hi thomas This is really neat, this little document. But what if someone did not have access to an xp computer, and needed those 2 dll's, would it be possible to put those up on usgames.us, so people can get them from therer if they need these 2 dll's?
On 9/8/07, Thomas Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BSC Games and Windows Vista > > by > > Thomas Ward > > Introduction > > In January 2007 Microsoft unveiled it's newest operating system Windows > Vista. This release of Windows has made many changes in security, > graphics technology, and changes in the way hardware operates with the > operating system. As a result some older programs such as the BSC Games > have had some issues running under Windows Vista. > In this guide I will explain some of the differences between Windows XP > and Vista, and give helpful solutions to making all of the BSC Games run > properly under Windows Vista. > > Changes in DirectX > > Since the release of DirectX 8 DirectX has shipped with a Visual Basic 6 > library called dx8vb.dll. This file is necessary for any Visual Basic 6 > application to gain access to the Microsoft DirectX API, and without it > none of the games out there written in Visual Basic 6 will operate. > When Windows XP was released it shipped with Microsoft's 9.0 and had > backwards compatibility libraries installed for DirectX 8.0. It also > included dx8vb.dll for Visual Basic 6 applications. > When Windows Vista was released it shipped with Microsoft's new DirectX > 10 technology. Unlike earlier versions of DirectX version 10.0 does not > ship with any support for Visual Basic 6. So the first thing you must do > as a gamer is install the missing DirectX dependencies. > If you have access to a copy of Windows XP open up > c:\Windows\System32 > and back up dx7vb.dll and dx8vb.dll to a cd, back up hard drive, etc... > Now, copy dx7vb.dll and dx8vb.dll to your Windows Vista > c:\Windows\System32 > directory. Vista's user account control feature will ask you to continue > or cancel this operation. Tell Vista to continue. Once complete you > should have a compatible DirectX library for your accessible games. > > User Account Control > > By now anyone who has been using Windows Vista is aware of Vista's new > security feature, the user account control, which is responsible for > managing who has access to secured programs, files, installation rights, > etc. The user account control feature built into Windows Vista is a > major step forward in Windows security, and should prove useful in > cutting down on malicious software like viruses, worms, spyware, and so on. > One way that UAC, (user account control,) accomplishes this is by > looking for digital signing. For example, if a Vista user was to stick > the Microsoft Office 2007 cd into the disk drive UAC would pop up and > inform the user that Microsoft Office 2007 setup.exe attempted to run. > It would then inform the user that it was digitally signed by Microsoft. > UAC would offer two buttons allow and don't allow. Pressing space on > allow will of course allow setup to continue as normal. However, what > happens when an older program isn't able to give a digital signature? > Usually, older programs that Vista is really unsure about UAC will > prompt the user to allow, or for a standard user, it will prompt for the > administrator password. In either case it usually isn't a major issue. > However, with some BSC Games like Troopenum when it is run UAC blocks > the game from properly initializing. the user may receive an error such > as: Error 1566 confusion/insanity found in encrypt module.. If this is > the case you will have to bypass the user account control while playing > the game. Fortunately, doing so is very easy. > Use control escape to open the start menu. Arrow to the all programs > button, and press space. The all programs tree view will open. Arrow to > the games icon. Rather than pressing enter on the games icon press the > Windows context key found on most keyboards between the right Windows > key and the right control key. A drop down menu will appear. Arrow to > run as administrator, and press enter to select it. User account control > will announce the game is unidentified, there is no digital signature, > and prompt you to allow or don't allow. Tab to allow and pres space. > After that the game should initialize and run normally without error. > > > Thomas D. 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