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Problem with MS Precision wheel after installing Colin Mcrae 2.0?

3 posts by 2 people · 21 Feb 2001 21:11 UTC - 22 Feb 2001 04:25 UTC

Jagg 21 Feb 2001 21:11 UTC#201412
Anyone else get where after installing CM 2.0 their wheel is no longer detected by the joystick applet in windows 98? It shows in device manager, but won't show in the control applet and works in no games. It was fine prior to installing CM 2.0. Dammit! -- Jagg
MN-male 21 Feb 2001 22:43 UTC↳ reply to Jagg#201340
Problem: When I run the game I get an error in the HID.DLL file. Solution: You need to extract the HID.DLL from the Windows '98 Cabs. To copy this file in to the C:\Windows\System\ directory and overwrite the existing HID.DLL please follow the instructions below. Place the Windows98 CD in the drive. Now go to Start then Run and where it says 'Open' enter SFC and click OK. Click on 'Extract one file' and enter HID.DLL. Now click the Start button. Where it says 'Restore from' this should be the location of the Windows 98 CD. So If your CD-ROM drive is letter 'Q' it would read 'Q:\WIN98\. You don't need alter the 'Save file in' item. After this click on OK Now it will ask you to back up the HID.DLL file. Make a note of the directory if need be and then click on OK, then click yes to create the Folder. Now restart your PC and everything should now be Ok. http://www.codemasters.com/_tech/cmr2faq.htm "Jagg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Anyone else get where after installing CM 2.0 their wheel is no longer > detected by the joystick applet in windows 98? It shows in device > manager, but won't show in the control applet and works in no games. > It was fine prior to installing CM 2.0. Dammit! > -- > Jagg
Jagg 22 Feb 2001 04:25 UTC↳ reply to MN-male#201146
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:43:05 -0600, "MN-male" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (16 lines)>Problem: When I run the game I get an error in the HID.DLL file. > >Solution: You need to extract the HID.DLL from the Windows '98 Cabs. To copy >this file in to the C:\Windows\System\ directory and overwrite the existing >HID.DLL please follow the instructions below. >Place the Windows98 CD in the drive. Now go to Start then Run and where it >says 'Open' enter SFC and click OK. >Click on 'Extract one file' and enter HID.DLL. Now click the Start button. >Where it says 'Restore from' this should be the location of the Windows 98 >CD. So If your CD-ROM drive is letter 'Q' it would read 'Q:\WIN98\. >You don't need alter the 'Save file in' item. After this click on OK >Now it will ask you to back up the HID.DLL file. Make a note of the >directory if need be and then click on OK, then click yes to create the >Folder. >Now restart your PC and everything should now be Ok. >http://www.codemasters.com/_tech/cmr2faq.htm
Thx for that. I did go to the Codemasters website and look for any info on this problem, but must have missed it. Meanwhile I decided to do a format and reinstall an image file. Turns out I installed an old image file from before I put in a second HD. Buggered up my partitions somehow and had to do an fdisk and reinstall from scratch. I lost some digital photos I had stored too. I appreciate you posting the fix above, but I'm still pissed at Codemasters for letting this slip through in the first place. It's cost a few hours down time and loss of some important files. Codemasters: Genius At Play. Yea sure....

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