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This section includes InterviewSolutions, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
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Solve : NFS ProStreet? |
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Answer» when I get to end of the race the game tallies up the points & cash and sends it to the leaderboard and log info, then you click on the continue button but noting happens the game doesn't proceed to the next screen. I have to Ctrl-Alt-Delete to get out of the game. On the desktop screen there is a DOS window for the game and the last line says. Sumtimes this is also caused by antivirus I really don't think he should disable his anti-virus protection. And I would guess Kurtiskain is right it seems that something is blocking a connection to something, or you are using cheats |
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| 1702. |
Solve : sims 3 video card question? |
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Answer» I need a video card that supports pixel shader 2.0 for The SIMS 3. I was just wondering if ANYONE could please tell me what I need to look for when I buy one. Here is some basic info on my computer: |
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Solve : Game freezes with vertical green and purple lines ??? |
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Answer» Hey .. I've had this problem for a while and I tried the best I can on my own to solve it .. but I really couldn't .. so I need some help . |
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Solve : Cruise Ship Tycoon? |
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Answer» Hi i resently got cruise ship tycoon. The PROBLEM is that when i get rooms booked after a while they become BROKEN and GUESTS complain. They have a tool simbol on them. All the buildings are getting this and there closed so guests can't get to them. |
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Solve : Star Wars Battlefront - Map Maker? |
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Answer» Wondering if anyone has used the Map Maker(ZeroEditor) that was RELEASED by LucasArts for SWBF 1. |
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Solve : SimCity 4 Railway Add on Mod, can't find download? |
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Answer» I have searched Simtropolis and haven't been able to FIND the Railway Add on mod for SimCity. I have been to sc4devotion.com but I can't figure out how to download since there isn't a button or LINK to PUSH to download. I am a registered user for both sites, so that isn't a problem. Anybody know where I can find it?I GOT it! Thanks to all who looked! |
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| 1707. |
Solve : proplem with crashday? |
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Answer» lately i bought a new game called crush day when INSTALLED it i played it FRO a while |
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| 1708. |
Solve : Finding out an IP address from Facebook discussion board? |
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Answer» Hi |
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| 1709. |
Solve : pixel shader? |
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Answer» http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=188-04E40&cat=VCD Does the card in the link support pixel shader 2.0? It says Full Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 Support Is "pixel shader" support a generic term for the technology? I've got a game that requires "shader module 2.0" or higher and I want a cheap card.. I don't want to spend too much UPGRADING this eMachines computer..Please see the chart here: pixel shader Since the card is Shader Model 4.0 and the game only requires 2.0, it would run.well thx It just occurred to me that "shader module 4.0" DirectX supersedes "module 2.0" I guess I'm in the clear if I get that cheap card Anyone know how to use 3D Analyze? Instead of getting that card, maybe I can emulate the video card using 3D Analyze. I've tried a few suggestions on what BOXES to check while running the game executable, but I always the error: "Error while injecting dll into target process"Emulating PS 2.0?? Highly doubt you can, even if you did...the game would run like junk. The only way you can win is if you buy an actual card. Well I actually did buy that card I mentioned, but the one I bought has DVI-I built into it.. It hasn't arrived yet, but hopefully by Christmas it will be here. I had to buy a 20 - 24 pin adapter for the POWER supply that eMachines skimped on, to supply the 12 volts to the card that it requires.. It's a RELATIVELY low-wattage card and the psu in my machine has room for the required amerage draw on the 12 volt rail. Quote from: EEVIAC on December 17, 2009, 12:00:36 PM Well I actually did buy that card I mentioned, but the one I bought has DVI-I built into it.. It hasn't arrived yet, but hopefully by Christmas it will be here. my 9800GT has two DVI connectors and it came with a converta-ma-jig (DVI to D-SUB) that I'm using now.Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 17, 2009, 12:50:33 PM converta-ma-jig Lol I think I'll add that to my own vocabulary and use it from now on Quote from: EEVIAC on December 17, 2009, 12:57:42 PM
Dual DVI cards usually do come with an adapter from DVI - > VGA yes, or in my case, two! one for DVI -> HDMI and one for DVI -> VGA.Adapter? OH! you mean a converta-ma-jig. heh I've heard of watcha-ma-call-its and dilli-ma-jiggers but converta-ma-jig is a new one Got the video card in the mail just now .. I'm now the proud owner of an ATI Radeon x700 Pro.. I'm a little disappointed because at first glance, I could notice smudges on the heat sink/fan, and some dirty spots on other places... It's obviously used.. Next time I will read the fine print.... lesson learned.. It seems to work good though, so far.. I'm a little annoyed that the Fed X guy set it down by our front door, knocked and took off, I could see him walking away... Anyone could run off with it and no body would ever know... I'm willing to bet that Fed X has had many complaints because of this kind of thing.. Actually it just occurred to me that, I don't need the 20 - 24 pin adapter. I should have thought it through more before I ordered it.. My psu allows 15 amps. on the 12 volt rail. 5.4 max. will be used by the cpu.. .4 max. will be used by my fan moters, DVD/HDD moters will use 2.56 max.. 6.25 max. will be used by the video card... Total-14.61, assuming each device will draw maximum power, which I doubt will happen.. The thing is that each of those voltages are drawn off totally SEPARATE psu connectors, except for the fans that draw power from the board. The cpu has it's own 12 volt connector and the SATA drives have their own connectors leaving the 12 pin on the MAIN connector totally free to draw 6.4 amps for the card + .4 amps. for the fans... The 20 pin MAIN connector is using the "HCS" standard terminals which would allow 9 amps total across the 12 volt pin... The whole point of delivering power over over multiple pins is to prevent the terminals from melting, which is why some high wattage PCIe cards have power connectors on them, which balances the required amperage draw over multiple pins... |
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| 1710. |
Solve : High Ping? |
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Answer» This problem has been with me for months, through many different routers, and I'm at my wits end. After it BECAME obvious my ISP have no idea what's causing it, I decided to look for outside help so hopefully you guys know what to do. |
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| 1711. |
Solve : FF7 PC? |
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Answer» ..just ordered Final Fantasy 7 for the PC, from eBay 53 bucks total $150 for FF7!!!! The one I bought was 53 DOLLARS.. The one that costs 150 dollars is apparently in the original packaging.. Yes I love the game... I probably would have paid 150 for that other one, if I had no other alternatives.. SNES games have some really vast price differences. I bought just the cartridge for Chrono-Trigger and it ran me around 80 dollars. New in box can fetch over 300 or 400 (!). And yet I bought a new, still shrink-wrapped copy of F-zero and it was 8 dollars. lol. interesting point there... F-Zero rocks.. I can't remember if I beat the King cup race tracks on highest difficulty Some of those levels are pretty *censored* hard! I think FF7 is considered a classic/collectible which is why it's expensive in some cases.. Yeah, all the Final Fantasy games can fetch high prices, regardless of the system. It's kind of funny in a way; Square sells them for a reasonable price, and a few years later there are people making huge profits off it- the demand GOES up, the supply goes down, and suddenly you have people paying 200+ for a SNES game. regarding F-zero, I beat queen cup recently on advanced again... and it stated to try "master difficulty" which I would have, but it wasn't there . I'm not certain if I beat King cup on advanced, though. I think I did, but it MIGHT have been standard.I downloaded almost all the songs in the FF7 soundtrack, converted them to .wav files and made an audio CD Some of the songs are soothing.. If there's a such thing as a FF7 nerd, I am one of them edit: what really cool is playing the CDs with Windows Media Player and getting lost in the array of colors and visual effects on the screen Quote from: EEVIAC on December 17, 2009, 04:43:31 PM I downloaded almost all the songs in the FF7 soundtrack, converted them to .wav files and made an audio CD Heh I'm the same...but FF8 love that game. FFX I LIKED too.I like FF8 I had a game going once but I didn't get to finish it, I don't remember what happened, but I got pretty far.. I was at the spot up in the space ship where you have to fight the aliens in a certain order and if you didn't fight them in the right order they came back and you had to fight them all over again. Quote from: EEVIAC on December 18, 2009, 04:33:11 AM I like FF8 That bit confused me eheheh... But it gets better! I won't spoil it, just in case you decide to get back into it someday |
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| 1712. |
Solve : how to play battlefield vietnam on Vista?? |
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Answer» I'm facing a problem with my battlefield vietnam. It can't play on Vista Anyone out there can help me?Quote from: flakgun20 on December 12, 2009, 05:00:59 PM I'm facing a problem with my battlefield vietnam. It can't play on Vista Anyone out there can help me? Need more info, like computer specs and the specific problem you're having with it. Both BF 1942 and Vietnam had issues on Vista. Most of them have been addressed and solutions found, but can't point you in the right direction with such little information. Also, if you search Google for your specific problem, you'll find tons of sources that tell you how to fix them. Like I said, a lot of these issues have been brought up, solved, and DOCUMENTED SOMEWHERE on the web.and I'm wondering if this is just a compatibility issue but like quaxo said, we're just guessing if you don't tell us exactly what's GOING on that prevents you from running battlefield Vietnam on your PC. |
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| 1713. |
Solve : looking for a game launcher/updating program kind of like steam? |
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Answer» Hello every one sorry am new to these forums and don't know if this is the place to post this. No I didn't enplane it very well. I have a few online games am making/or working on. ya im pretty sure xfire does that........Just to help the OP, I believe they are looking for a program to help distribute their OWN game's patches/updates. You might have to program your own as far as updating is concerned, or release update patches on your own website. |
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| 1714. |
Solve : My computer crashes with select games? |
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Answer» Around 2003, my dad made me a custom-built gaming computer. It seemed to have a lot of bells and whistles, but as soon as I tried to RUN my copy of Sims 2, it crashed. The screen became distorted, the sound cuts, and the only way to remedy the dilemma was to restart the computer. Since then, I have bought a numerous amount of games, and it seems as if my computer PICKS which games it likes and dislikes. It will run Age of Empires III cpu 3.2 800 mhzSay again? When was the last time, you cleaned inside the case? Download, and install SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php Post your computer temperatures: Provide processor info (hold Windows logo key, and hit Pause/Break key to find out).Quote from: Broni on December 15, 2009, 08:44:32 PM Say again? I think they mean a Pentium 4 3.2GHz with 800MHz FSB socket 775 CPU? yeah? Could ALSO be a Celeron D. I Don't think they made C2D or Pentium D with that FSB. Maybe they did, I don't know |
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Solve : Do you know any games for win 98? |
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Answer» Does anyone know any good car or adventure games that run on win 98?Curse Of MONKEY Island SERIES. They WORK on windows 98, humorous and CREATED by Lucasarts.Here is a list... |
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| 1716. |
Solve : Sacred Gold/Underworld? |
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Answer» i GOT the PORTS WORKING so i can START online server's |
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| 1717. |
Solve : paper mario? |
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Answer» Anyone know where to get "Paper Mario" for a pc? I know that you can get it for Project 64, but are there any versions that run on a pc without an emulator?No version is released without using emulator...Reason I ask is because I try to avoid downloading copyrighted rom images. Even if you own the actuall cartridge it's still considered piracy by downloading them. And what about Project 64? Do you have to own an actuall NINTENDO 64 before you're allowed to use Project 64? From what I understand, even using the emulator is against the eula since you're using the bios code in a way it was not intended for, unless I'm mistaken. Oh, and that whole "you can keep a ROM of a game you don't own for 24 hours" thing is complete rubbish. This is funny. I ran across a rom website once where they emphasized that you cannot keep the game on your hard drive for over 24 hours, if you don't own the real one. It didn't make any sense then, either.just download the ROM, you don't have to feel guilty, nintendo doesn't earn money of it anyway anymoreQuote from: robin1232 on December 04, 2009, 02:39:09 PM just download the ROM, you don't have to feel guilty, Nintendo doesn't earn money of it anyway anymore According to this, I'd say your assessment might be off. And if Nintendo doesn't make any money from the software anymore, doesn't NECESSARILY give rights to distribute or download their copyrighted software..Nintendo has not until recently specified what "authorized hardware" really meant. ADDITIONALLY, for the most part emulation stayed at least one generation behind, and even that was emulated poorly at least until the next generation of consoles. That doesn't appear to be the case, since Dolphin is now capable of running Wii games in a somewhat limited fashion. Personally, I think that having emulators, as well as ROMs, is an important "future-proofing" of the games; since Nintendo no longer produces SNES or NES consoles, they will eventually stop working, but thankfully, there are a LOT of documents written about it's internal workings as well as Emulators written that demonstrate those particular documents. The important thing to remember- At least up to (but not always including, I'll get to that) the gamecube, is that the way emulators come about is done so in a perfectly legal fashion. Enthusiasts take APART their consoles and examine particular chips, determining what outputs result for various inputs, etc etc. these discoveries are documented, and eventually the whole board, or a necessary portion of the whole board, can be emulated. the emulator, in effect, is just that; the creators had no internal documented from Nintendo and did not violate anything (well, except their warranty, ) to create it. The gamecube, however, can be a different story. Unlike Nintendo's previous exploits, which used game paks that did all the work, the gamecube has a BIOS. the important point, at least from an emulation standpoint, is that even though the BIOS code is generally necessary to run games, it is a software component that is copyright by Nintendo. It would be perfectly legal for the emulator writers to try to create their own version of the BIOS, but that would be difficult. the Common solution is to use a "image" of the BIOS code itself. For the NES and SNES cartridges, which comprised of actual circuit boards in the game pak, it was only the copyright ROM code within the cartridge- and not the actual controller and memory bank switch (NES mappers) chips. these chips had to be emulated by the emulator as well, and their functions and particulars were extracted in the same way that the chips on the system board were. Basically; I can understand the issues around the ROMs, but the emulators themselves are produced, essentially, bu people taking apart something that belongs to them and documented what they find. Nintendo has no say regarding what people can and cannot do with the system once they bought it. |
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Solve : Diretx? |
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Answer» I just got a new game CALLED Moto GP 08. It looks like a good game. I can't get it to play my computer has better specs than what is called for. I keep getting a failed to initialize Diretx. What can I do? Thank you for your time.First try re-installing DirectX. * Operating system Windows XP/Windows Vista; No on-board card that I'm aware of even comes CLOSE to a Geforce 6600 or Radeon x1600; except maybe a few specialty BOARDS that implement Nvidia or AMD chipsets with Geforce or Radeon on-board, but even in that case their performance is no match for a graphics card of the same model.Thanks much for your time. I thought that my chip SET was good to go, it is the Intel 31. I will have to get a card or play it on one of the other computers that have a better card, Ge Force 8400. Thank you much for your time. I feel so foolish.a computer without graphics card won't run any new games, try looking on http://www.canyourunit.com to see if you meet the system requirementsYeah, those Intel graphics chipsets are alright for everyday computing, like surfing the web, watching movies, creating documents, etc. but when it comes to games (especially 3D games) they're almost useless. They don't support shader 3.0, which often results in the game crashing when trying to START it. There's nothing wrong with your hardware, it just can't handle this game. |
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| 1719. |
Solve : Quake 4 - Please Help? |
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Answer» I just recently bought a new laptop, an Asus G72 gaming laptop, and I wanted to install Quake 4. I've had the GAME since it was new, but NONE of the computers I've ever had could handle it. So I went to install it today and right after I put the disc in the laptop it game me an error that only said "Library Not Registered". Every other game I installed today had no problems installing, and any other COMPUTER I tried to install Quake 4 on had trouble installing it, just this one. Does anybody know what I'm supposed to do? try these things: 1. disable UAC (if you have windows 7 or vista, you should do this anyway, it also blocked my installer for the crysis sandbox and my antivirus)disregard this. USE Run As Administrator for the setup program instead. |
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Solve : Sim City 4 downloaded buildings don't show? |
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Answer» I have a kind of STRANGE problem with Sim City. I downloaded a few buildings (a big HOSPITAL and police station), and when I put them in the game, they SHOW up as wrapped boxes that look like gifts. They never open even though I waited a few months (in game time). Any IDEAS on how to make them look like actual buildings?maybe thats how the buildings are supposed to look like :p |
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Solve : Remote Desktop Advancement?? |
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Answer» Does anyone know how advanced these programs have GOTTEN. Example; COULD I use programs like autodesk 3d max or play games like bioshock or left 4 dead 2 from any computer around the world? |
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Solve : HELP!!! REd Alert 2 yuri's revenge? |
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Answer» hi guys i need your help my problem is my RA2 yuri game, my computer said: |
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| 1723. |
Solve : borderlands constantly crashing? |
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Answer» as stated in title, it constantly crashes. no specific events make it crash, it just does it randomly. tried turning down the graphics settings, which doesn't HELP. attached is a screencap of the error i get most of the time. it varies somewhat, though. |
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| 1724. |
Solve : Good old crapy games?? |
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Answer» Is there anyone who know any good game for Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 500? Dungeon keepers 2 is my favourite game but the shadow and some texture look weird, but it is playable but nothing I want to play whit. not even Serious Sam or TRIBES 2 works. I will try Diablo when I find out how to transform a CD in to a USB. I'm using Vista. But sometimes with old games, you can go to properties, and check, 'run with 256 colors' which is what the old crappy games used. That might help. I just have to ask, what dose that mean? I ask for games that run whit the worst graphic card you can think off (but still a good game). If I want to play hardcore games I would just play them on my main, I play on the highest graphic whit 60 FPS+ EDIT: btw it's a aspire one AO531hAll of the games listed above are quite old and should run on your netbook. Balders Gate and Icewind Dale ran on 200mhz machines and XCOM ran on a i486. Same deal with Fallout 1 & 2, pentium 200mhz was all it needed. Operation Flashpoint was probably the highest speced game I recommend and that ran on like a 500mhz machine so dont worry they arent cutting edge by any means. They are decent and they should run on your netbook, but if you want crapier try space invaders & pacman.Also I think what BatchFileCommand was trying to do was kindly offer you a possible fix for your Dungeon Keeper game. That make sense. but I think it would be better to change it to start as Win98/95 and then disable shadows. I would have used CanYouRunIt.com but they remove all of the old games... And thanks for the game list there Gremlin Yeah I AGREE, runinng in compatability mode can help. Theres an option to force 256 color in there too. http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.com/ is a great place for older pc games that are now abandonware. Good luck with your ultra mobile gaming.win95 98 compatibility mode is essentially useless for games since it causes a 80% increase in CPU usage for the process as API calls are intercepted and forced to "behave" as win9x would. compatibility mode should ONLY be used for APPLICATION programs that will not run otherwise. In my experience games that people propose should be run with compatibility mode either have newer source ports that run on modern operating systems or patches that will allow them to run (either official or unofficial). Examples of the former are games such as Doom, Quake, Quake 2 and Duke 3d; an example of the latter is Need For Speed High Stakes. (by the way those also happen to be game suggestions ) Also, I've found that a good portion of games recommended to run in compat mode will run just fine without it. "The worst graphics card you can think of" for me, would probably be an 8-bit MDA adapter... but that was obviously not what you meant, I used to have to play the above games on a ATI 3d Rage Pro Turbo (8MB VRAM)- it didn't support OpenGL, so I had to play with software at something like 320x240. (I think duke3d managed to get up to 640x480)Yes I agree with BC_programmer. If the game works without it don't worry about usin it, obviously. Of all the games Ive tried only 2 have worked with it. Need for Speed Porche challenge didnt work and then did with compatability mode. Its worth a try but don't hold too much hope. Can't remember the other game that worked under it. So yeah it's helpful for about 2% of the games (in my experience). Not great but it was good when it let me play NFS.Porsche Unleashed/Porsche Challenge I think had a patch that allowed it to work just fine for me in WinXP, but I haven't installed it on either Vista or 7. It did have blurry text which was kind of annoying but workable. High-stakes is another one I see people recommend using the compatibility option for, but it is really quite unnecessary, since there are some pretty neat patches packs for it that fix a lot of issues. And it goes slow as molasses with the option enabled, too 2%... Most games I play need to run as 98/95 like Settlers 4 (but can't play it whit the new Navidia card) Thief, Fallout tactics, it work whit the regular but it will go so much better if I set it as 98/95. Then I have over 500 games and I'm sure some of the games must have 98 to work too (Most of them are old games) |
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| 1725. |
Solve : gameboomers DL? |
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Answer» i downloaded a game called "once upon a time" from the gameboomers site as a zip |
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| 1726. |
Solve : plz delete? |
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Answer» Computer games are everywhere nowdays, with many styles and features it is quite hard to generalize it all. so i have taken an attempt to do so: |
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| 1727. |
Solve : Reinstallation Error? |
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Answer» Hi, I have a game CALLED SWGB (StarWars Galactic Battlegrounds) i installed it on a HP computer with windows 98. I had the game on the computer for many years and even started to AI script for it (following under strict rules so i don't screw up). one DAY the game wasn't functioning properly so i decided to reinstall it. doing so, i uninstalled it. when i tried to reinstall the game the menu only gave me the option to uninstall the game, and when i ran the setup the PROCESS would speed through and give me a message stating "maintenance is complete". I don't know what to do. I tried to use REGEDIT, but that did nothing. Try running a registry cleaner like Glary Registry Repair. Unless you are 100% sure you know what you are doing DO NOT use a registry cleaner. More harm then good usually comes from using these type of programs.Thats unfortunate. I've had good experieces with them. |
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Solve : were can i play racing games online? |
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Answer» hello i posted a couple weeks back on were i could still play monster TRUCK madness 2 and midtown madness i think it's 2 also |
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| 1729. |
Solve : Hearts of iron 2 crashing? |
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Answer» while I'm playing HOI II, it crashes randomly. my computer definitely meets system requirements, so that's not the problem.Then you need to give us some more information. |
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Solve : is there anywere play monter truck madness and midtown madness online anymore? |
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Answer» hello is there still anywere you can play MONSTER TRUCK madness and midtown madness online anymore i use to play all the TIME when it came out and tried to get both of them to work TODAY but as you can se it didn't work |
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| 1731. |
Solve : sims2 help? |
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Answer» soo, it's like this. i bought sims2 and downloaded ir from dics into computer, than i THOUGHT i wont need it anymore and deleted it. now, i want to PLAY it again, but when i'm putting the game into computer i'm having this situation: |
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| 1732. |
Solve : Final Fantasy 7 For the PC?? |
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Answer» Squaresoft has CREATED pc adaptation of FF7 and other FF franchises, it was a LONG while ago, but if you don't have the game but you have PS1 cd you can just download a PS emulator to PLAY it |
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| 1733. |
Solve : Lara Croft-Tomb Raider? |
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Answer» Can anyone please tell me how to get past the STAGE 'Hall of Seasons' in Tomb raider- angel of darkness. This ghost follows you everywhere in this stage, how to get rid of him or even cross the stage. psh... i get all my stuff off og cheatcc.com. Happy rading Carbon you dont strike me as that type. Is your middle name Sandler too? ..........What?Dont seem that you do play it at all. don't you think lara croft is one of the hottest women icon out there?.. I also played TR and it really made my head ache all the time, good thing I love solving puzzles that's why I don't read game guides.matter of perceptioinpeople who think lara croft , a fictional CHARACTER consisting entirely of POLYGONS, is a "HOT woman icon" are very very sad folk indeed. She's a bunch of polygons. And anybody notice that when interest in a TR game wanes... *POOF* suddenly the next version appears and- lo and behold- her bust size has increased! What happened? Was it an accident? Perhaps a bee sting? Surgery? Or maybe it was marketing's idea.I think Carbon's reply was sufficient for me. Thank you guys. Locked. |
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Solve : getting guest access to downloaded game? |
| Answer» DOWNLOADED a game from amazon. works well in administrator account. tried to get access to the game on my guest account for the grandkids, but can't figure out how to get it to the guest accounts. it is listed on the START program list on guest, but when i try to open it won't PLAY. any help for it.is this vista? if it is, try RUNNING it as adminstratorWhen you INSTALLED the game was there an option to install for all users? | |
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Solve : Como acrescentar item no menu? |
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Answer» Eu instalei o UBUNTU e gostaria de acrescentar mais itens no MENU... Eu instalei o UBUNTU e gostaria de acrescentar mais itens no Menu... Can you try that again in English? |
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Solve : Turok 2 Music Pach? |
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Answer» I have just Installed Turok 2 and the MUSIC dosen't seem to work on XP but on the same disk there is a "MACHINES demo" that the turok 2 music works on. |
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| 1737. |
Solve : Need help with compressing? |
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Answer» hi im new here hi im new here Have you tried using a hydraulic press, I prefer the 50T units myself.Quote Have you tried using a hydraulic press, I prefer the 50T units myself. Well, when I was very young and FOOLISH, we would place and item on the raairoad track and the train would conpress it. But a railroad detective had use sent to juvenile hall. So it was not a very good compression method.you did it all wrong GEEK, you always just blame the fat kid and RUN away.Quote you did it all wrong Geek, you always just blame the fat kid and run away. Yeah.. but the other kid was skinny as a rail. I was the fat one!Quote from: Salmon Trout on September 08, 2009, 09:32:38 AM Is game ripping legal?i am fairly certain it is if you dont distribute itQuote from: smeezekitty on September 09, 2009, 06:03:33 PM i am fairly certain it is if you dont distribute it Then you know less than I thought that you did. It's never legal, read the EULA.Quote from: Quantos on September 09, 2009, 06:05:12 PM Then you know less than I thought that you did. It's never legal, read the EULA.copywrights should be respected but EULAs are worthless and not worth the paper or bytes they are recorded on when was the last time the courts did something about breaking the eula and if you dont distribute it your not breaking copywright because the data is still on your machine its SIMPLY in a difrent location and or formatQuote from: Quantos on September 09, 2009, 06:05:12 PM Then you know less than I thought that you did. It's never legal, read the EULA.Regardless of what smeezekitty thinks about EULAs, we don't help with game ripping. It's in the rules. http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11408-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=46694&messageID=866962 i have ripped tons of games just not distributed it i only did it so i can look at images and listen the music when not playing the game smeezekitty, we don't care what you did. It is not relevant. It's just that we don't offer public help to to do it on this site. Why is that so hard for you to understand? |
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| 1738. |
Solve : Cant connect to local server? |
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Answer» Hi guys, Im hosting a star wars battlefront 2 pc DEDICATED SERVER and when i host, it doesnt allow me to connect to my dedicated server. does anyone have an idea? i have a fairly fresh install of windows 2003 (basically xp) and i could JOIN before. PERHAPS some ports are being blocked?It may be worth re-posting in Networks mate. You will probably get more attention in there. |
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| 1739. |
Solve : Help! Ultimate Ride refuses to work.? |
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Answer» I am using Windows XP SP2 with original DISK, 1.25GB RAM, 1.8 GHZ Mobile AMD Sempron PROCESSOR, and every time I TRY to run Ultimate Ride in ANY way I get this: |
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Solve : Help with The Sims Complete Collection.? |
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Answer» Hi (first time poster so go easy on me!) |
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Solve : Final Fantasy XI? |
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Answer» Hey i was wondering if anyone ELSE on this forum plays FFXI. I am taking a break from it right now because of school but it would be cool to know if anyone else here plays.FF is one of my favourite games.. I'm re-doing 7 at the moment..They arnt for computer and they have so many of them it would cost a fortune to buy. So noFF3 was as far as I GOT. heck I BARELY started that one. They arnt for computerReally? Then I guess you'd better go tell all of the people playing FF on their PC's. They might want to know that it's not real.Quote from: CBMatt on September 14, 2009, 10:19:42 PM Really? Then I guess you'd better go tell all of the people playing FF on their PC's. They might want to know that it's not real. Heh I'm half way through one of those fake FF's on my PC as we speak. Crazy thing is it LOOKS just like the real thing mmm.Quote from: CBMatt on September 14, 2009, 10:19:42 PM Really? Then I guess you'd better go tell all of the people playing FF on their PC's. They might want to know that it's not real. I guess some one forgot to tell Game Stop that these weren't for the PC. http://www.gamestop.com/browse/search.aspx?N=140&Ntk=TitleKeyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntt=final%20fantasyI never new that...That doesn't surprise me. Just out of curiosity...have you ever heard of Google or Wikipedia?nopeThat also doesn't surprise me.It doesn't surprise me that your not surprised Who isnt surprised? |
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Solve : FPS Co-Op mode? |
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Answer» Does anyone know of any First Person Shooter games that also feature co-operative play mode? (Not deathmatch or Capture the Flag type stuff)I have dabbled with "Combat ARMS." It has a mode called "Fireteam" in which you and team mates take on terrorists.Doom, Quake, Quake 2, Duke Nukem 3d... they all have Cooperative (that is, more then one player essentially in what most would recognize as single-player mode). Computer: Poor old computer is getting a bit long in the tooth I guess. I'm sorry to tell you this but you are not going to play many of the newer games with that system. The cheapest upgrade would be to get more RAM and a modern video card. You may run into problems with your OS so if you can upgrade that I would recamend it.Quote from: Fed on September 21, 2009, 01:36:37 AM Years ago I lived & breathed Doom2 but when I look at it now it's sort of comical compared to more modern games. some of the source ports MODERNIZE it pretty well; 3-d models and high-res textures, for example. Now I'm scratching around for a co-op MOD to use on one of my existing games. I'll report any success. |
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Solve : sound disappears when playing online multiplayer games? |
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Answer» SOMETIMES when I play a game (Age of Empires on cd in particular) with OTHERS online the sound will be there at the start, but then DISAPPEARS as I progress into the game. Other than not being able to use my microphone in chat programs, this is the only problem I have with sound. Would anyone have any clues here please? Thanks for your help:)Disregard that post and don't click the link. It's spam. I've already flagged it and hopefully one of the mods will remove it quickly. As for your issue, can you provide a complete list of your hardware? Is Age of Empires the only one you're having trouble with? Do you have any problem with sound when just playing single player? Have you downloaded the latest PATCH for the game as well? -=EDIT=- Ok, that post has been removed. |
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Solve : Microsoft bullies the little guy.? |
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Answer» Interesting article right here: they'd probably find some way to make us all guilty of agreeing to an embargo (and then breaking it), pirating the game, selling copies of the pirated game, blowing up the Twin Towers, and murdering prostitutes in the 1800's. Don't forget about stealing candy from babies.Actually, we might be a little guilty of that one. Here's another article about the situation: http://gaming.icrontic.com/articles/halo_3_odst_broken_embargo This one just briefly mentions us: http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=67244&provider=top The whole thing is bringing in a lot of publicity for us, which is a good thing. But I've got to admit that it bothers me slightly that so many people seem to think that breaking the embargo was on PURPOSE. When you're able to purchase a game and take it home and play it, it's not really something that crosses your mind. The way I see it: if a game is available for purchase, there's no reason to think that an embargo is still in place. A lot of people also fault G3 for not taking the review down quickly enough (although it really wasn't up all that long), but they don't realize that this isn't some major site with an office building full of employees. G3 should have been more prepared (which is why some of us are now exchanging phone numbers), but nothing like this has ever happened on the site. Ignorance is not an excuse, of course...but for what it's worth, a lesson has been learned. The sad part is that we weren't even the first site to review the game; there were several others before us. We just got Microsoft's attention because we're on the N4G aggregator. And I think they saw it as a very good opportunity to spark some interest in their new game. Oh well. As long as we don't get completely blacklisted (the details are fuzzy at the moment), I think it's mostly a win/win.It seems a bit childish to me. I understand their reasoning, although I don't agree with it. From the one article, it sounds like the retailer is at fault for allowing him to get the game early. On the other hand, not being aware of the "rules" of the industry isn't an excuse either. Hopefully, everything will work out alright for you guys.I agree with both of those...I think the store (Newegg) is at fault, but somebody should've found out the embargo date. I'm still new to the staff, though, so I'm not sure how that works exactly. Matt, the owner, says that things are good between us and Microsoft now, but he hasn't given us any details yet, so that could mean anything.I personally find it quite disturbing, and I'm one who will stick it to the man. It just baffles me that M$ have to stick there noses into everything and take everything as an attack. Your man has done nothing wrong he legally purchased a game and reviewed it. He did not go on to tpb and download an illegal copy and stick two fingers up to M$. I think M$ have there heads up there own... well you know. They think if they send an email threatening someone that the person will automatically bow down and submit. I'm just glad it had the opposite effect to promote the site.. Other reviewers are upset with us and I can understand that because they all waited like they were supposed to. But I think it is ridiculous for Microsoft to get so upset about the whole thing, especially when it was quite a positive review. We have already provided them with proof of a legal purchase, so if they want to get upset with someone, their beef should be with Newegg. Newegg agreed to certain terms; we agreed to nothing, nor were we asked to agree to anything. But this situation isn't black and white, I suppose. With all of the different ways you can look at it, everyone is at fault in their own way. Personally, I think everything could be resolved with a nice friendly sleepover.CBMatt, Thanks for a good topic. Very interesting. IMO Microsoft is at fault. If they they want to prevent premature reviews, they have the means to do that. that. I suspect this may have been a planned "leak" to help draw attention. Microsoft is an expert at getting free publicity, at the expense of others. Of course that is IMO. So far I have not yet read any EULA stating I can not have an opinion. But that may change.In Microsoft's DEFENSE, I don't think they planned on having Newegg break the street release date. However, they should've been aware that Newegg is known for doing this. The did the same thing for Fable 2. So...I dunno, maybe Microsoft really did expect it. However, only a select few got ODST early, so it's really hard to say. And while part of me thinks that this is part of a promotion plot, it also must be kept in mind that Microsoft didn't have any sort of "press release" about this and neither did we or N4G. This only got around because someone basically found out through a friend of a friend. That's not exactly how it worked, but it's the same general idea. Until then, nobody really knew about it. And although this is a lot of publicity for us, it's a tiny amount for a company like Microsoft. If this was all part of their evil plan, they may need to think a bit bigger next time. They attempt to prevent premature reviews by placing these embargos. Heh. For the most part, people tend to abide by embargos. Those who don't usually aren't given another chance and won't be sent any future review copies. We weren't sent one at all, so the plan was to buy the game once it was released and review it then. And that's exactly what happened...it was just a bit earlier than planned. We receive tons of review copies from companies and always abide by the embargos set in place. People think we intentionally rushed this out because it's such a huge release (I disagree with this grand scale), but that's just ridiculous. One of our guys got Scribblenauts a couple of weeks ago, and that is a highly-anticipated game, but the review wasn't even posted until today. This wasn't some kind of race for us; just a misunderstanding. This is, of course, a misunderstanding that won't happen again. And I will soon be confirming the embargo date of the new Guitar Hero game with Activision before I even think of attempting a review. Ha. Here's another article, by the way. Please note that it contains language not suitable for children: http://www.gorillajumpers.com/articles/gj_ms.htm |
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Solve : How to play The Sims 2 PC DVD ROM on my PC?? |
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Answer» I've recently bought The Sims 2 PC DVD-ROM. I inserted the DVD in the drive and tried opening it from the G: drive. It gives me 3 options: 1. Sims Colelction 2. The Sims : Superstar 3. The Sims 2. I clicked on 'Sims Collection' and installed the game. After that when I try to play the game from the shortcut created on desktop it gives me an error saying 'It has come to our attention that you have installed another Sims expansion pack after the Sims Vacation. For this to work properly, the The Sims Vacation installer will now update your nstallation. Select OK to PROCEED.' When I click on 'OK' nothing happens. Please help. This is the first time I'm trying to play a game on my PC. I'm using windows XP. Please help.What Sims software was installed on the computer before you tried to install this collection?I did not install any Sims software before installing the Sims collection. If there are any software's to be installed, please let me know.No problem - I was just trying to make SURE there wasn't another attempt to install Sims software at an earlier time. Let's see...is Sims Vacation part of the "Collection" software?how do I check WHETHER Sims Vacation is a part of the collection software or not. I just have one DVD and while I autorun it gives only 3 options 1. Sims Collection 2. The Sims : Superstar 3. The Sims 2. Also it has options CRACK and Exit at the right bottom. I've clicked on Sims collection and it automatically installs the game. After that when I click on the desktop shortcut it gives me the same error which I mentioned earlier.I tried to look on line today, but I'm restricted from seeing game related sites by a firewall. Does the box say what games are part of the original collection? Do I have to use the crack file or something.No, no -- we don't advise that sort of thing, around here! Let me look around a bit when I get to where I have an unrestricted access to the Internet. It does not make sense that, having bought a legitimate copy of the game, they would require you to have another portion of the game in order to have it install. |
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Solve : Is Vista cheating?!??!?!? |
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Answer» Solved on 26 September 2009. Stalemate is a situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal moves. A stalemate ends the game in a draw. Stalemate is covered in the rules of chess. Quote Checkmate (frequently shortened to mate) is a situation in chess (and in other boardgames of the chaturanga family) in which one player's king is threatened with capture (in check) and there is no way to meet that threat. Or, simply put, the king is under direct attack and cannot avoid being captured. Delivering checkmate is the ultimate goal in chess: a player who is checkmated loses the game (the king is never actually captured – the game ends as soon as the king is checkmated because checkmate leaves the defensive player with no legal moves). In practice, most players resign an inevitably lost game before being checkmated. I do believe, old son, that in TRUE Microsoft tradition, the game is yankin' your chain! What Aegis said.umm... that is a stalemate... they aren't in check... and there are no legal moves.Rats! My feeble brain had Microsoft right where I wanted them! It is stalemate because, on review, no black piece has the king in "check." I thought the queen did, but I was wrong. Since white cannot move anywhere that will not put him in "check," he stands at stalemate. Checkmate would occur if the king currently stood in "check" by a piece, and could not work its way out of the situation by a move, a block by another piece, or a sacrifice by another piece. ::: walks away mumbling ::: Doggone BC Programmer and his intellect...must be that Horton's food... Quote from: Boozu on September 25, 2009, 05:14:16 AM Did the computer have any more peaces? If it has no other peaces then it can't make a move and that is a stalemate. Ah ha. Thanks! Finally won today! (3 Queens ) [attachment deleted by admin] |
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Solve : Punkbuster using too much virtual memory? |
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Solve : need help with NFS Shift? |
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Answer» Hi. I have downloaded the realease demo for NFS Shift, tried it out, only to find it crashed my computer. When I got it working again, I went to canyourunit.com and did a system check for the game. Everything came out as a 'Pass' except for my CPU. It said the minimum GHZ required was 1.6 GHZ, but mine runs w/ 2.1 GHZ. This is a laptop with Windows Vista. If anyone could help, that would be greatly appreciated. |
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Solve : red alert 2? |
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Answer» Ok, I installed the GAME on windows xp - why, whenever I start the game, does it wait ten seconds then all my units die? Doesn't matter if its campaign or skirmish. |
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Solve : cannot open applet on the last window after entering yahoo games card section? |
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Answer» HELLO people, I am having a bit of a difficulty in trying to determine why my applet does not open once I go through the long process of logging in to yahoo games. When I type in the letter identification all I get is a blank page. I have done all the cleansing of my computer according to instructions. I am completely baffled. My email is: [emailprotected] if you care to write me a fix. I would be deeply grateful. I am posting the results of all my cleansing also. Is it a software conflict...or does windows xp not like yahoo games anymore? Cheers Gabe In using superantispyware no faults were found. In using Malwarebyte’s nothing was found. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.41 Database version: 2879 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 10/30/2009 8:51:10 PM mbam-log-2009-10-30 (20-51-10).txt Scan type: Quick Scan Objects scanned: 96016 Time elapsed: 8 MINUTE(s), 0 second(s) Memory Processes INFECTED: 0 Memory Modules Infected: 0 Registry Keys Infected: 0 Registry Values Infected: 0 Registry Data Items Infected: 0 Folders Infected: 0 Files Infected: 0 Memory Processes Infected: (No malicious items detected) Memory Modules Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Keys Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Values Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Data Items Infected: (No malicious items detected) Folders Infected: (No malicious items detected) Files Infected: (No malicious items detected) Results of Hijack this: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.41 Database version: 2879 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 10/30/2009 8:51:10 PM mbam-log-2009-10-30 (20-51-10).txt Scan type: Quick Scan Objects scanned: 96016 Time elapsed: 8 minute(s), 0 second(s) Memory Processes Infected: 0 Memory Modules Infected: 0 Registry Keys Infected: 0 Registry Values Infected: 0 Registry Data Items Infected: 0 Folders Infected: 0 Files Infected: 0 Memory Processes Infected: (No malicious items detected) Memory Modules Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Keys Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Values Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Data Items Infected: (No malicious items detected) Folders Infected: (No malicious items detected) Files Infected: (No malicious items detected) I think you're searching down the WRONG rabbit hole, here. I would check to make sure you have the newest version of whatever browser you're using (IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera, whatever). Then check to make sure you have all necessary plugins. The big ones are Flash, Shockwave, and Silverlight. Once you have those, you may need a reboot and hopefully all will WORK swimmingly. |
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