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On July 06 2010 08:55 Sixer wrote:
Hi guys, I have a similar problem and didn't want to make a new thread.
I recently built a new computer (with Windows 7) and went to download Starcraft from my Battle.net account since I lost my physical copy some time ago. When I went to update the patch via Starcraft, it says that I have to reinstall or that I may have a virus. I know I don't have a virus because I downloaded SC before I had done anything else with the computer, and everything was built from scratch (I'm currently running Norton AV as well). I went to download the patch from the Blizzard website, and I couldn't update with those downloads either. I've tried turning off my firewall and closing all of my other Norton-related stuff, but nothing seems to work when it comes to patching. I'd really like to play on iCCup using this computer...has anyone had similar problems and if so, were you able to get around them? Thanks!
Edit: I've played a few games in Single Player just to satisfy the urge to play and haven't run into any crashing so this thread isn't at all about my problem but I figured since this thread was already discussing problems with Windows 7, I should probably ask here without making a new thread.
Not sure, maybe try turning norton off before running the patch? Turn off anything that might possibly interfere with an installation, if that doesn't work a re-install might be the best option because sc should install fine on win 7
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How do you fix the colours? I feel like I'm on acid in an abandoned play ground with a disco ball whenever I play.
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I'm still bumping this and I'm still playing on f.king iccup.
I've tried setting it to one core manually each time I start bw. It seems ot work better now and hasn't frozen in the last couple of hours (compared to a 20 minute time limit before).
How can I permanently set broodwar to only use one core instead of manually changing it ?
I coulnd't get the batfile with the "affinity 1" to work for me.
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I'm having trouble running this on windows 7 64 bit on vmware fusion. Whenever i start the game i just get a black screen :/ I tried adding the bat file but it doesnt seem to have an affect! Whats going on!?
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hey, hours is good enough. i can barely keep it open for 5 minutes. my bw sessions always take place in comp labs 
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On August 25 2010 02:55 HaruHaru wrote:
I'm having trouble running this on windows 7 64 bit on vmware fusion. Whenever i start the game i just get a black screen :/ I tried adding the bat file but it doesnt seem to have an affect! Whats going on!?
I got the same thing when I tried to do it with 32-bit Windows XP(host machine is 64-bit 7) =/. I tried it on vista, but it won't go widescreen like it does on my host, and the cursor is laggy, which is a little harder to play with. Let me know if you find something that works.
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play windowed mode via chaoslauncher even tho its balls playing on small screen
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Oh wow, I changed the affinity of my starcraft.exe in the task manager to just one core and set explorer.exe to the remaining 3 and left BW open for like 7 hours while I went to school and it was still fine when I got home. Usually it crashes after like 5-10 minutes. :D
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I run in Windows 98 compatibility mode, and a .bat file to set affinity for one core. Never had a crash problem. But I never ran it without doing this before-hand.
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Nevermind, today it suddenly decided to crash again. After it crashed I decided to end the explorer.exe process while running SC and it still managed to crash. wtf? Do I have to end the explorer.exe process before I even start SC or something? I launched iCCup launcher, started BW, minimized BW, ended explorer.exe, then kept playing BW and it crashed the first minute into my first iccup game again.
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To tell you the truth, this even happens under WINE running at Linux, at the exact same timelenght. I don't think there is a fix for any unsupported OS.
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the only workaround is to use chaoslauncher + window mode
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Have you guys tried using the registry fix instead of taskilling explorer.exe every time you play SC? Just curious.
+ Show Spoiler +Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectDraw\Compatibility\Starcraft116]
"Flags"=hex:00,08,00,00
"Name"="Starcraft.exe"
"ID"=hex:ca,89,65,49
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On September 26 2010 04:30 zingmars wrote:Have you guys tried using the registry fix instead of taskilling explorer.exe every time you play SC? Just curious. + Show Spoiler +Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectDraw\Compatibility\Starcraft116]
"Flags"=hex:00,08,00,00
"Name"="Starcraft.exe"
"ID"=hex:ca,89,65,49
if theres a possible fix in this, i'd be willing to try it. but i dont know what you even want me to do lol
i have a StarCraft100 and a StarCraft115, not 116. the 100's hex is 19 f1 1a 35 and the 115's hex is fd 63 d3 46
whats the fix?
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Using iccup launcher's window mode is the easiest, most painless option, I think. You can use the upper right-hand corner window options to lock the mouse into the window, increase window size, have the window appear over all other windows, and do the usual minimize and close operations. It will eliminate the color problem and the freezing issue.
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meh im thinking of just uninstalling win7 and going back to XP , i don't think 7 is much of a leap anyway tbh and i have sooo many compatibility issues
bw in a window = sucks ass
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just wait i think there are some rumors/news about windows 7 service pack 1 to be released within the next months so maybe if its a DDraw problem theyll include a fix in the update =p
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Is there no one at Blizzard willing to make BW Win 7 compatible?
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