I've played AoE II for years on Win98...no problem.  I
just got a new machine WinXP powered... I can't hear the
usual background music
Help me out here please.

Hello,im having this problem the last 3 months.When i get in in a room full
of people or about to full up,( usually uneasy , medieval or even Tours)im
having a terrible lag,i cant see what the other people are writing below and
i cant play my favorite game because im lagging.When ...

Anyone recommend anything??

I am just getting started with AOE II (and this type of games generally). I
am a bit lost.
I played the learning campaign (until 'making allies') and got the basic
grip of things I think. Now I got started with the Joan of Arc campagin and I

My name is Houston Mahoney. I have to write a research paper for computer
science and i chose the history of Age of Empires gaming technology. so if
you could can you either give me information on the developement of AOE games
or direct me to a couple of good sources.

every time i try to install AoE 2 it gets about 75% finished, its on the
part that says sounds.drs, and then it just cancels the installation. How
come it wont install AoE 2???

can any one tell me were i can get an update for the bios?
Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
VIA 82C3189 rev 128
Microsoft Windows XP Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2

I have problem with lan play...Three friend can join to lan game but i
can't. It is not problem with my computer because we try changing places.I
want to say only three people can join to game...if they are more we can't
start the server....please help.

just got one this weekend and i cant get the dame thing to work
.........just locks up .or just crashes...........AMD Althon(tm)
XP2200  1.79ghz,512 ram.....drive samsung 160gb .can any one help

When I try to install the age of empires rise of rome patch it keeps saying
C:\documents and settings\Jason\desktop\AOEPATCH\AOEPATCH.exe is not a valid
Win32 application. Could someone please help me if you could.

I've never had any problems getting AOE to connect between my two computers
over my wireless network - until now of course.
I can see the game on the other computer, and try to join it, but it fails
and says sorry it can't join it.

my question is everytime i try to join an online game i get a message stating
that the game is not installed on my hard drive.  it is installed on my
computer and have have played online before, though its been 6 months.  we
have changed from modem to wireless if that matters and ...

I have a very strange problem, and i hate it.
Always if i play AOE2 the FPS seems to be low in the beginning, after a
while it stops, but when there are many units in my screen it happens again.
Especially I would like to ask Jimmy S., but other people too, to please

I've been trying to connect two computers to do
a multiplayer game of Age of Empires 2.
-Computer 1-
Home built

I just bought AOM and loaded it onto my computer. It loads up fine, and the
intro plays great. But right after it, a error message pops up and says
"Initialization Error." I went to the help website, but if I don't give my
PID, which can only be retrieved from the game when it is ...