hey everyone i installed mafia 2 on my desktop and it works very nice then ive installed on my laptop(core i3,intel graphics, 3gb ram) i try to enter mafia2.exe,, the game logo came out , the screen get funky with pink colors....
then i installed on my brother laptop and it works the first time fine but later a black screen show up and i can't do anything except turning off the laptop(core2 duo, nvidia 9200, 4gb ram)....please help i have tried the resolution trick and already updated to the latest drivers.....help!!!!

ps: the 3 pcs are running windows 7.
I have no idea.

Off the top of my head, you can try running in compatibility mode.

Right click the icon, properties, "Run in compatibility mode", select XP. Accept and try launching again.
I ran into some problems with this game too.

You must make sure you are running the latest drivers for your graphics card.
already tried the compatibility mode and i have the latest drivers:S:S
Mafia 2 is new, it should be compatible with Vista and Windows 7.

If your copy is... borrowed, it might be corrupt in some way.

As Xsever said, update your display drivers if they need it.
uninstall , restart and reinstall the game
does there is anyway to reduce refresh rate without entering the game??
@az09za90za You might be able to change the display rate in your monitor's properties (graphic display properties.)
Bassem wrote@az09za90za You might be able to change the display rate in your monitor's properties (graphic display properties.)
Correct, just make sure you notify the system not to use the in-game preferences. You can do that in the display properties as well.
I downloaded Mafia II the Skidrow version and the Skidrow Crack fix because the original Crack released with the initial Skidrow release was nuked (health goes to 10% after chapter 1 or something like that).

I installed it on a (E8400 - 4GB DDR2- GTX 260 Desktop with XP SP3) and on my laptop (Toshiba Core i3 - 4 GB DDR3 - 1GB ATI something win 7) it worked flawlessly on both of them, I reached chapter 4 on the laptop and finished the whole game on the Desktop without any problem.
I was not able to play the game without it crashing on Windows 7.

I had to play it on XP SP3 to finish it.