i've just installed pro evolution soccer 5 for my son's christmas present and
no problems with the actual installation. my graphics card (gforce fx5600)
is compatible; we've installed directx9 and have got the latest driver for
the card direct from nvidias site. yet when i click on the icon on the
desktop i get a small hourglass symbol for about a second and then nothing.
if i go to my computer and click on the pro evo icon and select autorun i get
the pro evo list of options and select play and then get the same hour glass
symbol and nothing again.
i got my other son star wars battlefront 11 for the pc at the same time and
this runs with no problems at all. any ideas? thanks, Jim

"Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> i've just installed pro evolution soccer 5 for my son's christmas present
> and
> no problems with the actual installation. my graphics card (gforce
> fx5600)
> is compatible; we've installed directx9 and have got the latest driver for
> the card direct from nvidias site. yet when i click on the icon on the
> desktop i get a small hourglass symbol for about a second and then
> nothing.
> if i go to my computer and click on the pro evo icon and select autorun i
> get
> the pro evo list of options and select play and then get the same hour
> glass
> symbol and nothing again.
> i got my other son star wars battlefront 11 for the pc at the same time
> and
> this runs with no problems at all. any ideas? thanks, Jim

Hmmm have you tried closing down any other applications in the background?

You can do this by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL then clicking on the Processes tab
and ending any program that's running as the current user NOT ones that are
listed System, or any Services.

Make sure to save any unsaved data that may be running in those applications
first however.

If that is successful try closing down groups of them to see if you can
locate the offending application.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://www.windowsresource.net/
http://www.xbox360degrees.com/

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"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:79E667AB-CD8B-4DF7-9B8E-83F36256D373@microsoft.com...
> > i've just installed pro evolution soccer 5 for my son's christmas present
> > and
> > no problems with the actual installation. my graphics card (gforce
> > fx5600)
> > is compatible; we've installed directx9 and have got the latest driver for
> > the card direct from nvidias site. yet when i click on the icon on the
> > desktop i get a small hourglass symbol for about a second and then
> > nothing.
> > if i go to my computer and click on the pro evo icon and select autorun i
> > get
> > the pro evo list of options and select play and then get the same hour
> > glass
> > symbol and nothing again.
> > i got my other son star wars battlefront 11 for the pc at the same time
> > and
> > this runs with no problems at all. any ideas? thanks, Jim
>
> Hmmm have you tried closing down any other applications in the background?
>
> You can do this by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL then clicking on the Processes tab
> and ending any program that's running as the current user NOT ones that are
> listed System, or any Services.
>
> Make sure to save any unsaved data that may be running in those applications
> first however.
>
> If that is successful try closing down groups of them to see if you can
> locate the offending application.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
> http://www.xbox360degrees.com/
>
> *Remove 'nospam.' to reply by e-mail*
>
> thanks for replying and i tried what you suggested but no joy. any other ideas/possibilities?
>