General Protection Fault

[Cenoura]

When I try to launch the game, I get a General Protection Fault error and the game will not load. What is causing this problem?

[4th engineer]

same here on win:8.1 64 bit sadstory nobody has cared yet.

[BenLovesSheila]

Hey, I'm 13 years late to the game just like you guys and was having the same problem, searched here and online and found nothing that worked. Then I stumbled on a solution.

I turned off my multi-monitor display and changed my settings to only use one monitor. Now the game works for me no problem.

Maybe this will work for you guys (if you're still interested in giving this game a try).

[4th engineer]

Ahm.. Im using my laptop with its own screen only. Thnx for answer but this wont work for me.

[Miriki]

You need to run splintercell.exe in a compabilty-mode, xp or windows 7.
That solves the fault. You will get very choppy videos but the game will run.
Haven't played much so i don't know if there will be other problems with the game working on a new copmputer.
You will find the splintercell.exe under programs/velve...
This is how my way to the file looks like:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\common\Splinter Cell\system

[4th engineer]

Can I run Steam games on compabilty mode? How? When I right click and select properties the compabilty tab does not appears... And when I do it like you said in that SteamApss/common... files; an error pops up saying "Failed to find Steam."

[Cenoura]

tnx for all

[AmazingCaroline]

**quick tips anyone have same issue reading: try limit cpu affinity to 2, uncheck uac virtualization for SPC1 in task manager.**

省流版：上任务管理里详情找到细胞分裂1，右键CPUaffinity改只剩1-2个，然后还是右键取消勾选uac virtualization

I tried to play this game with this fix about two years ago with no issues at all, but this week I installed it again for fun, and suddenly a "general protection fault" error started occurring randomly.

I spent some time tweaking my BIOS settings since there have been reports of instability with 13th and 14th-gen CPUs—I thought it was my CPU. However, the problem persisted.

Then I recalled how, when I was playing GTA SA on Windows 10, you needed to set the CPU affinity to only 1–2 cores for it to run normally. While checking Task Manager's Details tab for Splinter Cell 1, I stumbled upon the "UAC Virtualization" option. I didn’t know what it was, but I unchecked it as well. After that, Sam Fisher moved, killed, and died smoothly without any interruptions.

I’m not sure whether it was the affinity setting or disabling UAC Virtualization that fixed it, but I recommend anyone facing this kind of frustration try these two steps—they're not difficult at all.

两年前我曾用 Fix 玩过这款游戏，当时完全没有任何问题。但这周我再次安装它想要重温一下，结果却突然开始莫名其妙地出现“通用保护错误”（General Protection Fault），没有任何规律可循。

我花了一些时间调整 BIOS 设置，因为听说第13代和14代 CPU 有稳定性问题，我还以为是我的 CPU 出了问题。不过调整之后问题依然存在。

后来我想起以前在 Windows 10 上玩《GTA：圣安地列斯》的时候，也遇到过类似的问题，需要把 CPU 的使用核心设置为只用 1 到 2 个核心，游戏才能正常运行。于是我就去任务管理器的“详细信息”标签页里查看 Splinter Cell 1 的进程，在右键菜单中看到一个叫“UAC 虚拟化”的选项。我不知道这是什么，但还是取消勾选了。之后，Sam Fisher 的动作、击杀和死亡都变得流畅起来，没有再出现中断。

虽然我不确定到底是设置了 CPU 核心关联（Affinity）还是关闭了 UAC 虚拟化起了作用，但我建议遇到类似问题的朋友可以尝试这两个方法，操作并不复杂。