For our spare time we want to use Windows Server 2008 to play games and have fun! On this page games that work and don’t work are listed. If you have a game that is not listed on this page, please leave a comment so I can add it to the list of (non)working games. More games can be found at the forum.
If games won’t install because the installation says your Operating System is not supported, the article Installing Unreal Tournament 3 might help you. If you have problems with crashing games or applications take a look at the Disable Data Execution Prevention article. When you get the message gameux.dll is missing, read the tutorial Missing gameux.dll. To get your Game Controller working read the Game Controllers tutorial!
| Game | Manufacturer | Website | Compatible | Issues | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | Epic Games | http://www.unrealtournament2004.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Grand Theft Auto 2 | Rockstar Games | http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/ | Yes | Error about incompatible DirectX version. | Tutorial for x86 |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Bethesda Softworks | http://www.elderscrolls.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Age of empires II | Microsoft Games | http://www.microsoft.com/games/age2/ | Yes | - | - |
| Battlefield 2142 | EA Games | http://www.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield/bf2142/ | Yes | - | - |
| Call Of Duty 2 & 4 | Activision | http://www.callofduty.com/ | Yes | COD4 v1.5 crashes with MultiPlayer in x64? | - |
| Crysis | EA Games | http://www.ea.com/crysis/ | Yes | - | - |
| The Orange Box | Valve | http://orange.half-life2.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Battlefield 1942 | EA Games | http://www.ea.com/ | Yes | See Comments. | See Comments |
| World of Warcraft | Blizzard | http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Guild Wars | ArenaNet | http://www.guildwars.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Magic Online | Wizards | http://www.wizards.com/magiconline/ | Yes | - | - |
| Company of Heroes [: Opposing Fronts] | THQ | http://www.companyofheroesgame.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Hour of Victory | Midway | http://www.hourofvictory.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Sudden Strike 3 | Fireglow Games | http://www.suddenstrike.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| FIFA 08 | EA Games | http://www.fifa08.ea.com/ | Yes | Error about incompatible DirectX version. | GTA 2 tutorial |
| Dethkarz | ? | ? | Yes | - | - |
| Battlefield Vietnam | EA Games | http://www.ea.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Battlefield 2 | EA Games | http://battlefield.ea.com/battlefield/bf2/ | Yes | - | - |
| Half Life / Half Life 2 (all) | VALVe | http://orange.half-life2.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Diablo I / Diablo II | Blizzard | http://www.blizzard.com/diablo2/ | Yes | ? | See comments |
| Unreal Tournament 3 | Epic Games | http://www.unrealtournament3.com/ | Yes | Won't install in Windows Server 2008. | Tutorial |
| Warcraft III: Frozen Throne | Blizzard | http://www.blizzard.com/war3x/ | Yes | - | - |
| Madden NFL 08 | EA Games | http://www.easports.com/madden08/ | Yes | Crashes sometimes | Change compatibility mode to Windows XP SP2 |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar | Turbine | http://www.lotro.com/ | Yes | ? | Install .NET Framework v1.1 |
| Football Manager 2008 | Sega | http://fm08.footballmanager.net/ | Yes | - | - |
| Audiosurf | Audiosurf | http://www.audio-surf.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Bioshock | 2K Games | http://www.2kgames.com/bioshock/ | Yes | - | Install gameux.dll |
| Counterstrike Source | VALVe | http://www.counter-strike.net/ | Yes | - | - |
| Call of Juarez | UbiSoft | http://www.callofjuarez.com/ | No | Can't install, script error 1628 | - |
| Dark Messiah of Might and Magic | UbiSoft | http://www.darkmessiahgame.com/ | Yes | Sometimes crashes like in Vista | - |
| Fable: The Lost Chapters | Microsoft Games | http://www.microsoft.com/games/fable/ | Yes | Complains about low graphic/system memory, but works fine! | Close sidebar if the screen flickers |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl | THQ | http://www.stalker-game.com/ | Yes | - | Update to newer version to get proper memory management (memory bugs are under vista with version 1.0, too) |
| SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate | Sierra | http://www.swat4.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| SuperPower 2 | DreamCatcher Interactive | http://www.superpower2game.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| The Ship | Mindscape | http://www.theshiponline.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| F.E.A.R. | Vivendi Games | http://www.whatisfear.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance | THQ | http://www.supremecommander.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Quake III Arena | ID Software | http://www.idsoftware.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Hellgate: London | Electronic Arts | http://www.hellgatelondon.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| UFO: Afterlight | Cenega | http://www.ufo-afterlight.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Conflict: Denied Ops | Eidos | http://www.conflict.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Clive Barker's Jericho | Codemasters | http://www.codemasters.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War | THQ | http://www.dawnofwargame.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | Activision | http://www.enemyterritory.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| NeverWinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer | Atari | http://www.atari.com/nwn2/ | Yes | - | - |
| EVE Online | CCP | http://www.eve-online.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Rainbow Six Vegas 1 & 2 | UbiSoft | http://www.rainbowsixgame.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Trackmania Nations Forever | Nadeo | http://www.trackmania.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Soldiers: Heroes of World War II | Codemasters | http://www.codemasters.com/soldiers/ | Yes | - | Install Vista Patch |
| Soldat | Michal Marcinkowski | http://www.soldat.pl/ | Yes | - | - |
| Assassins Creed | UbiSoft | http://www.assassinscreed.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Command & Conquer 3 [: Kanes Wrath] | EA Games | http://www.commandandconquer.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| World in Conflict | Sierra | http://www.worldinconflict.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Uplink | Introversion Software | http://www.introversion.co.uk/uplink/ | Yes | - | - |
| Warsow | ? | http://www.warsow.net/ | Yes | - | - |
| Turok | Propaganda Games | http://www.propagandagames.go.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Savage 2: A Tortured Soul | S2 Games | http://savage2.s2games.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| The Witcher | Atari | http://www.thewitcher.com/ | Yes | See Comments. | - |
| Starcraft: Brood War | Blizzard | http://www.blizzard.com/broodwar/ | Yes | See Comments. | - |
| Sam & Max | Telltale Games | http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/ | Yes | - | - |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | Activision | http://www.activision.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Need for Speed Most Wanted | EA Games | http://www.nfsmostwanted.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Far Cry | UbiSoft | http://farcrygame.ubi.com/ | Yes | Patch 1.3 to 1.4 doesn't work. (see comment) | Install Patch v1.32 |
| Grand Theft Auto San Andreas | Rockstar Games | http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/ | Yes | ? | See comments |
| Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition | UbiSoft | http://chessmaster.us.ubi.com/xi/ | Yes | Start menu entries aren't created. | Run setup in XP SP2 compatibility mode. |
| Team Fortress Classic / 2 | VALVe | http://www.steampowered.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Need For Speed Carbon | EA Games | http://www.nfscarbon.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Continuum | Brilliant Digital Entertainment | http://www.getcontinuum.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Doom 3 | ID Software | http://www.doom3.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (demo) | THQ | http://www.stalker-game.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Kane & Lynch: Dead Men | Eidos | http://www.kaneandlynch.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Lost: Via Domus | UbiSoft | http://lostgame.us.ubi.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Medal of Honor: Airborne | EA Games | http://www.mohairborne.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| X3 Reunion | EGOSOFT | http://www.X3Reunion.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Demo | Epic Games | http://www.unrealtournament3.com/ | Yes | Won't install in Windows Server 2008. | See Forum Topic |
| Requiem: Bloodymare | Gravity Interactive | http://www.playrequiem.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| ROHAN Online | YNK Interactive | http://www.playrohan.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Dance Battle Audition Online | MMO | http://au.mmosite.com/ | Yes | - | Disable DEP and Configure IE |
| MapleStory | NEXON | http://www.maplestory.com/ | Yes | Needs workarounds. | See this blog |
| Age of Conan | Funcom | http://www.ageofconan.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Mass Effect | BioWare | http://www.masseffect.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| UEFA Euro 2008 | EA Games | http://www.electronicarts.co.uk/ | Yes | - | GTA 2 tutorial |
| Lost Planet Extreme Condition Colonies Edition | Capcom | http://www.lostplanet-thegame.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne | NCsoft | http://www.lineage2.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | BioWare | http://www.bioware.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II | BioWare | http://www.bioware.com/ | Yes | - | Install Vista fix |
| Halo 2 | Microsoft Games | http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo2/ | No | Won't start. | - |
| Perry Rhodan | BrainGame | http://www.perry-rhodan-game.de/ | Yes | - | - |
| Resident Evil 4 | Capcom | http://www.residentevil.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Everquest 2 | Sony Online Entertainment | http://www.everquest2.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Devil May Cry 4 | Capcom | http://www.devilmaycry.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Alien vs Predator 2 | 20th Century Fox | http://www.alienvspredator2.com/ | Yes | Some graphical errors after start of some levels. | - |
| Postal 2 | Running With Scissors | http://www.postal2.com/ | Yes | - | - |
| Gears of War | Microsoft Games | http://www.gearsofwar.com/ | Yes | - | See comment in DEP post |
| Worms World Party | Team17 | http://wormsworldparty.team17.com/ | No | Keeps crashing | - |
Tags Server 2008 Workstation
March 8th, 2008 at 22:12
Oblivion. Error about missing gameux.dll, but after clicking ok, it works fine.
March 8th, 2008 at 22:14
Age of empires II. Complains about gameux.dll. After manually copying that to %windir%\system32\ and registering (regsvr32 gameux.dll), it works fine.
March 9th, 2008 at 2:17
World of Warcraft - if someone can confirm World of Warcraft runs after tweaking 2008 Server - I’m so there.
March 9th, 2008 at 3:05
Wow working better then in Vista
March 10th, 2008 at 0:14
Has anyone figured out how to get the bundled Games from Vista to work? I’ve tried copying over both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Microsoft Games folder (I’m running 64-bit W2K8), however, I’ve had zero luck getting them to work. Problems range from complaints about a missing XINPUT9_1_0.dll (tried various combinations and versions, copied to System32, the local exe folder, etc.) to the programs just not loading at all (or loading and then unloading so quickly I can’t tell).
Call me quaint, but I really miss solitaire!
RCK
March 10th, 2008 at 0:43
GTA2 rox!
March 10th, 2008 at 12:14
FlatOut 2 ?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:08
Battlefield 1942 doesn’t work. With the GTA2 DirectMusic Patch, I can get it to start and take me to the main menu (w/o the patch it doesn’t even do that), but as soon as I move the mouse the game crashes.
March 12th, 2008 at 14:49
These are the games I’ve gotten to work without issues:
Battlefield 2142
Call of Duty 4
Crysis (Demo)
Portal
Also Ideazon just released beta drivers for their Zboard products that work with Server 2008. Check their forums.
March 12th, 2008 at 23:15
Guild Wars and Magic Online works in Server 08
March 14th, 2008 at 15:32
Call of Duty 4 confirmed, multiplayer works too…
March 14th, 2008 at 15:51
Sudden Strike 3 works
March 14th, 2008 at 16:21
Hour of Victory works, but fails to be any good =)
March 14th, 2008 at 18:08
VLC Media Player works (vlc-0.8.6e-win32)
March 14th, 2008 at 18:55
Company of Heroes - Opposing Fronts works
March 15th, 2008 at 7:48
Fifa 2008 does not work. Gives an error stating that Directx must be installed. Then incorrect version.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:10
Oh yeah, Diablo 1 and 2 work fine (even XP couldn’t run D1 on my machine). D2 requires disabling themes in the .exe properties though.
So far all other games i have (except BF1942) run really nice.
March 16th, 2008 at 5:20
Unreal Tournament, Age of Empires, Dethkarz, BF Vietnam, BF2, Half-Life, Half-Life 2 works fine. I;m trying to get Bf1942 to work. Had it working under Win2003Ent 64-bit
March 17th, 2008 at 3:48
Warcraft III/The frozen throne does work. You have to manually add “gameux.dll” in your sys folder. Perchance you could add a Guide for that?
Admin: The file gameux.dll can be downloaded from http://files.filefront.com/gameuxdll/;8055393;/fileinfo.html. Save it to C:\Windows\System32\
March 17th, 2008 at 18:56
Hi Admin
I want to say that UT03 work flawsless ,Ut2004 Ask for gameux.dll, So there is some Issues… thanks for reading… I want to give back to this becouse server standard 2008 rocks…
Admin: For me UT2004 worked directly in Server 2008 32bit, but I updated the status!
March 17th, 2008 at 23:19
Madden 2008 appears to be working fine. The first time i ran it, it crashed a few seconds into the game. I changed the compatibilty to WinXP service pack 2 and it worked fine. It is a little slower on server 2008 then when i used to play it on XP SP2.
March 18th, 2008 at 0:35
Company of Heroes [works fine, for the first time ask to install latest direct-x, dx10 settings can be set-up ingame]
Gears of War [works fine, no issues, , dx10 settings can be set-up ingame]
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance [works fine, no issues, looks more gorgeous than on xp with dx9 maybe it's becausee of dx10]
Flatout 2 [works fine, no issues]
Warcraft III [works fine, no issues]
March 18th, 2008 at 13:34
The Lord Of The Rings Online - Also works after installing the Microsoft 1.1 Net Patch - Enjoy
March 19th, 2008 at 1:17
Admin: Since there are a lot of games that require gameux.dll you could perhaps ad a guide for it? Both the x64 and x86. Thanks in advance.
March 19th, 2008 at 3:52
For all those that have gameux.dll issue. Go to this link
http://files.filefront.com/gameuxdll/;8055393;/fileinfo.html
then pick the one with 6.0.6000.16485 and download it.
Place it in C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder.
You problem with gameux.dll should disappear. It did it for me.
Admin: Thanks. Merged your two posts!
March 21st, 2008 at 18:18
I got BF1942 to work under win2008. Will post shortly
Admin: Nice job! I’m curious how you did it.
March 22nd, 2008 at 13:14
Here another big list of working games:
http://www.win2008workstation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=92
March 22nd, 2008 at 14:28
BF1942 under windows 2008
so far the only way to play the game under win2008 is to run in Windowed Mode not in the full screen as you will get DirectX error and the game simply quits.
go to this folder C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings (change path if you have installed it in a different location) and open VideoDefault.con file
it should look like this
renderer.setFullScreen 1
renderer.fieldOfView 1
renderer.globalLodRadius 1
renderer.globalLodRadiusScaleFactor 5
console.showStats 0
renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 1
change the very first line renderer.setFullScreen 1 so that it will show 0 instead of 1. This way the game will load in windowed mode and you can ignore the Directx warning and continue to load the game
your file should look like this now
renderer.setFullScreen 0
renderer.fieldOfView 1
renderer.globalLodRadius 1
renderer.globalLodRadiusScaleFactor 5
console.showStats 0
renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 1
save it and run it again
when the DirectX error shows up simply select Ignore button and the game will start
hope this helps
tip
make your desktop background black. the game plays nicer that way
Admin: Looks like a good workaround! I don’t own the game, but I’m sure you help many other people with this fix. Thanks!
March 23rd, 2008 at 7:48
Battlefield 2 doesn’t work for me :/
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: BF2.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 00000000
Fault Module Name: BF2.exe
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0076ca32
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.274.10
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: dfd7
Additional Information 2: af85206b67d06de0c21058ccb92d79f8
Additional Information 3: 4e37
Additional Information 4: 3d80c0317035ef60c2052c34f9bb3b59
March 23rd, 2008 at 21:40
just to add a note of fixed from my previous post…. BF2 AND HYPER-V DO NOT PLAY WELL TOGETHER… I MEAN AT ALL had to uninstall HYPER-V then it worked….
March 24th, 2008 at 21:10
What about World in Conflict?
March 24th, 2008 at 22:03
Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time works perfectly.
Counter-Strike Source also works perfectly.
March 27th, 2008 at 14:37
I got problem with bioshock.
Podpis problému:
Název události problému: APPCRASH
Název aplikace: Bioshock.exe
Verze aplikace: 1.0.0.0
Časové razítko aplikace: 474f5a3a
Název chybného modulu: Bioshock.exe
Verze chybného modulu: 1.0.0.0
Časové razítko chybného modulu: 474f5a3a
Kód výjimky: c0000005
Posun výjimky: 00463b3f
Verze operačního systému: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.274.10
ID národního prostředí: 1029
Další informace 1: fd00
Další informace 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Další informace 3: fd00
Další informace 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Any ideas how to fix it?
Admin: Have you also tried to disable DEP? That might work…
March 28th, 2008 at 15:42
@ 33 Dirtas:
Did you try the suggestion in the list above and change compatability to XP SP2?
March 28th, 2008 at 16:38
i cannot confirm UT3, at least i cannot install it. it complains that i need xp, vista or 2003 server. tried compatibility mode and i tried to fiddle with the setup.ini but i didn’t get it to work
Admin: I tried installing UT3 myself and you are right, but…. there is a fix! See the tutorial Installing Unreal Tournament 3 for the solution. This method may also work for other games that refuse to install on Windows Server 2008!
March 28th, 2008 at 16:47
oh, forgot to mention i can add to the list, rainbow six vegas (asks for gameux.dll but works witout), quake 4, command and conquer 3 and c&c 3 kane’s wrath (all tested on x64 enterprise)
March 28th, 2008 at 17:55
Re: Bioshock.. I Tried that with compatability but it didnt help.. I spend almost 4 hours with reading internet forums but nothing
March 28th, 2008 at 18:00
Add to my last post: Maybe problem is that i got 64 bit version. Anyone can confirm, that Bioshock works at 64 bit?
April 4th, 2008 at 22:37
Company of Heroes - works
FEAR - works
Server 2008 32-bit
I have installed the gameux.dll fix.
April 6th, 2008 at 16:45
Does anyone have any ideas why the Mic on my new Creative headset won’t work on Server 2008 while playing WoW? Mics are great when going on Raids and playing in Battlegrounds. I have tried both the built in Mic and the one that is on my Creative Sound Card that I added. I have tried both Speaker Mics and the best I can get is fuzzy noise.
April 7th, 2008 at 11:43
Tracy,
Is your Headset USB? or is it plugged into the Creative Sound Card?, no matter for WoW if you haven’t already (sorry just have to make sure) go into the WoW settings for the Voice, in their there is a drop down to select the Input Source, make sure its set to the headset and not the soundcard, IF that is infact the case, otherwise please let us know the settings (and what devices are there) shown in the Sound Panel under the Control Panel Area.
April 7th, 2008 at 23:25
Please could someone help me. I have got server up and running but can’t get any sound! Whenever i try to install the vista driver it says “Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software”
Please help, I’m at my wits end!
Thanks James
Admin: As workaround, try to select the option Disable Driver Signature Enforcement by repeatadly pressing F8 before starting Windows Server 2008: http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9318/disabledriversignatureevs7.jpg
April 8th, 2008 at 5:27
Kane,
My headset is not USB but from some things I am reading that seams to be the only Mics that are working. My settings in WoW are correct I believe. I used the Mic on my Web Cam when I was running Vista and it worked. On my sound devices I have “speakers high definition audio device working” listed under playback and on recording I have “microphone high definition audio device working”. For my Creative Sound Card for Playback I have ” speakers SB X-FI Extreme Audio working and Digital Audio Interface SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio working”. For recording I have S/PDIF-In SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio currently unavailable”. I had another for microphone but I disabled it and now it is gone. I will work with it and see if I can get that back. I all else fails I will just do a re-install and see if that fixes it. Thanks
April 8th, 2008 at 13:40
Works perfectly on 2008 x64:
Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (runs better than on XP)
Quake 3
Hellgate London (x64)
UFO Afterlight (runs considerably better than on XP, level /area load times 5 times shorter)
Conflict Denied Ops
Clive Barker’s Jericho
April 10th, 2008 at 17:48
Admin: Thanks for putting a guide on how to fix gameux.dll! I really like that you care so much for your readers. Also i would like to thank you for a great page!
Admin: I am glad to hear that you enjoy this manual! Thanks for your comment!
April 11th, 2008 at 18:01
Empires: Dawn of the Mordern World
Got “gameux.dll is missing” and fixed that error with the info above…
…but it still dies loading the main menu…
Windows error..
“Empires_DMW.exe has stopped working”
Admin: Have you also tried to disable DEP? That might work…
April 15th, 2008 at 13:19
Quake wars - Enemy Territory works great!
April 15th, 2008 at 13:29
Never Winter Nights 2 and expansion work fine!
April 16th, 2008 at 9:15
Warhammer 40k: Dawn Of War: works perfectly
April 18th, 2008 at 22:47
cannot start counterstrike
steam work, but not counterstrike
Problemsignatur:
Problemereignisname: BEX
Anwendungsname: hl.exe
Anwendungsversion: 1.1.1.1
Anwendungszeitstempel: 43712ff5
Fehlermodulname: hl.exe
Fehlermodulversion: 1.1.1.1
Fehlermodulzeitstempel: 43712ff5
Ausnahmeoffset: 00a5f5b9
Ausnahmecode: c0000005
Ausnahmedaten: 00000008
Betriebsystemversion: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.274.10
Gebietsschema-ID: 1031
Zusatzinformation 1: 8630
Zusatzinformation 2: 09286870d7935e2d2118a49d3fd3d480
Zusatzinformation 3: cf29
Zusatzinformation 4: 81e77f52464e460ec28dc1f2b98d8b2e
Admin: Have you followed the Disable DEP tutorial? That might help you!
April 21st, 2008 at 8:49
- EVE Online
- Rainbow Six Vegas 2
- Trackmania Nations Forever
- Soldiers: Heros of World War II (Install the Vista patch for it)
- Soldat
The above games work like a charm on Windows Server 2008 Standard x86
April 22nd, 2008 at 16:52
A few more working games:
- Assassins Creed
- Command & Conquer 3
- Command & Conquer 3: Kanes Wrath
- Call of Duty 2
- Call of Duty 4
- Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne
- World in Conflict
- Uplink
Oh and EVE Online is made by CCP, seeing as you are missing that
Admin: Thanks for your comments! Updated the list!
April 22nd, 2008 at 21:25
cant get bioshock or gear of war to work on 2008 64bit!!
Can someone confirm is this is possible
thanks
Admin: There is a topic on the forum about Bioshock.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:59
Two more:
- Warsow
- Turok
April 27th, 2008 at 14:42
The following games work, but could depend on gameux.dll (didn’t test without):
- Savage 2 - A Tortured Soul: Works even much more stable than on my pre-SP1 Vista (I don’t get runtime errors on map reloading anymore)
- The Witcher: Only fails to create shortcuts in start menu and/or desktop. The game itself works as fine as it does in Vista (Release version crashes every other loading screen, patch 1.2 crashes only ~ every hour, most recent patch 1.3 seems to be quite stable).
- Starcraft Brood War: Works fine. If colors are displayed incorrectly, play around with the compatibility settings until it’s fixed (like in Vista).
- Sam&Max (Tested Episode: 104)
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory: Works perfectly fine without any tuning
May 1st, 2008 at 6:55
Is it possible to add support for gamepads?
Admin: Just added an article about this. Read here!
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:33
[...] deles, contendo a compatibilidade, o problema (quando há) e a solução (coluna Fix). Confira-as aqui e aqui, [...]
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:37
Retail Crysis works just fine.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:16
Need For Speed Most Wanted
classic i like this
working smoothly on Windows Server 2008 without problems
May 4th, 2008 at 15:08
Far Cry
v 1.0 graphic error
v 1.32 runs well
May 5th, 2008 at 10:14
Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas works with some work
-Needed the gameux.dll
-Installed the update
-Original game disc did not work without crack
-Crack is for original version (not the updated)
May 6th, 2008 at 2:25
Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition
-Ran Setup using XP SP2 compatibility. Start menu entries wouldn’t be created otherwise.
Fritz 11
No problems.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:20
Counterstrike source works, Half life works, Team fortress clasic works, Gary’s mod works. All without compatability mode. I’ll try all steam games i’ll have, but chances are they’ll work
Oh yes, might have to add that i have NOT tested them without gameux.dll
DEP has to be disabled as well -__-
Admin: Merged your three posts. Thanks for the reply!
May 9th, 2008 at 19:04
Tested Day Of Defeat, Day Of Defeat Source, Half Life 1, Half life: source, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. i think we can safely say steam games will work?
May 15th, 2008 at 5:33
Is it possible to run WIndows Movie Maker 6 in server 2008? If so, how?
Where to download? Could find only WMM ver 2.6
TIA
Admin: See this topic at the forum how to migrate Windows Movie Maker from Vista to Windows Server 2008!
May 15th, 2008 at 13:07
Need For Speed Carbon (with gameux.dll)
May 17th, 2008 at 9:45
continuum (subspace) doesn’t work. double clicked it - did nothing, no error, no menu, no screen, etc, just nothing.
May 18th, 2008 at 13:49
The following wok:
-Doom 3
-E3 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky demo
-Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
-Lost: Via Domus
-Medal of Honor: Airborne
May 19th, 2008 at 18:54
Hi guys, i tried to put Turok rolling, but when i am trying to rut it says : “wxmsw262u_vc80.dll cannot be found, this aplication has failed” any ideas what this mean’s??
Thx for the help.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:41
Thanks a lot! Working 100%!!!
# sps Says:
May 15th, 2008 at 5:33
Is it possible to run WIndows Movie Maker 6 in server 2008? If so, how?
Where to download? Could find only WMM ver 2.6
TIA
Admin: See this topic at the forum how to migrate Windows Movie Maker from Vista to Windows Server 2008!
May 20th, 2008 at 22:57
Wow, nice list of compatible games.
I would like to add that MapleStory works in Windows Server 2008 with certain workarounds. For reference:
http://dracothoughts.baywords.com/2008/05/10/my-workaround-solution-for-maplestory-to-run-in-windows-server-2008/
It works perfectly in this OS. I can even do boss fight quests without any graphical glitches and crashes like most gamers reported. It may work for other gameguard protected games.
May 21st, 2008 at 12:16
“X3 Reunion” works with server 2008
May 25th, 2008 at 2:43
Admin, somebody list Continuum as as not working. I download it and it work fine.
Admin: Just tried it myself on Server 2008 x64 and it works fine indeed.
May 25th, 2008 at 14:22
Requiem: Bloodymare and Rohan Online both work
May 28th, 2008 at 1:50
Dance Battle Audition Online (32-bit)
working smoothly for two conditions:
just make sure that:
* Disable Enhanced Security in Internet Explorer.
* Set Data Execution Prevention (DEP) for essential Windows programs and services only.
June 2nd, 2008 at 22:36
Age of Conan works with win server 2k8, 32 bit
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:49
FIFA 08 solution:
http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/2008/03/08/get-gta2-working-in-windows-server-2008/
June 4th, 2008 at 2:52
Working:
Mass Effect
June 8th, 2008 at 15:59
UEFA Euro 2008 game working with the GTA2 fix.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:19
Working:
Lost Planet Extreme Condition Colonies Edition
June 12th, 2008 at 22:41
I posted this in the forum, but i think this is better place to do it:
Bioshock works without compability mode the only thing that need to be done is to copy gameux.dll in the system32 fodler and then type the following command in run:
regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\gameux.dll
Otherwise the game has some issues when run in compability mode.
June 13th, 2008 at 18:02
Lineage 2 is working and playable.
June 14th, 2008 at 1:55
In your compatible games list, you have World in Conflict listed.
I’ve been running it on 2K8 server and keep getting out of memory crashes after playing for about 5-10 minutes. I have 4GB. Any ideas?
Thanks.
June 15th, 2008 at 10:30
I have a big problem installing the Company of Heroes Patch to version 2.101, at the end of the installation always the same error message occurs. I have the german 64 bit version of Server 2008 and also the german version of CoH. Can anyone help or have the same problem??
I have already registered both gameux.dll’s.
Admin: Can you also add the exact error message you get when installing Patch 2.101?
June 15th, 2008 at 17:16
Yeah for sure, the exact error message is:
10028:ffffffff
The error seems to be caused by the IGameexplorer, that failed to add a game. This is what i understand from it.
If that’s not enough, i could post a screenshot, that could be more usefull.
June 16th, 2008 at 12:54
The link has error. Correction:
http://dracothoughts.baywords.com/
Sorry about that.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:54
Star wars knights of the old republic (KOTOR)
Star wars knights of the old republic 2 (KOTOR2)
Both of them works, no compatibility mode. KOTOR 2 needs one file to download from this link, otherwise won’t load:
http://www.old-republic.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=68&func=fileinfo&id=143
Secure ROM latest driver for vista is needed as well if you plan to use CD to play. No-CD patch works as well.
June 18th, 2008 at 15:47
so how about guitar hero III? did anyone try it?
June 22nd, 2008 at 0:05
I have the same exact problem as Omach.
::Sigh::
same exact error message:
error code 10028:ffffffff
Here’s a pic of the error:
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/2977/errorut8.jpg
June 24th, 2008 at 17:42
Well i still have no solution for the Patching-Problem described above. At the moment i’m playing CoH on Server 2008 by starting it from my old Windows XP-Harddrive, where it was installed before i got my new machine.
June 24th, 2008 at 17:43
Gersson, what are your System Specs? What language Version of the game and the OS do you use?
June 25th, 2008 at 6:57
So it would appear that (with tweaks) damn near every game will run on Workstation 2008 but Halo 2 Vista. I’ve tried the the standard install along with the available cracks and the XP crack but it always crashes just after start-up, just after it says Halo 2.
June 27th, 2008 at 18:12
I am using Window Vista on my Dell latitude C640 P4m and when I tried to install FIFA 2008, it failed to copy at all. What should I do.
Admin: What failed to copy? Can you upload a screenshot of your problem to for example http://www.imageshack.us/?
June 28th, 2008 at 14:08
Far Cry (german) - server2008 64bit
-v1.0 to v1.2 –> works fine
-v1.3 to 1.4 (incl 64bit patch) –> don’t work
June 30th, 2008 at 23:58
x64:
Warcraft III Frozen throne –> fine
…any fix yet?
Multiplayer Call of Duty 4 v1.5 –> crashes
July 6th, 2008 at 11:49
I tried FIFA 06. Did the gamneux.dll thing, but still no joy.
If FIFA 08 can work, should FIFA 06 also work?
July 7th, 2008 at 0:02
Just start trying a game called Perry Rhodan
http://www.perry-rhodan-game.de/index.php?lang=en
July 7th, 2008 at 0:04
Perry Rhodan, I have noticed a little stuttering and the sound crackles but I do not know if it is because my sound is onboard, or because of something else.
July 7th, 2008 at 8:39
Perry Rhodan, the game does stutter and the sound crackles due to Server 2008, I had just tried this game on Vista Ultimate x64 and it works perfectly.
July 8th, 2008 at 19:22
I have got the sound down to a minimal, but still does my head it, using a key in regedit, as follows
Key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\multimedia\SystemProfile
Value: SystemResponsiveness
Type: REG_DWORD
Radix: Decimal
Data: 20
And
1. Go to control panel > sound > speaker > Propteries.
2. Then under enhancements.
3. Select “Disable all enchancements”.
after that the game sound should sound alot better, it seems to still stutter at some points and the sound now and again crackles
July 9th, 2008 at 14:32
Resident Evil 4 works with Server 2008
July 14th, 2008 at 14:36
Everquest2 was ‘playable’ after the gameux fix. I say playable in quotes because, at least on the 64 bit 2008 standard, it was very choppy. My vista 64 runs it much smoother but I will keep tweaking things to see if I can get it better.
July 14th, 2008 at 15:02
Help!! I can’t seem to load your instructions for the GTA 2 fix. Can this be fixed, or can someone post them on this page?
July 14th, 2008 at 16:26
The Stuttering on Server 2008 for Perry Rhodan has nothing to do with the sound but to do with having Hyper-V installed, once removed no stuttering whatso ever, now the only problem I have is it crashed when I get to a certain point and I dont know if it has anything to do with the game or the running of Server 2008.
Rainbow 6 Vegas 1 works fine
July 15th, 2008 at 16:52
Any way of running MSN Live Messenger?
Admin: See this topic at the forum how to install Windows Live Applications.
July 16th, 2008 at 23:44
Worms World Party!
Just keeps on crashing whenever you try to load it.
July 17th, 2008 at 15:15
Somebody already tested Ragnarok Online? any results? and Devil May Cry 3?
July 18th, 2008 at 0:32
Working:
Devil May Cry 4
Alien Vs Predator 2 (some graphical errors after start of some levels)
Postal 2 (Postal Fudge pack)
July 20th, 2008 at 13:29
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 or GRAW2