Can't launch Age of Kings - invalid page fault

Age of Kings appeared to install without problems. But
when I attempt to start the game, I get the error message
listed at the bottom of this posting. I have tried various
remedies from the site "How to troubleshoot invalid page
faults and exception errors" to no effect. Perhaps I
haven't done them correctly.

Has anyone else had encountered this problem and fixed it?
I am running Windows 98.

EMPIRES2 caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:2ae66ff8.
Registers:
EAX=2ae66ff8 CS=017f EIP=2ae66ff8 EFLGS=00010286
EBX=bff7427f SS=0187 ESP=009bf760 EBP=009bfff4
ECX=e7aa46f0 DS=0187 ESI=8198fd58 FS=5457
EDX=8198fdb8 ES=0187 EDI=8198931c GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
009bfef9 009bfed7 e7aa4720 bff7427f 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

"CMM" <anonymous.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1d3501c48cd4$22a9df50$a301280a@phx.gbl...
| Age of Kings appeared to install without problems. But
| when I attempt to start the game, I get the error message
| listed at the bottom of this posting. I have tried various
| remedies from the site "How to troubleshoot invalid page
| faults and exception errors" to no effect. Perhaps I
| haven't done them correctly.
|
| Has anyone else had encountered this problem and fixed it?
| I am running Windows 98.
|
| EMPIRES2 caused an invalid page fault in
| module <unknown> at 0000:2ae66ff8.
| Registers:
| EAX=2ae66ff8 CS=017f EIP=2ae66ff8 EFLGS=00010286
| EBX=bff7427f SS=0187 ESP=009bf760 EBP=009bfff4
| ECX=e7aa46f0 DS=0187 ESI=8198fd58 FS=5457
| EDX=8198fdb8 ES=0187 EDI=8198931c GS=0000
| Bytes at CS:EIP:
|
| Stack dump:
| 009bfef9 009bfed7 e7aa4720 bff7427f 00000000 00000000
| 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
| 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
|
|

Hi CMM,

Let's try some basic troubleshooting. If the problem still persists
please post back and we'll try some more steps. Good luck!

1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using: http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php

You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

2. Run a virus scan at: http://housecall.antivirus.com Afterwards
Download & Run Spybot from: http://security.kolla.de to find any
Trojans, Adware, or Spyware which could clog up your system.

3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.

4. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under Critical and
Recommended: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Some games
require a patch: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a

5. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
Checklist of Solutions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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