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[NeoGrant]

Laptop: Dell XPS L702X

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

WIN7 64 bit

All drivers up-to-date.

I have RA2 installed but have to alt tab out and back in again to see any buttons. If I want to go to the internet on RA2 I have to click where I know the button is, alt tab out, go back into RA2 and it will appear. Almost like I need to refresh the screen by alt tab'ing out.

Tried both CD and MP install. Compatibility tried, and running as admin.

No results, a bit stumped.

[Seke]

a lot of people with windows 7 have this problem, try changing your graphics settings to maximum and stuff in your control panel, it MIGHT work.

also you can change your resolution i believe, that has helped other people with same problem

[FReQuEnZy]

32 bit? Try these drivers and see if disabling UAC and downloading directx components from microsoft helps.

http://www.tweakforce.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=426

[Sturm1337]

Laptop: Dell XPS L702X

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

WIN7 64 bit

All drivers up-to-date.

I have RA2 installed but have to alt tab out and back in again to see any buttons. If I want to go to the internet on RA2 I have to click where I know the button is, alt tab out, go back into RA2 and it will appear. Almost like I need to refresh the screen by alt tab'ing out.

Tried both CD and MP install. Compatibility tried, and running as admin.

No results, a bit stumped.

I Have the same problem! My Graphics are NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M... i Installed DirectX 7 - 9 new but no result. Set all Graphics settings to maximum dont work for me.

Drivers are up-to-date.

http://xwis.net/forums/index.php/topic/170622-menu-and-video-issue-help/

Edited by m4RLb0ro, 26 December 2011 - 11:54 AM.

[Peer]

Have you guys tried this?:
http://www.commandandconquer.com/forums/showthread.php?3974-Windows-7-64Bit-Solved-I-REPEAT-SOLVEDDDD

the relevant directx sdk can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=10568

Edited by supewwuw, 26 December 2011 - 12:46 PM.

[Sturm1337]

Have try it... no result!

Direct Draw Hardware Acceleration is ON on Both (32 Bit & 64Bit).

[Peer]

ah thats a shame, did you check the "disable visual themes" box in ra2 shortcut -> right click-> properties -> compatibility tab?

Edited by supewwuw, 26 December 2011 - 01:51 PM.

[Olaf]

Looks like mobile nV graphics are a common theme in these failures. Did anyone tried to contact nVidia?

[FReQuEnZy]

I doubt. I recommended modified graphics drivers for a reason. Which might solve the problem as they are not from nvidia and contain a good few bug fixes.

I use them myself for my GF8800 GTX. I get better image quality in game and smoother performance.

[Seke]

try changing ur resolution....

[Sturm1337]

No result. I have tryed all resultions + (Game in -Windowed Mode) + (resultion Patch for Ra2), all compatibility Modes... Switching the graphics (Intel HD / nV GT 540m)

Game won´t show Intro Video or Buttons.

Edited by m4RLb0ro, 27 December 2011 - 10:49 AM.

[Peer]

it might be a pain in the *ss but you could try installing windows xp (32bit) in dual boot.

[NeoGrant]

Nothing works from above, thanks for the help anyway.

[funky23]

Hi, I have XPS L701X win 7 64 bit with nvidia GeForce GT445M. I have set compatibility to vista (service pack2) and run in admin. In nvidia control panel go to display, adjust desktop size and position, then select use nvidia scaling with fixed-aspect ratio.

This works for me.

[NeoGrant]

Ah OK, I don't have that option but I'm searching google on it, might have found some alternative drivers. Thank you for the reply, will let you know how it turns out.

[NeoGrant]

Nope no result.

[NeoGrant]

Alright there's a little work around as a temporary way to play.

For win 7:

1. Change from 32bit colour to 16bit in display properties.
2. Go to start > in the search type run

3. Add in "C:\Program Files\Red Alert 2\game.exe"-win

Obviously change the directory to where you have ra2 installed.

So loading up RA2 should be: start > typing into the search 'run' > (to which what we entered above should be saved) hit enter, and there you have it.

You then click the desktop and back on RA2 to refresh the screen. Essentially alt-tabing but within a click and much quicker/hassle free.

Also hypercam recording in windows mode helps quite a bit (saves you clicking on desktop)

[Seke]

sounds like a bad work around, are you going to keep trying to fix it or are you going to jus use this?

[NeoGrant]

Its a bad work around, but its better than nothing right now

I've no idea whats causing it, and nor does anyone else I've asked (quite a few people, forums , etc)

[Seke]

oh i researched it for a few hours and on a 1 or 2 of the 50 forums i looked at they posted an actual technical reason for it not working, i cant remember what that reason was but its been posted before, and i couldnt tell you if that reason was accurate or not either though.

[Drasten]

oh i researched it for a few hours and on a 1 or 2 of the 50 forums i looked at they posted an actual technical reason for it not working, i cant remember what that reason was but its been posted before, and i couldnt tell you if that reason was accurate or not either though.

Cant you post their answears here then? or provide us with links to the info.

[FReQuEnZy]

oh i researched it for a few hours and on a 1 or 2 of the 50 forums i looked at they posted an actual technical reason for it not working, i cant remember what that reason was but its been posted before, and i couldnt tell you if that reason was accurate or not either though.

I see your search efforts have seriously payed off!

[Seke]

all i'm saying is that the "reason" was posted somewhere.... don't expect me to remember it it was like a month ago. absolutely no reason to bash me on that.i was trying to help Nathan or Cameron to get on ra2 i dont remember which one and we were on the phone for like over an hour trying to figure it out and i was searching through every link on google from page 1 to like 30 i looked at a lot of forums..

jus saying that the reason is posted somewhere.

[ZiGZaG]

direct draw fix does this to me also although i wont remove it as ive finally fixed my lag, this and the videoback buffer line seem to do the trick but that ddraw file does that to me try removing it if you have it.

[funky23]

I am trying to help someone fix this same issue. He has a HP Pavilion DV6 notebook running win 7 64 bit home premium, i5-2430m@2.4ghz, 6gb ram, radeon HD 6490m graphics card. I have tried all compatibility modes with admin. I have tried changing resolution of screen, colour from 32bit to 16bit, playing from decade disk and downloading from game from this site. I have tried all of thee above except the direct draw as i cannot locate it.

The only thing I can think of is for him to upgrade windows to professional or ultimate as they have a xp mode for older programs/ games. Home Premium doesn't have this.

If anyone finds the fix please let me know