Re: gpl tragedy!!!!

No, I think you should try doing some more homework on your side. I have GPL, and I have windows 2000 final installed, clean hd format win2000 install. Runs gpl better like never before here. So, yes, it does work fine on windows 2000. Umm, the install error by far has nothing to do with windows 200 that you are explaining, but instead, something like a scratch possibly on your cd or something similar to that, bad cd reads, or even unable to overwrite a 2000 file, don't know what the issue is, but keep trying at it. "Andrew Hodgson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:HaCS4.5004$[email hidden]... > Hi all, > > OK, you've all heard this 100 times before I bet but I can't seem to getGPL > to run under win2k at all. Now before you all say, "That'll teach you touse

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> a business OS!" I must point out that there are people out there that seem > to be able to run this combo and all my other games (Homeworld, Simcity > 3000, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament) run just fine. > > Anyway, down to the point in hand. When installing the game I get the > "cannot install wininet.dll" error. Ignoring this error and trying to run > the game results being dumped back to the desktop after the loading screen > appears. A similar problem occurred under Win98 I believe, and there are > guides out there to resolve the it. Unfortunately, they only apply to the > GPL demo (at least the ones I can find do). :( > > My system is a PIII 450 (oc'ed to 504, yes I did try restoring normal

clock > settings), 256MB RAM, V3-2000 with latest win2k drivers off 3dfx's site(not

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> the ones that came with the OS) and Windows 2000 Pro. > > Can anyone help, I've hunted hi and lo to find an answer to this and been > unsuccessful! I'm going spare not being able to run this game! :) > > Thanks in advance, > > Andrew > > >

dual boot might be your only option.

You did what!!! :)

dual boot might be your only option. On Thu, 11 May 2000 18:34:42 +0100, "Andrew Hodgson" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi all, > >OK, you've all heard this 100 times before I bet but I can't seem to get GPL >to run under win2k at all. Now before you all say, "That'll teach you to use >a business OS!" I must point out that there are people out there that seem >to be able to run this combo and all my other games (Homeworld, Simcity >3000, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament) run just fine. > >Anyway, down to the point in hand. When installing the game I get the >"cannot install wininet.dll" error. Ignoring this error and trying to run >the game results being dumped back to the desktop after the loading screen >appears. A similar problem occurred under Win98 I believe, and there are >guides out there to resolve the it. Unfortunately, they only apply to the >GPL demo (at least the ones I can find do). :( > >My system is a PIII 450 (oc'ed to 504, yes I did try restoring normal clock >settings), 256MB RAM, V3-2000 with latest win2k drivers off 3dfx's site (not >the ones that came with the OS) and Windows 2000 Pro. > >Can anyone help, I've hunted hi and lo to find an answer to this and been >unsuccessful! I'm going spare not being able to run this game! :) > >Thanks in advance, > >Andrew > >

Hi all, OK, you've all heard this 100 times before I bet but I can't seem to get GPL to run under win2k at all. Now before you all say, "That'll teach you to use a business OS!" I must point out that there are people out there that seem to be able to run this combo and all my other games (Homeworld, Simcity 3000, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament) run just fine. Anyway, down to the point in hand. When installing the game I get the "cannot install wininet.dll" error. Ignoring this error and trying to run the game results being dumped back to the desktop after the loading screen appears. A similar problem occurred under Win98 I believe, and there are guides out there to resolve the it. Unfortunately, they only apply to the GPL demo (at least the ones I can find do). :( My system is a PIII 450 (oc'ed to 504, yes I did try restoring normal clock settings), 256MB RAM, V3-2000 with latest win2k drivers off 3dfx's site (not the ones that came with the OS) and Windows 2000 Pro. Can anyone help, I've hunted hi and lo to find an answer to this and been unsuccessful! I'm going spare not being able to run this game! :) Thanks in advance, Andrew

even worse tragedy after formatting, i pulled out the GPL cd for a fresh install, and its cracked, I must have stepped on it. DOH! Off to EB or somewhere that has it cheap. Mark F. wrote in message ... >No, I think you should try doing some more homework on your side. I have >GPL, and I have windows 2000 final installed, clean hd format win2000

I have an idea of what the problem is, something is running wininet.dll, thus the install will fail as it can't copy it over. Now to find out what the problem is. Are you running a network by any chance? I reckon that's what my problem is at the moment. *sob* Andrew "Mark F." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > No, I think you should try doing some more homework on your side. I have > GPL, and I have windows 2000 final installed, clean hd format win2000 > install. Runs gpl better like never before here. So, yes, it does work > fine on windows 2000. Umm, the install error by far has nothing to dowith

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> windows 200 that you are explaining, but instead, something like a scratch > possibly on your cd or something similar to that, bad cd reads, or even > unable to overwrite a 2000 file, don't know what the issue is, but keep > trying at it. > > "Andrew Hodgson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:HaCS4.5004$[email hidden]... > > Hi all, > > > > OK, you've all heard this 100 times before I bet but I can't seem to get > GPL > > to run under win2k at all. Now before you all say, "That'll teach you to > use > > a business OS!" I must point out that there are people out there that

seem > > to be able to run this combo and all my other games (Homeworld, Simcity > > 3000, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament) run just fine. > > > > Anyway, down to the point in hand. When installing the game I get the > > "cannot install wininet.dll" error. Ignoring this error and trying torun > > the game results being dumped back to the desktop after the loadingscreen > > appears. A similar problem occurred under Win98 I believe, and there are > > guides out there to resolve the it. Unfortunately, they only apply tothe

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> > GPL demo (at least the ones I can find do). :( > > > > My system is a PIII 450 (oc'ed to 504, yes I did try restoring normal > clock > > settings), 256MB RAM, V3-2000 with latest win2k drivers off 3dfx's site > (not > > the ones that came with the OS) and Windows 2000 Pro. > > > > Can anyone help, I've hunted hi and lo to find an answer to this and

been

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> > unsuccessful! I'm going spare not being able to run this game! :) > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > >

You did what!!! :)

In message <HaCS4.5004$[email hidden]> "Andrew Hodgson" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Anyway, down to the point in hand. When installing the game I get the > "cannot install wininet.dll" error. Ignoring this error and trying to run > the game results being dumped back to the desktop after the loading > screen appears. A similar problem occurred under Win98 I believe, and > there are guides out there to resolve the it. Unfortunately, they only > apply to the GPL demo (at least the ones I can find do). :( I had the same problem when I tried GPL on W2k. There are people here who are running GPL on W2k... but I think they installed 2k over 95/98, so didn't have to run the GPL installer. I wouldn't like to do it this way, as I'd prefer a clean install of 2k. -- Richard. "I need a fix 'cause I'm going down. Down to the bits that I left uptown."

Hi Andrew Dont know if I`m getting into this thread late. If the following has been offered you previously, apologies. Anyway, this is how I got GPL to run on W2K. ( And it runs just as well as it runs on W98/SE ). 1- Install GPL... ignore wininet.dll message and any following messages/warnings. ( If I remember correctly you get one about Direct X version, and one about avi playback ). 2- After install you will find a GPL update icon on your start menu. Run it and update the game. 3- Download and install the 1.2 patch. 4- Down load and install the GPL glide patch ( Unofficial 3dfx GPL Patch ), which consists of : Glide2x.dll Glide.ini Gplform.txt Make sure you get the latest version. Mine is v1.0.0.6 - follow the instructions carefully! 5- Run the game and enjoy. ( hopefully ) :-) Sorry I cant give you the URL`s, but you may get the links from the web page of Alison Hines, link follows. http://simracing.com/Alison/gpl/ Hope this helps - keep trying!! Regards

Does Win2000 have a safe boot mode? You could try installing it from there, then after it installs, reboot and see if it runs. Might work, might not! SLG "Andrew Hodgson" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I have an idea of what the problem is, something is running wininet.dll, >thus the install will fail as it can't copy it over. Now to find out what >the problem is. Are you running a network by any chance? I reckon that's >what my problem is at the moment. > >*sob* > >Andrew > > >"Mark F." <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> No, I think you should try doing some more homework on your side. I have >> GPL, and I have windows 2000 final installed, clean hd format win2000 >> install. Runs gpl better like never before here. So, yes, it does work >> fine on windows 2000. Umm, the install error by far has nothing to do >with >> windows 200 that you are explaining, but instead, something like a scratch >> possibly on your cd or something similar to that, bad cd reads, or even >> unable to overwrite a 2000 file, don't know what the issue is, but keep >> trying at it. >> >> "Andrew Hodgson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:HaCS4.5004$[email hidden]... >> > Hi all, >> > >> > OK, you've all heard this 100 times before I bet but I can't seem to get >> GPL >> > to run under win2k at all. Now before you all say, "That'll teach you to >> use >> > a business OS!" I must point out that there are people out there that >seem >> > to be able to run this combo and all my other games (Homeworld, Simcity >> > 3000, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament) run just fine. >> > >> > Anyway, down to the point in hand. When installing the game I get the >> > "cannot install wininet.dll" error. Ignoring this error and trying to >run >> > the game results being dumped back to the desktop after the loading >screen >> > appears. A similar problem occurred under Win98 I believe, and there are >> > guides out there to resolve the it. Unfortunately, they only apply to >the >> > GPL demo (at least the ones I can find do). :( >> > >> > My system is a PIII 450 (oc'ed to 504, yes I did try restoring normal >> clock >> > settings), 256MB RAM, V3-2000 with latest win2k drivers off 3dfx's site >> (not >> > the ones that came with the OS) and Windows 2000 Pro. >> > >> > Can anyone help, I've hunted hi and lo to find an answer to this and >been >> > unsuccessful! I'm going spare not being able to run this game! :) >> > >> > Thanks in advance, >> > >> > Andrew >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >

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Hi Andrew Dont know if I`m getting into this thread late. If the following has been offered you previously, apologies. Anyway, this is how I got GPL to run on W2K. ( And it runs just as well as it runs on W98/SE ). 1- Install GPL... ignore wininet.dll message and any following messages/warnings. ( If I remember correctly you get one about Direct X version, and one about avi playback ). 2- After install you will find a GPL update icon on your start menu. Run it and update the game. 3- Download and install the 1.2 patch. 4- Down load and install the GPL glide patch ( Unofficial 3dfx GPL Patch ), which consists of : Glide2x.dll Glide.ini Gplform.txt Make sure you get the latest version. Mine is v1.0.0.6 - follow the instructions carefully! 5- Run the game and enjoy. ( hopefully ) :-) Sorry I cant give you the URL`s, but you may get the links from the web page of Alison Hines, link follows. http://simracing.com/Alison/gpl/ Hope this helps - keep trying!! Regards "Andrew Hodgson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:HaCS4.5004$[email hidden]... > Hi all, > > OK, you've all heard this 100 times before I bet but I can't seem to getGPL > to run under win2k at all. Now before you all say, "That'll teach you touse

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> a business OS!" I must point out that there are people out there that seem > to be able to run this combo and all my other games (Homeworld, Simcity > 3000, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament) run just fine. > > Anyway, down to the point in hand. When installing the game I get the > "cannot install wininet.dll" error. Ignoring this error and trying to run > the game results being dumped back to the desktop after the loading screen > appears. A similar problem occurred under Win98 I believe, and there are > guides out there to resolve the it. Unfortunately, they only apply to the > GPL demo (at least the ones I can find do). :( > > My system is a PIII 450 (oc'ed to 504, yes I did try restoring normal

clock > settings), 256MB RAM, V3-2000 with latest win2k drivers off 3dfx's site(not

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> the ones that came with the OS) and Windows 2000 Pro. > > Can anyone help, I've hunted hi and lo to find an answer to this and been > unsuccessful! I'm going spare not being able to run this game! :) > > Thanks in advance, > > Andrew > >