Hey everyone!
Just started playing BF2142 after having it sit on my shelf for 12 months. Seriously. Wake addiction can do that to a person.
Anyway - here's the rundown of events, in extra friendly point form (they're actually just regular points but if I say they're friendly maybe people will come to my rescue
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- Last week, curiosity killed the cat and I updated to the Windows SP3 Beta.
- Yesterday I had an overwhelming urge to play BF2142 and updated to the 1.40 patch.
- Game crashes after about ten minutes of play. Not a crash to the desktop or a blue screen, just a freezing, halting, sound byte repeating crash. Task Manager to the rescue.
- Program does not respond to swearing or threats! Amazing!
- Did some snooping into crashes on forums not too dissimilar from this one...
- Disabled EAX and tried various combinations of sound settings.
- Game loads to 50% and complete stall. Closing the program still only possible via Task Manager, which reports that the program is 'Not Responding'.
- Found one article claiming that "deleting a file named RADIAL.CDB will fix it!" - No such file exists on my C:\
- Enabled EAX (default audio settings) - Game now loads to the 'Join' screen and crashes there in the same manner as before.
- I need to replace a panel in my door.
- Calmed down, did some more research, found an article entitled "Update for Windows XP (KB924867)" and downloaded the friendly little installer from Microsoft.
HERE'S THE KICKER
- Friendly little installer reports: "Setup has detected that the Service Pack version of this system is newer than the update you are applying - There is no need to install this update".
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So, any thoughts?
Is it possible to downgrade to SP2?
Would I really want to do that?
Is there a fix I haven't thought of or heard of?
Can someone give me a hand hanging a new door?
Just started playing BF2142 after having it sit on my shelf for 12 months. Seriously. Wake addiction can do that to a person.
Anyway - here's the rundown of events, in extra friendly point form (they're actually just regular points but if I say they're friendly maybe people will come to my rescue
-----------------------------------
- Last week, curiosity killed the cat and I updated to the Windows SP3 Beta.
- Yesterday I had an overwhelming urge to play BF2142 and updated to the 1.40 patch.
- Game crashes after about ten minutes of play. Not a crash to the desktop or a blue screen, just a freezing, halting, sound byte repeating crash. Task Manager to the rescue.
- Program does not respond to swearing or threats! Amazing!
- Did some snooping into crashes on forums not too dissimilar from this one...
- Disabled EAX and tried various combinations of sound settings.
- Game loads to 50% and complete stall. Closing the program still only possible via Task Manager, which reports that the program is 'Not Responding'.
- Found one article claiming that "deleting a file named RADIAL.CDB will fix it!" - No such file exists on my C:\
- Enabled EAX (default audio settings) - Game now loads to the 'Join' screen and crashes there in the same manner as before.
- I need to replace a panel in my door.
- Calmed down, did some more research, found an article entitled "Update for Windows XP (KB924867)" and downloaded the friendly little installer from Microsoft.
HERE'S THE KICKER
- Friendly little installer reports: "Setup has detected that the Service Pack version of this system is newer than the update you are applying - There is no need to install this update".
----------------------------
So, any thoughts?
Is it possible to downgrade to SP2?
Would I really want to do that?
Is there a fix I haven't thought of or heard of?
Can someone give me a hand hanging a new door?
