Shogun Total War (but not the original Shogun), and with the exception of the first three versions of Red Alert,Ĭommand and Conquer games, are all affected by DRM Blocking.
Installed to Win7/8/8.1 subversively via Windows Update - kb3086255.
Your problems are most likely due to MS's security 'feature' - DRM Blocking. Install,but when i tried to play one i had this come up.please login with administrator privileges and try again,which i did with no luck,i even took a look on YouTube to see if there was a way,but couldn't find one,i did contact EA Games a couple of yearsīack but never got a reply,as i said,steam pretty much forces you to go online to play the games,when i first tried it,i wasn't aware of that,so when i got the game going i logged off the internet only to find my game would drop out,i just wish they wouldĪssuming you still have the disk based version of the games (does not apply to Steam versions).
Play the games,the thing i did notice then was i had to be online to play the games,which i didnt like,i have seen many people who have had the same problem,now i have upgraded my computer to windows 10 and thought i would try and install the games,they did
Games,i also play all the Command and Conquers,i bought them new when they first came out,and had the same problem,i have heard of steam,and have used it a few times as i bought the compendium of Command and Conquer,and had to install steam to download and
On win 7 perfect,when i got to windows 8 it still played,then i noticed that it had installed the upgrade for windows 8 to 8.1 and thats when i noticed it would play properly and would lock up my computer,i cant play today's modern games i prefer the older
Thank you for your reply,i bought this game when it first came out,must be getting on for 20 yrs now,i also bought the add on,The Mongol Invasion,and it worked well on my win 98 second edition,then when i upgraded my computer to vista is still was good,even Something called steam?,i dont like it,i dont like having to log on to play a game,im hoping that someone has found a solution to this problem as i said before,i dont play any other games,mainly because im useless at them. Not bought a new game since the last command and conquer game came out,i have Shogun total war,and always played it,i would like to be able to play it again,they are good games,i did manage to buy a compendium of the command and conquer games,and had to install I went from 7 to 8 and it would sometimes play,then installed the update to 8.1 and that was that,i couldn't play any of my games,i also like the command and conquer games,i have recently bought a new laptop with windows 10 and thought i would try it,but no,itĭidnt work,did a google search found a few suggestions but nothing worked,i also noticed that Microsoft have not even attempted to contact anyone here about the problem,its not like we are asking for something impossible,we just want to play our games,i have Having spent some time reading through this thread i still found no answer to this problem,being an older person who loves playing these RPG games,the old games i cant play and haven't been able to play for a while now,when i was using win 7 i had no problem,then