RANDALL Posted October 17, 2019 Member ID: 2582 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 28 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 778 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 599 Achievement Points: 6919 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2021 Birthday: 07/22/1991 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I got a new laptop today and it has Windows 10. My old laptop had Windows 8.1. I installed Steam and Call of Duty 4. I replaced the iw3mp.exe file with the one I need for 1.7, as well as my players folder and PB folder. So far I have tried a new profile and also the ones I copied from my old laptop. I have tried two things that give me the same problem. Changing the resolution or trying to connect to a freezetag server results in my window minimizing, two Windows icons pop up saying something about recording my gameplay or keys, and then the minimized game is is not a cod4 icon, but instead a white file, almost like a text file. It completely freezes my display and I have had to restart my laptop to start over. I have uninstalled and installed about three or four times now. I tried looking online for what problems other people have had. I enabled Stereomix in my Recording Devices, but I don't think that was the problem. I knew I'd have problems with Windows 10. I purposefully kept Windows 8.1 for a reason. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANDALL Posted October 17, 2019 Member ID: 2582 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 28 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 778 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 599 Achievement Points: 6919 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2021 Birthday: 07/22/1991 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 One more thing. I can download the mods and the current map, but then it crashes when it is about to go to the loading screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpe Posted October 18, 2019 Member ID: 23520 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 749 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 825 Achievement Points: 7200 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/13/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode? Edit - Not sure if this could be doing something as well? https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-and-remove-game-bar-windows-10-creators-update Edited October 18, 2019 by Sharpe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BUDMAN Posted October 18, 2019 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 137 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6970 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 4509 Achievement Points: 58513 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted October 18, 2019 Never had a problem running windows 10..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
loaderXI Posted October 18, 2019 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 392 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6420 Content Per Day: 1.19 Reputation: 6496 Achievement Points: 54365 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted October 18, 2019 I would give a guess its the resolution trying to toggle between desktop and game....Try right clicking on windows icon(bottom left of screen) then settings/gaming/game mode then turn it off if its on or make a exception to prevent windows from attempting to change... If you have any more problems pm me and we can get you sorted on teamspeak or you can call me....Let me know BUDMAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RANDALL Posted October 18, 2019 Member ID: 2582 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 28 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 778 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 599 Achievement Points: 6919 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2021 Birthday: 07/22/1991 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 Ok, we figured it out. After uninstalling from Steam, deleting the Call of Duty 4 folder in steamapps, and reinstalling Call of Duty 4 again on Steam, I changed the iw3mp file to the 1.7 version, right-clicked on it, set to Read-only, clicked on the Compatibility tab, clicked Disable fullscreen optimizations and Run this program as an administrator, clicked Apply and Ok. After closing the folder, I could launch my game, change the resolution, download the freezetag mod and map, and finally I could play. Note: I am not using Punkbuster at the moment, but I have the files. I don't even want to touch it unless I need it, but our servers don't require them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANDALL Posted October 18, 2019 Member ID: 2582 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 28 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 778 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 599 Achievement Points: 6919 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2021 Birthday: 07/22/1991 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 Thanks to @Sharpe and @L!ckALotAPus Sharpe and loaderXI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANDALL Posted October 18, 2019 Member ID: 2582 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 28 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 778 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 599 Achievement Points: 6919 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2021 Birthday: 07/22/1991 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 And I thank everyone else on this post for your suggestions. We tried everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROMODROSYS Posted October 19, 2019 Member ID: 676 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 25 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 23 Achievement Points: 516 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 26 Birthday: 09/16/1958 Device: Windows Share Posted October 19, 2019 I'm having a worse experience. Win 7 crashed so I install clean 10. Updated 10, video drivers, then installed COD4, COD5, COD2. First time I updated all with the patches, then each game freezes my PC after launch. Black screen. Dirty shutdown is only rescue. So I removed and reloaded all COD and did NOT patch, same results. Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sharpe Posted October 20, 2019 Member ID: 23520 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 749 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 825 Achievement Points: 7200 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/13/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted October 20, 2019 Sounds pretty similar to what was happening with Randall. Did you try what worked for him? " I changed the iw3mp file to the 1.7 version, right-clicked on it, set to Read-only, clicked on the Compatibility tab, clicked Disable fullscreen optimizations and Run this program as an administrator, clicked Apply and Ok." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BROMODROSYS Posted October 20, 2019 Member ID: 676 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 25 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 23 Achievement Points: 516 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 26 Birthday: 09/16/1958 Device: Windows Share Posted October 20, 2019 That worked for the basic installation of COD4 and 5. It does not work for COD2. And now I must patch. Will these settings need to be updated after each patch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sharpe Posted October 20, 2019 Member ID: 23520 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 749 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 825 Achievement Points: 7200 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/13/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted October 20, 2019 Try adding all the necessary patches and then apply the above settings and see if that works. You can also try running the game in compatibility mode, cod2 in particular being very old. Looking online people seem to have various issues with Cod2 and windows 10. Are these steam versions or Cd versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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