programme issue

i know this has probibly happened before but i cant find it anywhere.

my problem is:

i can install 09, code works fine

but every time i try and load the programme straight away it comes up with a caption from windows saying: football manager has stopped working.

heres a pic of the fault: http://s677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/drbiffgood/?action=view&current=fm09pic.jpg

for info, i am running on vista, and my pc has way better specs than needed to run game.

i have no idea how to solve this at all.

any help would be greatfull.

i know this has probibly happened before but i cant find it anywhere.

my problem is:

i can install 09, code works fine

but every time i try and load the programme straight away it comes up with a caption from windows saying: football manager has stopped working.

heres a pic of the fault: http://s677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/drbiffgood/?action=view&current=fm09pic.jpg

for info, i am running on vista, and my pc has way better specs than needed to run game.

i have no idea how to solve this at all.

any help would be greatfull.

Based on this thread here (http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=101353&highlight=stopped+working), I would encourage you to do the following:

• Download the 9.2.0 patch
  
• Download the latest Direct X drivers
  
• Download the latest drivers of your graphics card
  
• Download the latest Java Runtime Environment
  

Hopefully this would fix your problem as it did for the guy in the other thread.

P.S. It would be useful to do a search of the forums if you encounter future issues. There might be already existing threads which could yield solutions, thus cutting down on the waiting time to fix your issue.

i have done all of this but still no joy.

i'm stuck

Try installing and running the game through steam. I know it's not everyones favourite piece of software, but I've seen it help people before.

tried that also, still same issue

god this sucks

Hmm sorry to hear that. It seems there were a few more similar threads and the issue went away after they had done those suggestions.

What you can do now would be to post in this thread (http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=63556) and wait for a SI tech to reply and help you out. Or create a thread in the Technical Sub-forum (http://community.sigames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=114).

Sorry I cannot be of any more help other than pointing you in the right direction.

Edit: Found this piece of advice from another thread.

Another option which has worked for other people is below:

Right click on the FM icon (fm.exe)

Go into properties

Go into compatability and make sure the box in cpompatability ISN'T ticked.

cheers for the suggestions

i'll go and try those threads and fingers crossed hopefully something will work eventually

Try right-clicking the shortcut on the desktop and choosing properties, then find "compatability mode" and change it to Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Then right-click the icon on the desktop and choose "run as administrator"

Or try deleting the certificate (to do with the activation of the game), instructions here: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=63556

Or try stopping any background services in windows that might be stopping the game from running

Deleting all traces, re-installing from scratch and re-authenticating.

Install and authenticate, and then run the game before applying the latest patch.

If all this fails, post your DXdiag in the technical issues forum.