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WinXP meets AW (General Discussion)
WinXP meets AW // General Discussion
Jul 30, 2001, 11:14pm
I'm bored outta my mind, so I'm gonna make this somewhat entertaining, to me anyway.
Situation:
Test machine K6300
Running OS WinXP Preview Program borrowed from friend that was a dumbass and paid for it
AW Viewscreen 100% white
Not a clue about the version of DirectX, it won't accept a 7.0 install.
Windows properietary TNT2 Vanta LT drivers (Won't accept Detonators)
Windows proprietary Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI drivers
Hardware configuration:
AMD K6-2 300 CPU (Barely runs the friggin OS)
128mb RAM (Barely enough to contain the OS)
2gb HDD (The OS fits, but rather snugly)
Intel 56k Winmodem
Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI
VideoExcell TNT2 Vanta LT
Jul 31, 2001, 8:08am
Simple explanation problem Wing :)
AW and DirectX are both dodgy on Windows 2000 right?
Well unlike 98 and ME that were built from 95, Windows XP was built fro mthe
foundations of Windows 2000. So although its more stable that Win95 and 98,
it has all the incompatabilites that Windows 2000 and more too.
Get that lame-ass preview off your HD now and get good ol' 98 or ME back on
:)
[View Quote]"wing" <bathgate at prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:3b66066e$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I'm bored outta my mind, so I'm gonna make this somewhat entertaining, to
me anyway.
>
> Situation:
> Test machine K6300
> Running OS WinXP Preview Program borrowed from friend that was a dumbass
and paid for it
> AW Viewscreen 100% white
>
> Not a clue about the version of DirectX, it won't accept a 7.0 install.
> Windows properietary TNT2 Vanta LT drivers (Won't accept Detonators)
> Windows proprietary Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI drivers
>
> Hardware configuration:
> AMD K6-2 300 CPU (Barely runs the friggin OS)
> 128mb RAM (Barely enough to contain the OS)
> 2gb HDD (The OS fits, but rather snugly)
> Intel 56k Winmodem
> Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI
> VideoExcell TNT2 Vanta LT
>
>
>
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Jul 31, 2001, 8:09am
> Simple explanation problem Wing :)
Eh? My minds not working, ignore that line, lol.
Jul 31, 2001, 11:50am
actually, it's based on our good friend, NT 4 (Windows 2000 is just pretty
for NT 5)...
KAH
[View Quote]"gamer" <Robbie at AWlife.net> wrote in message
news:3b6683b9 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Simple explanation problem Wing :)
> AW and DirectX are both dodgy on Windows 2000 right?
>
> Well unlike 98 and ME that were built from 95, Windows XP was built fro
mthe
> foundations of Windows 2000. So although its more stable that Win95 and
98,
> it has all the incompatabilites that Windows 2000 and more too.
>
> Get that lame-ass preview off your HD now and get good ol' 98 or ME back
on
> :)
>
> "wing" <bathgate at prodigy.net> wrote in message
> news:3b66066e$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
to
> me anyway.
> and paid for it
>
>
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Jul 31, 2001, 3:54pm
Between that and it's unwillingness to accept my own drivers (Which were all designed for Win9x) or their Win2k counterparts is
definitely the problem. As soon as XP starts going OEM to Dell and the like, may god help us all........
[View Quote]"gamer" <Robbie at AWlife.net> wrote in message news:3b6683b9 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Simple explanation problem Wing :)
> AW and DirectX are both dodgy on Windows 2000 right?
>
> Well unlike 98 and ME that were built from 95, Windows XP was built fro mthe
> foundations of Windows 2000. So although its more stable that Win95 and 98,
> it has all the incompatabilites that Windows 2000 and more too.
>
> Get that lame-ass preview off your HD now and get good ol' 98 or ME back on
> :)
>
> "wing" <bathgate at prodigy.net> wrote in message
> news:3b66066e$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> me anyway.
> and paid for it
>
>
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Jul 31, 2001, 4:00pm
who cares, you just don't use it... install a Win98SE at once...
KAH
[View Quote]"wing" <bathgate at prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:3b66f0d2 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Between that and it's unwillingness to accept my own drivers (Which were
all designed for Win9x) or their Win2k counterparts is
> definitely the problem. As soon as XP starts going OEM to Dell and the
like, may god help us all........
> "gamer" <Robbie at AWlife.net> wrote in message
news:3b6683b9 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
mthe
98,
on
to
dumbass
install.
>
>
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Jul 31, 2001, 5:24pm
AW works on WinXP for me
--American Police
Jul 31, 2001, 7:30pm
nonono, when XP goes OEM, people buying their brand spanking new top of the line $3800 Dell Dimension 8100 with it's "Lightning fast
Pentium 4" will be MUCH MUCH dumber on the whole. XP is leaving later today, heh. Win98 shall return.
[View Quote]"kah" <kah at kahbot.com> wrote in message news:3b66f245 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> who cares, you just don't use it... install a Win98SE at once...
>
> KAH
>
> "wing" <bathgate at prodigy.net> wrote in message
> news:3b66f0d2 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> all designed for Win9x) or their Win2k counterparts is
> like, may god help us all........
> news:3b6683b9 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> mthe
> 98,
> on
> to
> dumbass
> install.
>
>
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Jul 31, 2001, 10:14pm
Have any problems with OGL games? It would seem that the drivers that M$ supplied for my TNT2 don't support OGL......
[View Quote]"american police" <bob at bobscalot.com> wrote in message news:3b6705f2$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> AW works on WinXP for me
>
> --American Police
>
>
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Aug 1, 2001, 7:29am
This is what u all get for trusting ur decent computers to a dodgy company
like microsoft, shame on you......
[View Quote]"wing" <bathgate at prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:3b6749f4$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Have any problems with OGL games? It would seem that the drivers that M$
supplied for my TNT2 don't support OGL......
> "american police" <bob at bobscalot.com> wrote in message
news:3b6705f2$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
>
>
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Aug 1, 2001, 12:35pm
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[View Quote]"perseus" <theperseus at optushome.com.au> wrote in message news:3b67cbef at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> This is what u all get for trusting ur decent computers to a dodgy company
> like microsoft, shame on you......
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Aug 1, 2001, 6:32pm
*shrug* Never again, never again.
(GIVE ME AW FOR LINUX OR GIVE ME BILL GATE'S DEATH)
[View Quote]"perseus" <theperseus at optushome.com.au> wrote in message news:3b67cbef at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> This is what u all get for trusting ur decent computers to a dodgy company
> like microsoft, shame on you......
>
>
> "wing" <bathgate at prodigy.net> wrote in message
> news:3b6749f4$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> supplied for my TNT2 don't support OGL......
> news:3b6705f2$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
>
>
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Aug 3, 2001, 4:37pm
Wing you also fail to realize the words "Preview Program" as in PRE RELEASE,
as in it may CHANGE from now until october when it is released. And also the
peipheral makers haven't really begun to make drivers SPECIFICALLY for WinXP
yet, and were you even using Win2000 drivers? (actually, you need Win2000
drivers for XP)
[View Quote]"wing" <bathgate at prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:3b672389$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> nonono, when XP goes OEM, people buying their brand spanking new top of
the line $3800 Dell Dimension 8100 with it's "Lightning fast
> Pentium 4" will be MUCH MUCH dumber on the whole. XP is leaving later
today, heh. Win98 shall return.
> "kah" <kah at kahbot.com> wrote in message
news:3b66f245 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
were
fro
and
back
entertaining,
Detonators)
>
>
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Aug 3, 2001, 4:37pm
Yeah once I can get d3d games on Linux then I'd switch in a heartbeat. Plus
then I can actually play all games instead of just OGL ones (and being
underwater in half life with OGL on gets me screwed because of that darned
fog).
[View Quote]"wing" <bathgate at prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:3b68674f at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> *shrug* Never again, never again.
>
> (GIVE ME AW FOR LINUX OR GIVE ME BILL GATE'S DEATH)
> "perseus" <theperseus at optushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:3b67cbef at server1.Activeworlds.com...
company
M$
>
>
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Aug 3, 2001, 5:01pm
Heh, Microsoft has a history of making Previews worse than full releases. I.E. WinME pre-release didn't give registry errors every
20 boots (That just isn't my problem either, it shows up on machines OEMed with ME)
The roots of my problem are probably tracable to the 1998 vintage hardware vs. extreme bloatware.
[View Quote]"captain mad mike" <cmadmike at crosswinds.net> wrote in message news:3b6aef59$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Wing you also fail to realize the words "Preview Program" as in PRE RELEASE,
> as in it may CHANGE from now until october when it is released. And also the
> peipheral makers haven't really begun to make drivers SPECIFICALLY for WinXP
> yet, and were you even using Win2000 drivers? (actually, you need Win2000
> drivers for XP)
> "wing" <bathgate at prodigy.net> wrote in message
> news:3b672389$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> the line $3800 Dell Dimension 8100 with it's "Lightning fast
> today, heh. Win98 shall return.
> news:3b66f245 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> were
> fro
> and
> back
> entertaining,
> Detonators)
>
>
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