I like how people continue to come in with posts like "ok guys I have solved it!!" when it has been a year now and it's universally accepted that there is no fix

DashFlow

United Kingdom176 Posts

July 04 2010 20:02 GMT

#202

Yeah, i had this problem and i didnt know windows 7 was to blame for it so i tried reinstalling broodwar, and then forgot the disk i was using was the broodwar one not the starcraft one so i now have to find the original disk... Stupid windows 7,

So yeah i have to play broodwar on my laptop or not play it at all now. :@

olof

Sweden254 Posts

July 04 2010 21:11 GMT

#203

Is anyone actually playing in windows mode? The game becomes completely unresponsive, feels like your mouse is moving through syrup... I'm not sure if it's just my shitty computer doing this.

I really don't want to dualboot just for playing BW. It takes so much time just to play a game :/

blabber

United States4448 Posts

July 04 2010 21:16 GMT

#204

yeah the game or mouse speed under window mode seems weirder... it's like a mix of being a little slower and choppier...

but on my desktop I have a pretty big monitor so I'm playing under 2x mode and it actually plays pretty well

Skee

Canada702 Posts

July 04 2010 21:17 GMT

#205

Am I the only one who absolutely loves Windows 7, has not had any problems with it that could not be fixed automatically by Windows? The only thing I had troubles with was DOSBOX and I got that working eventually.

ComusLoM

Norway3547 Posts

July 04 2010 21:19 GMT

#206

I've also had no trouble playing SC:BW on Windows 7, on two different laptops and a desktop. Granted I've used a downloaded launcher after installing BW from the disk on my Vista computer.

blabber

United States4448 Posts

July 04 2010 21:25 GMT

#207

yeah people's mileage seem to vary. I would say however that the majority of Win7 users have had it freeze at least once. I'm not sure whether to say you guys are simply lucky and you guys have it coming or say that it's computer dependent. But I really doubt it's computer dependent since no one has found any correlation between computers that have had it freeze versus those that have not.

In any case, do you guys mind posting your computer specs?

Here are mine
Laptop (it will freeze): Windows 7 64-bit. Intel Core 2 Duo T7250. Nvidia Geforce 8600GT M. 2 GB Corsair DDR2 RAM

I've used the downloaded version of SC and the CD version and there's no difference

olof

Sweden254 Posts

July 04 2010 21:27 GMT

#208

I keep refreshing the thread even though I know there's no chance of getting the problems solved... I got gaming abstinence and I refuse to play anything else

My specs are P4 D3.2 Geforce 7800 GTX 2GB RAM

Something that could be interesting is that about half of my installed programs are used with both cores, while some other just use one. Programs that should be run in x64 that is. I don't know why it's like this.

FragKrag

United States11567 Posts

July 04 2010 21:30 GMT

#209

I don't have any problems (other than the colors in the menu screens)

I'm running a desktop
Windows 7 64 bit
Intel Core i7 860
Nvidia GTS 250
4GB Corsair DDR3

gillon

Sweden1578 Posts

July 04 2010 21:31 GMT

#210

Windows 7 64bit, i5 720 processor, HD5870, 8gb corsair DDR3.

First it 'crashes' and I get the application has stopped working messagebox, however; if you just ignore the message and X it down you can just tab up and keep on playing. After this, everytime the samething happens the screen just freezes for 2-4 seconds and no message appears and it doesn't tab down.

The crash thing just happen once per session of BW. I'm also killing the explorer process.

iNty.sCream

Germany195 Posts

July 04 2010 21:38 GMT

#211

reinstalled vista after beta went down, otherwise no bw for me T_T

Bubbadub

United States156 Posts

July 04 2010 21:43 GMT

#212

I spent awhile looking for a fix after beta went down... the fix I found to a "crashing" bug where your entire system just freezes and you cant CTRL+ALT+DELETE, but can still hear music in the background is the following:

1. Go to your task manager
2. Go to processes tab, and allow changes (click on the Show process from all users)
3. Go to "Set Affinity" for the Starcraft process, and DO NOT allow it to use all cpu's, just choose 1 core.

To those who have this problem, let me know if this fix works... after it I played for 8-10 hours straight for a few days before quitting SC.

Kaymeerah

Norway26 Posts

July 04 2010 21:55 GMT

#213

Hello TL, First post here, long time lurker.

First of, 16 bit applications does NOT work in 64 bit Windows, and there is no fix for it. I didn't get StarCraft working in Windows 7 64 bit either. The colors is a simple thing to fix.

@echo off
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
StarCraft.exe
start explorer.exe

EDIT: Forgot to add, copy this into notepad, save it in your StarCraft folder as a .bat file... For example starcraft.bat and run it. The colors should be fine now.

olof

Sweden254 Posts

July 04 2010 22:31 GMT

#214

I still have exctremely low expectations in having this fixed, but I something just occured to me.

This freeze never happens when I watch replays, only when I play. And I usually watch replays online with the iCCup launcher, though not with anyone else (RONREY)

qoiN

Sweden576 Posts

July 04 2010 22:46 GMT

#215

My solution was to use my old computer with XP. Only have to switch the monitor cable whenever I play SC and wait some time for the start-up. Felt like the easiest solution to me at least :p

Kaymeerah

Norway26 Posts

July 04 2010 22:50 GMT

#216

If you are running a 64 bit Windoze 7, you can try Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit. Personally I never got it to work, but I did get other games which didn't run in Windoze 7 like Dungeon Keeper with it.

Ironic that a Windoze application works better under WINE at a linux based OS than on Windoze itself. Kernel changes is not always good, you know.

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

July 04 2010 22:52 GMT

#217

On July 05 2010 07:31 olof wrote:
I still have exctremely low expectations in having this fixed, but I something just occured to me.

This freeze never happens when I watch replays, only when I play. And I usually watch replays online with the iCCup launcher, though not with anyone else (RONREY)

It's coincidence it hasn't happened while watching a replay

olof

Sweden254 Posts

July 04 2010 23:02 GMT

#218

On July 05 2010 07:52 floor exercise wrote:

Show nested quote +

It's coincidence it hasn't happened while watching a replay

Indeed 'twas a false alarm. Apparently I've been blazing through my replays as 16x without any chance of freezing... :/

Odinsphere

United States57 Posts

July 04 2010 23:15 GMT

#219

I'm so glad I found this forum before I upgraded. I have windows 7 sitting on my vista desktop waiting to be installed but I've been rather hesitant about it. I'm sure the problem will fix itself eventually but I would rather play BW on vista than not have it on 7. I don't know why everyone complains about vista but I know it uses a lot more space and memory to boot up/run so I guess windows 7 "unclutters" the coding and uses less memory for start up. I don't know too much about it but I'm guessing I'm not far off.

Kaymeerah

Norway26 Posts

July 04 2010 23:25 GMT

#220

The Windoze 7 codes are just as cluttered, they just cut out the most cluttered parts.

EDIT: That was written in a horrible way. What I meant is the cluttered codes are still there, but not in use, which means there is unnecessary much space being used up.