OF MYSTERY a few floppies containing Tetris, Prince of Persia, Wings of Fury...
Are they still available for download? I liked them.

It didn't work.
As said before the shortcut resolution thing has never worked for me ever.
If you suspect i did something wrong with spacing, then please give me an example of how it should look like.

Or preferably tell me how to make launch settings work, i couldn't find anything on google mainly because i don't know what to look for.

Sorry for being a pain-in-the-ass.

you could always stop being lazy and perhaps google it, or maybe even contact the technical support department of the monitor manufacturer themselves.

I doubt that i will find anything useful.
Some guy had basically the same problem, but nobody responded to him.
...

It appears that Gmod is fully functional, i am only unable to see whatI'm doing.
It works, butI'm blind. Does anyone know how to revert to the default graphic settings without seeing anything?


Thanks everyone, so far.