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I recently picked up an older game, Heroes of Might and Magic IV get home and install. Install wizard runs fine except for one thing despite the fact it correctly identifies all my hardware, it tells me that my 2GB RAM fails to meet the 128MB requirement. Despite this, it says I can still run the game but it may run poorly. I figured since the game was released back in 2002 their code may simplyu not anticipate 2 full gigs of RAM so I press onward. Installation completes with no further incident. When I try to run the game, however, I get a blue screen. Something about cdd.dll trying to write a protected area? I tried using Ubisoft's support page, they suggested using the compatibility tab in "Properties" to an earlier version of Windows. This did not work. How can i solve this problem?

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I have Heroes of Might and Magic 5 Running on Win 7. There were many patches to install before this title worked(on my computer). Have you installed all the available updates for it?

Here are 2 sites that have the compatibility options:
http://techpaul.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/compatibility-tricks-for-old-programs-new-machines/
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

If that does not work, you can also try to set up XP mode in Win 7: (Note: you need to have Win 7 Pro, Enterprise, or Ultimate for this one) Win 7 Home Premium does not support XP Mode.
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/reviews/2010/01/windows-xp-mode.ars/

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