Mass Effect installation on Windows 7 PC
Loaded Mass Effect on my Windows 7 PC a while ago. Seemed to install OK but started crashing in game play. Decided to un-install it and re-install it but when I try to install it now I can only get t...
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Although I cannot guess what happened in your subsequent activities, I can tell you that a perfect install still requires the patches before ever trying it in Windows7. The game is very old now.
And how do you get the updates, it is not obvious as is SHOULD BE in the origin software
Origin updates are (by default) automatic. (Go on Origin option, application settings, at the bottom of "General", and check if you ticked "Automatically keep origin up to date).
For games, right click on your game and click on "Check for update".
Another thing to try if you have Windows 7 Pro is getting XP Mode installed.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
It allows for an XP Virtual Machine to run on top of Windows 7 which may alleviate compatibility concerns for older software.
- Zesban
@zesban wrote:Another thing to try if you have Windows 7 Pro is getting XP Mode installed.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
It allows for an XP Virtual Machine to run on top of Windows 7 which may alleviate compatibility concerns for older software.
- Zesban
XP Virtual Machine doesn't emulate the graphics card and is therefore useless for playing games.
