yeah, if i ever do get vista (which i think i might) how well do some of the other games function?
On 9/8/07, shaun everiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hmm thats interesting. > Its a bit more work but I think I could handle that. > At 04:16 a.m. 9/09/2007, you 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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