[Please Help: GR won't start new Install]

Problem Solved!

After a little research online I found these errors were often caused by Video Card Drivers.

So I went back to an older version and Problem fixed!

I previously had the newest ATI Drivers installed (8.1) and rolled back to 7.12 to fix the error.

The ATI 8.1 Drivers have only just come out, so I imagine a few people might install these soon and break their Ghost Recon Install. Hopefully this info will be useful for anyone who comes across this thread in the future.

For reference:

Windows XP SP2

Direct X 9.0c

Radeon x1950 pro (AGP)

AMD Athlonxp

Working ATI Drivers 7.12 (Omega)

[Please Help: GR won't start new Install]

OK I've been searching through old posts. There have been several users with similar problems, but I haven't found a solution.

I've included the output of a coulple of files showing the crash errors:

IkeCrash

GhostRecon caused an Access Violation in module GhostRecon.exe at 001b:0045274f.

Exception handler called in Main Thread.

Error occurred at 1/27/2008 19:56:28.

D:\Program Files\Red Storm Entertainment\Ghost Recon\GhostRecon.exe, run by Simon.

1 processor(s), type 586.

1024 MBytes physical memory.

Read from location 00000204 caused an access violation.

Registers:

EAX=00000000 CS=001b EIP=0045274f EFLGS=00010246

EBX=0164eea8 SS=0023 ESP=0012fbf4 EBP=ffffffff

ECX=0164eea0 DS=0023 ESI=00000000 FS=003b

EDX=007d46b0 ES=0023 EDI=00000000 GS=0000

Bytes at CS:EIP:

8b 88 04 02 00 00 8b 44 24 10 8d 14 40 8d 9c 40

Stack trace:

0045274F: GhostRecon.exe! <no symbol>, <no file>, <no line>

Module list: names, addresses, sizes, time stamps and file times:

D:\Program Files\Red Storm Entertainment\Ghost Recon\GhostRecon.exe, loaded at 0x00400000 - 5758918 bytes - 3bd87095 - file date is 10/25/2001 16:06:00

D:\DOCUME~1\SIMONB~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\~ef17a1\MCP.DLL, loaded at 0x01a70000 - 67584 bytes - 2a425e19 - file date is 1/27/2008 19:56:20

D:\WINDOWS\system32\ctagent.dll, loaded at 0x02000000 - 8704 bytes - 461a325d - file date is 4/9/2007 12:32:30

D:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll, loaded at 0x0ffd0000 - 152576 bytes - 40eb5d28 - file date is 8/3/2004 21:31:44

D:\DOCUME~1\SIMONB~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\~ef17a1\~df394b.tmp, loaded at 0x10000000 - 410664 bytes - 3b3c97bb - file date is 1/27/2008 19:56:16

D:\WINDOWS\system32\xpsp2res.dll, loaded at 0x20000000 - 2897920 bytes - 411096b9 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:38

D:\WINDOWS\system32\WINHTTP.dll, loaded at 0x4d4f0000 - 351232 bytes - 411096d3 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:48

D:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll, loaded at 0x5ad70000 - 218624 bytes - 43ed5a8c - file date is 1/16/2007 20:07:12

D:\WINDOWS\system32\netapi32.dll, loaded at 0x5b860000 - 337408 bytes - 44e4631d - file date is 1/16/2007 20:06:32

D:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT8.dll, loaded at 0x6ce10000 - 181760 bytes - 411096b0 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:44

D:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll, loaded at 0x6d990000 - 8192 bytes - 41109692 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:42

D:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8.dll, loaded at 0x6d9a0000 - 1179648 bytes - 41109692 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:42

D:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll, loaded at 0x71aa0000 - 19968 bytes - 411096f3 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:48

D:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll, loaded at 0x71ab0000 - 82944 bytes - 411096f2 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:48

D:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll, loaded at 0x71ad0000 - 22528 bytes - 411096ff - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:48

D:\WINDOWS\system32\SensApi.dll, loaded at 0x722b0000 - 6656 bytes - 411096ac - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:46

D:\Program Files\Red Storm Entertainment\Ghost Recon\DBGHELP.dll, loaded at 0x72a00000 - 163088 bytes - 3af32067 - file date is 8/10/2001 09:27:10

D:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.dll, loaded at 0x73f10000 - 367616 bytes - 411096d4 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:44

D:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll, loaded at 0x74720000 - 297472 bytes - 439a4754 - file date is 1/16/2007 20:06:14

D:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime, loaded at 0x755c0000 - 177152 bytes - 411096eb - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:14

D:\WINDOWS\system32\cryptnet.dll, loaded at 0x75e60000 - 63488 bytes - 41109694 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:42

D:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.DLL, loaded at 0x76390000 - 110080 bytes - 411096ae - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:44

D:\WINDOWS\system32\userenv.dll, loaded at 0x769c0000 - 723456 bytes - 411096b9 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:48

D:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll, loaded at 0x76b40000 - 176128 bytes - 411096d6 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:48

D:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll, loaded at 0x76c30000 - 176640 bytes - 411096b9 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:48

D:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll, loaded at 0x76c90000 - 144384 bytes - 411096a9 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:44

D:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll, loaded at 0x76f60000 - 172032 bytes - 411096bb - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:48

D:\WINDOWS\system32\oleaut32.dll, loaded at 0x77120000 - 549376 bytes - 464c3c45 - file date is 5/17/2007 11:28:06

D:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll, loaded at 0x774e0000 - 1286656 bytes - 44b24a21 - file date is 1/16/2007 20:06:40

D:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll, loaded at 0x77a80000 - 597504 bytes - 41109691 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:42

D:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll, loaded at 0x77b20000 - 57344 bytes - 411096e3 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:44

D:\WINDOWS\system32\Apphelp.dll, loaded at 0x77b40000 - 126976 bytes - 411096b4 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:42

D:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll, loaded at 0x77c00000 - 18944 bytes - 411096b7 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:48

D:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCRT.dll, loaded at 0x77c10000 - 343040 bytes - 41109752 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:44

D:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll, loaded at 0x77dd0000 - 616960 bytes - 411096a7 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:42

D:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll, loaded at 0x77e70000 - 582656 bytes - 46923520 - file date is 7/9/2007 13:16:16

D:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll, loaded at 0x77f10000 - 282112 bytes - 4677dc0f - file date is 6/19/2007 13:37:22

D:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll, loaded at 0x77f60000 - 474112 bytes - 470dbb51 - file date is 10/11/2007 05:57:40

D:\WINDOWS\system32\secur32.dll, loaded at 0x77fe0000 - 55808 bytes - 411096c1 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:46

D:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll, loaded at 0x7c800000 - 986112 bytes - 46239f3f - file date is 4/16/2007 16:07:28

D:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll, loaded at 0x7c900000 - 708096 bytes - 411096b4 - file date is 8/3/2004 23:56:38

D:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll, loaded at 0x7e410000 - 578048 bytes - 45f03054 - file date is 3/8/2007 15:48:36

and Ike

***** User's system configuration *****

CPU: AuthenticAMD 2266 MHz Athlon

RAM: 1024 MB

O/S: Microsoft Windows 2000 5.1 Service Pack 2 build 2600

RSOptions: Could not open options file options.xml for reading, using defaults

[Please Help: GR won't start new Install]

Hi,

I fancied reliving the good old days of Ghost Recon. Perhaps one of my favourite games of all time. But I can't get it to work!

First of all I installed GR, DS, IT, and patch 1.4. The game wouldn't start showing a black screen and then exiting back to the Desktop.

So I started with basics and uninstalled Everything and cleaned the Registry.

I installed just GR with no patches. When I go to start the game this happens:

1) CD starts to spin up

2) Ghost Recon Splash screen comes up with lots of disc activity

3) Screen goes black

4) Games quits back to Desktop with "Problem encouted with GhostRecon.exe .. do you wish to send an error report etc)

So I tried installed the 1.3 Game update and this happens:

1) CD starts to spin up

2) NO splash screen this time

3) Screen goes black

4) Exits back to the Desktop with no Error shown.

What Can I do?

I have Win xp with SP2 and All updates

Video card - Radeon 1950PRO with latest drivers

Please Help! I want to relive Ghost Recon one again.