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Article #75185Re: Cannot INSTALL
From: Iain
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 12:18
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 12:18
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McGrandpa wrote: > "Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:1115472887.429452.183440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com > > McGrandpa wrote: > >> "Dan C" <youmustbejoking@invalid.lan> wrote in message > >> news:pan.2005.05.05.19.10.58.81062@invalid.lan > >>> On Thu, 05 May 2005 06:52:02 -0700, Iain wrote: > >>> > >>>> INSTALL INSTALL INSTALL. Either way I need to install. It doesn't > >>>> matter what I do -- someone always mentions WinQuake(nothing to do > >>>> with installation). > >>> > >>> Were you born ignorant, or has a lifetime of spoon-feeding made you > >>> that way. Do something for yourself, you lazy dweeb. > >> > >> He was just trying to get someone to tell him HOW he can get the > >> gamefiles unpacked and on his hd. I'd call the person stumped, not > >> lazy. > > > > I wouldn't normally be so persistant and uneloquent about it, but this > > question has been asked many many times by people and not one single > > person ever reads one of the questions properly and so everyone harps > > on about WinQuake and such -- I thought putting "INSTALL" in capitals > > in the original post would be enough, but someone still said "Use > > WinQuake". > > > > Thanks for your answers elsewhere in the thread, btw. > > > > ~Iain > > You're welcome :) Did you get it installed yet? > McG. Yep -- Deice wouldn't run in a DOS box until I found that my autoexec.nt(necessary for running many DOS-based software in XP) file was missing, for some reason, but got it running in the end. ~Iain
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