OK, I botched the e-mail sender address again. I HATE changing providers!
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"PAUL PAVLIK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...] Tom Clancy's Rougue Spear was my choice. When
> installing it, up came a dial box saying "Installing Active X components"
> . Like a fool I said "OK"
Older games are great fun, but it wasn't all too long ago that the
publishers assumed their title was the only thing you'd ever run. Nowadays,
fortunately, they're a bit more cooperative. Old versions of DirectX during
game installs are the bane of every Windows gamer. The trick is to keep a
copy of the latest (8.x I think) and try to remember NOT to install it along
with the games. If you do mess up, simply re-run the installer for the
latest version (probably on CD with the newest game) and it'll usually sort
itself out.
It's not foolproof of course, but it's reliable enough that I let my 10 and
12 year olds install games and we haven't had a mishap yet. They just
remember the rule, "NO DIRECTX".
Now if only some of the titles would come out for Linux...
- Bob
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