Pretty old post but since I ended up here I figured I would add my $.02.
I have an ASUS gaming laptop with Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
Installed GTA SA a few min ago and it ran fine but the mouse didn't work. Found another forum with a fix that worked for me.
In the GTA SA.exe properties, compatibility I have the following... Run in XP SP2, Disable Visual Themes, Disable Desktop Composition and Run As Administrator.
The "Themes" and "Composition" is what fixed the mouse issue for me.
Also; I read that some of you have no sound. When I was installing I chose custom install and saw that "Game Audio" was un-checked by default. Perhaps it never got installed for you.
Try custom install and be sure Game Audio is checked to be installed.
I also saw a video on youtube that touched on the DEP (Data Execution Prevention) feature of Windows 7. The user had to set an exemption for GTA SA.exe.
However I didn't set one, as I only have DEP on for Windows system programs, not all programs.
So far, as of posting this, GTA SA is working, intro movies, audio and mouse. Happy gaming!
I have an ASUS gaming laptop with Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
Installed GTA SA a few min ago and it ran fine but the mouse didn't work. Found another forum with a fix that worked for me.
In the GTA SA.exe properties, compatibility I have the following... Run in XP SP2, Disable Visual Themes, Disable Desktop Composition and Run As Administrator.
The "Themes" and "Composition" is what fixed the mouse issue for me.
Also; I read that some of you have no sound. When I was installing I chose custom install and saw that "Game Audio" was un-checked by default. Perhaps it never got installed for you.
Try custom install and be sure Game Audio is checked to be installed.
I also saw a video on youtube that touched on the DEP (Data Execution Prevention) feature of Windows 7. The user had to set an exemption for GTA SA.exe.
However I didn't set one, as I only have DEP on for Windows system programs, not all programs.
So far, as of posting this, GTA SA is working, intro movies, audio and mouse. Happy gaming!
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate x64i7 740QM 1.73GHz8 GigsNvidia GeForce GTX 460M (1.5 gig v-ram)
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- ASUS G73JW
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- CPU
- i7 740QM 1.73GHz
- Memory
- 8 Gigs
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M (1.5 gig v-ram)
- Sound Card
- Nvidia HD audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3 FHD Laptop screen
- Hard Drives
- 750 Gig
3 partitions (Ubuntu 20 gigs) (Win 7, 150gigs) (remaining 480 gigs for storage/programs for Windows)
