lol. yeah, now if (and when) i get vista i can play my favorite game of all time. troopanum! i also like: tenpin alley pacman talks (pmt) gma tank commander (gtc) ailien outback (AO) and pip2
and now i can do 'em all under Vista! if (and when) i get vista! On 9/8/07, Gary Whittington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Tom nice info. > > Crasah > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 10:16 AM > Subject: [Audyssey] BSC Games and Vista Solutions. > > > > > > 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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