Posted December 24, 2013
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit
Computer: Toshiba Laptop
RAM: 4 GB
Main Issue: I bought this game yesterday (RCT1 was part of my childhood and my disc version won't load) and then it was working with nary a glitch or stability issue. When I shut down my laptop, it installed some updates. Upon rebooting it the next day, I was notified that some of the updates had failed. Now, my entire computer is running slow, which I can fix later, but now RCT1D has an issue I couldn't find anywhere. I can start the game just fine and load one of my parks, but I have maybe 20 seconds before my Merry-Go-Round's music starts skipping and the game inexplicably minimizes. Sometimes I can click it in the task bar to bring it back up, other times I have to press Ctrl+Alt+Del and Cancel to make clickable, but then it runs fine for another 20 seconds before it minimizes again. I can't imagine how the updates could be causing this (which is saying something, since I've worked with computer troubleshooting all my (short) life) but it seems most likely that something changed in how RCT is accepted as a program.
I haven't tried reinstalling yet, for as I said earlier, my computer is now running very slow and it would take around 20 minutes just to do so. Maybe I should have tried that, but I want some advice from here before wearing my patience any more with my computer. Thank you to anyone who responds!
Computer: Toshiba Laptop
RAM: 4 GB
Main Issue: I bought this game yesterday (RCT1 was part of my childhood and my disc version won't load) and then it was working with nary a glitch or stability issue. When I shut down my laptop, it installed some updates. Upon rebooting it the next day, I was notified that some of the updates had failed. Now, my entire computer is running slow, which I can fix later, but now RCT1D has an issue I couldn't find anywhere. I can start the game just fine and load one of my parks, but I have maybe 20 seconds before my Merry-Go-Round's music starts skipping and the game inexplicably minimizes. Sometimes I can click it in the task bar to bring it back up, other times I have to press Ctrl+Alt+Del and Cancel to make clickable, but then it runs fine for another 20 seconds before it minimizes again. I can't imagine how the updates could be causing this (which is saying something, since I've worked with computer troubleshooting all my (short) life) but it seems most likely that something changed in how RCT is accepted as a program.
I haven't tried reinstalling yet, for as I said earlier, my computer is now running very slow and it would take around 20 minutes just to do so. Maybe I should have tried that, but I want some advice from here before wearing my patience any more with my computer. Thank you to anyone who responds!
Post edited December 24, 2013 by Benevoson
This question / problem has been solved by DeMignon
