Problems with SimCity 4 Deluxe installation issue? Hello. I recently used Windows Vista Starter Edition when I installed SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition, and the game worked very fine. Recently, I downgraded to XP Professional Service Pack 2 because Vista is always not responding. When I reinstalled SimCity 4 again, it thus successfully installed with all of its components. But when I began to play it, I was very surprised that the EA Games logo will just appear, freeze for 2 seconds, and it will crash, leaving nothing, no notification that a crash happened whatsoever. I guess this has nothing to do with the cards or chipsets whatsoever. When I downgraded to XP (I reformatted my PC, the disk was cleaned up and everything was removed, to make a new fresh start for XP), I never removed any component to my CPU hardware. Third Party games like Warcraft works fine with my PC. Only SimCity 4. I really liked this game before, but I can't play this as of this moment. I reckon I should not buy a chipset or video card or whatever (how much is it if ever I have to buy?) because this game used to run properly on higher OS. Well, specs of SimCity 4 really met my system's requirements, but I can't decipher what is wrong. ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 10/29/2009, 23:12:06 Machine name: TIRAO-60C1EE925 Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M. System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M. BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 440 @ 2.00GHz Memory: 1016MB RAM Page File: 536MB used, 1909MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ DirectX Files Tab: No problems found. Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No sound card was found. If one is expected, you should install a sound driver provided by the hardware manufacturer. Music Tab: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. Network Tab: No problems found. -------------------- DirectX Debug Levels -------------------- Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a) DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail) DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a) DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a) DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail) DirectSound: 0/5 (retail) DirectShow: 0/6 (retail) --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip type: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family DAC type: Internal Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2772&SUBSYS_27721849&REV_02 Display Memory: 224.0 MB Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Driver Name: igxprd32.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4764 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 1/12/2007 18:33:00, 57344 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: n/a VDD: n/a Mini VDD: igxpmp32.sys Mini VDD Date: 1/12/2007 18:33:18, 5672032 bytes Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6432-11CF-6569-7807A3C2CB35} Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x2772 SubSys ID: 0x27721849 Revision ID: 0x0002 Revision ID: 0x0002 Video Accel: Deinterlace Caps: n/a Registry: OK DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Not Available DDraw Test Result: Not run D3D7 Test Result: Not run D3D8 Test Result: Not run D3D9 Test Result: Not run ------------- Sound Devices ------------- Description: Default Sound Playback: No Default Voice Playback: No Hardware ID: Manufacturer ID: Product ID: Type: Driver Name: Driver Version: Driver Attributes: WHQL Logo'd: Date and Size: Other Files: Driver Provider: HW Accel Level: Emulation Only Cap Flags: 0x0 Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0 Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 HW Memory: 0 Voice Management: No EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm No Registry: OK Sound Test Result: Not run --------------------- Sound Capture Devices --------------------- ----------- DirectMusic ----------- DLS Path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS DLS Version: 1.00.0016.0002 Acceleration: n/a Ports: Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port Registry: OK Test Result: Not run ------------------- DirectInput Devices ------------------- Device Name: Mouse Attached: 1 Controller ID: n/a Vendor/Product ID: n/a FF Driver: n/a Device Name: Keyboard Attached: 1 Controller ID: n/a Vendor/Product ID: n/a FF Driver: n/a Poll w/ Interrupt: No Registry: OK ----------- USB Devices ----------- + USB Root Hub | Vendor/Product ID: 0x8086, 0x27CB | Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub | Service: usbhub | Driver: usbhub.sys, 8/3/2004 23:08:44, 57600 bytes | Driver: usbd.sys, 8/23/2001 03:00:00, 4736 bytes (By the way, I don't have any audio device/s as of now) :disappointed: Thanks for the help.