CMR2

Could somebody please remind me which windows system file it is that gets screwed up when installing CMR2 so I can back it up first. TIA Mark

"Mark Aisthorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a6h146$9ag$[email hidden]... > Could somebody please remind me which windows system file it is that gets > screwed up when installing CMR2 so I can back it up first. I've installed CMR in W2K twice and WXP twice... I've never heard of this. Is this a Win9x problem?? Dale.

"Mark Aisthorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<a6h146$9ag$[email hidden]>... > Could somebody please remind me which windows system file it is that gets > screwed up when installing CMR2 so I can back it up first. > > TIA Mark hid.dll You should be able to avoid a problem using system file checker to restore it after installing CMR2. Jason

Yea thats the puppy, thanks Jason. Mark "jason moyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Mark Aisthorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<a6h146$9ag$[email hidden]>... > > Could somebody please remind me which windows system file it is thatgets

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> > screwed up when installing CMR2 so I can back it up first. > > > > TIA Mark > > hid.dll > > You should be able to avoid a problem using system file checker to > restore it after installing CMR2. > > Jason

Yes Dale it probably is just a win98 thing, what happens is that after installing CMR2 the steering wheel/joystick that worked perfectly before woul'nt work anymore, I belive in some cases it would always say "not connected" in game controllers. As Jason in the post below reminded me it's hid.dll and all you have to do is back it up, install CMR2 then restore it with system file checker and your sorted. Mark "Dale Green" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > "Mark Aisthorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:a6h146$9ag$[email hidden]... > > Could somebody please remind me which windows system file it is thatgets

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> > screwed up when installing CMR2 so I can back it up first. > > I've installed CMR in W2K twice and WXP twice... I've never heard of this. > Is this a Win9x problem?? > > Dale. > >

"Mark Aisthorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:a6ipjv$ln8$[email hidden]:

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> Yes Dale it probably is just a win98 thing, what happens is that after > installing CMR2 the steering wheel/joystick that worked perfectly > before woul'nt work anymore, I belive in some cases it would always > say "not connected" in game controllers. > As Jason in the post below reminded me it's hid.dll and all you have > to do is back it up, install CMR2 then restore it with system file > checker and your sorted. >

Gotcha. Thanks for the info. Dale.

[email hidden] (jason moyer) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... > hid.dll > > You should be able to avoid a problem using system file checker to > restore it after installing CMR2. By a remarkable coincidence I bought and installed CMR2 over the weekend, and although it worked perfectly to start with, my wheel now does not work with any wheel game and the Control Panel Game controller set up does not even run. I guess I am having the same problem - net Karma, or what ? Could you just explain how to restore this file (what is "system file checker" ?). Thank you John

"Mark Aisthorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a6ipjv$ln8$[email hidden]...

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> Yes Dale it probably is just a win98 thing, what happens is that after > installing CMR2 the steering wheel/joystick that worked perfectly before > woul'nt work anymore, I belive in some cases it would always say "not > connected" in game controllers. > As Jason in the post below reminded me it's hid.dll and all you have to do > is back it up, install CMR2 then restore it with system file checker and > your sorted.

I hadn't heard of this problem before, but I've got CM2 installed under W2K and all my Sticks/Pads are working fine. Heckler

Spooky :o), for system file checker click on Start, Run then type sfc and hit enter, choose "Extract one file from installation disk", then browse to C:\windows\system\hid.dll and click start, make sure the restore from box reads D:\win98 (asuming your CDRom is D that is), and the save file in box reads "C:\windows\system", stick your windows 98 CD in and click OK. Mark "John Hartridge" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > [email hidden] (jason moyer) wrote in messagenews:<[email hidden]>...

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> > hid.dll > > > > You should be able to avoid a problem using system file checker to > > restore it after installing CMR2. > > By a remarkable coincidence I bought and installed CMR2 > over the weekend, and although it worked perfectly to start > with, my wheel now does not work with any wheel game and > the Control Panel Game controller set up does not even run. > I guess I am having the same problem - net Karma, or what ? > > Could you just explain how to restore this file (what is > "system file checker" ?). > > Thank you > > John

"John Hartridge" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> By a remarkable coincidence I bought and installed CMR2 > over the weekend, and although it worked perfectly to start > with, my wheel now does not work with any wheel game and > the Control Panel Game controller set up does not even run. > I guess I am having the same problem - net Karma, or what ? > > Could you just explain how to restore this file (what is > "system file checker" ?). > > Thank you > > John

Codemasters has this documented on their website with a how to fix doc. They denied it was their game doing it when I emailed them and gave them supreme shit about it. It doesn't affect Win2K/XP because they are protected operating systems and won't let some two-bit game overwrite system files.