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The Need for Speed SE doesn't work on Windows 98 SE?

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First post, by Svenne

Posted on 2010-12-25, 13:29

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I got NFS SE for christmas by my parents. Problem is it won't run on Windows 98. When I run the installer I get an error message about INFSW.EXE wich I cannot switch to. After closing it I get two "illegal exception" messages about the same program.

1INFSW orsakade ett ogiltigt sidfel i
2modul <okänd> på adress 0000:0b75fc5d.
3Registrerar:
4EAX=bff87fe9 CS=0167 EIP=0b75fc5d EFLGS=00010246
5EBX=bff87fe9 SS=016f ESP=005c00e0 EBP=005c0100
6ECX=005c0184 DS=016f ESI=8196ffe0 FS=41a7
7EDX=bff76855 ES=016f EDI=005c0278 GS=0000
8Byte på CS:EIP:
9
10Stackdump:
11bff76849 005c0278 bff87fe9 005c01ac 005c0184 005c0564 bff76855 bff87fe9 005c0194 bff87fe9 005c0278 bff87fe9 005c01ac 005c0184 0b75fc5d 005c02ec

1INFSW orsakade ett ogiltigt sidfel i
2modul INFSW.EXE på adress 0167:0041d285.
3Registrerar:
4EAX=00000000 CS=0167 EIP=0041d285 EFLGS=00010206
5EBX=004816e8 SS=016f ESP=005cf208 EBP=005cf3e0
6ECX=00000000 DS=016f ESI=000000ac FS=4057
7EDX=005cf2bc ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
8Byte på CS:EIP:
98b 08 50 ff 51 2c 83 3d f0 d6 43 00 00 74 0d 68 
10Stackdump:
11005cf2bc 005cf210 000000ac 00000000 00000000 2bc60000 2bc605c8 405717b7 047c0000 824e17b7 17b79f4a 000205c8 00000502 005cf270 81909050 8196c0bc

System specs:

1* Intel Pentium II 400 MHz.
2* Acer V66XA motherboard.
3* ATi Rage Pro Turbo 4mb graphics.
4* 256 mb RAM (128x2).
5* Windows 98 SE.
6  * KernelEx 4.5 RC5.
7  * Revolutions Pack 9.7.0.
8  * DirectX 9.0c.
9
10Suggestions please?

Reply 1 of 5, by Davros

Posted on 2010-12-25, 21:17

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try running cd check on you cd to check for errors
http://www.kvipu.com/CDCheck/download.php

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Reply 2 of 5, by Svenne

Posted on 2010-12-25, 21:52

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It didn't find anything, but thanks anyway.
I suspect the problem could be caused by some of the add-on components RP9 or K-Ex 4.5, because Borland Resource Workshop 4.5 doesn't work either.

Reply 3 of 5, by doomer

Posted on 2010-12-26, 16:03

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I remember having problems with Need for Speed SE on Windows 98 SE back in the old days. The only way I could make it work was to freshly install Windows 98 SE and not update DirectX. If I updated DirectX I was getting the same illegal exception as you.

Reply 4 of 5, by zenith2009

Posted on 2011-01-06, 17:47

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I play NFS SE on my Virtual Machine (Host is XP Pro, Guest is Win98SE) without any issue. Software rendering is enough for this game + PCI64 sounblaster emulation.

Works like charm.

Reply 5 of 5, by Rekrul

Posted on 2011-02-21, 05:33

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Svenne wrote:
I got NFS SE for christmas by my parents. Problem is it won't run on Windows 98. When I run the installer I get an error message about INFSW.EXE wich I cannot switch to. After closing it I get two "illegal exception" messages about the same program.

I don't remember if I got the same error messages or not, but the last time I tried to install NFS:SE under W98, I also had problems. The solution, as suggested by user "5u3" was to right-click on the Desktop, select Properties, then click on the Settings tab, click the Advanced button, then click the Performance tab and lower the Hardware Acceleration slider by 1-2 notches. After doing this, both the installer and the game worked for me.

If this works, remember to turn the acceleration back up when you're done playing.

I hope this helps.

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