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Inglo wrote:
> On 8/8/2004 6:43 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
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>> Inglo wrote:
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>>> On 8/8/2004 5:47 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
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>>>> I've gone through 3 mobos, 3 vid
>>>> cards, 2 sound cards since installing the 160g and XP Pro fresh and
>>>> clean.  No reinstalls since.  Overdue?
>>>> McG.
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>>> Sometimes you've gotta just bite the bullet and format C:.
>>> Kinda like cleaning out the gutters, it probably won't kill you if
>>> you don't but everything flows a lot smoother if clean em out once
>>> a yea. I'm closing in on feeling like its about time to do the
>>> same, I'm going to at least wait to hear if everyone's happy with
>>> SP2, then try to reinstall XP with SP2 slipstreamed.
>>>
>>> --
>>> The Brain From Planet Arous (1958):
>>> "Bad alien Gor takes over scientist Steve's brain; good alien Vol
>>> takes over Steve's dog's brain."
>>>
>>> Steve [Inglo]
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>> I'm thinking that SP1 could be part of the problem.  Is SP2
>> officially out yet?
>> McG.
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> It's been available since Friday through "Automatic Updates" but not
> the "Windows Update" site.  I've had automatic updating enabled but I
> still don't seem to have it.  There are unapproved places out there to
> download it and there's probably a p2p file.
> I run Norton Internet Security/Anti-Virus and there's some slight
> conflicts between it and SP2 that are going to be addressed in a patch
> released this Tuesday, which should coincide with SP2 showing up on
> Windows Update.
> DirectX 9.0c is available for download now, which is part of SP2.
> That won't help you with openGL though.
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> --
> The Brain From Planet Arous (1958):
> "Bad alien Gor takes over scientist Steve's brain; good alien Vol
> takes over Steve's dog's brain."
>
> Steve [Inglo]

True.  Far Cry.  I tried it both ways, D3D and OGL.  On the 9800Pro.
Didn't behave so well, Very choppy, and really dark.  I exited and set
back to D3D.  Far Cry still had texture flashes.
Oh well, I'll reformat tomorrow morning then :)
Yeeeeech...100 gigs of stuff to reinstall.....groans
McG.