I'm running Windows 10 64 bit, and in a fit of nostalgia decided to reinstall Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005) from my old CD (legitimate copy, not pirated).
I understand other people have had this problem, but what fixed it for them doesn't work for me.
I've tried running it regular, as an admin, in regular mode, in Windows XP (SP2) and (SP3) compatibility modes. I've updated my graphics drivers, and I've tried disabling User Access Control (UAC). No matter what I do, it always gives the same result. I run the speed.exe installer. It displays the splash screen, then my screen turns black and shifts down to an older resolution, probably 1280x1024, not sure exactly, and when the screen comes back from being black, the "speed.exe has stopped working" error is already there.
I've even run Dependency Walker (http://www.dependencywalker.com/) on recommendation from another help thread about this problem, and it's found a whole bunch of missing dependent .dll's, but I can't make enough sense of it to actually solve anything with this info.
Most of the other threads have been for windows 7 or 8.1, can this game even run in 10? Is there some virtual machine platform like DOS-BOX I can use to make it work?
