C&C Generals won't play on windows 8.1

Method One

* Goto origins.com/accounts and create an account there.

* Follow every Instructions

* Download the Origins Client

* Run it and you should see your games there etc etc.

Method Two

* Open Notepad and put in the following codes:

AntiAliasing = 1
BuildingOcclusion = yes
DrawScrollAnchor =
DynamicLOD = no
ExtraAnimations = yes
GameSpyIPAddress = 0.0.0.0
Gamma = 50
IPAddress = 0.0.0.0
IdealStaticGameLOD = High
LanguageFilter = true
MaxParticleCount = 5000
MoveScrollAnchor =
MusicVolume = 55
Resolution = 1024 768
Retaliation = yes
SFX3DVolume = 79
SFXVolume = 71
ScrollFactor = 50
SendDelay = no
ShowSoftWaterEdge = yes
ShowTrees = yes
StaticGameLOD = Custom
TextureReduction = 0
UseAlternateMouse = no
UseCloudMap = yes
UseDoubleClickAttackMove = no
UseLightMap = yes
UseShadowDecals = yes
UseShadowVolumes = yes
VoiceVolume = 100

* Select File----->Save As--->Instead of .txt save the note document as options.ini

* Go to the following My Documents Directory

C:\Users\Your_Username\Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Data

* Paste the options.ini file there. do the same for the ZH Data folder

C:\Users\Your_Username\Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data

THEN START PLAYING THE GAME.

Method Two worked for me as I am on WIndows 8.1 Pro

Best of lucks.

G_K