whoisurdaddy

Yeah. That is wierd. I didn't mess around with the group policy. Strange, I will just suck it up until in October when Windows XP release in store. I am planning to upgrade to XP anyways.

Thanks for replying Down8. No, it wasn't my problem. Ok, let's say I just turn on my computer and it will have screensaver selected as "None." Then I go and pick a screensaver then click "Apply." So everything is good now. Whichever screensaver I choose will come up at the time I picked. Now, if I go and Shutdown my computer, this screensaver information is lost. The next time I turn on my computer, screensaver selected is "None." This is not really a big deal. I just use Power feature thing under Screensaver tab and I set like 30 minutes to turn off my monitor. I am just curious as to what is causing that screensaver problem.

Phantomhitman, you said you updated the registry and it worked. What did you do to the registry?

I tried setting my Physical memory at 384mb and leaving Gimme.dll alone like you said. Didn't work for me. I am stuck at Loading screen. Could you ask your friend (the one with 512mb memory) about his Physical memory setting and post that info back here? Thx.

Joker, you said NFS4 works flawless on your system. Is that without doing any patching and stuff? And what version is your OS?

Well, NFS5 works on my Win2k too but not 100%. I can only play single player mode. When I play like LAN game, it crashes back to my desktop. I don't know why. I even deleted that Gimme.dll. Strange. Anyways, I can't get like Need For Speed 4 and 3 to install either. Well, looks like EA isn't going to get their acts together anytime soon. They think people should use Win98 for gaming. Well, too bad for them because they just lost their long time customer. I have been buying all their NBA Live series and Need For Speed series. Good thing Counter-Strike got me addicted.

Hmmm...I thought XP is suppose to be more gaming friendier than Win2k, I guess not. I have been hearing a lot people having gaming problems with XP just like Win2k. Hopefully, that will be changed on the retail version.

I know. hehe..just kidding. I was bored when I posted the last one. I wasn't trying to insult people's intellegence or anything. Dodgeviperrt10, you got NFS 5 working on XP yet? I am thinking about upgrading to XP from Win2k, if NFS 5 work on XP.

Hahhaah... "liam emos em dnes dluohs uoy spahrep ptf ym no ti evah I" I have it on my ftp perhaps you should send me some mail

Man, this is too good to be true. Motherboard, P4 CPU, and Case w/ Power supply for around $210? No way! CPU itself is worth at least $210.

Well...I don't think Microsoft is going after individuals. I think they are going after companies using their pirated software. They are more likely to get money from sueing the companies.

Hmm...I don't have any problems with my Divx movies. I make my own Divx movies. I use Divx Alpha 3.11 codec and FlaskMpeg version .594. I know there is a new Divx codec and FlakMpeg out there and I have tried them and I don't like them. The sound in the movie turned out crappy. I don't have problem with low volume with the low volume because I edit the sound with CoolEdit and amplify it like 300% and save it back to the movie with Virtual Dub. My system spec: Windows 2000 Server Edition w/ Service Pack 2 PIII-933 w/ 512 mb PC-133 Geforce 2 GTS SB Live!

I have Ratpadz and Microsoft Intellimouse Optical mouse. The mouse pad I had before was a free mouse pad I got from going to some fair. Anyways, Ratpadz rocks. I also like my Microsoft mouse. I play Counter-Strike a lot and my shooting got a lot better espcially with my optical mouse. I have played Counter-Strike on someone else's computer with ball mouse and I can't stand using ball mouse after using optical mouse.

Santa, I have SP2 installed and I don't have any problems with Counter-Strike. What is your system's spec? Here is mine: Windows 2000 Server Edition with SP2 Abit SA6R w/ PIII-933 512 mb PC-133 Geforce 2 GTS (using driver version 11.01) SB Live! X-Gamer Oh, I was thinking your problem might have to do with V-sync turned off. If you have V-sync turned off then trying turning it back on and see if you still have the same problem.

I deleted the gimme.dll and the game loads fine and I can play Single player but I can't play Multiplyer mode. Like the game wound count down "3" "2" "1" then I get kicked back to desktop. Anyone else have this problem?? But this problem doesn't exist on my other Win98 machine. But the difference is that I don't have to delete gimme.dll file when I play on Win98. I was suspecting that I am getting kicked back to desktop in Multiplayer mode was because I don't have gimme.dll. Is there another way to load the game without freezing and leaving gimme.dll file alone??

I thought Virtual Dub won't allow you to join 2 Avi files unless they have the same data rate?

I say go with Win2k. I haven't used NT4 myself since I upgraded mine from Win98. But Win2k is basically NT5 using NT engine. I believe Win2k has more multimedia capability than NT4. I might be wrong. If I am someone else will probably correct me. =) But I say, go with Win2k. It rocks. My system spec: Win2k Server Edition Abit SA6R w/ PIII-933 512 mb PC-133 Geforce 2 GTS SB Live! X-Gamer

I don't have any problems with SB Live! in Win2k. May be because I have Intel Chipset. My system spec: Abit SA6R (Intel 815e chipset) PIII-933 PC-133 512mb Geforce2 GTS SB Live! X-Gamer

I've tried Tribes 2 but didn't like it. I only like the vehicles in that game. =) Other than that, I am back to Counter-Strike. But Tribes 2 ran pretty well on my machine. Here is the spec: Win2k Professional w/ SP1 PIII-933 512 mb PC-133 Geforce 2 GTS SB Live!

hey! How about Counter-Strike??

I was having problem playing Need For Speed 5 Multiplayer (LAN) on my Windows 2000 machine. I am just wondering if anyone get it to work on Win2k? Basically, when I play LAN game, at the beginning of the race it would say "3" "2" "1" then I would get kick out to desktop and get this stupid message "Movdfl-Invalid Shape Type #######". By the way, I have no problem playing Single player. Just multiplayer mode. [This message has been edited by whoisurdaddy (edited 11 April 2001).]

I tried both 384mb and 1000 mg of Physical memory setting and they both didn't work for me. Oh well, that just mean more time for Counter-Strike.

So leave gimme.dll alone??? I tried that. I have my Virtual Memory set to 1GB (fixed size) but the game hang at the intro. I will try setting the virtual memory low rgodart said. I will post back with the result.

JBrave has a good point. I am also going to buy XP when it come out but there is no way in hell I am going to pay for every copy I am going to install on my computers. What I want to know is how many home users really buy a legit copy of Windows for every computers they own??

Hello, currently I have 2 computers and 1 monitor. What do you guys suggest I get to share a monitor to two computers. I also have 2 keyboards and 2 mice. I bought a Linksys Switch box that can do what I need but the problem is it lags my keyboard. When I play games, certain keys were lagging like 1-2 seonds behind. That is no good for playing Counter-Strike. So I returned it. I think the problem with the Linksys monitor switch box is that it doesn't have its own power. It is drawing power from Keyboard ports. Anyways, is there other ones out there you guys use??? I don't really need to share a keyboard and a mouse for two computers. I prefer to spend $100 on this the most.