rec.autos.simulators

>As of last Thursday everything was working fine for him.  Now when we try to
>run the .exe file, nothing happens.  Never changes from the desktop (and no,
>we're not trying to just run from a shortcut.  Happens even trying to
>directly run the .exe file in the N2K2 directory).

>The very strange part is the same thing happens with N4 installed on the
>same machine, but all other programs seem to work fine.

>Here's what we've tried so far:

>1. Reinstalled Win 98
>2, Reinstalled (fresh) N2K2
>3. Updated all video, sound, etc drivers
>4. Swapped video card
>5. Pulled modem and NIC cards
>6. Ran defrag and scan disk

>System specs as near as I can remember are:

>PIII 1000
>256k RAM
>Asus 7700 GeForce 2
>SB Live

>Anybody have any ideas on what might be wrong?

> >Just spent the afternoon trying to help a friend get N2K2 to run again,
with
> >no luck.

> >As of last Thursday everything was working fine for him.  Now when we try
to
> >run the .exe file, nothing happens.  Never changes from the desktop (and
no,
> >we're not trying to just run from a shortcut.  Happens even trying to
> >directly run the .exe file in the N2K2 directory).

> >The very strange part is the same thing happens with N4 installed on the
> >same machine, but all other programs seem to work fine.

> >Here's what we've tried so far:

> >1. Reinstalled Win 98
> >2, Reinstalled (fresh) N2K2
> >3. Updated all video, sound, etc drivers
> >4. Swapped video card
> >5. Pulled modem and NIC cards
> >6. Ran defrag and scan disk

> >System specs as near as I can remember are:

> >PIII 1000
> >256k RAM
> >Asus 7700 GeForce 2
> >SB Live

> >Anybody have any ideas on what might be wrong?

>    A longshot, but, any changes to his CD-ROM drive?

>    As you may know, NR4 and (apparently) NR2002 have a somewhat
> sensitive copy protection.  I had installed NR4 and it stopped working
> for me (it would report "Kernel error" at start-up).  I later tracked
> it down to a non-obvious CD-ROM drive hardware failure.  This caused
> the copy protection to fail.  YMMV.

> "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
> nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into
> a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

> We tried all kinds of different screen resolutions between desktop and
game.

> Now the real strange part is, that his wife's computer, networked to this
> one, is doing the same thing.  Tried installing N4 on her machine, try to
> run the program, and nothing.  Never even tries to leave the desktop.

> Bob


> > Try setting N2002's screen mode to something absolutely standard, like
> > 640x480x8 and see if that works. If it does, maybe there's something
wrong
> > with the graphics drivers and due to that error your system doesn't
> support
> > the resolution N2002 has been set to.

> > Achim

> If it happens on two machines coexisting on the same network, could it
have
> to do with the network? Something like either the network preventing N2002
> or N4 from finding the CD, or like N2002 or N4 upon startup checking the
> network and not liking what it finds? It doesn't look like a network
issue,
> but if the common denominator between the two machines is the network,
this
> should at least be checked.

> Could you try to briefly pull the network cable or even the network card
and
> see if that changes anything?

> Achim

> > Thanks for the response, AT

> > We tried all kinds of different screen resolutions between desktop and
> game.

> > Now the real strange part is, that his wife's computer, networked to
this
> > one, is doing the same thing.  Tried installing N4 on her machine, try
to
> > run the program, and nothing.  Never even tries to leave the desktop.

> > Bob


> > > Try setting N2002's screen mode to something absolutely standard, like
> > > 640x480x8 and see if that works. If it does, maybe there's something
> wrong
> > > with the graphics drivers and due to that error your system doesn't
> > support
> > > the resolution N2002 has been set to.

> > > Achim

> As of last Thursday everything was working fine for him.  Now when we try to
> run the .exe file, nothing happens.  Never changes from the desktop (and no,
> we're not trying to just run from a shortcut.  Happens even trying to
> directly run the .exe file in the N2K2 directory).

> The very strange part is the same thing happens with N4 installed on the
> same machine, but all other programs seem to work fine.

> Here's what we've tried so far:

> 1. Reinstalled Win 98
> 2, Reinstalled (fresh) N2K2
> 3. Updated all video, sound, etc drivers
> 4. Swapped video card
> 5. Pulled modem and NIC cards
> 6. Ran defrag and scan disk

> System specs as near as I can remember are:

> PIII 1000
> 256k RAM
> Asus 7700 GeForce 2
> SB Live

> Anybody have any ideas on what might be wrong?

> TIA,
> Bob G