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Ok, I installed Age of Conan(for early release) and by mistake loaded the ArmA icon....now it loads, but I get that nasty black screen like this guy gets: Atleast I can fix it now, and play, maybe get enough play in before AoC is released. I suggest anyone with this issue install a brand new Vista enabled game, I think when it installed AoC it updated directx somehow. Thats all that it could be.

Regedit and locating and then searching(i've been doing this for several years), I don't use a special cleaner. I also check and remove the various folders and files left behind after install. Driver: 7.15.0011.6925, Asus P5K-E mobo, 500 watt PSU. Onboard sound is disabled and I use Creative X-fi(upto date driver) soundcard. I've uninstalled Arma(so can't cut and paste it). Maxmem was the only one I stuck I added after the 3rd reinstall. I alternated -nosound and -nosplash in after the first failed maxmem only addition. I also reduced my system ram to 3gig via msconfig. No change. Guess i'll keep my eye on this forum and wait for some change/fix.

I tried 1.09 with a fresh install. Nothing. Wish there was some way to know whats causing this. A log would be nice. Oh well. Wait for a patch I guess.

I have the latest drivers. Would the corruption be there with it being a single file before the sprocket stuff installs it? Wouldn't a corruption error the install? I'll uninstall and comb the registry. Thanks for that idea.

This is whats happening to me, except there is no step 5, there is no error box. 8 boxes tick and then it vanishes, task manager shows the process hanging out there keeping to itself. Seeing as there is no explanation of what the boxes represent I don't even have a clue where to go. My pc is Vista 64bit Ultimate, 4gb ram, 8800GT. I've tried all the fixes listed here and on the BI wiki site. No change, 8 ticks then vanish. It's the same now after all these fix attempts as it was when it first failed. 1-thru-8 then vanish. I got my copy(G.E.) from Sprocket also. Crysis, CoD4, Red alert 2, OFP: new and old games work totally fine. Yet this won't even attempt to load. Anyone got any ideas that aren't already mentioned in these forums? Or should I just twiddle my thumbs till they hopefully fix it one day? And try not to dwell on the wasted cash and disappointment.