As long as no other more promising suggestions seem to be bubbling forth,
I'll suggest that you try re-installing your video card drivers again, being
extra careful to eliminate all current references to the current drivers.
If you're running the Nvidia reference drivers, after you've switched your
adapter to standard VGA, do a search for all files beginning with "nv" in
your Windows and Windows\System folders and delete them (well...if you're
feeling cautious, you might look at them first). Then run regedit.exe and
remove any reference to NVIDIA under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> SOFTWARE. Then
reboot and and try to load up the reference drivers from scratch. If all is
still well at that point, reinstall CMR2 and see if that does the trick. If
not, you'll have to keep waiting for the more clever people to show
themselves.
> > Hello,
> > I recently reinstalled Colin McRae Rally 2. Whenever I go to the video
> > options and try to change the resolution from 640x480 to any other
> > resolution, the game boots me to the desktop.
> > Any ideas what can be done to fix this? So far I've tried:
> > 1. Reinstalling game
> > 2. Changing Video Drivers
> > 3. Reinstalling Direct-X (8.0a)
> > 4. Defragging
> > 5. Telling everyone that George W. knows what he's doing
> > I have a P4 with a GeForce 2, using 12.41 drivers.
> > The game runs fine in 640x480, without touching a thing.
> > Thanks,
> > Alanb
> Not sure what your problem is, Alan. It seems you've done everything.
In
> the game options where you can change the type of video card, do you see
> more than one choice, all being the same card?
> Alan: Why, yes. How did you know?
> Responder: Lucky guess I guess.
> Alan: Maybe that's the problem. You think?
> Responder: Could be. Have you tried booting WinMe in Safe mode and
deleting
> all the excessive instances of the card in your system settings?
> Alan: Yes, I look in there. But I only see one instance.
> Responder (who, if you don't know by now, is the same person as "Alan".):
> Somehow there must be some file that's telling your system something, that
> shows up as a duplicate card or some such thing.
> Alan: Maybe that's the problem. How do I go about fixing this, if it
> doesn't show in Safe mode?
> Responder: I'm not sure.
> [silence, as all present, with left eyes squinched and heads tilted back,
> look to the sky]
> Chorus: Maybe someone here knows?
> :) Alanb
