Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour - Windows 10

Have you done all the general maintenance? Disabled Origin In Game, set the compatibility modes, made sure it runs with administrator rights?

I second this. I tried everything i could find for windows 8.1, no luck.

• Added / edited the options.ini
• Tried all options under compatibility mode, and some different combinations
• Running as administrator
• Enabled built in admin account, tried it from there

The initial error i saw was: Access denied: Please login with administrator privileges and try again.

Now it just doesn't do anything, then the compatibility troubleshooter pops up and asks if it worked.

Some interesting things that i noticed;

There is an event log entry blocking a driver that coincides with starting the game (can't figure out how to post images)

It is blocking SecDrv from being loaded.

SecDrv.sys is a driver file located in the CC generals folder. That's where i made the connection.

EDIT:

Details on the error:

Entry 1:

 Event 7000, Service Control Manager

The SecDrv service failed to start due to the following error:
This driver has been blocked from loading

Entry 2:

Event 1060, Application popup

The description for Event ID 1060 from source Application Popup cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

\??\C:\WINDOWS\SysWow64\drivers\SECDRV.SYS

the message resource is present but the message is not found in the string/message table

Did you install the game on windows 10 or is it a leftover from your old windows version? It seems like there are a lot of problems with the stuff that was kept from your hdd before the update, it might be the best to try re-installing everything that causes problems

Can you reinstall the ultimate collection C & C if you upgrade to windows 10. Sorry if seems a daft question . I'm a newbie C & C nut running windows 7 but considering upgrading to win 10. Worried everything may go boobys up 

I installed it clean after installing windows 10.

My windows 10 install was a clean install, not an upgrade.

I do have the CC collection on origin, but it is worth noting that this install is not via origin, but rather the original disks from way back when.

@eyorrs

After spending 2 - 3 days on and off (and most of today) i got the game running on Windows 10 x64.

After playing around with the driver, and it signature, enabling / disabling signature enforcement, i had the thought that the secdrv driver is actually related to the secure rom which is used to validate the disk and lock the game down (don't know how accurate that statement is.)

Anyway, it occured to me that if that was the case, the game might work with a no-cd patch, and indeed it does. And it plays very well. The no-cd patch is not something i would normally use, but in this case it seems like it is the only way to make the game work.

Recap:

1. Clean install of Windows 10
2. Clean install of C&C Generals (non-origin install, original CD)
3. Install Zero Hour
4. Updated to latest patch
5. Used no-cd patch to bypass the secdrv driver error
6. Game works!

Let me know if this works (or doesn't) for anyone else, or if you have other solutions.

By me it said  u r not the administrator so u cant load this game pls go online with u administrator account. I am the adm. but it doesn't work so i tryed to reinstall in but it don't let me reinstall it

I could kiss you. 

Been trying to get back to playing Zero Hour since I installed Windows 10 and its been ridiculously frustrating, especially as no error message appears. 

Just went and got a no-cd patch and my problem was instantly solved. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH for helping me sort it out!! 

Peace x