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Quote: I cant play nba live 2001 too on WinXP pro 2600!!! What i must do to fix that? Questionnaire how u did that?? Answer- I'll quote myself: Quote: No man, just installed the game and played. Quote: Questionnaire: can u please email me your nba live 2001 exe Sorry guys and gals, but I just tried uploading to a geocities and then a tripod account for both of you to download but im on a 56k and the file is a little over 4Mb and I keep getting a time out error. Sorry I have no further info... I just installed and played. But this weekend I hope to pick up a few more of those EA, no Win2k support games to test out and see if I get the same results I get with NBA Live 2001.

No man, just installed the game and played. I did notice however on the box it said win2k wasnt supported so I was prepared in advance for problems in WinXP but to my amazement, not one single problem with the game. Btw, im not using the detonator xp drivers (didnt like em'), so I reverted back the 12.90's on a Visiontek GF3 and with I think but not for sure, the VIA 4in1 version 4.32. (Dont expect to get it running in XP just because I did, im a oddball you see, I can even make Windows ME run flawlessy unlike the mass population who rant endlessly its the worst OS ever. )

Wow! As I browse through the forum and see all the problems people are having with XP im in utter confusion. Every single game in my game collection work prime in XP. Using a SBLive Value with the defualt drivers XP installs, not one single problem in UT.

I have no problem with NBA Live 2001 in WinXP.

Quote: I don't think that XP's firewall would block (or at least notify me about) some transmissions going on between my pc and some ms servers.. 100% correct. And one very good reason not to use it as your "only" firewall. (Is the word privacy even still in the dictionary? hehe) Anyway, in beta 2 clicking the "search" button would trigger communication to www.sa.windows.com. (Yes, just searching for files on your HD) Connecting to the internet the few first times in 2475 would trigger communication to www.time.microsoft.com. There is of course a few others, but i'll just leave it at those two examples. Other then that, ive tested the built in firewall at shields-up and it blocked all communication attempts to my cumputer. BTW, ive been having very good results using AtGuard Version 3.22. Hope this clears up some confusion!

Questionnaire wants to know where dodgeviperrt10 got "2781" at? Yea... I'm stuck on an "outdated" build of XP, "2481". Anyway, I havent yet installed NFS5 or do I think i'll have the time on a sunday night. Have you tried the new 12.60 dets? Oooppss.. You forgot to post your systems specs so I dont know what VGA you're running. I 'might' install the games tonight and give it a whack but dont hold your breath. If you have a nvidia chipset you can snag all the latest beta drivers here. Goodluck!

Quote: Hopefully it comes out soon to us 'unofficial' beta testers. Downloading 2481 right now.

Ive upgraded to XP from WinMe 6 times now. ;(

Finaly got 2475 up and running. Seems heaps faster then 2462. I dont have much time on it, but so far so good. I'm definetly buying it when it comes out. (I consider it a good upgrade from my former OS, WinMe)

I'm downloading 2475 now:D Hope my scanner is finaly fixed in this one or i'm gonna e-mail the manufacture of it and put the SMACK down. Run 56k modem, run! lol

I had the same exact problem and i'm in the US. Cant remember what I did to finaly get it to except my info. But is was something soooo stupid. Damn.... I'm, trying hard to remember what I did to fix it!! Mabye check a bill statment from your credit card and tripple-check the address again and make sure it's exactly what's in your credit card agency's database. Keep trying! Mine finaly went through!! BTW, I paid the extra $10.00 to have the CD shipped to me! Do I still have the option to d/l it incase the CD's get sent late or something?? Anybody?

Quote: Check your bank account(s), thats why. When i gotta pay Quote: Check your bank account(s), thats why. When i gotta pay $1.79+ USD for a gallon of gasoline and $300 USD for an OS just so i can fu*kin play Quake, the money in my pocket dries up pretty quick. Between the two "butt-f*ck" kings....Mr. Gates and Mr. Bush, i dunno who's worse. .79+ USD for a gallon of gasoline and 0 USD for an OS just so i can fu*kin play Quake, the money in my pocket dries up pretty quick. Between the two "butt-f*ck" kings....Mr. Gates and Mr. Bush, i dunno who's worse. I know exactly how you feel. Also, is it just me or didnt it seem like we where all riding high with Clinton in office?

Quote: Microsoft is going to wanna cover thier ***.. So to speak.. Like I said in my previous post, most game developers have small 1-2 man teams that get cracks, analyze them, and then add fixes to the latest patch that defeats them. Hhhhhmmmmm... Anyone notice that the latest patches for Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament take out the CD checks? And my only complaint about activation is "What If". What if you dont have a internet connection avail where you live? What if you're doing a clean install and your wife forgot to pay the phone bill on time as usual? hehe. What, walk down the street to seven eleven's pay phone to activate your system? LOL Pass the crack stem m8. (Far fetched situations, but still possible) Oh and dont confuse me for a person that's into the warez scene because ive been downloading the Beta's like mad. Simply put- If I have the chance to grab a sneak-peek at the new big OS before the general population, you better beleive i'm gonna jump all over it. No harm intended since ive already paid for the preview program (RC1 & 2). Other then that, I have no problem with activation since i'll be going to the local PC software store to get the final retail. (If I decide to stick with XP) Oh and I hope swaping out a Intel mobo to try a AMD setup wont make me have to re-activate all the time. I usualy stick with a setup for a year but when I do upgrade, I try out diferent hardware configs like mad before choosing the final setup.

I think i'll go with door number 1. "Yes, and the beta is now my main OS." Although only because I like the fancy gui graphics. Honestly though, joking aside- Is XP necessary for me? Nope. It's better then what I previously run but still, what I ran for a OS before still did the job complain-free. And besides that, I'm getting sick of buying a new OS every single year, sheesh. But I think i'll snag a cheapy upgrade/promo CD of XP Home Edition or if i'm feeling rich, XP Pro just to add to the collection. And must admit, XP will be alot easier for newbies to use their PC's. I'm all for that. Something else I wanted to note- Funny how my bank and insurance company both still use win95 and win98. I asked them why dont they upgrade to win2k? They both say "Are OS runs and does everything we need already." Just my $0.02

I havnt run any build after 2462. Although i'm downloading them as we speak (66% Completed on 2469 and starting 2474 right afterwards:p) So it would be hard for me to say without running them all. But i'd have to say that after reading the problems people are having with the builds after 2462, i'd have to pick 2462. Everything works here 100% except trying to adjust one games graphics setting crashes the game (Janes USAF) and my scanner (UMAX Astra 3400) isnt supported and doesnt work. Oh yea... I almost forgot to mention I found some other minor bugs, ones in dial up connection where if you get kicked/disconected from the net and click re-connect without closing the window and re-opening it, it forgets your password and another in wordpad I dont feel like getting into right now and a few others. Other then that, i'm lovin' it as my sole OS now. Paid for the RC's and RC1 will be sent to my door.

Quote: Also, there is no working crack for it as of yet. Wrong Their is one You just dont know about it

On the first day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me See if they can do it again. On the second day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. On the third day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. On the fourth day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. On the fifth day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. On the sixth day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. On the seventh day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. On the eighth day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. On the ninth day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. On the tenth day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Change the documentation Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. On the eleventh day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Say it's not supported Change the documentation Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. On the twelfth day of Beta Testing, WinBeta said to me Tell them it's a feature Say it's not supported Change the documentation Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. --------------------------- EDIT NOTE: This is a song "PARODY" (oops, typo, tired here ) of 12 Days of Christmas I just found on another msg board. Hope you like.

Well, if i'm not gonna be able to get the RC's I paid for at the same time the others get it (testers, MSDN subscribers, warez ftp's, irc channel's etc.etc.) or at the very least within a week tolerance then i'm gonna just cancel the credit card order! ;( (how is it the warez scene can get it before the legit guys anyway? What kinda people they have working at M$? Windows Millennium final anyone? ;( ) Sorry for the rant but someone told me the preview paying guys wherent important to M$ so they would get it about a month after testers/MSDN subscribers and odviously the warez scene! So if someone knows if the RC's bought as part of the preview deal from M$ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/preview/default.asp would get them around the same time as everyone else, please clarify before I pull my hair out and just cancel my order! Until then.... I just chill' with my pirated, FBI gonna take me to jail, got it three days before MSDN subscribers had it availible copy. (hey M$, you reading this? hehe ) Later fellow XP nuts!

Hey guys, I was just wondering when the people that bought RC 1 & 2 as part of the preveiw deal would recieve them? Would M$ send them out at the same time they release them for download to testers and/or MSDN subscribers? (I paid the extra "$" to have RC 1 sent to my house) Hope someone can answer my question! Until then.... I'll just have to tough it out with my pirated, illegal, warezed, cracked copy of beta 2 (2462). Later XP gang!

Quote: But while I'm here - Four And Twenty: since you have the same board as I do, do you know exactly what the limits on processor upgrades for "our" systems is? The fastest chip out that runs on the same buss speed as your mobo supports. Example: say your board only supports up to 100MHz FSB (typical 440 BX chipset) and the fastest chip out at the time you bought your system that ran on the 100MHz buss was say... A PIII800e becuase at the time the 1GHz PIIIeb required a 133 buss. But now I think they make 1 gigger PIII's that now run on a 100Mhz buss. I didnt read through the whole post to what system ya have because i'm on the run right now....... Later!

Quote: (or "feature" since it's Microsoft)? ROTFL@That! Yeppers, everyone I know has ran into that "feature" Actualy....Joking aside....If it was a bug, wouldnt it have been fixed by now? Because I remember it happening in the older builds too! Oh well....Just kill startup 'gak' at a reg' level.

Yup... You'll have to go into the reg and do a search for "run" or "run once" and you'll find "msconfig" somewhere in the startup gak! Just delete the key and no more msconfig popping up! Now I never disable startup gak from msconfig or any other utils I used to use. I just kill it at a registry level. Goodluck!

Well, I know one thing, I set my date to 2030 and it's still good-to-go.

What shame? Did anyone read the e-mail the one site owner Phillip got from that loser? Threatening to "take legal actions" over a stupid post on a stupid message board? Fark that loser JD and the king sized dildo up his arse! "Legal Actions" What a little baby. I hope everybody and their brother pirates their stupid windows lite. ///Sorry guys, but reading that e-mail the site admin got from that flunky realy ticked me off What a little baby!

Actualy, the only reason ive never tried Win2k Pro as of yet is becuase it cost to much! From the EB website: Windows 2000 Professional Full (Usually Ships Within 24 Hours) (Ships to U.S. Only) Price: $269.99 Category: Home Office ESRB Rating: N/A Get farkin real!! I wouldnt pay that much to have Bill Gates himself kiss my full moon, lol! And people wonder why w4r3z is so popular these days! THE AVERAGE PERSON CANT AFFORD SOFTWARE THESE DAYS BECUASE OF EVERYTHING BEING >OVERPRICED<!!! So do you guys think XP Pro will be priced better? (Fuck home edition, dual cpu "support" should be standard these days) I'd say the prices below are what I would consider fair and keep me from going the w4r3z route: Promo upgrade: $50.00 Upgrade: $70.00 Full: $129.00 ($150.00 absolute maximum ) Whats your guys opinion on what the prices should be for XP Pro? I personally think they'd make more money lowering the prices=more people pay for it! Read this article sometime when you get the chance: (you to Micro$oft ) Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"> But in my opinion, many software companies fail to understand the very market they serve, and should seek a better balance between what they charge and how many copies they hope to sell. It is clear to me that, as computers and music hardware become cheaper by the week, the real growth is happening at the low end. I would much prefer to sell 70,000 copies of a program for than 1,000 copies for 9, but it seems many companies are unable to understand this basic marketing concept. Moreover, the more a company charges for a product, the more irrational and protective they become. I know from my own success as a software company president that the key to making a lot of money is to sell a great product for a great price, and without alienating the very customers you depend on. </font> http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/739DF48C566E1D33862567DE001BE355 READ IT! [This message has been edited by Questionnaire (edited 17 April 2001).]