for some reason i cant get: rome total war, zoo tycoon to work

i had them working before

zoo tycoon stoped working way before rome

i have vista if that helps 

Could you be more specific on how it doesn't work.

This explains everything.

You could try using "compatibility mode" settings for those games. 

i put the disc in nothing happens, i click on the program link it says i have the wrong disc, it worked perfectly before though, thats for rome

for zoo tycoon it brings me to a start up menua actily its a menua right before the main 1
i click play and then nothing happens

For Rome Total War it may be a DRM issue with the drive. Try googling 'vista' and the name of the game to see if anyone else is having the same problem.

Instead of using the menu to play zoo tycoon, could you put the cd in and start the game .exe manually?

Probably the vista thing... I can't play my original half life on vista X_X.

Go back to XP I have both games, and I can play them without issues, on XP... sorry...

Your games have expired. Please re-buy your games to make them work again.

Few things to try: Patch the games, no CD cracks - WWW.gamecopyworld.com - Try compatibility mode.