Gia sou. I know your greek lol because i have posted messages in this
newsgroup in the past. Canadian greek to be more precise! I just
downloaded the patch from microsoft from the link you provided and installed
it, however, upon installation it didnt install because it was intented for
sp1 only and i am past sp2 at the moment. Also, the game does not hang in
the beginning rather while i am playing at an advanced level.
"Jimmy S." <nosp@m.pls> wrote in message
news:eHzUWy2xFHA.3772@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Yasoo Nikos,
>
> "MAGOS NICKOLAS" <tinos1974@thn.forthnet.gr> wrote in message
> news:e5WORv2xFHA.2960@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> | Hello, about a year ago I purchased new generation tennis and installed
> it
> | on my pc. Upon running it for the first time, I noticed it would not
> start
> | without the indeo codecs software(I got an error message stating that
> indeo
> | codecs were missing). I searched on the game cd, found them and
> installed
> | them. I re-ran the game and then it worked.
> |
> | I have been playing on and off a while now and everytime my system seems
> to
> | be greatly overloaded as the system fan works overtime! Mind you, my
> system
> | is p4 3.0ghz and my graphics card is ati radeon 128mbs. Recently,
> while
> | playing at the professional level the game completely hangs and i must
> close
> | it with task manager. Also, upon closing the game i get a direct draw
> error
> | message of some sort. I have updated my directx drivers to the latest
> | version. I tried visiting their online help sites(2-3 official
> sites)and
> | while one does not even exist, the others are completely useless. I
> also
> | visited the indeo support site and they stated that microsoft stoped
> | bundling their codecs since 2002. Unfortunately, my system was
> purchased
> | after that date and probably does not include indeo codecs. While the
> game
> | came pre-packaged with the codecs i am not sure they are adequate enough
> to
> | support this graphic intensive game. Also, they dont give their
> updates
> | free anymore and i must spend money to purchase it by download. Is it
> worth
> | it and will that solve my problem(indeo xp update)?
> |
> | If this is not the problem then were else should I look? Should I lower
> | hardware acceleration to midpoint or perhaps make the game compatible
> with
> | win98 or win95?
> | I have reinstalled the game a few times already but it seems to hang at
> the
> | same approximate point. Also, please not the software is an original
> | purchase and NOT a copy!!! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
> |
> | Thanks,
> | Nick Magos
> |
> |
>
> Windows XP Patch: Game Stops Responding or Quits Unexpectedly When
> Introductory Video Clip Is Played - Indeo Codec Download:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> --
> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
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> rights.
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