A year ago or so I purchased a game from Oberon media, which worked fine until a few weeks ago when I could no longer launch it. I would get the error message "Game launcher has stopped working." After fruitless email exchanges with Oberon Media (whose customer service did their utmost to help me but seemed just as baffled by the issue), I searched far and wide online tonight and I found a solution, which I copied and will post here for information in case it will be of help to someone else--this solution comes straight from Oberon Media, go figure since they weren't able to help with a tech solution: ---begin pasted message http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30743001/vista-game-launcher.aspx Vista Game Launcher - RestonDo 03-Jan-08 12:27:03 Still having problems with your Game Launcher loading in Vista? Thanks to Oberon Media techs the problem has been resolved (at least for me). Try this: If you are receiving the DRM activator error message do the following to correct the issue. 1 - Left click on Start 2.- Right click on Computer 3 - Left click on Properties 4 - Left click on Advanced System Settings 5 - Under Performance click on Settings 6 - Left click on Data Performance Settings (on my computer the tab said Data Execution Prevention) 7 - Click on TURN ON DEP FOR ESSENTIAL WINDOWS PROGRAMS AND SETTINGS ONLY. 8 - Click on Apply and then OK. UAC: (User Account Control) Open up Control Panel, and type in user account into the search box. You'll see the link for "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off". Click it. Uncheck the box, and reboot your computer. Good Luck! ---end pasted message Best of luck to those who are experiencing the same difficulties!
Thanks for posting! -- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/ http://www.windowsresource.net/ *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail* "Catherine" wrote in message news:17046BB9-7BE2-4B69-9883-8D4CD127B95D@microsoft.com... >A year ago or so I purchased a game from Oberon media, which worked fine > until a few weeks ago when I could no longer launch it. I would get the > error > message "Game launcher has stopped working." > > After fruitless email exchanges with Oberon Media (whose customer service > did their utmost to help me but seemed just as baffled by the issue), I > searched far and wide online tonight and I found a solution, which I > copied > and will post here for information in case it will be of help to someone > else--this solution comes straight from Oberon Media, go figure since they > weren't able to help with a tech solution: > > ---begin pasted message > > http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30743001/vista-game-launcher.aspx > Vista Game Launcher - RestonDo > 03-Jan-08 12:27:03 > > Still having problems with your Game Launcher loading in Vista? Thanks to > Oberon Media techs the problem has been resolved (at least for me). Try > this: > > If you are receiving the DRM activator error message do the following to > correct the issue. > 1 - Left click on Start > 2.- Right click on Computer > 3 - Left click on Properties 4 - Left click on Advanced System Settings > 5 - Under Performance click on Settings > 6 - Left click on Data Performance Settings (on my computer the tab said > Data Execution Prevention) > 7 - Click on TURN ON DEP FOR ESSENTIAL WINDOWS PROGRAMS AND SETTINGS ONLY. > 8 - Click on Apply and then OK. > > UAC: (User Account Control) > Open up Control Panel, and type in user account into the search box. > You'll > see the link for "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off". Click it. > Uncheck the box, and reboot your computer. > > Good Luck! > > ---end pasted message > > Best of luck to those who are experiencing the same difficulties!
