I just bought Fallout 3 GOTY for my computer and I have Widows 7. It always crashes when I press start new game and says a problem ha occurred that has caused Fallout 3 to stop working. Help please D:

Looks like what you need to do is make sure all your drives and codecs are up to date. Also check your dxdiag for any current conflics.

Ref:

Cannot get it to work - no icons provided, and crashes if loaded directly - help please! - Bethesda Softworks Forums

Have not played the game but if using 7, have you tried to right click and run as admin

Also, you can try to run in vista and XP compatibility modes to see if makes a difference.

Also here is link for directx updates from Feb 5
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Unfortunately I figured out the problem. I don't have a powerful enough graphics card in my laptop, so I'm out 40 bucks. Thanks for all the help guys.

You probable given up, but try this. I have windows 7 laptop too, but I still got it to work. I had the same problem as you too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GN5HbMsMVE

Oh my god I could kiss you, it works!! Thank you so so much!!