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System Shock 2.... The only game I had to take breaks from, even during the day.

I've heard of it from a few boards...apparently the workaround is to use the programs uninstall link in the start menu or manually find its uninstall key in the registry. Microsoft have published a document to OEM's regarding known issues..I have it but don't remember where i stole it from Sorry for the size of the post but I had to cut and paste the crap. Intel Indeo codec removed from XP SP1 slipstream media Intel Application Accelerator 2.3.2135: install makes XPSP1 unbootable After upgrading Windows XP to SP1 the installation of Intel's Application Accelerator build 2.3.2135 may cause the system to fail to boot back into Windows. Instead it loops at the F8 screen regardless whether You select Safe mode, Start Windows Normally or Last good configuration. Selecting any of the above causes the system to reboot and return to the same screen repeatedly. Resolution: Reinstall Windows to a clean directory. More information: Intel Application Accelerator 2.3.2135 is a beta driver. Intel is aware of this issue and is working wih us to resolve this driver bug. Mobile Favorites no longer show Thumbnail View This behavior is by design and is a change from Windows XP RTM. Due to possible security vulnerability, the thumbnail view (which showed web content) has been replaced by a standard Internet Explorer icon. There is no way to restore the old behavior as this was a deliberate change to the Windows XP product. Roxio Direct CD 5.1 fails writing large files Steps to reproduce this error: On a computer with Windows XP 2600 , install Roxio 5.02 then upgrade it to 5.1. Verify the application works by formatting a CD-R using Direct CD and verify functionality with files of various sizes. Upgrade Windows using SP1. (This issue is exposed in SP builds 1089 and above.) Format a CD-R using Direct CD and verify functionality with files of various sizes. Note that small files and large directories of small files write fine. When writing large (100 MB+ estimated) files to a Direct CD formatted disc the process hangs indefinitely. Resolution: Currently there is no fix or workaround for this problem. Customers will need to contact Roxio to determine if/when a fix will be available. More information: Roxio is aware of this problem but no new information is available. Debugging information was made available to to Roxio on 8/20 shows the problem to be in Roxio’s driver file CDUDF_XP.SYS. Warning: that Yamaha AG-XG Audio will not be available or Windows Media Player Error: Cannot play back the audio stream. Message: Warning that “Yamaha AG-XG Audio will not be available after SP1 upgrade” or “Windows Media Player Error: Cannot play back the audio stream; no audio hardware is available, or the hardware is not responding” when trying to play music or view video in Windows Media Player. This problem will occur on Toshiba 9000/9100 series laptops – which contain the Yamaha AG-XG audio card and drivers. If the user performed an attended installation or upgrade of service pack 1, the user will see the warnings after setup completes to indicate that the audio driver will not work after the upgrade. During an unattended installation the user will see NO warning, but the audio/sound device will be ‘banged out’ (yellow exclamation point) in Windows Device Manager to indicate the current drivers are not installed. Toshiba – Updated drivers for the Toshiba 9000/9100 series laptops are available now at the Toshiba support web site. They will also be available on Windows Update at some later date (no ETA). Sony – Updated drivers for the Sony Vaio laptops will be available from the Sony web site once Sony publishes these drivers (no ETA). The correct drivers will be dated more recently than 5/22/02. The newer drivers should have a version number higher than v3150 for the YACXGC.SYS driver OR higher than v2150 for YACXG.SYS. Possible workaround for other systems: install the Intel audio driver through Device Manager using the following steps: 1) Update Driver  Choose “Advanced” 2) Hardware Update Wizard  Choose “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install.” 3) Pick Intel driver when prompted. Toshiba Portege 2000 or 4000 can no longer use Modem after Upgrading to SP1 This problem is caused by insufficient hardware ID detection by Toshiba drivers hosted on the Windows Update site. Updated drivers should be available on Windows Update to resolve the problem, but if correct drivers cannot be found quickly, please refer the user to their original Toshiba Portege pre-installation CD-ROM or to the Toshiba web site – specific for the laptop model being updated – to obtain all 3 necessary (and dependant) Toshiba drivers: 1. Registry for Ali Audio Accelerator (2000 series only) 2. Sound card driver 3. Modem driver After placing unzipped copies of these drivers into known locations on the user’s workstation, the user can update these drivers through the Windows Device manager – referencing these locations for the updated drivers. Highpoint 372 disk controller driver removed from XPSP1 integrated media Highpoint has recently updated the bios on their cards so they no longer work with our inbox (Windows XP) driver. The original Windows XP driver is the same driver as the one that was to be included in XPSP1. Removing the driver from XPSP1, helps those who upgrade an existing system as the driver will be migrated instead of overwritten and the upgrade will succeed instead of fail. Note: It will make it harder for people installing a new system because they will have to get the driver from Highpoint to get the system installed. http://www.highpoint-tech.com By removing the driver from XPSP1, we fix scenarios 1, 2 and 5. For 3 & 4, customers will need to use F6 to get the driver installed which they would have to do anyway if we did nothing. 1. WinXP -> XP slipstream SP1 2. Win2K -> XP slipstream SP1 3. NT4 --> XP slipstream SP1 4. WinME --> XP slipstream SP1 5. XP slipstream SP1 -> reapply or reinstall XP slipstream SP1 DVD Playback has frequent glitches, skips or slowdowns since upgrade to Windows XP SP1 Occasionally, the installation of Windows XP SP1 will not be able to correctly identify the need for updated DVD drivers for particular brands and vendors DVD playing software. Usually, a dialog box will appear after SP1 installation indicating the web site the user will want to visit to download the latest drivers or software updates. In the case when this dialog does not appear and DVD audio and video playback seems slow or stuttered, it may be necessary to run two command-line tools to trigger DVD driver/software detection for Windows XP compatibility. To determine if a software upgrade/update is necessary for the user, use the following steps (Note: the user must be a Local Administrator to run these commands): 1. Open a Command Prompt 2. In the Command Prompt, type DVDUPGRD /DETECT – it may take up to 10 seconds for the resulting dialog to appear 3. Once the ‘Detected DVD decoders’ dialog appears, check for a line near the bottom of the dialog for “W2k Upgrade=”. If the ‘W2k Upgrade=” entry =”no”, the software decoder is already on a Windows XP compatible version and troubleshooting will have to proceed using other methods 4. If this entry =”yes”, the DVD decoder software requires an update from the software vendor. If the software requires an update, have the user type DVDUPGRD /UPGRADE and a resulting UI will appear providing the user access to updated decoder software. No dialog will appear if no upgrade is needed System Restore Filter generates event error after SP1 update (event ID 1) bug 632640 After up[censored] Windows XP to Service Pack 1 there is an error in the event viewer. The file listed in as being processed may be different to each update of SP1. In this example 'sysaudio.sys' is displayed by event viewer. Event Type: Error Event Source: sr Event Category: None Event ID: 1 Date: 5/30/2002 Time: 2:57:00 PM User: N/A Computer: VT9001D Description: The System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error '0xC0000056' while processing the file 'sysaudio.sys' on the volume 'HarddiskVolume2'. It has stopped monitoring the volume. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. ASound 10/100 Ethernet adapter does not work after upgrading to XPSP1 standalone version. Windows XP does not natively support the Asound 10/100 Ethernet. Under Windows XP gold 2600 customer will install 3rd party drivers for this adapter. Upgrading to XPSP1 will cause this adapter to no longer function. Cause: During setup to SP1 using integrated media setup ignores the 3rd party unsigned ASound driver and installs the (SP1 native) signed network adapter driver instead. This signed driver is for the Realtek network adapter and does not work with the ASound network adapter. This driver is installed because ASound uses the same PnP hardware ID as Realtek. Resolution: Rollback the network adapter driver to the previous working version or reinstall the 3rd party network adapter driver. Supported USB 2.0 Host Controller does not work after upgrading to XPSP1 After upgrading to XPSP1 supported USB 2.0 Host Controllers still display an exclamation point in device manager and do not function. Resolution: Remove the unknown device from Device Manager and choose “Scan for hardware changes.” The USB 2.0 Host Controller will be correctly detected and installed. Cannot remove Windows Messenger, Internet Explorer or Media Player – Q327390 Consent decree feature: Windows XP SP1 provides a new feature in Add/Remove Programs called Set Program Access and Defaults. This feature allows for the configuration of certain Windows programs such as Internet Explorer, Windows Messenger and Media Player. Configuration of these applications can remove specific access from the Start Menu and desktop. Issue: Customers choose to remove access to Windows Messenger through Set Program Access and Defaults. Messenger will still launch when the customer loads Outlook Express. Cause: Set Program Access and Defaults does not remove program code from the computer. Certain Windows applications rely on other application code to function correctly. In this example, Outlook Express causes Windows Messenger to load because it looks for the Messenger “contacts” list when launched.

Running just dandy....really haven't noticed a difference.....but i never had any probs before XPSP1.........if you use stylexp you need to change uxtheme.dll to get it to work....I've heard there is a new version of stylexp out that works with SP1 but when i went to update it, it said " no updates available ".....

Haven't noticed a difference either......hehe

All you have to do is clear your temp files. It occurs when your cache is full. Tools - Options - Temporary Internet Files. As soon as you clear the temp files the save as jpeg option returns.

Excellent, time to give it another bash

Operation Flashpoint without a doubt. You just can't get better than the freedom of movement it gives you.

Hey Hammer91, I'm not bionic either...what I mean is if I can't tell the difference with my eyes then what is the bloody point. It's like a car, you don't need instruments to tell you it's stuffed, you just have to listen. Hope that explains my point of view.

I still say the human eyeball is the best benchmarking device yet... I haven't noticed a difference with most of the dets but then again I only have a GTS2 Ti.

Sorry, but I have to say it....BladeRunner is right...THIS TIME..

Just edit the inf file for the refresh rates you want.

I'd much rather adjust my attitude than reinstall windows. Thanks people.

I must be lucky...I have burnt about 7 updates onto cd and whenever I format I have apply them all at once without rebooting. After reading this post I think I will stop that practice

THe only way I can get B-17 to run is to run the game.exe. Running B-17.exe or setup.exe always generates errors. At least it will run, you just can't setup the graphics etc. but your joystick will work. There is also a 25meg patch for download,but I haven't done it yet (56k) Happy Flying

Try checking the power connector to your drive....I just fitted a new PSU to my system and noticed it was loose...Every now and then HD performance would drop dramatically...once I squashed the molex pins a bit it went back up to full speed...

Brian, thanks for the correction....you are most likely right....but as with everything not every combination of hardware will work together flawlessly. Then again maybe they just ship all the crap to us in Australia.

Touchy,touchy SHS. Like it or not there have been plenty of complaints about the Audigy on the net and in magazine reviews. They tend to say "the Audigy is by far one of the best soundcards available today....BUT is still plagued by reports of problems from users, especially about compatibility with VIA chipsets,etc. etc. blah,blah,blah.." Then again, if I spent that much on a soundcard I would sure as hell defend it...

Got bored so I tried them.....No noticable difference at all....

Just boot using the norton cd and you will get the option to do a scan....hope you have a copy ofsystemworks 2002. Be warned, the scan takes forever....very long time

I think the best way to benchmark is with the human brain/eye combination.....I have gotten tired of upgrading to achieve higher benchmark scores when I can't see or feel the difference in the real world......After all, we all know when are rigs are running slower. 1.4 T-Bird @ 1.4 512 DDR GTS2 Pro Soltek 75DRV etc. etc.

Sorry people but I have never had any problem running combat flight sim 1 in xp. I had it working with all detonators.... Hope you fix your probs. 1.4 T-Bird @ 1.4 512 DDR Soltek 75Drv Pixelview GTS2 Pro etc. etc.

Can't help you but I can confirm that Rogue Spear and Op Flashpoint work a treat with XP......Hope you fix the prob.... T-Bird 1.4 @ 1.4 Soltek 75drv 512 meg crucial pc2100 GTS2 Pro 64 meg Blah, Blah, Blah..

Yep, just another piece of crap people seem to like installing on thier pc's. There ARE better virus scanners out there. Crap,Crap and more crap I haven't had a single virus in 5 years because I DON'T accept e-mail and are very careful about what I download. Most of my customers come to me after Nortons has trashed thier systems. If you are happy with your PC leave the sucker alone.. Just my thoughts.....not trying to start a flaming war

Sorry to hear about your bad luck....I have same mobo,ram,hollywood plus...1.4 T-bird, 64meg GTS2 ..... no problems installing Xp whatsoever.... Maybe you need to try a different copy of XP or - disable the soundblaster support in the bios and just use the AC97... If I remember correctly I needed to disable it to get Xp to install. -remove all your cards except vid card and try..... Hope it works for you.

Just use the cracked patch from www.gamecopyworld.com It worked fine for me, I am using 2505 RC1 Don't forget to use the rpg crash patch as well