Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Windows Vista Applications. For compatibility of 3rd party applications, use the ACT forum.
Sign in to vote. This should allow all features of game to work properly, including LAN and Battle. Net play. If the game takes too long to start up, try disabling Aero Glass or under compatability disable desktop composition. Is the problem because of the expansion? Is there any way to fix it? Tuesday, October 2, AM. Heck I own 2 copies of both of them for reasons that I'm sure most here can figure out.
Simply stated the game won't load and won't accept the new patch. The only information I could find is that Blizzard may be working on a fix. On the support page they want to find out info on a player's pc. This worked for me. Install the game, right click on the desktop icon and click "run as administrator". I ripped the D2LOD disk to a '. Right click desktop icon. Run as administrator. Works for me, and I'm sure you can do it without imaging it at all. I just do that so I don't ever need those cd's again.
Oh yeah, be prepared to click "allow" or "run" every 10 seconds while using Vista. How annoying. Running as normal user works fine for me, I don't think "run as admin" is required for d2. What do mean "won't accept the new patch" in your last reply? Do you mean the 1. And when you say "won't load", what error do you get, or it's just nothing happens?
I'm able to get in to single player and walk a few paces at which point the screen freezes, I hear weird clicking noises hoping that's not my hard drive and then the computer reboots. Well, in case anyone's wondering WhiteAlien Banned. I had same problem. Well, like others already mention, get latest patch from Blizzard site.
After right click on D2 execute, in compatibility tab select Windows XP and execute. For the first time it loaded game extremely slow, something like 5 - 10 mins, be patient as it is only for the first launch of the game.
After everything goes normal. All new laptops come with wide screen and D2 is very buggy in full screen mode. I could manage to work it in full screen, but perspective mode did not work anyway.
Cheers, whitealien. The middle one of the five Once in there, choose these options: Run in Colors, Run this program as an administrator If this method does not fix your problem it fixed mine , please read this email received from Blizzard with additional ways to fix it. Originally Posted by Blizzard Tech Support Greetings, Thank you for emailing the Blizzard technical support department in regards to your issue. If you are running Microsoft Windows Vista and are having problems running Diablo II, we have some troubleshooting steps that will assist in getting the game up and running.
If at any point you receive an error message from Windows stating "This program has known compatibility issues," please first make sure the game is fully patched to the most recent version. You can patch the game by connecting to Battle. If the patch does not correct the problem, please reinstall the game per the instructions below. Now, run a thorough scandisk and defrag of your hard drive s. You will probably find it helpful to disable your screen saver and power management features before you scandisk or defrag.
If you are still encountering problems please test the game after trying each of the steps below. Each solution listed has been reported to solve these problems for other customers.
Contact your video card manufacturer to ensure compatibility if you cannot find the information on the page you downloaded your video drivers from. Check the motherboard manufacturer's website for updated chipset drivers, first. Try setting your desktop to this resolution on going to the Compatibility tab before starting the game. Vista users may find they cannot set this resolution, so they can skip this step.
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