AppHangB1 & APPCRASH

[shoheiyuna]

hi
i'm reinstalling this very old game - Final Fantasy VIII - for my little cousin to play.
my laptop is now Windows Vista Basic, with Directx 10 installed.
i've tried changing the compatibility mode for the game to Windows 95 and Windows 98 but no luck in running the game.
i've tried disabling visual themes, desktop composition and display scaling on high DPI settings but still didn't work.

the message i've gotten from FF8.exe are these:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: FF8.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 38752c0e
Fault Module Name: Secur32.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bdd2
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000021f4
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.2
Locale ID: 18441
Additional Information 1: e51a
Additional Information 2: 4c0d4d78887f76d971d5d00f1f20a433
Additional Information 3: e51a
Additional Information 4: 4c0d4d78887f76d971d5d00f1f20a433


Description:
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: FF8.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 38752c0e
Hang Signature: aea4
Hang Type: 2048
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.2
Locale ID: 18441
Additional Hang Signature 1: d9dc9563e58dd2fa8cee1a9278793b69
Additional Hang Signature 2: 4e37
Additional Hang Signature 3: 1c3bde4efeb2610502f58cf127b7ba46
Additional Hang Signature 4: aea4
Additional Hang Signature 5: d9dc9563e58dd2fa8cee1a9278793b69
Additional Hang Signature 6: 4e37
Additional Hang Signature 7: 1c3bde4efeb2610502f58cf127b7ba46

i've tried searching about AppHangB1 online and mostly they are on IE7. I don't use IE7 (though it's installed in my notebook), i use mostly Firefox.

so how do i go about solving this and enable the game play?

thanks a lot

[edit] sorry i didn't see the game section and just posted this message here.

[DavidGP]

Hi

Get and install the game patch update 1.2 http://www.fileplanet.com/41552/0/0/0/1/section/Patches

If that doesnt help try the below.....


Well only read this one on a game site and thought it was the weirdest fix or possible fix ever but some users of Vista 32bit have found that FF8 works after doing this, so here goes

Open up the FF8 folder on your PC ( likely if default install, will be in C: > Program Files ) then in that folder make a new folder and call it anything you want, say for arguments sake, FF8 Run and then right click and copy the ff8.exe file and paste it into the new folder, then update the Start Menu/Desktop Shorcuts to this new location and see if the game runs. ( DO not delete the older FF8.exe file, just leave it be )


Told you it was a weird workaround!!



Sadly many older games just dont work with Vista, and even more sad is that many of the developers are not updating the games to work.


Credits to original poster of this ~ llMaXll

[shoheiyuna]

hey no kidding!

i didn't install the patch though.
went straight to try the method (i didn't even think that it'd work in the first place)
after that the game really starts!

it's indeed one of the weirdest fix but it is a solution after all

thanks a lot!

[edit] i still couldn't play though because everytime i click "new game", the game won't work :s so i'm getting the patches and see how. xD