FM won't run on my laptop

I've run FM2008 once on my laptop, on which occasion it worked fine, but I've just tried to play it again and it doesn't start the game - you put the disc in and, in crude technological terms, nothing happens.

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I really liked the game the first time i played it so if anyone could tell me what i'm doing wrong i'd be most grateful

:o

Thanks a lot guys!

Do you have a shortcut on your desktop? Did you double click on it?

Didn't have a shortcut, but i just went through the Program Files and all the stuff for the game was there, so i just made a shortcut and now it works.

i am a douche.

I guess sorry for wastin peopls time!!!!!!!

No, it's ok, no need to apologise. The important thing is you get to play FM.

No, it's ok, no need to apologise. The important thing is you get to play FM.

Hear hear!

Enjoy your game, and don't forget that FM09 is right around the corner!

How quick is FM on your laptop? Iv just bought a laptop and was wondering whether it would be worth installing it as it runs quickly on my pc.

How quick is FM on your laptop? Iv just bought a laptop and was wondering whether it would be worth installing it as it runs quickly on my pc.

I use a laptop as well and FM is reasonably fast but only if I run just a few leagues. After that it gets quite slow. That is because of my specs though, which are pretty poor by todays standards. What are your specs?

Quite low specs as its just a laptop to take to uni and make notes etc.

erm dual core 1.9ghz, 1gb or ram not sure on rest :S

Quite low specs as its just a laptop to take to uni and make notes etc.

erm dual core 1.9ghz, 1gb or ram not sure on rest :S

Mine is worse than that and I find FM08 runs ok if I load no more than about 5 or 6 leagues.

I was wondering if I run a network game from home and connect to it on my laptop through the wireless network at school would that make it faster than trying to get my laptop to run lots of leagues? Anyone else tried that?

oh ok might have to give it a whirl will let you know if it runs faster on pc or laptop.

thanks for the feedback!

I was wondering if I run a network game from home and connect to it on my laptop through the wireless network at school would that make it faster than trying to get my laptop to run lots of leagues? Anyone else tried that?

This probably me being stupid but I got lost somewhere in that first sentence. I have never played over a network but I think that the host computer will do all the processing so you want that to be the better machine. You will be playing over a network, though, but if the network is fast that should not be a problem, I would not imagine.

oh ok might have to give it a whirl will let you know if it runs faster on pc or laptop.

thanks for the feedback!

Ok, let me know if you ware happy with the speed after you have tried it out.

So is it possible to have a pc running the network game but not participating in it. eg could i do a 1 player game on my laptop but my pc actually runs it?! Or would the pc have to have a manager too!?

So is it possible to have a pc running the network game but not participating in it. eg could i do a 1 player game on my laptop but my pc actually runs it?! Or would the pc have to have a manager too!?

You could have a manager on the other computer but unemployed and permanently on holiday.