ARGH! Did BattleField 2142 DirectX update cause BSOD in Tron 2.0 (older game) light cycles?

[franklin.bowen]

ARGH! Did BattleField 2142 DirectX update cause BSOD in Tron 2.0
(older game) light cycles?

I received BF 2142 for Christmas, installed it, and uninstalled it as
soon as I realized there was no single player campaign (I have
addictive tendencies with online gaming so I stay away from them). My
disk is getting full, Restore is taking about 6GB so I clean out my
restore points and run a defrag. Play Tron 2.0 without problems until
I get to any light cycles. Now my system gets a BSOD any time I get
to/play light cycles. Sometimes it is immediate, other times it can
take a few seconds but my system always gets a BSOD. I thought the
defrag was the problem so reinstalled Tron 2.0. No joy. Installed
latest DirectX and video card drivers. Still no joy.

Any ideas?

Do I really have to rebuild my system to "downgrade" DirectX?

If DirectX is the problem -
My mistakes: Uninstalling BF2142 instead of restoring. Removing my
restore points (but at some point you have to clean them up!)
MS mistakes: DirectX not backwards compatible. No way to remove or
downgrade DirectX.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi [email protected],

Your best solution would be to uninstall the game, and then
repair Windows using these instructions:

How to repair Windows XP:
Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com


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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
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[email protected] Wrote:
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| ARGH! Did BattleField 2142 DirectX update cause BSOD in Tron 2.0
| (older game) light cycles?
|
| I received BF 2142 for Christmas, installed it, and uninstalled it as
| soon as I realized there was no single player campaign (I have
| addictive tendencies with online gaming so I stay away from them). My
| disk is getting full, Restore is taking about 6GB so I clean out my
| restore points and run a defrag. Play Tron 2.0 without problems until
| I get to any light cycles. Now my system gets a BSOD any time I get
| to/play light cycles. Sometimes it is immediate, other times it can
| take a few seconds but my system always gets a BSOD. I thought the
| defrag was the problem so reinstalled Tron 2.0. No joy. Installed
| latest DirectX and video card drivers. Still no joy.
|
| Any ideas?
|
| Do I really have to rebuild my system to "downgrade" DirectX?
|
| If DirectX is the problem -
| My mistakes: Uninstalling BF2142 instead of restoring. Removing my
| restore points (but at some point you have to clean them up!)
| MS mistakes: DirectX not backwards compatible. No way to remove or
| downgrade DirectX.