XP Error

[robbob]

Well, problem solved I guess. The user I was trying to run this under has Admin privileges, but I also tried running everything possible "As Administrator" (the AutoRun.exe, Setup.exe, PRLauncher.exe, etc). Nothing worked. It used to get part-way thru the updates before crashing, and now it wouldn't even get that far.

I then pulled out an old hard drive that still had Windows 7 loaded on it and installed that as the boot drive (vs the XP drive I was using). I don't normally use this drive as the Product Key is in use on my main PC - but just for the exercise...
Once up and running, I installed PR from scratch and fired up the updates. Everything ran perfect. So, with no other hardware changes I'm left to conclude it was an issue with XP.

Any confirmation from the development group? Will the updates run on XP or not?

Thanks, RobBob

[[R-DEV]​AlonTavor]

No guarantee for XP support.

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Originally Posted by odysseus

Hm, having the exact same issue on XP. Any luck finding an answer?

"The following sections describe why you may receive a given error code.
Error code 0x80004005



This problem may occur if a file that the Windows Product Activation (WPA) requires is damaged or missing. This behavior occurs if one or both of the following conditions are true:
1. A third-party backup utility or an antivirus program interferes with the installation of Windows XP. !!!


2. A file that WPA requires is manually modified.
source :
support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/914232/you-may-receive-error-code-0x80004005-or-other-error-codes-when-you-tr
link:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...es-when-you-tr

#0x80004005XPERROR

recommendations: when installing the game (windows XP)

1. download game torrent (version 1.4.1.0)

2. if you have windows XP recommendation is: download manually
all the patches latest current patch is 1.4.16.0 to 1.4.17.0:
link:
https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27...-solution.html


3.disable antivirus before installation install game and disable antivirus !!BEFORE GAME installation
4. copy all the updates to the folder where to update the game

5. when game is finished updating ALL the updates
activate the antivirus again

some antivirus need some allowing of PR
see for solutions here:

realitymod.com/forum/f27-pr-bf2-support/122200-if-your-antivirus-blocked-pr-bf2-please-list-here.html
link:
https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27...list-here.html