[Gilliatt]

Sorry if this thread already exists, but the search engine is down since yesterday evening and I have found nothing with a manual search.

I have installed Final Fantasy VIII on my computer, but when I try to start the game, nothing happens. I does not freeze, it does not ask me to insert disk one, it does absolutely nothing.

I have searched many forums, but they don't agree with each other and none of what have been proposed has worked for me.

I have an Athlon 2800+, 2,1 GHz, 448 RAM, Windows XP SP 2, and an Nvidia GeForce 4 graphic card. Some forums say that it is absolutely impossible to play the game on a GeForce over GeForce 2.

I have tried to install the game on Windows 98 and Windows 95 compatibility. It did not work. I have also downloaded the Nvidia patch, but did not work either. I changed the FF8 configuration, nothing seems to work. I made a DXDiag, it tells me everything is fine. I have also changed the sound acceleration settings as recommended on a forum, but it did not work either. I have another computer with Windows 2000 and a non GeForce card and the game did not start either.

Has any of you had that problem? Have you played FF8 on Windows XP? Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance.