Windows 10: Trouble running SimCity 3000

Today I installed SimCity 3000 onto my PC, the setup went fine but when I try to start the game it asks me to run it as an administrator, I don't know why it asks this but I do it anyway, but after I do that nothing happens at all. In the games' properties menu I did select the option 'Run in 640x480 Screen Resolution' and the screen goes black for a few seconds but that is the closest I can get it to start. I know it is an old game which is designed to run on Windows 98 and XP so I did run the compatibility troubleshooter and it recommended I run it for Windows XP but still no joy, anyone got any ideas, will it be able to run on a Windows 10 PC?

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why can't i install nor play simcity 3000 unlimited?

why can't i install nor play simcity 3000 unlimited?

 

Simcity 4000 not working on Windows 10


Well, since it's Steam it wouldn't make much sense, but I believe that both SimCity 3000 and SimCity 4 use SafeDisc DRM, which is incompatible with Windows 10. I would think that the Steam version would remove SafeDisc and use Steamworks DRM instead, but it's a possibility that it didn't.

 

why can't i install nor play simcity 3000 unlimited?

"why can't i install nor play simcity 3000 unlimited? "

Details of what is, or is not happening, and your system specifications, including brand and model

graphics processor, should be included as a matter of course in any question regarding games, but...

- Most (many ?) but not all, pre-2000 release games tend to have at least one of a host of issues not found

in post 2000 games, but many of these problems have fixes which can be found on the games fan sites.

- The vast majority of games released from 2000 on are compatible with Win10. If a game runs on

Win7 it will most likely run on Win10 as well.

- There is one big issue with disk based games on Win10, but this should not normally stop a game from installing .

This is Win10's DRM Blocking 'feature' . I don't have the details on this particular version of SimCity,

but if the disk has a file with the title - secdrv.sys - on it Windows will prevent if from launching.

You can read more about DRM Blocking in my post on
---this thread---

btw - Good Old Games is a good place for old games.

Their games install with DOS BOX, or ScummVM when one of these emulators is required for the

game to run in modern Windows. This saves the hassle of learning how to use the emulator software.

(They have 2000 and 4, but no 3000)

http://www.gog.com/

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