Help - Need for speed 5 and winXP

Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has gotten NFS 5 to work with win XP ? Is there a patch or tweek I could apply to get this to work on my system ? I tried seaching the net but I didn't find anything. Everytime I go to start the game, I see the title screen, the hard drives starts up like it was loading, but it just hangs and then boots me to the desktop after few minutes. I am running a AMD 1600 XP, Radeon 8500 (omega drivers), 512 mg ram, soundblaster 5.1 and winXP. Thanks in advance, Daryll

Here is the fix : All you have to do to get NFSPU to work in XP is to delete the file > "gimme.dll" from the NFSPU directory"DJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xIO_7.5002$[email hidden]... > Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has gotten NFS 5 to work with winXP > ? Is there a patch or tweek I could apply to get this to work on mysystem

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> ? I tried seaching the net but I didn't find anything. Everytime I go to > start the game, I see the title screen, the hard drives starts up like it > was loading, but it just hangs and then boots me to the desktop after few > minutes. I am running a AMD 1600 XP, Radeon 8500 (omega drivers), 512 mg > ram, soundblaster 5.1 and winXP. Thanks in advance, Daryll > > >

Yes, but if it still doesn't work you may need to change the pagefile size. To do that bring up System Properties (right click My Computer and choose Properties.) Next click on the Advanced tab. Click the Change button down below in the "Virtual Memory" section Next set the Max size somewhere around 400mb and click Ok. You'll have to reboot for the changes to take effect. Now you should be able to run Porsche Unleashed with no problems. Jeff "DJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8IP_7.4586$[email hidden]...

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> Here is the fix : All you have to do to get NFSPU to work in XP is to > delete the file > > "gimme.dll" from the NFSPU directory > "DJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:xIO_7.5002$[email hidden]... > > Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has gotten NFS 5 to work with win > XP > > ? Is there a patch or tweek I could apply to get this to work on my > system > > ? I tried seaching the net but I didn't find anything. Everytime I go

to > > start the game, I see the title screen, the hard drives starts up likeit > > was loading, but it just hangs and then boots me to the desktop afterfew > > minutes. I am running a AMD 1600 XP, Radeon 8500 (omega drivers), 512mg > > ram, soundblaster 5.1 and winXP. Thanks in advance, Daryll > > > > > > > >

With my XP, virtual memory is at 768MB, and the gimmie.dll is there....but....I've had no problems at all. ?? On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 02:15:21 -0500, "Jeff Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Yes, but if it still doesn't work you may need to change the pagefile size. >To do that bring up System Properties (right click My Computer and choose >Properties.) > >Next click on the Advanced tab. Click the Change button down below in the >"Virtual Memory" section > >Next set the Max size somewhere around 400mb and click Ok. You'll have to >reboot for the changes to take effect. Now you should be able to run >Porsche Unleashed with no problems. > >Jeff > > > >"DJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:8IP_7.4586$[email hidden]... >> Here is the fix : All you have to do to get NFSPU to work in XP is to >> delete the file >> > "gimme.dll" from the NFSPU directory >> "DJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:xIO_7.5002$[email hidden]... >> > Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has gotten NFS 5 to work with win >> XP >> > ? Is there a patch or tweek I could apply to get this to work on my >> system >> > ? I tried seaching the net but I didn't find anything. Everytime I go >to >> > start the game, I see the title screen, the hard drives starts up like >it >> > was loading, but it just hangs and then boots me to the desktop after >few >> > minutes. I am running a AMD 1600 XP, Radeon 8500 (omega drivers), 512 >mg >> > ram, soundblaster 5.1 and winXP. Thanks in advance, Daryll >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >

"Jerry Cummins" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > With my XP, virtual memory is at 768MB, and the gimmie.dll is > there....but....I've had no problems at all. ?? Your'e one of the lucky few! Yet another thing to celebrate! :) This problem will vary from system to system. My impression is that most people will have to tweak the pagefile to get it running on W2k and XP. I would recomend only adjusting the pagefile and keeping gimme.dll. How small the pagefile should be made will also vary. Note that if you start with a small pagefile, you can increase it without having to reboot. This way you can find the "perfect size". Jone.

I will have to try the solutions the others gave. One solution that I heard of and tried was to right click on the .exe file and then tell it to run in Win98 Compatability mode. It worked.. but the graphics were horrible and the game ran slow "DJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xIO_7.5002$[email hidden]... > Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has gotten NFS 5 to work with winXP > ? Is there a patch or tweek I could apply to get this to work on mysystem

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> ? I tried seaching the net but I didn't find anything. Everytime I go to > start the game, I see the title screen, the hard drives starts up like it > was loading, but it just hangs and then boots me to the desktop after few > minutes. I am running a AMD 1600 XP, Radeon 8500 (omega drivers), 512 mg > ram, soundblaster 5.1 and winXP. Thanks in advance, Daryll > > >