Lol, you went for it then. No problems with th install?

Lol, kk. Just i seen a new post of M$ keys on a site somewhere earlier...

Quote from Jakg :

Yes you do. If you can't get one then PM me, i've got 804 legit keys for Microsoft software now :P

I'd partition my HDD and leave about 10 GB "free" on the Vista partition and install 7 on the rest.

Lol, are you on pspiso or shareiso.com?

Have you removed the ATI drivers in Control Panel before you do anything else?..... Just to see if this is all necessary...


DISCLAIMER!!! lol, I take no responsibility if it goes up in flames if you do decide to goto Win7.. Tho i doubt it will do that....

Did you get a key for Win7 from M$? I cant remember if u need one for the RC..

As long as u can still get on the internet with another pc you can look for help if you get stuck...

Watch a few vids on Youtube for tutorials on installing Win7....

Do you still have all your internet details for getting back online? Or do u use a router?

Do you have access to another pc while you do the install? Just incase there are missing drivers... (I doubt it tho...) Better having a copy of the drivers on a disk just incase...

You will need to boot from the Win7 Disk to format and do a proper fresh install...

EDIT:
Mind and get the 64bit version too or you will only be able to use 3GB ram

1. Either buy Windows 7, crack it or go back to Vista... You really dont want to stick with Vista tho. Vista was like a half-assed practice run for Windows 7 imo..

2. How do you connect to internet?.... With a modem or Wifi or LAN?

3. I highly doubt that would happen..Windows installers have been mostly reliable for the last 10 years... BUT... If all fails, Do you still have your system restore disk? If so then just pop it in, press a couple o buttons and Vista will be reinstalled like it was when u bought the pc....

Before we go into these things tho...

Have you tried/looked in "Add/Remove Programs" to see if you can remove the ATI drivers? This might fix all the problems and u might not need to reinstall Windows....

Last edited by Foilpact, Wed, 3 Jun 2009 22:00.

I think its free to use until March next year.. Its free at the moment because its beta test software...

Formatting and installing windows 7 is really easy compared to years ago. You would loose all ur stuff on the PC but its so much better than Vista... All you would really need is your Internet drivers i.e. network/wifi drivers on disk just in case Win7 didnt have them.. Once running it should be able to get most other drivers automatically from Win Update...

All you really need is to get it online and then your fine...

If you are not bothered about wiping your hard drive and you have a System Restore disk then its worth a try.. If it go's wildly wrong then just use the Vista restore disk to make the pc "An new"

EDIT:

Why not download Sun VirtualBox and Windows 7 then have a few practice runs in a Virtual machine?


I have seperate installs of Win7, Win2000, Longhorn Beta and Microsoft Singularity... All in a folder in My Documents... Ive got Win7 running in a small window atm as i type this in Xp...

Last edited by Foilpact, Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:38.

It will start up again after reboot if you dont disable it...

Theres probably other crap loading then also that doesnt show in Task Manager...

Can you uninstall them in Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs....?


A format and reinstall would be your best option to get the pc running at its best.. Seems like its misconfigured quite a bit and probably loaded with old trial software bloat...

Why not install Windows 7 Ultimate? Its free for a year and much much better than Vista even tho its not even a finished version yet...

Last edited by Foilpact, Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:23.

Whats the first process running in the Picture u posted?

Google it...

Did you remove the ATI drivers just now?....

Lol, The ATI driver is still running on your pc... Its the top thing in Task Manager...

Gimme 2 secs, ill get the removal tool....

EDIT:

You might have the removal tool in your c: drive somewhere

Probably in c:\ATI or in program files somewhere

or Google ATI Removal Tool

EDIT EDIT:

Might be in "Add/Remove Programs" too if the restore disk was made properly..

Last edited by Foilpact, Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:48.

Did you use a system restore disk to reinstall windows? If so, Did you uninstall all of the old ATI drivers first before installing the new gfx card? There might be some old crap lying about if thats the case...

If you used a Proper Windows Disk did you download all the motherboard and sound drivers for the computer? Most of the Windows Update drivers are old versions...

Oh also, Do you use Windows media Player to listen to music while you play LFS?

Running WMP with Multimedia class Scheduler enabled ruins the pc for anything else thats cpu intensive...

When did the problems start? How long you had SP2 installed for?

Run LFS in a window and have Task Manager open, Is LFS and CPU going to 100% when crashes happen?.. If the cpu isnt hitting 100% and you still get lag try using Process Explorer to see what process is making the slowdown. Sometimes Svchost's can go wild if theres any dodgy Audio or Video drivers playing up...

http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip

Do all your other games still play fine? Also, what sort of fps drop do you get? like down to 3fps?

"as a Mac is so advanced" ROFL, How much do you actually know about the different Os's or computers in general? Google a few benchmark comparisons ffs...

OSX boots faster and shuts down quicker so thats a plus there, Only because its that basic tho..

Side by side testing shows that OSX is fast in some apps, Windows in others so theres no real difference there overall... This is on same spec hardware too...

So, due to the stupid price difference, A £400 PC would easily out perform a £1250 Mac..

Lol real people buy macs? 10%? More like a niche market..

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

It's OK guys, I'll forgive all of you for your Fanboy-ness. I know it's hard to accept playing for the wrong team for so long, but there's therapy that can help you all accept it.

You are a fanboy because you dont listen to reasoning.. One of which is the fact that if Macs are so great and since they have been around for the same time as Windows Pcs then howcome they only have a 10% market share?... As i said i dont like one or the other but ill quote from my earlier post:-

"So again, what exactly can a 3x as expensive 1GB Quadcore Mac do that a 4GB Quadcore Pc cannot? My cheaper (inferior, tho much higher spec) Pc can do plenty that a Mac cant...."

C'mon tell me 3 things that are better on a Mac that makes it worth loosing free control over a bought system for, Should be easy if they are so leet.... Gaming, Upgrading and customising are kind of important it this day of ever changing technology... Macs do none with ease...Which they should considering how much they cost.....

Lol, and now theres Apple bootcamp so you can run Windows on a Mac... Why is this needed if Macs are "teh bestest"?

You dont need OSX on a Pc for it to do everything you want...

Last edited by Foilpact, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:54.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

I use Windows as I am forced to test websites in a crappy browser that people use.

Oh, and if you want to get stupid.. anything that can be compiled on Linux can also be compiled and ran on OS X... Command Line or otherwise... so OS X still can run more.

But that's fine, I'll let you guys use something that's crap, I'll just sit here waiting for when you all defect so I can go "I told you so."

PC users are just too blind/stupid/retarded to realize that OSX is better.

Just for fanboys....

Core 2 Quad 4GB pc £350, Core 2 Quad 1GB Mac £1250 (ebay prices so probably higher again). Now that Macs are Intel based the only real difference is the Os.. So you either pay over 3x as much for the exact same hardware, Or £900 on OSX, a customised version of a free Os... Whos Blind/Stupid/Retarded now?...

What can Macs do that a pc cant? I know that any hardware ever made will work 100% in Windows or that i can multiboot my pc with any number of other Os without hacks....

What sort of framerate increase do you get in LFS or Crysis on a Mac over a Pc?.. Oh wait, you cant run them without emulation or hacks if they even run at all... Is this a benefit of the extra cost?....

Even Apples Quicktime encoder runs faster and better on Windows than OSX.. That is an EPIC FAIL...

I like either Os really but i cant see how the cost justifies a Mac over a Pc when you cannot customise OSX or the hardware to any major degree... What plus sides do you get as i can only see negatives, Bad developer lock-in, and a HUGE price difference...

So a simple question to all the OSX "Fanboys".. What will your 3x as expensive 1GB Quad core Mac do that my 4GB Quad core Pc cannot? I can play any game ever released, I can put any Os easily onto the hardware that I PAID FOR, I can upgrade to any hardware without worry.. Sure Pc's have the BSOD... Ive seen it maybe twice in 18 months and once was a hardware failure so meh...

As i said, I dont like 1 over the other, Just that there are too many fanboys that make blind judgments without seeing the true differences, Better doing research before making stupid comments...

Pc's are boxes of "infinite possibilities", Macs have OSX and thats about it... Id rather have the freedom of choice to do what i want with what i paid for and not get ripped off with some outdated PC in drag(mac)...

So again, what exactly can a 3x as expensive Mac do that a Pc cannot? My cheap (inferior, tho same spec) Pc can do plenty that a Mac cant....

Last edited by Foilpact, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:21.

XP ftw... Vista is epic fail imo simply for the fact that its huge compared to Xp and theres no real difference except for Aero, and UAC.. 10 GB extra over Xp for UAC, Aero, Search and Multimedia center... Its not like they have hidden a few full version games or movies in there... What is all this rubbish?....

Also, why buy a Mac for twice the price of a similar spec pc just to run a customised version of a free OS? Kind of a ripoff...

Better buying a pc and installing OSX86... Confused people when i test drove it for a few days on my Dell laptop....

lol, i had a Cavalier Sri 16v 3 months after passing my test and that was only £1100

Just curious as to what age in America you have to be to make your own choices without having to get parents written consent?....

Have you ever had a job? The longer u leave it the harder it will be when u do decide to get one...

So did u run chkdsk before nuking the hard drive? Chkdsk has fixed this error quite a few times for me before... Usually when iv not got to the boot menu quick enough and just hit reset instead of letting it boot and restart...

FruityLoops Demo

http://flstudio.image-line.com/documents/download.html

Replaced mega-upload link withe offical demo download link

***Not my Link or tested by me***, Gotten off some Music forum...

Last edited by Bob Smith, Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:13. Reason : possible pirate download

Quote from andybarsblade :

Got my eye on this little baby! so hands off!

http://search.autotrader.co.uk ... 97&vehicleRegLetter=P

wtf?... 240 BHP, 95MPH due to high weight of rice...

NightShift, Exactly. If not a blog even just some sort of updates again to the News page.... I mean, in the news updates on lfs.net there was 8 posts in the last 1/2 of last year raving on about and hyping the scirocco, along with other improments to LFS. Since December 15 there has been nothing on official updates or any hint IF the car will ever be released or if the game is still being developed...

I highly doubt development has stopped but ATM its all wishful thinking as theres no official sign on whats happening...

I think at the very least a Blog/News update will stop all the "Is Scawen dead" threads...

Last edited by Foilpact, Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:28.