Article: Q250684
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0,2.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kberrmsg kbimu
Last Modified: 12-NOV-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, version 2.0
- Microsoft Pandora's Box, version 1.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to start one of the programs listed at the beginning of this
article, you may receive one of the following error messages:
- Empires2 has executed an invalid instruction in Empires2.icd.
- Empires2 has executed an invalid instruction in Empires2.exe.
- Pandora has executed an invalid instruction in Pandora.icd.
- Pandora has executed an invalid instruction in Pandora.exe.
CAUSE
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This behavior can occur if one of the following Cyrix microprocessors is
installed in your computer:
- Cyrix 486DX
- Cyrix 6x86
- Cyrix MediaGX
MORE INFORMATION
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The Cyrix processors mentioned in this article are not compatible with the
programs listed at the beginning of this article.
The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
these products' performance or reliability.
Additional query words: 1.00 2.00 msgame aoe2 aok pandoras panbox ipf crash
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Keywords : kb3rdparty kberrmsg kbimu
Technology : kbHomeProdSearch _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbPandoraSearch kbAOESearch kbAOE2Kings kbPandorasBox
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0
Issue type : kbprb
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