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Is there no other way around this.......
24-04-2008 8:26 PM
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I have nothing to hide as my XP is 100% genuine but I was led to belive that you no longer have to activate it now Vista is the new child on the block, but how wrong some people can be, as you do need to activate still........its just a small niggle for me and added to that the amount of installing I would have to do again I really dread the thought of formatting my HD
Is there really no other way around this?
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24-04-2008 8:32 PM
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you could always try linux. no product key, no activation, no anti-virus, no anti-malware, no anti-spyware. easy to install and lots of applications come with the os, ready to use on a livecd.
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24-04-2008 8:45 PM
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Linux? I have heard of it, but know nothing of it, sounds great but how is it for gaming purposes? more importantly how much is it?
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24-04-2008 8:49 PM
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in the "show updates" box at the top of the panel
EDIT:
I've just done a google search on this admittedly a very quick one and from what i can gather
your predicament is not looking good and may well come down to a format if you are having
serious problems, XP will not run Directx 10
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24-04-2008 8:59 PM
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I have searched all day long and all I could find was the opposite, people wanting rid of DX10 from Vista!! and many things in between
I'll look into this in the morning, with the add/remove and thanks for reminding me of the show updates bit, I'd forgotten that and that would have explained me being a bit unsure of it being listed.
I mainly got around to wanting rid of it due to one of my games being a bit jerky at times, whereas before all this it was fine, and on the games forum, a guy told me it could well be DX10 that is to blame
Why the hell do people have to go trying to port these things over when its not ever going to work well or at all? it makes me so mad and whats worse I fall for it, along with many others I suspect
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24-04-2008 9:06 PM
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Run Dxdiag from the CMD prompt and see what it says
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24-04-2008 9:16 PM
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I wish you were right but I think its DX10 alright
System Information
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Time of this report: 4/24/2008, 20:35:20
Machine name: N-NESUNMV4Z8GZX
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: INTELR
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 349MB used, 4606MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 10.0 (4.10.0000.3311)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
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24-04-2008 9:19 PM
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If it was one of the cracked versions - which one
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24-04-2008 9:34 PM
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24-04-2008 9:38 PM
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Can I suggest as a next step a reinstall of XP but keeping all your settings and programs as described here which may fix it.
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24-04-2008 9:45 PM
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Thanks for digging that out Jim, I'm much obliged to you, I'll look into this more tomorrow as its a bit late for me to start on something that requires me to concentrate........just hope I can follow it ok as I am not good at things like this, still its my own stupid fault, why could'nt I have left well alone!
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24-04-2008 9:48 PM
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In my case the Windows install was so messed up that it couldn't fix it - major registry foul up.
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24-04-2008 9:52 PM
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So I'll have to get a real good nights sleep and hope to be ok come the dawn to get cracking
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24-04-2008 10:02 PM
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so now no printer and I have to memorize it all
Unless.... you can borrow a computer / laptop, to use for the "repair" period..... ? Just a suggestion
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24-04-2008 10:16 PM
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I might have to go into my Computer bloke and ask him if he can put it all on a disk (the updates that is, although he'll charge me for it, may have no choice though.
I had another chap on a forum suggest me trying to install the dx9 redistributable over it and see if that helps, but I had read that doing that would'nt work, so I'll have to sleep on it and decide in the morning what to do, either that or leave as is, I really don't know
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