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Typhoid 12-29-2004 06:08 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
Thats fine up until the "ergc" part.

There isnt one....anywhere...

But then again, im not super computer saavy.


Ok..in the "Battlefield Vietnam" folder, there are things called:

(default)
GAMEDIR
INSTALLEDVERSION
LANGUAGE
LANGUAGEID
SRCDIR
SRCDISK
UNINSTALL

Then there are 2 more folders. Theres a "Battlefield Vietnam v1.21" and a "Battlefield Vietnam(TM)"

Both have one thing in them saying:


(default)



So im lost...so very very lost...

Null 12-29-2004 06:27 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
thats the EA games folder....

i was at work when i said that.... i looked here and its in Electronic Arts folder, then EA games / Ergc

Typhoid 12-29-2004 06:32 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
Ummm, BF:V isnt under "Electronic Arts" its only ndr "EA Games" the only thing I have in Electronic Arts is Sim City 4, and the Ergc in three is for it.

Is there some sort of way i can just make a new one..because apparently it got deleted...

Null 12-29-2004 06:37 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
if its not there. its really just going to be easier to reinstall the damn thing. yes you could just add things into the registry, but if by change it put it in a different spot then all that work would be for nothin.

do this....

rename your battlefield folder to bfvbackup....
install the game. then copy the backup folder of the game and paste it over the new install. wont have to re install updates, and it should put all the stuff in registry it needs.

Typhoid 12-29-2004 06:41 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
Ok, so upon uninstalling, it asks me to insert Disc 1.

Disc 1 was already inserted.

I press "OK"

It says "Please insert Disc 1"



*Head explodes*


*sigh* Oh well...I guess I wasnt meant to play online games.

Null 12-29-2004 06:45 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
what are you doing to uninstall? (BTW, the way i said didnt need uninstall)

but you dont need the disc to uninstall. just goto control panel, add remove programs and remove vietnam

Typhoid 12-29-2004 06:52 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
Oh, I didnt see that part, heh.

Ok, so i made the ergc things, put in the CD key to define it,....aaaand it didnt work...I changed a coupel things to the CD Key...aaaaaaaand it didnt work...I made sure my firewall was off...aaaand it didnt work.

Like, the game works...jsut when i click on a server for multiplay..it says im invalid... :mad: :mad: :mad:

I'll find a way around this, haha.



EDIT:

Ok, I solved my problem...heres how:

Step 1: Play "Rome:Total War".

Problem solved.

GameMaster 12-31-2004 05:59 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
My sister and I each have separate accounts on the PC and when she's done using it she always 'switches' off so her applications will continue to run. When I go on, I like to have full power so of course I always restart the computer so that her account gets completley logged off. Our accounts are both password protected and we both have admin settings so even though I could get onto her account and log her off it just gets me in trouble. So I was wondering:

1. Is restarting the PC so often going to harm it in anyway? Normally you only restart after installing an application or if you're computer is having trouble but I must restart at least twice a day. Is there any other way I could log her account off without restarting or messing with her settings?

2. The reason she has admin settings is because she claims some of her programs otherwise don't work. Like Limewire. Is there a way to adjust the settings so these programs will work on a normal, non-admin account? Because I really don't like the idea of her having admin abilities and I'm kind of the maintenance guy for our PC.

Typhoid 12-31-2004 06:02 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
You dont have to restart, as far as I know. On my computer you dont have you.

When it takes you back to the "Choose your user" screen, choose her, log her off. This takes you back to the "Choose your user" screen, but now shes logged off, then you can log on as your account.

Or at least, thats what I do on my computer. :confused:

Null 12-31-2004 08:34 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by GameMaster
My sister and I each have separate accounts on the PC and when she's done using it she always 'switches' off so her applications will continue to run. When I go on, I like to have full power so of course I always restart the computer so that her account gets completley logged off. Our accounts are both password protected and we both have admin settings so even though I could get onto her account and log her off it just gets me in trouble. So I was wondering:

1. Is restarting the PC so often going to harm it in anyway? Normally you only restart after installing an application or if you're computer is having trouble but I must restart at least twice a day. Is there any other way I could log her account off without restarting or messing with her settings?

2. The reason she has admin settings is because she claims some of her programs otherwise don't work. Like Limewire. Is there a way to adjust the settings so these programs will work on a normal, non-admin account? Because I really don't like the idea of her having admin abilities and I'm kind of the maintenance guy for our PC.



1. yes, restarting often isnt good for the comptuer.
are you talking about XP? because theres a log off button and a switch users. Switch users leaves everything on for that user and lets another user log on. Log off completly logs that user off, nothing in that account is running, restarting doesnt do any extra.

2. if thats the case then its tryin to use something that you'd need to unlock, or its installed in a spot thats for admin.
should try searching on google for that.

GameMaster 12-31-2004 08:38 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
Yeah, my sister clicks 'Switch Users' so all of her stuff remains running. And I want to log her off when I go on so I can have full power. But since her account is password protected, there's no way I can log her off without just restarting.

Null 12-31-2004 09:09 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by GameMaster
Yeah, my sister clicks 'Switch Users' so all of her stuff remains running. And I want to log her off when I go on so I can have full power. But since her account is password protected, there's no way I can log her off without just restarting.


you could always...... :sneaky: change her password.



:sneaky:

Typhoid 12-31-2004 09:21 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Null
you could always...... :sneaky: change her password.



:sneaky:



Or kill your sister....that would work as well....


Or....just take your passwords off and trust that neither of you will be retarted enough to screw around with the others things.

Ace195 01-01-2005 03:16 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
Or you just deny her account from having a password. I'm gonna do some research and find out how it's done again, Used to have to to it to my LTC's computer because he kept forgetting his password but it was a password protected machine so let me look through my books.. and I'll edit this later..

GameMaster 02-25-2005 05:34 PM

Re: Post your Computer Questions/Help
 
Does it make any difference whether I put my WC3 CD into the DVD-ROM or CD-R ROM drive?


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