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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA 
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SmartChick Sue has been having problems with her games (particularly POGO)....I told her to bring her problem into this forum....hopefully she will. I think a firewall may be interfering with her gaming.... If there is anyone that can assist...please contact her.... |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
That depends on if Microsoft fixed the DirectX problem of SP2. They put SP2 out with a beta version of DX9c, so you can probably see how that would affect games, cards, and peripherals. |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Yes, DX could certainly affect the gaming portion. I recommended to her that she might get some assistance from where she purchased the computer. Also thought someone here might have an idea or two... She asked me if I knew how to turn off her firewall. I can only assume that she has her windows f/w that comes with SP2. She went into Control Panel and turned the Windows F/W off...but this did not allow her to restore her gaming capacity. I am not the greatest at this....so I put the ball in this court...thinking that would be better than me twiddling all three thumbs.. |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
That will bring my help to an end, since I have no experience with XP, preferring 98se for my gaming OS. Yeah, there's that pesky RAM limitation. And the issue with harddrives over 32gig. But those aren't really problems. Having a really screwed up version of DirextX would be a problem. A huge one, for video, sound, modem, mice, joysticks...basically everything for audio/video and gaming. Might be worth a shot to recheck windows update or Microsoft's XP center for a fixed version. If the computer is a named brand, they will generally have fixes on their websites. |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
A little snooping reveals that SP2 affected JAVA...and there is a fix for that. I truthfully believe she needs a hands on Geek to assist in this issue..probably about a 5 minute fix... |
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