nhl 2003 loading error

[manoelc]

I have the game and tried gimpsrus' and razor 1911 cracks, no luck, it comes up with error
" nhl 2003.exe has caused an error in nhl2003.exe"
it will now close

i also tried bools eye's sd 112, no cd loader, same erro.

when i start the game, t brings up the nhl 2003 splash screen goes white thn error comes up, anybody help me?

[Henderwaeldler]

I have the same problem with my nhl2003! Need help, too!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mooseman255]

I Have searched and have not found any answers to the question above. Is there an answer that i have not found

Thanks

[Mooseman255]

I searched and read several sites over the last two days and finally got it to work.

I had to uninstall everything related to NHL 2003. I used RegClearner 4.3 to even clean the registry. I had to delete from C:\My Documents\NHL 2003. I did a search on c:\ for NHL* and delated everything there.

I then loaded NHL 2003 again. After loaded i went to the directory where NHL 2003 loaded to. For me it was C:\Program File\EASports\NHL2003. In there there is a file called "filelist", i then added the line 1,1,RegSetup\RegSetup.exe and saveed it

I then deleted the file folder in C:\My Documents\NHL2003

I then ran from the Start --> Run and typed without quotes "REGSRV32 msdxm.ocx"

Then i went to gamecopyworld.com and downloded the NHL 2003 v1.01 no cd/Fixed.exe and then replaced the Original NHL 2003.exe file with the no CD version.

Ran the new NHL2003.exe file and got a white screen for about 10 seconds and then whammo "EA Sport, its in the game".

At this point i did something stupid and ran the patch from the official EAsports Website and got the message after trying to run the program after the downloadload "Please insert correct CD".

From Here i deleted the NHL2003 folder from C:\My Documents added the line back into "filelist" and then replaced the NHL2003.exe file again with the one from gamecopyworld no CD and ran the program and it still worked. and my vesion of the game is at 1.01. so the official pacth download still worked.

I did try the instructions from Gamecopyworld.com for the no cd patch which were

Install the game - Full Installation.
Apply the official NHL 2003 v1.01 Patch.
Replace the original NHL2003.EXE executable with the one from the Executable Archive.
Play the Game

but got error message either insert correct CD and nhl 2003.exe has caused an error in nhl2003.exe

Now i already had Windows media player 9 loaded. Changed my Regional setting to Englich and US. I checked that in Internet Explorer View --> Encoding --> and Auto select is unchecked.

I would like to thank all you put up solutions on several websites i have searched and this is a conglomeration of all the information. I do not know which issue specificly helped me in getting the game going but all this put together has worked. I think the key was uninstalling the game and cleaning every aspect of NHL 2003 off and starting from scratch.

Sorry aboout the length.
Thanks All

[krondike]

These problems has been answered before but I aswer again. This maybe is not the perfect sulotion or sulotion at all. But this is a tip.
(Try step by step. Example try number 1. If the game fale like usual. Do number 1 and 2. and so on.)
1. Disable U antivurs if U have one on.
2. Install the finalversion of Media Player 9, Directx 9 and NHL 1.01 patch. (Do an unwarp by bOOlsEyE (Sorry if I spell it wrong didn't know where to put the big and the small letters) safedisc cleaner.)
3. Unistall the NHL 2003. (Don't clean the registry, bacuse the registry hasen't a thing to do with it.) Delete the NHL 2003 in my document folder.
4. Install the game again. (Make sure that U DON'T have the virusscaner on. And the directx 9, and Media Player 9. And the patch ready. (Can be easaly downloaded) Copy all the files that can be find on ftp.ea.com the go to the map NHL 2003 and copy all the files that's are in the language mapp that's u using.
All U need to do then to install the patch it's to run the htm/html files. Install the 1.01 patch (DON'T run the game before).
And unwarp it like I've write before.

A freind of my couldn't run the game. So I've tested and tested. First I was thinking that the crack was not good. But after ours the I found out the My document folder if u delete the NHL 2003 map the game setting dissapering and the game started for him.

Why I'm say that U should download the latest driver and mediaplayer and patch. Beacuse that's could also solve mutch of problems.
The 1.01 path solve the Mediaplayer 9 problem. And I recamand U to download the mediaplayer 9 so I must say that u must download the 1.01 patch.

This maybe not will solve the problems U have. And I know that some of U have tested the most of it.

But try to do the things I'm been written again. And reply on this topics if u still have problems. And be specific. It's easier to help if u can say exactly what happen. (I know U all did but I just remind u)
-->I'm not smart. So sorry if I had say so<---