You're welcome Seymour. I'm glad the problem no longer exists!
Cheers,
Jimmy.
| thanks jimmy for your advice
|
| i got your reply after reinstalling wxp and my game works well now
| but ive kept your reply for future reference
| thanks again
| seymour
| "Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message
| | > Hi Seymour,
| >
| > I believe you're on the right track. Reinstall your video card drivers
| *again* using
| > the procedure in this post, and please follow the troubleshooting advice
| also.
| >
| > Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues. Here's some
| > simple abc's to always keep in mind. a. Shut off download accelerators,
| > firewalls and antivirus programs when downloading or installing updates;
| > b. Check for game patches:
www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
| > c. Make sure you meet the game's minimum video and system requirements;
| > d. Check for known issues with your video card at the game's web site.
|
| >
| > 1. Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you install DirectX
| 9.0b*:
| >
|
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe
| >
| > Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your driver. If you've
| > never done this before I recommend you also look over the Installation
| hints
| > and Release Notes both of which are linked to from their download page.
| >
| > 2. Download the latest driver v. 53.03 for your Nvidia Card Win XP/2000:
| >
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_53.03
| >
| > Win98/Me:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_53.04 (yes, it's .04 not
| .03)
| >
| > 3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\Nvidia 5303
| >
| > 4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
| > about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
| >
| > 5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware
| > Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right click on
| > the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked to reboot.
| >
| > 6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
| > previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.
| >
| > 7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
| > about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
| >
| > 8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter, click "Cancel".
| >
| > 9. Double click the 53.03 driver we saved to My Documents\
| > Drivers\Geforce folder in step 3 to install.it. If it complains
| about
| > Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue". This is normal.
| >
| > 10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
| > choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 800x600 or higher Resolution.
| >
| > TROUBLESHOOTING:
| >
| > Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
| > Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
| > If any of the Display options are Disabled and you cannot Enable them,
| > your most likely solution would be to update your Chipset Drivers as per
| > my website:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11
| >
| > Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard Chipsets,
| > and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers. Even your
| > motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for compatibility with
| > your Video card. These steps are listed at:
http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
| >
| > Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's
| the
| > case, use this utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step
| 7:
| >
http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip&menu=0
| >
| > The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a particular game.
| > (Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in your game
| folder/CD)
| > If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver, and/or if you still
| > experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega driver instead:
| >
| > BETA Drivers:
http://download.guru3d.com/
| > OMEGA Drivers:
http://www.omegacorner.com/
| >
| > There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them!
| >
| > --
| > Cheers,
| > Jimmy S.
| >
| > Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk
| > Microsoft Online Tech Support:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| > Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
| rights.
| > _________________________________________________________
| >
| message | > | I enjoy playing colin mcrae rally 2 but since installing wxp ive had the
| > | following problem:
| > |
| > | when i click the icon the game starts to load but after 2 or 3 seconds
| it
| > | minimises to the taskbar.If I click on it on the taskbar the screen
| opens up
| > | with the intro in the top left hand quarter of the screen.
| > | to move from the intro to the game you need to press enter=if i do this
| it
| > | freezes and the game can only be ended by ctrl alt del
| > |
| > | I have tried reinstalling my graphic card and and have also downloaded
| > | upodated drivers for it
| > |
| > | the game works fine on my sons pc which has the same version of xp as
| mine
| > |
| > | This fault also occours with Golden Tee Golf so I think it must be a
| setting
| > | in xp
| > |
| > | Ive tried running it in compatability mode but the result is the same
| > |
| > | My system spec is as follows:
| > |
| > | amd athlon 2400mhz processor on gigabyte mainboard
| > | 512mb ddr400 ram
| > | nvidia ge2 mmx400 graphics (64mb on board)
| > | direct x version 9
| > |
| > | Ive tried everything I can think of and im at my wits end so any
| suggestions
| > | will be appreciated
| > |
| > | Thanks in advance
| > |
| > |
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| >
| >
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