computer problem, need help
 

ok i just wiped my hard drive and reinstalled everything yesterday. today i go to install fallout 3 and i get this error "the application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. reinstalling the application may fix this problem". what does that mean and how do i fix it. im not a computer wiz so this confuses me. thanks in advance :confused:

dola, i tried to install 2 other games and they both worked, just not fallout

It sounds like a patch may be needed for Fallout 3. The message indicates there's a problem with the game as opposed to your machine.

I'd check out the website for Fallout 3 and see if there are any patches that may be needed. That's my guess at least, since the message says "application configuration" instead of "system configuration".

it poped up when i inserted the disk to install, so it wasnt installed. yea i should go to the fallout site and look there. i had it installed and was playing it before i wiped my hd, so i know it can work

Are all the windows patches installed and updated?

ahh just found out that they arnt yet, so manybe thats the problem

Could be and make sure Direct X is updated as well.. although Fallout should install the latest if you don't have it.

Which windows version? XP? You'll probably have to have SP2 loaded first.