General Protection Fault on Game with NT-Based systems

[jason s]

Hello all. I'm having some trouble with a game running on NT-based
windows OS's. It keeps throwing a general protection fault from a DLL.
Is there any way to solve this issue so the game will run on modern
windows OS's? I can get the game to run on Windows 98SE. So far I've
failed to get it to run on Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Pro. I'm
currently trying to get a copy of Windows 2000 and Windows ME so I can
try it with those two systems.

Compatibility mode failed. I can't figure out if there's a way to get
it to work or if it can even work at all. If it helps, the game is Greg
Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf (1995).

--
Jason

[shenan stanley]

Jason S wrote:
> Hello all. I'm having some trouble with a game running on NT-based
> windows OS's. It keeps throwing a general protection fault from a
> DLL. Is there any way to solve this issue so the game will run on
> modern windows OS's? I can get the game to run on Windows 98SE. So
> far I've failed to get it to run on Windows XP Pro and Windows 7
> Pro. I'm currently trying to get a copy of Windows 2000 and Windows
> ME so I can try it with those two systems.
>
> Compatibility mode failed. I can't figure out if there's a way to
> get it to work or if it can even work at all. If it helps, the game
> is Greg Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf (1995).

Windows ME may work - it is the last of the Win9x family.

Tried compatibility mode?

It also just may not work.

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[bobby johnson]

And how is all this related to a 64-bit OS?

This is a 64-bit OS group, not a 32-bit OS group.


On 2010-07-22 18:44, Jason S wrote:
> Hello all. I'm having some trouble with a game running on NT-based
> windows OS's. It keeps throwing a general protection fault from a DLL.
> Is there any way to solve this issue so the game will run on modern
> windows OS's? I can get the game to run on Windows 98SE. So far I've
> failed to get it to run on Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Pro. I'm
> currently trying to get a copy of Windows 2000 and Windows ME so I can
> try it with those two systems.
>
> Compatibility mode failed. I can't figure out if there's a way to get it
> to work or if it can even work at all. If it helps, the game is Greg
> Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf (1995).
>

[jason s]

On 2010-07-23 07:32:26 -0400, Bobby Johnson said:

> And how is all this related to a 64-bit OS?
>
> This is a 64-bit OS group, not a 32-bit OS group.
>
>
> On 2010-07-22 18:44, Jason S wrote:
>> Hello all. I'm having some trouble with a game running on NT-based
>> windows OS's. It keeps throwing a general protection fault from a DLL.
>> Is there any way to solve this issue so the game will run on modern
>> windows OS's? I can get the game to run on Windows 98SE. So far I've
>> failed to get it to run on Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Pro. I'm
>> currently trying to get a copy of Windows 2000 and Windows ME so I can
>> try it with those two systems.
>>
>> Compatibility mode failed. I can't figure out if there's a way to get it
>> to work or if it can even work at all. If it helps, the game is Greg
>> Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf (1995).

Must have forgot to mention that Windows 7 is running on an x64 system.
--
Jason

[bobby johnson]

If you are running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit I would guess the
game/program is not compatible. In fact it sounds as though it will not
run on any NT system. You can download VMware Player version 3.1, which
is a FREE program, and install Win98 in a Virtual Machine.

If it was published in 1995 it may have been compiled as an 8-bit
program for Win 3 and/or DOS. If it is 8-bit it will absolutely not run
on any NT based OS.


On 2010-07-23 11:53, Jason S wrote:
> On 2010-07-23 07:32:26 -0400, Bobby Johnson said:
>
>> And how is all this related to a 64-bit OS?
>>
>> This is a 64-bit OS group, not a 32-bit OS group.
>>
>>
>> On 2010-07-22 18:44, Jason S wrote:
>>> Hello all. I'm having some trouble with a game running on NT-based
>>> windows OS's. It keeps throwing a general protection fault from a DLL.
>>> Is there any way to solve this issue so the game will run on modern
>>> windows OS's? I can get the game to run on Windows 98SE. So far I've
>>> failed to get it to run on Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Pro. I'm
>>> currently trying to get a copy of Windows 2000 and Windows ME so I can
>>> try it with those two systems.
>>>
>>> Compatibility mode failed. I can't figure out if there's a way to get it
>>> to work or if it can even work at all. If it helps, the game is Greg
>>> Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf (1995).
>
> Must have forgot to mention that Windows 7 is running on an x64 system.

[jason s]

On 2010-07-23 15:20:52 -0400, Bobby Johnson said:

> If you are running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit I would guess the
> game/program is not compatible. In fact it sounds as though it will
> not run on any NT system. You can download VMware Player version 3.1,
> which is a FREE program, and install Win98 in a Virtual Machine.
>
> If it was published in 1995 it may have been compiled as an 8-bit
> program for Win 3 and/or DOS. If it is 8-bit it will absolutely not
> run on any NT based OS.
>
>
> On 2010-07-23 11:53, Jason S wrote:
>> On 2010-07-23 07:32:26 -0400, Bobby Johnson said:
>>
>>> And how is all this related to a 64-bit OS?
>>>
>>> This is a 64-bit OS group, not a 32-bit OS group.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2010-07-22 18:44, Jason S wrote:
>>>> Hello all. I'm having some trouble with a game running on NT-based
>>>> windows OS's. It keeps throwing a general protection fault from a DLL.
>>>> Is there any way to solve this issue so the game will run on modern
>>>> windows OS's? I can get the game to run on Windows 98SE. So far I've
>>>> failed to get it to run on Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Pro. I'm
>>>> currently trying to get a copy of Windows 2000 and Windows ME so I can
>>>> try it with those two systems.
>>>>
>>>> Compatibility mode failed. I can't figure out if there's a way to get it
>>>> to work or if it can even work at all. If it helps, the game is Greg
>>>> Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf (1995).
>>
>> Must have forgot to mention that Windows 7 is running on an x64 system.

Definitely not 8-bit... It was pretty advanced at the time (3-D
animation with real images and graphics... Probably 16-bit). I'm
setting up a Windows 98 box that I'll use for now. Just going to
experiment for now, maybe even use my Windows 3.1 floppies if I can
find them
--
Jason

[bob i]

Jason S wrote:

> On 2010-07-23 15:20:52 -0400, Bobby Johnson said:
>
>> If you are running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit I would guess the
>> game/program is not compatible. In fact it sounds as though it will
>> not run on any NT system. You can download VMware Player version 3.1,
>> which is a FREE program, and install Win98 in a Virtual Machine.
>>
>> If it was published in 1995 it may have been compiled as an 8-bit
>> program for Win 3 and/or DOS. If it is 8-bit it will absolutely not
>> run on any NT based OS.
>>
>>
>> On 2010-07-23 11:53, Jason S wrote:
>>
>>> On 2010-07-23 07:32:26 -0400, Bobby Johnson said:
>>>
>>>> And how is all this related to a 64-bit OS?
>>>>
>>>> This is a 64-bit OS group, not a 32-bit OS group.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2010-07-22 18:44, Jason S wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all. I'm having some trouble with a game running on NT-based
>>>>> windows OS's. It keeps throwing a general protection fault from a DLL.
>>>>> Is there any way to solve this issue so the game will run on modern
>>>>> windows OS's? I can get the game to run on Windows 98SE. So far I've
>>>>> failed to get it to run on Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Pro. I'm
>>>>> currently trying to get a copy of Windows 2000 and Windows ME so I can
>>>>> try it with those two systems.
>>>>>
>>>>> Compatibility mode failed. I can't figure out if there's a way to
>>>>> get it
>>>>> to work or if it can even work at all. If it helps, the game is Greg
>>>>> Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf (1995).
>>>
>>>
>>> Must have forgot to mention that Windows 7 is running on an x64 system.
>
>
> Definitely not 8-bit... It was pretty advanced at the time (3-D
> animation with real images and graphics... Probably 16-bit). I'm setting
> up a Windows 98 box that I'll use for now. Just going to experiment for
> now, maybe even use my Windows 3.1 floppies if I can find them

Most likely in order to provide those "pretty advanced" images and
graphics the software was manipulating the hardware directly. That is a
no-no in NT. You may get it to work in a VM box, but you won't get some
program like that to fly directly in NT.