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maillemaker · 03-18-10, 10:51 PM

There are at least a couple of threads here about SH3 running under Windows 7. I was very nervous buying my new computer that it would not work.

It works just fine.

I re-bought SH3 from Direct2Drive for $10. It was already patched to 1.4b, and does not have the StarForce DRM. Many of the problems people have reported stem from older copies of SH3 that have the StarForce DRM that is not compatible with Windows 7.

My setup:
Asus P6TSE motherboard
Intel i7-930
Nvidia GeForce 5500 GT 1GB
Windows 7 64bit Professional

When I installed SH3, I took the default install directory which is the x86 Program Files folder. I installed GWX 3 Gold on top of that, and it automatically detected the correct install directory.

I didn't do anything special, and it ran "out of the box".

Steve

03-18-10, 10:51 PM	#1
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	SHIII under Windows 7 is no problem. There are at least a couple of threads here about SH3 running under Windows 7. I was very nervous buying my new computer that it would not work. It works just fine. I re-bought SH3 from Direct2Drive for $10. It was already patched to 1.4b, and does not have the StarForce DRM. Many of the problems people have reported stem from older copies of SH3 that have the StarForce DRM that is not compatible with Windows 7. My setup: Asus P6TSE motherboard Intel i7-930 Nvidia GeForce 5500 GT 1GB Windows 7 64bit Professional When I installed SH3, I took the default install directory which is the x86 Program Files folder. I installed GWX 3 Gold on top of that, and it automatically detected the correct install directory. I didn't do anything special, and it ran "out of the box". Steve