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   I've decided to try appeasing my NFS/PU buddies, who are
only reluctantly accepting F1C as a replacement for the now
defunct NFS/PU.  NFS/PU being dead because EA pulled the
plug on the online servers.  

   So I've loaded ETCC, it's interesting, but pushes my old
dual P3/600 way past it's abilities if the graphics options
are bumped to the levels I can live with in F1C.  

   Anyway...

   I installed the mod on my WIN2k system, and took a couple
of laps before I remembered I was running as administrator,
so I logged in as my user, and of course there is no icon on
my screen.  I found ETC03Launcher in my F1C directory and
fired it up.  

   I got that first ETCC screen, selected "Start the Mod"
and hit the proceed button.  This started F1 Challenge.  

   How do I start ETCC in WIN2K?

                                                   Thanks
                                                   Larry

You hit Make New profile...

Then Start The Mod ;)

AD

   I thought I tried that.  

   I start the launcher with the "Run" button of the startup menu.  
Create a new player called "Dragon".  Hit "Start the Mod".  

   Yep, there is the F1 Challenge startup screen, a Ferrari turning
in the display, and the selected player is "Larry Lindstrom".  This
isn't working.  

   I'm from a Unix background.  I'd rather keep administrator
sessions for administrator work, and run other applications as a
non privileged user.  This is to protect the system.  

   Suggestions?  How are XP users installing F1 Challenge and the
ETCC mod?  How are you running the XP mod.  

   I appreciate your advice Aidee, but I'm still not getting it to
run under my normal user account.  

   I need to practice A1 in my Ferrari anyway.  

   Against my better judgment, I ran the ETCC mod as administrator
last night and my NFS/PU buddies both loved it.  These guys want to
paint their cars.  Can someone point me at a page that describes
how they can do that?  

   We are all very impressed with the work this theam produced.  

   Great job folks.

                                                             Thanks
                                                             Larry

   I have my WIN2K installed in an NTFS partition, but my F1C had to be
installed as administrator.  I put it in a WIN98 partition and I can run
F1C as a normal user.  I was hoping ETCC, which is in the same WIN98
directory, would allow me to do the same thing.

   I appreciate your reply.  Sorry we won't see you tomorrow.  If I
can't
get closer to my old time I might sit it out too.  Unless I know someone
else is close to being that bad.  

Thanks
                                                                   Larry

  junk all this hokey admin crapola and get a real OS...win98se...then you
don't have to worry about whose administering who and whether your non-
privleged or not....heck...I turn on my machine, I play games....what MORE
could one ask for??????

dave :) henrie