Another problem =(

[mastab]

I was installing Oblivion on my computer which ran it fine a while ago. Just as it finished installing, the computer restarted for no reason. It turned back on and the game appeared to be installed fine. But when I tried to run it, I get this error:

Failed to initialize renderer
NiXAdapterDesc::GetDeviceCaps () Failed

So I figured I had to reinstall it. When I tried to uninstall it, I get this:

>SetupDLL\SetupDLL.cpp (390)
PAPP:Oblivion
PVENDOR: Bethesda Softworks (http://www.bethsoft.com)
PGUID: 35CB6715-41F8-4F99-8881-6FC75BF054B0
$11.0.0.28844
@windows XP Service Pack 2 (2600) IE 7.0.5730.11

And nothing happens. I tried doing it through the control panel - add or remove programs menue, but the game didn't even show up there. Any ideas?

[Ratwar]

Have you installed any other games successfully?

[mastab]

Yes. All of them newer than oblivion.

EDIT: I manually started the setup.exe, and it looks like it's running.

EDIT2: I've reinstalled it, but it still won't work.

[Ratwar]

What's the error this time?

[mastab]

Still the same.

Woot, I fixed it by putting visual hardware acceleration to the maximum option! It's not good for my computer, but I get to play!

[crippknottick]

What? Are you running it on Vista? Use Windows 2000 or XP. You'll get better performance with those operating systems not just because of it's low requirments but also because DirectX 9 has hardware support for sound cards. (and that third processor can help frame rate a lot)