Windows 7 build 7000 64-bit - Page 5

FiggyG · Jan 11, 2009, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jokerzwild

Don't know if it's something screwy on my end or not but I can't get COD5 to run. It installs fine but as soon as I get to the point there I start a new game and click on the difficulty it just dumps me back to the previous screen

. Also it's not holding my resolution settings, everytime I start up it's back to default. I think it might be something to do with where it's trying to place it's config and savegame folder. Not sure where that was in Vista but something might have changed that's giving it a hard time. Although I can't think of any change to the user directory that would cause this. And COD 4 runs great for me in Win 7.

Everything else runs spectacularly. I'm about to DL Steam so I can try NBA2k9 and the Half Life's.

Have you tried running it as administrator to see if it's a file permission problem? If I remember correctly, COD4 stores its files withing the program folder (eg. C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty 4\profiles) and it may be in the same general structure. So, you may have to go to that profiles folder, and set its permissions to be read and write for your User (Users/Lupine). Then your settings should stick.

Jokerzwild · Jan 11, 2009, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by moshpit

Try Run as Administrator. Also, if you disabled UAC, re-enable it at it's lowest setting.

I did try it as admin, and installed it as admin too. I'll try re-enabling UAC, I turned it off first thing

.

Jokerzwild · Jan 11, 2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FiggyG

Have you tried running it as administrator to see if it's a file permission problem? If I remember correctly, COD4 stores its files withing the program folder (eg. C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty 4\profiles) and it may be in the same general structure. So, you may have to go to that profiles folder, and set its permissions to be read and write for your User (Users/Lupine). Then your settings should stick.

Ok, I'm going to re-enable UAC, and reinstall the game and look at the premissions in these folders. Thanks for the help guys!

caveman-jim · Jan 11, 2009, 05:29 PM

Set UAC to silent.

shady078 · Jan 11, 2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by shady078

Also, another note for anyone who is running it on two machines and is using the "Other libraries" section of windows media player to access content on another machine... don't right-click and remove the other machine if you ever want to use it again.. without rebuilding your user profile.

I deleted the hkcu\software\microsoft\media player registry key and also deleted the application data files associated with media player, but the library on my desktop didn't show up in windows media player on my laptop until I created a new user profile.

I needed to anyway, since my user name was the same on both machines.. but I just thought I'd throw a heads up out there.

I found out how to bring it back.. I don't know why I didn't notice this before..

If you right-click the left pane in WMP and choose "customize navigation pane" the thing at the top is a drop-down list and it lets you choose "other libraries" and check off the ones that you want to appear.. I feel kind of stupid now lol

**Pirate Neilsouth** · Jan 11, 2009, 07:42 PM

f'ing Xfi Xtreme Audio soundcard , WORK DAMN IT

. If it's not bsoding its not working at all with a ! in device manager. This is with the setup.exe install in vista compatible mode

**pahncrd** · Jan 11, 2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Pirate Neilsouth

f'ing Xfi Xtreme Audio soundcard , WORK DAMN IT

. If it's not bsoding its not working at all with a ! in device manager. This is with the setup.exe install in vista compatible mode

Are you able to use these drivers?.. http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/

**Pirate Neilsouth** · Jan 11, 2009, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by pahncrd

Are you able to use these drivers?.. http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/

http://www.driverheaven.net/general-...ster-x-fi.html

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X-Fi is completely different architecture, which is not compatible with 10k1/10k2

Jokerzwild · Jan 11, 2009, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jokerzwild

Ok, I'm going to re-enable UAC, and reinstall the game and look at the premissions in these folders. Thanks for the help guys!

Fixed! Apparently COD5 creates the player directory in the users\me\appdata\local\activision directory instead of the program directory like COD4 does.

For some reason setup wasn't creating a profile there, I checked permissions and everything was good... still don't know why it doesn't do it but I manually added the correct file structure and a profile folder along with an active.txt file (basically just like COD4 except in a different spot). Runs fine now, and the lines around the water bug is gone too! Fckin-A right! I dunno if that's because of the newer ATi drivers or something to do with W7 but I love it. That's two bugs fixed in games I play alot so far (this one and the FC2 stutter).

clerick · Jan 11, 2009, 07:57 PM

Wow it's ****ing awesome. I don't even want to boot into windows vista anymore. I didn't expect such quality. Also I'm glad I have x-fi extreme music instead of the fake x-fi like above. Installed without an issue.

**Pirate Neilsouth** · Jan 11, 2009, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by clerick

Wow it's ****ing awesome. I don't even want to boot into windows vista anymore. I didn't expect such quality. Also I'm glad I have x-fi extreme audio instead of the fake x-fi like above. Installed without an issue.

Wish i knew it was fake at the time

. Truth be known though i've noticed no worse quality than my xtreme music which had HORRIBLE crackling issues... Sound is great with this and yes i know about the HW acceleration thing

clerick · Jan 11, 2009, 08:06 PM

Thing is it uses the old chip and not the x-fi one. Hence the drive incompability.

**Pirate Neilsouth** · Jan 11, 2009, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by clerick

Thing is it uses the old chip and not the x-fi one. Hence the drive incompability.

Oh right!

Btw on my motherboard

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7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection, supports DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec), DTS (Digital Theater Systems)

Would you rate that better than the Xtreme Audio?.

Reading google links
Apparantly the RealTek Onboard sound works perfect in windows 7 HAHA

clerick · Jan 11, 2009, 08:13 PM

Yes it's better. Use onboard.

**Pirate Neilsouth** · Jan 11, 2009, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by clerick

Yes it's better. Use onboard.

Will do , cheers mate. Think i'll sell this pos tbh im done with Xfi , i was stupid enough to buy an xfi xtreme but my old system went pop and took everything with it

**pahncrd** · Jan 11, 2009, 08:20 PM

The onboard sound chipsets surprisingly awesome nowadays.

Payne3d · Jan 11, 2009, 08:26 PM

So I tried Kaspersky beta for Windows 7 and it totally botched the operating system.
Motherrfu

**pahncrd** · Jan 11, 2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Payne3d

So I tried Kaspersky beta for Windows 7 and it totally botched the operating system.
Motherrfu

It is all part of the excitement of playing with betas.

**Pirate Neilsouth** · Jan 11, 2009, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by pahncrd

The onboard sound chipsets surprisingly awesome nowadays.

Yeh i was rather shocked , 7.1 Hd 110DB sound e.t.c

clerick · Jan 11, 2009, 08:55 PM

When is retail supposed to come out?

caveman-jim · Jan 11, 2009, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by clerick

When is retail supposed to come out?

Q4 09 - Q1 10, likely this time next year IMO.

Payne3d · Jan 11, 2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by pahncrd

It is all part of the excitement of playing with betas.

That's true.
So I ran the repair option in Windows 7...it did a pretty decent job, but i lost couple of recent pieces of software I installed along with Kaspersky.
I wonder if Vista and Windows 7 keep a virutal image of the drive for repair purposes, since those two programs didn't have any installers. It was media player classic and VNC Viewer 64bit binary...which was in a zipped format.

**Pirate Neilsouth** · Jan 11, 2009, 09:12 PM

I have sound in Windows 7 and its good quality too , Nice

Think i'll sell the xfi

Skynet · Jan 11, 2009, 09:15 PM

Dump that Kaspersky nonsense and use Eset, it works flawlessly in Win7.

I hope the final hits way before Q4 or 2010, I can't wait that long. Bye bye Vista for me.

GravY · Jan 11, 2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Skynet

Dump that Kaspersky nonsense and use Eset, it works flawlessly in Win7.

I hope the final hits way before Q4 or 2010, I can't wait that long. Bye bye Vista for me.

AVG works perfect as well..

Jokerzwild · Jan 11, 2009, 09:17 PM

Avira works great in W7 too, that's what I've been using the past couple of days.

SteadVéx · Jan 11, 2009, 09:25 PM

i've had it installed all of a few minutes, and i love it

i love the desktop themes with the background pictures, no more manually changing the background when i'm bored! i really like the improved task manager, seems very bright compared to vista, and the new startup screen is just miles better, ah well, its very pretty, guess i should focus on how the thing works....

Payne3d · Jan 11, 2009, 09:26 PM

Yeah so I downloaded Avast, and all is good.

Anyway to hide this stuff or no?

Jokerzwild · Jan 11, 2009, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Payne3d

Yeah so I downloaded Avast, and all is good.

Anyway to hide this stuff or no?

I'd keep the send feedback on there, and hell, really use it! I know I do, I'd imagine MS can use all the help they can get finding problems with the beta.

Skynet · Jan 11, 2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Payne3d

Anyway to hide this stuff or no?

Easy to do

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\

look for FeedbackToolEnabled and change it to 0 (default is 3 if you want to get it back)

If the key is not there, create a new DWORD 32bit. You have to logoff and back to see the change.

Or if you are lazy make a .reg file out of this

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"FeedbackToolEnabled"=dword:00000000

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Jan 11, 2009, 05:29 PM	#124
caveman-jim Rage3D Technical Writer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 29,060	Set UAC to silent.

Jan 11, 2009, 07:42 PM	#126
Pirate Neilsouth Pissed Pirate Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere on mars! Posts: 21,004	f'ing Xfi Xtreme Audio soundcard , WORK DAMN IT . If it's not bsoding its not working at all with a ! in device manager. This is with the setup.exe install in vista compatible mode

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Jan 11, 2009, 08:20 PM	#136
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Jan 11, 2009, 08:26 PM	#137
Payne3d [Fancy a Butcher's?] Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 192.168.0.1 Posts: 8,512	So I tried Kaspersky beta for Windows 7 and it totally botched the operating system. Motherrfu __________________ "World's First Analyst and Therapist: the Analrapist"

Jan 11, 2009, 09:12 PM	#143
Pirate Neilsouth Pissed Pirate Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere on mars! Posts: 21,004	I have sound in Windows 7 and its good quality too , Nice Think i'll sell the xfi

Jan 11, 2009, 09:15 PM	#144
Skynet Welcome to the Machine Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Location... Posts: 14,336	Dump that Kaspersky nonsense and use Eset, it works flawlessly in Win7. I hope the final hits way before Q4 or 2010, I can't wait that long. Bye bye Vista for me. __________________ Brought to you by Matsumura Fishworks & Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern.

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Jan 11, 2009, 09:17 PM	#146
Jokerzwild Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,658	Avira works great in W7 too, that's what I've been using the past couple of days. __________________ "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." - Oscar Wilde

Jan 11, 2009, 09:25 PM	#147
SteadVéx Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,034	i've had it installed all of a few minutes, and i love it i love the desktop themes with the background pictures, no more manually changing the background when i'm bored! i really like the improved task manager, seems very bright compared to vista, and the new startup screen is just miles better, ah well, its very pretty, guess i should focus on how the thing works....

Jan 11, 2009, 09:26 PM	#148
Payne3d [Fancy a Butcher's?] Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 192.168.0.1 Posts: 8,512	Yeah so I downloaded Avast, and all is good. Anyway to hide this stuff or no? __________________ "World's First Analyst and Therapist: the Analrapist" Last edited by Payne3d : Jan 11, 2009 at 09:38 PM.

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