Installing GPL in Win XP?

Been a while since I have had GPL installed, not since I built this new system with XP anyways. Anything I should know upfront about installing GPL? I know I will want to get both the direct3d patch and the speed patch right? Does it have to be run in a compatibility mode? Driving F12002 is making me yearn for GPL again, it has been off my hard drive for too long :). -- Don Burnette

make sure disk indexing is turned on or all you will get is a crash to desktop. to turn on disk indexing on click on "my computer" right click on the hard drive icon and select "properties" at the bottom of the properties page there is a box that say "allow index service to access this disk" or something like that.put a check in the box and XP will do some stuff and GPL should work. neil "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Been a while since I have had GPL installed, not since I built this new > system with XP anyways. > Anything I should know upfront about installing GPL? I know I will want to > get both the direct3d patch and the speed patch right? Does it have to be > run in a compatibility mode? > Driving F12002 is making me yearn for GPL again, it has been off my hard > drive for too long :). > > > > -- > Don Burnette > > > >

Can someone verify this requirement? Thanks. ==================================================== "Neil Canning" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... : make sure disk indexing is turned on or all you will get is a crash to : desktop. : : to turn on disk indexing on click on "my computer" : right click on the hard drive icon and select "properties" : : at the bottom of the properties page there is a box that say "allow index : service to access this disk" or something like that.put a check in the box : and XP will do some stuff and GPL should work. : : neil : "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message : news:[email hidden]... : > Been a while since I have had GPL installed, not since I built this new : > system with XP anyways. : > Anything I should know upfront about installing GPL? I know I will want to : > get both the direct3d patch and the speed patch right? Does it have to be : > run in a compatibility mode? : > Driving F12002 is making me yearn for GPL again, it has been off my hard : > drive for too long :). : > : > : > : > -- : > Don Burnette : > : > : > : > : :

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002 16:40:00 -0700, "Neil Canning" <[email hidden]> wrote: >make sure disk indexing is turned on or all you will get is a crash to >desktop. I'm guessing this only applies with NTFS? I have indexing disabled and no problems. Jason

PositiveG wrote: > > Can someone verify this requirement? I can't confirm that *everyone* needs to do this, but there are several people here who has solved their problems with GPL under WinXP with NTFS by doing so Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

I can verify that I do NOT need to turn on any kind of indexing. (Btw, "allowing indexing" of a disk doesn't turn on any indexing. To turn on indexing you must start the indexing service. Most folders are allowed for indexing by default.) /Carl "PositiveG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4gLn9.109767$[email hidden]...

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> Can someone verify this requirement? > > Thanks. > ==================================================== > > > "Neil Canning" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > : make sure disk indexing is turned on or all you will get is a crash to > : desktop. > : > : to turn on disk indexing on click on "my computer" > : right click on the hard drive icon and select "properties" > : > : at the bottom of the properties page there is a box that say "allow

index > : service to access this disk" or something like that.put a check in thebox > : and XP will do some stuff and GPL should work. > : > : neil > : "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > : news:[email hidden]... > : > Been a while since I have had GPL installed, not since I built thisnew > : > system with XP anyways. > : > Anything I should know upfront about installing GPL? I know I willwant > to > : > get both the direct3d patch and the speed patch right? Does it have to > be > : > run in a compatibility mode? > : > Driving F12002 is making me yearn for GPL again, it has been off myhard

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> : > drive for too long :). > : > > : > > : > > : > -- > : > Don Burnette > : > > : > > : > > : > > : > : > >

Hmm, that's wierd - wonder how disk indexing would effect that? I prefer to leave it off, but if that is what it takes... Don Burnette Neil Canning wrote:

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> make sure disk indexing is turned on or all you will get is a crash to > desktop. > > to turn on disk indexing on click on "my computer" > right click on the hard drive icon and select "properties" > > at the bottom of the properties page there is a box that say "allow > index service to access this disk" or something like that.put a check > in the box and XP will do some stuff and GPL should work. > > neil > "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... >> Been a while since I have had GPL installed, not since I built this >> new system with XP anyways. >> Anything I should know upfront about installing GPL? I know I will >> want to get both the direct3d patch and the speed patch right? Does >> it have to be run in a compatibility mode? >> Driving F12002 is making me yearn for GPL again, it has been off my >> hard drive for too long :). >> >> >> >> -- >> Don Burnette

i had to turn it on to get my GPL to work,but i had just switched to a new HD so maybe its not on by default? neil "Jason Moyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002 16:40:00 -0700, "Neil Canning" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >make sure disk indexing is turned on or all you will get is a crash to > >desktop. > > I'm guessing this only applies with NTFS? I have indexing disabled > and no problems. > > Jason

If you are using NTFS, you need to at least use it for the GPL directory. You also need to rename riched20.dll in the vroc folder if you are using vroc online. -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash PositiveG <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4gLn9.109767$[email hidden]... > Can someone verify this requirement? > > Thanks. > ==================================================== > > > "Neil Canning" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > : make sure disk indexing is turned on or all you will get is a crash to > : desktop. > : > : to turn on disk indexing on click on "my computer" > : right click on the hard drive icon and select "properties" > : > : at the bottom of the properties page there is a box that say "allow index > : service to access this disk" or something like that.put a check in the box > : and XP will do some stuff and GPL should work. > : > : neil > : "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > : news:[email hidden]... > : > Been a while since I have had GPL installed, not since I built this new > : > system with XP anyways. > : > Anything I should know upfront about installing GPL? I know I will want > to > : > get both the direct3d patch and the speed patch right? Does it have to > be > : > run in a compatibility mode? > : > Driving F12002 is making me yearn for GPL again, it has been off my hard > : > drive for too long :). > : > > : > > : > > : > -- > : > Don Burnette > : > > : > > : > > : > > : > : > >

In my case my dual-axis modded T2 Thrustmaster wheel was not working properly in XP. The fix is to Add a new controller in XP, then hit the Custom button, specify Race Car Controller and 3axis with Zaxis, and calibrate as usual. Then GPL behaved properly. Also, you may experience sound problems with GPL, in my case tire squeal was almost inaudible. The fix was to lower the sound acceleration slider to one notch above Basic. This fixed the problem without causing any noticeable sideeffects. rms [email hidden]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002 19:53:45 -0500, "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote something like this: >Hmm, that's wierd - wonder how disk indexing would effect that? >I prefer to leave it off, but if that is what it takes... It's on by default. And you can turn it on only for the GPL directory, and have it off on the rest of the disk... -- - Igor -

without indexing bit the API function FindFirstFile() failed, returning NULL pointer in XP. Seems GPL uses that function.

In article <[email hidden]>, "Neil Canning" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>make sure disk indexing is turned on or all you will get is a crash to >desktop. > >to turn on disk indexing on click on "my computer" >right click on the hard drive icon and select "properties" > >at the bottom of the properties page there is a box that say "allow index >service to access this disk" or something like that.put a check in the box >and XP will do some stuff and GPL should work.

Does the standard install turn on indexing? Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:+8.03 N2002 Rank:+20.124 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

not sure? did a clean install and thats when i found out GPL did not work.turning indexing on solved the problem. neil "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> In article <[email hidden]>, "Neil Canning" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >make sure disk indexing is turned on or all you will get is a crash to > >desktop. > > > >to turn on disk indexing on click on "my computer" > >right click on the hard drive icon and select "properties" > > > >at the bottom of the properties page there is a box that say "allow index > >service to access this disk" or something like that.put a check in the

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> >and XP will do some stuff and GPL should work. > > Does the standard install turn on indexing? > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank:+8.03 > N2002 Rank:+20.124 > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, "Neil Canning" <[email hidden]> writes: >not sure? did a clean install and thats when i found out GPL did not >work.turning indexing on solved the problem. > Then there are too many variables at work. I did a clean install of XP Pro on a system at work. I tried loading GPL, even though I didn't expect it to run. It did, no problems. Didn't change a thing. Last time I tried that(same machine) it didn't work. Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:+8.03 N2002 Rank:+20.124 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> In article <[email hidden]>, "Neil Canning" > <[email hidden]> writes: > >> not sure? did a clean install and thats when i found out GPL did not >> work.turning indexing on solved the problem. >> > > Then there are too many variables at work. I did a clean install of > XP Pro on a system at work. I tried loading GPL, even though I > didn't expect it to run. It did, no problems. Didn't change a thing. > Last time I tried that(same machine) it didn't work. > > Eldred

When I did a clean install of XP Home on a new hard drive, indexing was turned on by default on all drives. Haven't gotten around to installing GPL yet, I may attempt that today and report back . I currently have indexing off on all drivers. Don Burnette

If you don't turn on the Indexing service, there is no reason to remove the "Allow indexing"-flag. /Carl "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... EldredP wrote:

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> In article <[email hidden]>, "Neil Canning" > <[email hidden]> writes: > >> not sure? did a clean install and thats when i found out GPL did not >> work.turning indexing on solved the problem. >> > > Then there are too many variables at work. I did a clean install of > XP Pro on a system at work. I tried loading GPL, even though I > didn't expect it to run. It did, no problems. Didn't change a thing. > Last time I tried that(same machine) it didn't work. > > Eldred

When I did a clean install of XP Home on a new hard drive, indexing was turned on by default on all drives. Haven't gotten around to installing GPL yet, I may attempt that today and report back . I currently have indexing off on all drivers. Don Burnette