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Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
« on: January 04, 2012, 07:53:28 pm »
Hi everybody!  (This is my first post here)

I built a really neat and unique arcade cabinet out of an old Buck Rogers machine (Buck was long gone and Toki was living there).   I put an old PC in it running a fresh install of Windows ME.

I installed Mala and it runs great, except when I try to use a layout that displays snaps.  ANY layout that displays snaps crashes to desktop.  The error is something like "<unknown> caused an error in mala."

I've got an ATI Radeon AGP card in it (not sure of the model), direct x 9 drivers, installed IE 6.1 (hoping to get that special missing dll).  I installed dot net framework 2 to attempt to fix it.  Nothing works.

Anybody got any hints on curing the crash problem?
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Re: Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2012, 09:48:19 am »
 :puke

Windows ME is your problem.
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Re: Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2012, 09:52:29 am »
at least get XP on it
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Re: Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2012, 11:15:42 am »
Anyone else stop reading after "Windows ME crashes"?
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Re: Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2012, 08:37:13 am »
You could test with gif, jpg,png snaps!
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Re: Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2012, 07:27:45 pm »
I gave up and swapped in a whole other computer (around 2005 vintage) with windows xp on it.   Then I discovered it had sluggish integrated graphics in it.  Then I discovered it didn't have an AGP slot.  Then I gave up and and bought a an ATI Radeon 9250 PCI card.  Now it is running the games without any delays.

Now for the beef.... XP is a whole lot tougher to get rid of the "Windows look."  I want it to boot to look like an arcade machine... I have read the installation guides for hiding XP...but there is always some vestige of Windows that lingers.   Windows ME was super simple to get rid of the windows look.

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Re: Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2012, 07:41:37 pm »
Windows ME  :laugh2:

What are you trying to hide in XP?

Here is a good step by step.
http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Hiding_Windows
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Re: Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2012, 08:14:54 am »
Thanks...I've done those, but I am having trouble with the shutdown screens.  I'll get it eventually, it's just that XP is a pain for this, plus I burn a license for a still-useful operating system.   So now I have this Windows ME computer laying around with nothing to do.
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Re: Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
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Re: Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2012, 08:47:11 am »
I was talking about XP being still useful...
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Re: Mala on Windows ME crashes when trying to display snaps
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2012, 08:49:56 am »
Quote from: dudenohair on February 26, 2012, 08:47:11 am
I was talking about XP being still useful...

My apologies for failing reading comprehension.

There are a fair number of guides out there for 'hiding' WinXP. Have you worked through any of those?
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