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Reinstalling the 6166 ATI drivers did not correct the problem so I poked
around a little more on the Microsoft support site for Links 2003 and found
that Links 2003 uses a file called 'VideoCard.txt' which resides in the
game's home directory.  I opened this file with Notepad and found that there
was not an entry for my video card.  So using 'DXDIAG' I was able to
retrieve the device id for the 'Radeon 9700' professional card (0x4E44 ) and
I added the following line under the 'ATI' vendor section:

0x4E44 = "RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES"

After saving my update I relaunched 'Links 2003' and low and behold it
worked perfectly.  I played 6 holes and then closed the game down.  After
closing the game and restarting I am now getting the same error as before
where the game will not launch.

I have even gone so far as to remove the line that I added to the
'VideoCard.txt' file and then save it and then re-add and save the line
again, but to no avail.

I think the problem may be related to this 'VideoCard.txt' file, but I am
not sure as to the permanent fix.

Regards.

"Walter E. Kurtz" <Ku...@nungriver.com> wrote in message
news:GXjO9.17611$%3.4926996@twister.neo.rr.com...
> Unfortunately, Links 2003 has many, many problems. My sources say the
> Microsoft team expects to have a patch out "some time in January". These
> problems include such major factors as the one you mentioned and the fact
> you must downgrade TWO releases of nVidia drivers to be able to run the
> game. There's also bugs in the career mode and other anomalies.
>
> A real monkey fucking a football with this release by MS.
>
> Kurtz
> --
> "Do you know what the man is saying? Do you? This is dialectics. It's very
> simple dialectics. One through nine, no maybes, no supposes, no fractions.
> You can't travel in space, you can't go out into space, you know, without,
> like, you know, with fractions. What are you going to land on, one
quarter,
> three-eighths, what are you going to do when you go from here to Venus or
> something -- that's dialectic physics, OK? Dialectic logic is there's only
> love and hate, you either love somebody or you hate them.."
>
>
> "Usenet Groups" <gordo...@attbi.com> wrote in message
> news:GejO9.457957$P31.155160@rwcrnsc53...
> > I recently upgraded my Windows 2000 Professional installation to DirectX
> 9.0
> > and now Links 2003 will not load.  I have an ATI Radeon 9700
Professional
> > video card with the latest drivers from their website.  The game
> previously
> > worked properly under DirectX 8.1.  Any ideas?
> >
> > There are not any patches for Links 2003 that I am aware of.  I don't
know
> > if ATI needs to release a new driver to correct the problem or if it is
a
> > Microsoft problem.
> >
> > The error that I receive is as follows:
> >
> > 'Links 2003 has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry
> for
> > the inconvenience.'
> >
> > 'AppName:  linksmmiii.exe        AppVer: 22.7.8.241  ModName: ntdll.dll
> > ModVer: 5.0.2195.5400              Offset: 0004cfe8'
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> >
> >
>
>