well thats good news. I think hardware wise I should be set then. At 04:50 p.m. 30/12/2008, you wrote: >Hi Shaun, >I know. I use Winkit all of the time for fixing the broken VB 6 installs on my >Vista system. The point I was trying to make is by and large Microsoft has >cleaned out most of the libraries that most audio games need by default. I >think it is possible to get them running by tracking down the missing >dependancies and installing them on Windows 7. >On the other hand the pre-beta copy I have installed on my test box looks >promising in other areas. Some say it runs faster than Vista, but I put the >system requirements generally about the same. If you have an up to date 3 GHZ >system and 1 GB of Ram running Vista Windows 7 will run great on that box. >Install it on a 1 GHZ system with 512 MB of RAM and it runs, but not as well >as XP under the same conditions. Though it is a slight improvement over Vista. >The big change my wife tells me is the graphics technology looks a lot >smoother and natural. It also does cool things like making other windows >invisible when you open a new window. Instead of that stupid sidebar seen in >Vista the gadgets are now on the desktop and are actually easier to get to >with Window Eyes 7.01. >The thing I really like about the Windows 7 pre-beta is I can fully customize >the heck out of user account control. Under Vista whatever settings MS gave >you were pretty much stuck with. They finally listened to somebody and now you >can configure your security level for user account control to let >applications and other things through that Vista won't let you do. One of them >is allowing games to save to their install directories instead of locally to >your user account. Amen! > > > > > >shaun everiss wrote: >>well the winkit zipfile jim kitchen has has most of what you need. >>I have the complete vb6sp6 runtimes on me to. >>I also have the complete sapi 5.1 systems to, though realspeak has everything >>to. >>At 08:52 a.m. 30/12/2008, you wrote: >>>Hi Trenton, >>>Yes, I have. I did manage to get ahold of the Windows 7 early beta and >>>things are not looking too good for the majority of accessible games. The >>>Windows 7 beta release I tested did not ship with any VB 6 support at all >>>natively. That means the majority of the accessible games out there from >>>GMA, Jim Kitchen, BSC, L-Works, DanZ Games, and so on are not going to work >>>out of the box with Windows 7. I'm sorry to say unless those developers are >>>willing to put the time and money into going to something like VB .NET. >>>Those games are going to be difficult to get running on Windows 7, and you >>>basically have to force a full VB 6 runtime install on there and hope it all >>>works when Win 7 is finally released. >>>On the bright side those developers who have walked away from VB and are >>>using .NET technologies should be good to go. Rail Racer current demo worked >>>fine on Windows 7 once you installed a copy of the managed DirectX libraries >>>and .NET Framework 1.1. The 3D Volocity game by BPC Programs also worked ok. >>>All of the USA Games products are being made Windows 7 ready. Beyond that >>>have fun installing and fiddling with VB 6 libraries trying to get them to >>>run properly. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Trenton Matthews wrote: >>>>Just wait til Windows Seven comes out. >>>>Not liking the results for it. By the way, I hear the Windows Seven start >>>>up sound is quite strange. >>>>>From a gaming perspective, has anyone tried Windows Seven beta with any of >>>>>the blind friendly games out there yet? >>> >>>--- >>>Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>[email protected]. >>>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >>>please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >>--- >>Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. >>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >>please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [email protected].
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