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Steel Panthers 3 and WinXP HELP!!!
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:07 am
by vyrago
I cant get SP3 running with WinXP. Ive tried everything I know! Ive tried EMS/XMS, ive tried program compatibility. Im going nuts! Some guy on the general board just said to "mess with it". I HAVE! Somebody straighten me out!!!
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2001 12:20 pm
by Lars Remmen
Originally posted by vyrago:
I cant get SP3 running with WinXP. Ive tried everything I know! Ive tried EMS/XMS, ive tried program compatibility. Im going nuts! Some guy on the general board just said to "mess with it". I HAVE! Somebody straighten me out!!!
Hi,
What kinds of error message do you get?
Just installed SP3 on my machine to see if I could get it to work. It did - without any special work. Installed, ran setsound and played a bit of the game. Only one tiny problem: I installed from my f-drive (dvd) but SP3 wanted the CD in the e-drive (CDRW). I guess it can only see c-, d_ and e-drives...
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2001 5:27 pm
by john g
Originally posted by Lars Remmen:
Hi,
What kinds of error message do you get?
Only one tiny problem: I installed from my f-drive (dvd) but SP3 wanted the CD in the e-drive (CDRW). I guess it can only see c-, d_ and e-drives...
Some old software will only access the first cd drive on your system. Or only 1 drive on a multicd changer.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2001 5:46 am
by chief
Lars: Had the same problem with an 'D' drive and 'M' drive. 'M' was my original drive. 'D' drive was my CDRW drive. I installed SPIII from my 'M' drive but it only would run from 'D'. Ran real good I may add. Tried another game same results. Tried a few other items same same. Asked around and got no real good results, went to HP site and found a fix. Here it is, use it if you want, no guarentees.
Open Control Panel, Systems, Open Device manager, Open CDROM, Go to properties Tab, change start drive letter to D end drive letter to E. Now repeat for your slave or next drive letter should be E and end drive letter E if thats all the drives other than A and C which should be ok. Then everything (I hope) should be back to normal, you don't even have to reload or reboot. Hope this helps, Good Luck. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <img src="cool.gif" border="0">
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2001 6:27 am
by chief
Vyrago go back to where you first first requested info and look at my reply under Matrix Games General etc, where you first posted......Good Hunting <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> <img src="cool.gif" border="0">