To finish installing, please restart your computer

>to finish installing, please restart your computer

are you 2?

>program has successfully installed
>don't remember starting any install

>don't restart
>start the game
FUCK
THE
POLICE

No, you

>Doesn't work

>Please insert disc 1
>Please insert disc 2
>Please insert disc 3
>Please insert disc 1 to finalize the installation

>then have to insert Play Disc

>command prompt pops up for a split second

DAMN! That was the old days of pc gaming and also.
>Please insert your disc into your computer to play the game.
>Doesn't know where is the disc.

>Please enter the 12 digit registration code located inside the CD case

>choose compact of full installation
>game freezes after killing boss
>please insert cinematics disk to continue

nice triples

>please refer to the instruction manual to find the code in column 10 row 8 to start the game

shit scares me every time

>Installing: Microsoft VC Redist Package (step 1 of 1)

>Disc read failure, Abort, Retry, Continue?

30 SECONDS TO COMPLY!

>hey guys i have a problem with (game), it seems to be doing (problem). can anyone help me out?
>user with fucktons of posts and an obnoxious forum signature: "maybe you shouldn't have pirated the game buddy ;)"
>thread is now derailed by sucking the popular user's cock, saying how great he is and how epic that comeback was
>the problem never gets fixed

>please install directX and update your win 98 drivers to continue

>Required ram: 48kb
>System ram: 8000000kb

...

this has never happened, ever

>installing RealPlayer

>please install Microsoft Visual Studio C++XYBZ to continue

Sounds like somebody reinstalled Bloodlines

>Data error (cyclic redundancy check).

>installing Quicktime

Yes it did. I remember trying to find a solution to some bug/old game who doesn't respond by checking on Google and always finding obscure forums with that kind of stupid shit.

Sounds like somebody's new to the internet

uhm maybe you SHOULDN'T have pirated the game sweatie?

>Trying to install Macromedia Shockwave in the late 90's but it wouldn't work on my family's toaster
>Tried to install it recently and it doesn't work
Ended up being able to play the games that used it at the library and later on when they were just starting to let you use computers in school but still

>find forum post of user with exact same problem as you
>only response is from same user
>"nvm fixed"
>no further replies

>installed shockwave
>our computer was so old and shitty that everything played at 2fps

>after hour or searching solution
>find an obscur forum the last post is from 2004
>the same problem as me
>"and there user you're need to download that patch"
>"oh thanksanon that work"
> the link is dead

>patch is a megaupload link

>Downloading large file
>get halfway through
>"Your connection has timed out."
>have to start the download again from the start

>piracy protection password is a megaupload link

>link is to one of those temporary file sharing sites
>"this file expired 1, 125 days ago"

>nvm, fixed, I used BurtFix3.3.0
>search BurtFix
>all dead links
>except one older version
>try it anyway
>program crashes instantly due to some .NET frame work shit
>you're now troubleshooting a problem with a program you downloaded to fix a problem that might not even fix your problem
>find a thread where someone is having the same problem with that version of BurtFix
>nvm fixed

>using dialup back in the day, downloading 100mb file
>someone picks the phone up when it's 90%

>not having a second phone line for internet only
user...

>only solution to problem is a forum post from 2003
>the post that has the solution has a link to a program that can fix it
>everyone says it works
>you need to register to view links
>to register you need to send a confirmation sms

>to progress the installation, enter the circumference of Mars