andyp02uk

Hi, I need some help I have downloaded Sim City 4 deluxe from game.co.uk (obviously legally) but after I have installed it I double click to open it and all that happens is a black screen flashes on and off like its struggling to load it then it goes off. I have tried everything suggested on websites such as going into properties and disabling different things. I thought perhaps my laptop might be 64 bit which seems to stop the game from working but my system says its 32bit. My laptop is: Processor: Intel Celeron C900 Windows 7 Home Premium Memory: 2048mb DDR2 RAM Hard Drive: 160GB Graphics Card: SiS Mirage 3 Graphic Any help would be appreciated, thanks

Exception time: 12/22/2012, at 15:12:46. Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION. Current thread ID: 3072 (0x00000c00). Version information: Application/module path: C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe Application/module version name: SimCity 4 Application/module version: 1.1.641.0 System version: Windows 4.0 System memory: 256 Megabytes total, 224 Megabytes free.

Tried all these things and its still flashing with a black screen then goes back to desktop only thing i didnt do was this as im not sure how to: Should work fine on that machine but check the external control panel in the operating system for your graphics card and make sure all the 3D stuff is set to "application selected" or equivalent wording.