MSMStud

Thanks, jorge12340_0. Looks like you went to a lot of trouble. I gotta say, though, that my reaction to those measures is, "Oh, my fricking GOD!" I'm pretty anal about security, so I want WinXP secure as hell for my internet commerce. Maybe I should just invest in a used console. I'm thinking I'll pursue setting up a dual-boot installation (win98 SE and XP Pro). Yes, I've RTFM, I know exactly the kind of experience I'm in for. As I'm fond of tempting fate (or taunting it), I like to sardonically say: Nothing can possibly go wrong! P.S. I also have a copy of Win2k laying around. Can RE2 run on that? Also, would it be possible to dual-boot two XP installations, one with the service pack, and one without? So far my questions have depended on WinXP's built-in boot selector...perhaps there's a better option?

I'm still having problems...I must have tweaked some user rights or security settings somewhere... I tried installing on my second HD, with the FAT32 file system, to no avail. Incidentally, ZeDeX, my specs are a little absurd when you compare my CPU and video card...someday I'll dig up a slot 1 PIII 1ghz and some PC133 SDRAM and even it out...funny that my next upgrade comes from used parts vendors! 8)

Bump-bumpity-bump-bump-bump. Bump-bump. Bump.

Okay....I am driving myself crazy over this... I have: 1. Clean install of Leon CD (the works) into C:\re2\ to avoid filesystem snafu's, and made directory, subdirectories, and files accessible to "everyone" with all privileges, and made sure the archive and read-only attributes are not set. 2. Copied my old saved game files to c:\re2\ 3. Changed the saved game directory to c:\re2\ 4. Made a shortcut to F:\regist\LeonU.exe (F: is my DVD-ROM drive) and tried it with both win95 & 98/ME compatibility modes, and 5. Changed video settings to "Unknown card.", with "320 x 240 16BitColor FullScreen". It's also worth noting all the fancy visual and sound features are maxed out. Saved games not loading. File selector highlights no filenames, and at the bottom the file name is displayed as something like "Leon/00/WaitingRoom". I've never been in a waiting room in the game, I presume this to be a default reference to a new saved game. What am I doing wrong? STATS: 2 hard drives, one NTFS © and one FAT32 (d) WinXP Pro SP2, with all patches, directx 9.0c ASUS P3V4X (with latest BIOS, which was beta, but widely used, and with the final 4in1 via drivers for the via apollo pro 133a chipset) PIII 650Mhz 256MB PC100 Ram ATI Radeon 9000 Pro Soundblaster Live! Pioneer DVD-ROM DVD-104 SONY CD-RW CRX140E and 2 network cards, a defunct promise Ultra66 controller, zip100 drive, floppy, Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad Pro, Epson Stylus Color 740, CanoScan N 650U, and Logitech corless mouseman optical. All are without special drivers and systray icon, save for the ATI Radeon. I doubt a lot of that info is pertinent, but hey, with hardware you never know. The sidewinder is the only piece of MS hardware.