evil twin since SP2

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Hi Stuart,

I haven't had that problem, however have you tried updating your drivers
since the problem first occured?

Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
Checklist of Solutions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html

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"stuartjk" <stuartjk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message newsA304618-7CBB-4300-ACDC-56A0149EEC08@microsoft.com...
|I have been playing evil twin on XP home since about august 2003. However,
| after the SP2 update last year, It keeps crashing when it gets past the
| opening FMV before the infamous "start button" screen.
|
| Has anybody else had this problem and solved it, if so, how?
|
| Thanks

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bject: Did SP2 kill my games ??

My current XPcr8 has had no probs with ANY of my game titles, Then along
came SP2. Now none of my MechWarrior, Bioware D&D titles will not run (splash
screen then BSOD or just plain old splashscreen hangup on Icewind Dale ).
Even my low requirement titles like Aliens vrs Predator gold & MechCommander
are now phutzd. BUT I can play D00M3, (even tho my XPcr8 is a AMD duron
1.2ghz, my framerates are equal to what i got when AvPgold worked lol ) Dawn
of War, BlackHawk Down, Starcraft, & IronStorm. I have listed these titles to
point out the various hardware requirements needed to put to rest the concern
of an impotent cr8, after all, if I can handle D00M3, then I should have ZERO
problems running older titles on this cr8.
So I can only conclude that it is SP2 that phutzd me, but it appears that i
am the only person this happened to, I have yet to hear about this elsewhere.
So I had a g33k re-partition my drive and did the re-install/update/patch
dance, including SP1 & SP2 from a 'slipstream' disc I believe he called it.
During this time I purchased a new dell flatscreen ( I 4get the model# ) So
I get everything back and start to install all my games again. Same titles
dont work/ Same titles do work. This morning I swapped my dell monitor with a
buds 17'' futura (Likom D703X) to rule-out the 'auto-adjusting' that the dell
does as the cause of my games hanging up.
( yes i have tried lowering the rez, no change, but this rez was fine b4 SP2 )
They still dont work.
So I humbly ask the community for any insights that I may have overlooked.
need more info..plz say so I have that Everest chumpy for any stats you may
need 4 my cr8

Thanxz 4 the eye-ball time

"stuartjk" wrote:

> I have been playing evil twin on XP home since about august 2003. However,
> after the SP2 update last year, It keeps crashing when it gets past the
> opening FMV before the infamous "start button" screen.
>
> Has anybody else had this problem and solved it, if so, how?
>
> Thanks

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In news:12717253-1EE9-44A4-AE47-177FC93FA832@microsoft.com,
stuartjk <stuartjk@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> 2B honest, I would say that SP2 caused a lot of older games stop
> working just due to compatibility issues. SP1 had problems with a lot
> of older games documents in the game publishers reqs sometimes. Look
> for secrets of the nautilus. marketted as XP comp but the truth is a
> different tale. Resident evil works perfectly on 98 but twice speed
> on XP, I have a huge list of them. It also depends on your filing
> system. most old games don't rec NTFS therefore either fail to
> install or run trying to find a hard drive that shouldn't exist yet.
> I have a 4g fat32 drive and that makes little difference with most
> games. Tomb Raider is another one. that boots but crashes. Most DOS
> are useless (the old classics, I love Legacy of Kain, but blood omen
> and soul reaver really struggle). XP compatibility wizard (Properties
> tab) fixes some problems but does not do enough to compensate.
>
> Hopefully this new OS due out in 2 years may fix this. Example, try
> running Secrets of the nautilus if you have it. Try all you might. it
> will never work. Direct info from The Adventure Company.
>
> "4SNG Respawnz" wrote:
>
>> bject: Did SP2 kill my games ??
>>
>> My current XPcr8 has had no probs with ANY of my game titles, Then
>> along
>> came SP2. Now none of my MechWarrior, Bioware D&D titles will not
>> run (splash screen then BSOD or just plain old splashscreen hangup
>> on Icewind Dale ). Even my low requirement titles like Aliens vrs
>> Predator gold & MechCommander are now phutzd. BUT I can play D00M3,
>> (even tho my XPcr8 is a AMD duron
>> 1.2ghz, my framerates are equal to what i got when AvPgold worked
>> lol ) Dawn of War, BlackHawk Down, Starcraft, & IronStorm. I have
>> listed these titles to point out the various hardware requirements
>> needed to put to rest the concern of an impotent cr8, after all, if
>> I can handle D00M3, then I should have ZERO problems running older
>> titles on this cr8.
>> So I can only conclude that it is SP2 that phutzd me, but it appears
>> that i am the only person this happened to, I have yet to hear about
>> this elsewhere. So I had a g33k re-partition my drive and did the
>> re-install/update/patch dance, including SP1 & SP2 from a
>> 'slipstream' disc I believe he called it. During this time I
>> purchased a new dell flatscreen ( I 4get the model# ) So
>> I get everything back and start to install all my games again. Same
>> titles dont work/ Same titles do work. This morning I swapped my
>> dell monitor with a buds 17'' futura (Likom D703X) to rule-out the
>> 'auto-adjusting' that the dell does as the cause of my games hanging
>> up. ( yes i have tried lowering the rez, no change, but this rez was
>> fine b4 SP2 ) They still dont work.
>> So I humbly ask the community for any insights that I may have
>> overlooked. need more info..plz say so I have that Everest chumpy
>> for any stats you may need 4 my cr8
>>
>> Thanxz 4 the eye-ball time
>>
>> "stuartjk" wrote:
>>
>>> I have been playing evil twin on XP home since about august 2003.
>>> However, after the SP2 update last year, It keeps crashing when it
>>> gets past the opening FMV before the infamous "start button" screen.
>>>
>>> Has anybody else had this problem and solved it, if so, how?
>>>
>>> Thanks

Perhaps this will help:

Run Older Programs on Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] ompat.mspx

Or this:

Getting Older Games to Run on Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] spx&e=9797

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