Game runs fine, however, the installer does not start up. The only workaround I know of is to install the game from XP and copy it over to Vista.

Vista labels the installer as a "16-bit Setup Launcher" and I assume this to be the cause, though I thought 16-bit apps still worked in the x86 Vista.

vista 64 business ...it works! :)

No problems on my x64 machine!

When I try and start the game I get "Not enough RAM". Aparentlly I only have 2MB (In reality I have 4GB) of free memory since since the game require at least 32MB I can't run it.

Didn't worked on my previous Win XP Pro 512 RAM PC for 5 years...

Windows Vista:
Intalled fine. Works great!
But... When I tried to use cheats or a trainer... it crashes.
It even crashes with the in-game cheats.
But in the end... it WORKS!!! YAY!!!

I am also running Vista 64bit with 4GB RAM and it wont start, since I only have -2mb of available free RAM??

I had a problem with no memory available running with Vista Ultimate 64bit 4gb ram.

I just found that if you need to run it in Windows 98 compatibility mode, then it works great! No problem with sound, joystick - anything!

Right click on the Freespace icon, select properties and then compatibility tab, choose win98 comp and youre smooth sailing

having a similar issue except saying i have 0mb ram available. already tried running in 98 compatibility mode among the other modes. have amd phenom 9850 quadcore 2.51 ghz processor, 6 gb ram, gforce 8600 gt 512mb video card

I've tried it in compatibilityy mode Win98/me & XP (SP2) but it still does not work.
I have AMD 6000+ 2 core + 4gb Memory.
ATI Radeon 2400 Pro gfx card.
All graphics drivers are fully upto date
And using Catalyst Driver Packaging Version 8.541-080923a-069996C-ATI

Have also reinstalled 3 times.

I keep getting this error

Error:
Web cursor bitmap not found. This is most likely due to one of three reasons:
1) You're running FreeSpace Open from somewhere other than your FreeSpace 2 folder;
2) You've somehow corrupted your FreeSpace 2 installation;
3) You haven't installed FreeSpace 2 at all.
Number 1 can be fixed by simply moving the FreeSpace Open executable file to the FreeSpace 2 folder. Numbers 2 and 3 can be fixed by installing or reinstalling FreeSpace 2. If neither of these solutions fixes your problem, you've found a bug and should report it.
File: 2d.cpp
Line: 1501


Call stack:
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Its installed in C:/Games/Freespace2
Also tried installling into the the x86 folder.