rec.autos.simulators

> I just bot GPL,  French edition.
> My computer is a Pentium800,128 mb ram, ProphetII Gts Pro board, running on
> Windows Me.
> When I try to install GPL, It does the sound test, I listen the wonderfull
> engine sound, everything OK. Then when isntall is really about to start, It
> says that I do not have the proper
> CD in, which is not the case.
> E-mailed Sierra, and the reply was as simple as: "we do not recomment our
> product on Windows Me". Altough a friend of mine installed the game on his
> computer, with windows Me
> without any problem.
> I have other computer at home, and old P133 running out of HD space, on
> Windows 95.
> Tried to install there, just to make sure that there's nothing wrong with
> the CD, and the installation starts OK there (I had to stop due to the lack
> of disk space).
> What can I do to overcome this? Suppose that if able to go trough this
> "barrier" which says that the inserted CD is not the right one, the install
> will go ok. But how?? HELP.

> > I just bot GPL,  French edition.
> > My computer is a Pentium800,128 mb ram, ProphetII Gts Pro board, running
on
> > Windows Me.
> > When I try to install GPL, It does the sound test, I listen the
wonderfull
> > engine sound, everything OK. Then when isntall is really about to start,
It
> > says that I do not have the proper
> > CD in, which is not the case.
> > E-mailed Sierra, and the reply was as simple as: "we do not recomment
our
> > product on Windows Me". Altough a friend of mine installed the game on
his
> > computer, with windows Me
> > without any problem.
> > I have other computer at home, and old P133 running out of HD space, on
> > Windows 95.
> > Tried to install there, just to make sure that there's nothing wrong
with
> > the CD, and the installation starts OK there (I had to stop due to the
lack
> > of disk space).
> > What can I do to overcome this? Suppose that if able to go trough this
> > "barrier" which says that the inserted CD is not the right one, the
install
> > will go ok. But how?? HELP.

> Sounds like a problem I've encountered before with other programs when I
> try & install from my cd-burner.  If you have a regular cd drive as
> well, try using that.  If this doesn't pertain to you, then... carry on.
> <g>

> --

> Chuck Kandler

> I've had similar problems with other games, such as Alpha Centauri, etc.
> It's a copy protection scheme aimed at twarting CD burners. However, if
your
> only CD-ROM drive is a CD burner, then you are out of luck. However, you
can
> go to gamecopyworld.com and download an executable that doesn't check your
> cd drives for anything.

>     Yousuf Khan

> Yousuf/Fester, I got it installed. How??
>   May sound stupid that I didn't try it before, but I did install it using
> the DVD player....
>   But thanks to both of you, without yr heads up that the problem was with
> the cd burner
>   I wud still be blaming Windows Me...