Re: D3 and XP

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From: Yeremein
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 05:27

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> There are several in this group running XP and are having the same problem.
> They can load and play for about 5 to 10 minutes and then we hear "ding" see
> the white mouse and the game is locked up.  

Sounds like maybe some application is stealing focus from Descent, and 
Descent isn't handling it well.  XP and its blasted tray balloons could 
be an issue.  Also make sure to close IM apps and the like.  And if 
you're using a modem, make sure to turn off the "Idle time before 
disconnect" option--Windows apparently thinks your connection is idle 
while you're gaming (it's done that to me, anyway--guess if you're not 
using IE, you're not online, in their estimation).

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From: Yeremein <yeremein@nonexistent.net>
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Subject: Re: D3 and XP
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 22:27:13 -0700
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