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GTR without XP Service Pack #1

Zen

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Zen » Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:48:12

Hi all

I've tried installing and running GTR, with no succes. I have received
significant input from several of you -Thanks all!

But I would like to know, has anybody managed to run it without window XP's
update?

Thanks

Zen

Dave Henri

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Dave Henri » Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:16:25



   From what I have read, you need the service pak.  But I'm not sure if
you need the service pak for the mod or just the pre-menu.
   Refresh my feeble noggin...what is happening when you try and run it.  
Have you read the pinned installation thread at the Simbin forums?

dave henrie

karkraz

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by karkraz » Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:48:16


>Hi all

>I've tried installing and running GTR, with no succes. I have received
>significant input from several of you -Thanks all!

>But I would like to know, has anybody managed to run it without window XP's
>update?

>Thanks

>Zen

I run GTR just fine and I have never installed SP1.  

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Todd Walke

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Todd Walke » Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:02:54



Same here...

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Aide

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Aide » Wed, 30 Apr 2003 17:57:32

same here..

AD

Dave Henri

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Dave Henri » Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:22:36



    Good to know.  Do you play the movie at the intro?  And have you
updated to v1.2 of GTR?  Thanks.  
Also, another tip to the originl poster.  Do you have large fonts enabled
on your desktop?  Try using the default or small fonts.

Aide

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Aide » Thu, 01 May 2003 02:13:05

Get an illegal copy of XP and you can install SP1 ;-p

AD

Aide

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Aide » Thu, 01 May 2003 05:11:45

which of the 637 ways would you like me to say..?

you live a sheltered life then..?

;-)

AD

Uncle Feste

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Uncle Feste » Thu, 01 May 2003 09:47:23



> reckoned:

>>which of the 637 ways would you like me to say..?

>>you live a sheltered life then..?

>>;-)

>>AD

> I have a legal copy of XP so have never bothered to look it up. But I
> did read that  Microsoft added something to SP1 that detects an
> illegal copy and won't install SP1. Just curios to know how it was
> circumnavigated.

http://www.sharereactor.com/release.php?id=2390
Zen

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Zen » Thu, 01 May 2003 09:47:32

Hi,

I can't get it to start.. I get an "unexpected error: quitting". I made a
clear install of F1 2002, installed the nocd, ran it. Crashed my Minardi big
time in Spain. Then installed GTR02. Then ran GTRun  to create the proper
.ini. Ain't running. Installed the patch; same result. Maybe if I tried it
with someone else's ini file?

I did look up the simbin threads, and I did find a similar cases, but the
guy never was able to run it. I use normal fonts. GTR better be good ....

Lonely Momo




> > same here..

> > AD

>     Good to know.  Do you play the movie at the intro?  And have you
> updated to v1.2 of GTR?  Thanks.
> Also, another tip to the originl poster.  Do you have large fonts enabled
> on your desktop?  Try using the default or small fonts.

Dave Henri

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Dave Henri » Thu, 01 May 2003 10:57:30

"Zen" <

> I did look up the simbin threads, and I did find a similar cases, but
> the guy never was able to run it. I use normal fonts. GTR better be
> good ....

> Lonely Momo





>> > same here..

>> > AD

>>     Good to know.  Do you play the movie at the intro?  And have you
>> updated to v1.2 of GTR?  Thanks.
>> Also, another tip to the originl poster.  Do you have large fonts
>> enabled on your desktop?  Try using the default or small fonts.

   I think it was using gtrun instead of the other exe.  GT run kinda
bypasses the pre-menu where all the config stuff is squared away.  Double
check that F1 2k2 is working then try to load GTR2k2 with the GTRacing
2002.exe   If you have win98, make sure the media player is updated via
MSupdate.
   If you use somebody else gtr2002config.ini you have to change the 2nd
half of the file to match your own config.ini file for the F1 sim.  If you
double clik on the file config.ini you'll see a bunch of text.  About
halfway down is a line that says:
grid=22  
everything below that in your GTR2002config.ini should match your original
f1 config.ini info.

dave henrie

Zen

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Zen » Thu, 01 May 2003 11:40:50

Dave,

I have done that, but it was as efficient in solving my problem as was the
1999 B.A.R..at winning races ...


> "Zen" <

> > I did look up the simbin threads, and I did find a similar cases, but
> > the guy never was able to run it. I use normal fonts. GTR better be
> > good ....

> > Lonely Momo





> >> > same here..

> >> > AD

> >>     Good to know.  Do you play the movie at the intro?  And have you
> >> updated to v1.2 of GTR?  Thanks.
> >> Also, another tip to the originl poster.  Do you have large fonts
> >> enabled on your desktop?  Try using the default or small fonts.

>    I think it was using gtrun instead of the other exe.  GT run kinda
> bypasses the pre-menu where all the config stuff is squared away.  Double
> check that F1 2k2 is working then try to load GTR2k2 with the GTRacing
> 2002.exe   If you have win98, make sure the media player is updated via
> MSupdate.
>    If you use somebody else gtr2002config.ini you have to change the 2nd
> half of the file to match your own config.ini file for the F1 sim.  If you
> double clik on the file config.ini you'll see a bunch of text.  About
> halfway down is a line that says:
> grid=22
> everything below that in your GTR2002config.ini should match your original
> f1 config.ini info.

> dave henrie

Klaus H?rbra

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Klaus H?rbra » Thu, 01 May 2003 17:21:51


> Hi,

> I can't get it to start.. I get an "unexpected error: quitting"

As a programmer I dealt with these things several times before to get
my own programs running.

The "unexpected error" comes from a wrong registration of the runtime
files comdlg32.ocx and/or comctl32.ocx which are used by the GTRMod
Launcher. They are supposed to be in the system folder, so when a
program needs a newer version of these files it overwrites them there.
So does the GTR installation.

Obviously another program you installed earlier did not place these
runtime files into the system folder and the GTR installation could
not update them. Now the registry points to the older files which
cause the unexpected error.

What you can do is to change the path in the registry pointing to
these runtime files to the system folder. Or, if you dont dare to
change the registry, do a search for these files on your harddisks and
replace all of them with the ones from the system folder.

This always helped.

Klaus

JTBur

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by JTBur » Thu, 01 May 2003 19:31:40

Other than security (maybe), are there any benefits to installing SP1?  It
seems I've read this can slow your system down.
\Todd



> >Hi all

> >I've tried installing and running GTR, with no succes. I have received
> >significant input from several of you -Thanks all!

> >But I would like to know, has anybody managed to run it without window
XP's
> >update?

> >Thanks

> >Zen

> Get  a legal copy of XP and you can install SP1. Hehe.

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Aide

GTR without XP Service Pack #1

by Aide » Fri, 02 May 2003 01:35:09

Kronos....if **someone** has a pirate copy of Win XP and wants to add SP1 it
will detect that it is a pirate copy,  install and slow it down to a crawl
or not install at all.

This is because it has detected certain parameters.

If **someone** were to alter those parameters then SP1 can't detect them and
installs as per normal.

Is that what you are asking?

AD


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