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NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:14 am

Anyone got a shot at being able to play this?

DirectX issues coming up

Cheers for any help

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:50 pm

That's strange, it should be compatible. What's the exact error message?

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:17 am

I'm getting the can't install because I don't have an updated directx (which i do) .....weird

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:28 pm

It should also install any missing components as well. I'll have to give it a try sometime, it might require Compatibility Mode.

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Wed Oct 20, 2021 1:42 pm

iamsluggy wrote:I'm getting the can't install because I don't have an updated directx (which i do) .....weird


Same here...

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Wed Oct 20, 2021 7:24 pm

I've since updated to Windows 10. As far as I know everything should be working, but I'll give it a try and report back, as well as any troubleshooting I end up doing (if need be).

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:17 pm

Okay, thanks in advance

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:21 pm

BadLuckLuke wrote:
iamsluggy wrote:I'm getting the can't install because I don't have an updated directx (which i do) .....weird


Same here...


Me too!!!

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:10 pm

Andrew wrote:I've since updated to Windows 10. As far as I know everything should be working, but I'll give it a try and report back, as well as any troubleshooting I end up doing (if need be).


Any news Andrew???

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:54 pm

Not as yet, I haven't had a chance to look into it this weekend.

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:50 pm

Hope we can solve this, thanks in advance Andrew

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:51 pm

Andrew wrote:Not as yet, I haven't had a chance to look into it this weekend.


Take your time bro

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:42 pm

I can confirm that NBA Live 07 (and NBA Live 2005, 06, and 08) are still working for me after upgrading to Windows 10. I haven't had to do anything special to get them to run.

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:05 pm

BadLuckLuke wrote:
Andrew wrote:Not as yet, I haven't had a chance to look into it this weekend.


Take your time bro


I found the issue and the fix!!
1. Load your game disc into your drive.
2. Right click and open the disc to view the files on the disc.
3. Open the "Support" folder
4. Look for the "EasyReqs" file
5. Right click and open with notepad.
6. Scroll to the right and on the top row, you will see this "<DirectX_Version>9.0c</DirectX_Version>"
7. Delete that portion of that file ONLY! With the greater than and less than symbols too.
8. After that in upper right corner hit file, scroll down and hit save.
9. Run the setup again and that bypasses the direct x error!
10. Install, play and enjoy!!

I just figured this out and had to share. It works if you follow those steps.

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Thu Aug 10, 2023 7:24 pm

Thanks!!!

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:11 pm

So now that I have a new PC running Windows 10 and have to install NBA Live 07 fresh - before I'd installed it under Windows 7, then upgraded to Windows 10 - I've finally run into this issue. Great to have a workaround, though I'm guessing I'll have to copy it to my second HDD so that I can edit the EasyReqs file which is obviously read-only on the DVD-ROM. Unless of course, someone has found another workaround to skip that during the installation. Otherwise, findizzle's method appears to be the one to use.

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:46 am

Andrew wrote:So now that I have a new PC running Windows 10 and have to install NBA Live 07 fresh - before I'd installed it under Windows 7, then upgraded to Windows 10 - I've finally run into this issue. Great to have a workaround, though I'm guessing I'll have to copy it to my second HDD so that I can edit the EasyReqs file which is obviously read-only on the DVD-ROM. Unless of course, someone has found another workaround to skip that during the installation. Otherwise, findizzle's method appears to be the one to use.


Hey Andrew, long time no see, please check your PMs!!!

Re: NBA Live 07 on PC - windows 10

Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:41 pm

Andrew wrote:So now that I have a new PC running Windows 10 and have to install NBA Live 07 fresh - before I'd installed it under Windows 7, then upgraded to Windows 10 - I've finally run into this issue. Great to have a workaround, though I'm guessing I'll have to copy it to my second HDD so that I can edit the EasyReqs file which is obviously read-only on the DVD-ROM. Unless of course, someone has found another workaround to skip that during the installation. Otherwise, findizzle's method appears to be the one to use.


I did find an alternative to editing that file, which means it isn't necessary to copy the contents of the DVD-ROM to a hard drive first!

By running the AutoRun.exe on the NBA Live 07 DVD-ROM using Windows Vista Compatibility settings, it doesn't encounter an error when trying to search for DirectX9. Vista is the only one that seemed to work; not Windows 7, not even Windows XP which was still commonly installed when NBA Live 07 was released.

You may also want to try installing the DirectX Redist (June 2010), which you can get here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downloa ... px?id=8109
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