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Seven Kingdoms in win2k

Enlitn
It's an amazing game from like 1997. I'm running win2k SP2, and the last tiem I tried installing it, I ran into the weirdest problem: EVERY shortcut (new or existing) on my entire ssytem would NOT launch.
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3DMark 99 MAX Pro (MadOnion or FutureMark)

akko
Has anyone managed to get 3DMark 99 working under WinXP??? I've tried several things including running it in compatibility mode. . . After installation, attempting to run the software results in an error complaing that DirectX 6.
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FF7 idea

Vincent Valentine
hey i got an idea now if someone can pass through bugenisaihr part (the weird Red's grandpa), is the observatory part that always bug my game, can PLS pass it for me?!? here use my save: just go to him, do all u need to do and save , pls pls PS.
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FF7 problem? Ain't Chobco Race

Ace
There's a part in the game when your in Cosmo Canyon and you have to listen to the old man's story in his observatory. When he starts talking it goes then when the white text come out it just stays there but the game is still running.
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Natural Selection

Grifta
What do you guys think of this? I think once it's got the bugs and balance fixed it's gonna be an awsome game. .
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Sticky keys on Rogue Spear

NiteTime
I was at the Red Storm site & it says that this problem is to do with Direct X 7. 0 & Windows 2000. They say that I sould contact Microsoft to find out if there is a fix for it, but the Microsoft site isn't very user friendly, or atleast I couldn't find anyplace where I could e-mail someone the question (without pa ...
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Counterstrike Network problems....

Immortal
hi all, Well, this is the deal. My bro and i both have PC's with Counterstrike loaded onto. Whenever i try and connect to his games it works fine. . . . , but when he tried to connect to me he cant. I have disabled all of Xp's firewall crap, but with no result.
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System reboots during Games :(

Winger300
On occasions the system just reboots when im playing games, including Half-life, Quake3, Vampire etc. I have the system set to auto reboot upon errors, so why does it still reboot? im dual booting WinME/Win2k and it never occurs in WinMe.
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Problem with directx please help

phantom1976
Hello all, I have installed nhl 2001 on my windows xp machine all goes well up to the point where it goes to install directx it says NHL 2001 REQUIRES THE INSTALLATION OF MICROSOFT DIRECTX 8. 0. 400 DRIVERS.
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Silent Hunter 1 installation

Tom-boy
OK, so this is bit pathetic, but I can't figure out how to select the sound card for the SH1. The installation goes fine till I have to choose one of the possibilities for soundcard, and no matter what I do, I don't seem to be able to get it right= no installation completed.
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Stand by

DragonZeal
During gameplay of WC3 my screen goes in stand by. Reset is the only solution after this. What can this be?.
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X Games Pro Boarder demo

Rogue Jedi X
Don't know why, but I suddenly got interested in snowboarding games :x I've already tried Supreme Snowboarding which works great out of the box. Then there's XGames Pro Boarder. . . . I recall playing the demo two years ago (yeah, it's old.
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*NOTE*...Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 Performance Problems

Silverado
After buying this game several days ago. . . right off the bat I was having problems with the game stuttering VERY BADLY at several points in the game. Some tracks were worse than others. I visited the EA forum and noticed that everyone else was having the same problem on different machines.
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Myst Masterpiece Ed in Win XP - Help :(

Anonymous
Hi everyone. . . I just bout the Myst Trilogy boxed set (Myst Masterpiece Ed, Myst II, Myst III) and just started on Myst Masterpiece Edition. . . I played the game for about an hour last night without a hitch until I got to a part where (alright, this might be a bit specific for people who didn't play, but I'll in ...
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