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Title: Aaugh!!! Hardware Stretch stopped working!
Post by: Chris on March 27, 2003, 10:34:54 pm

Here I was, with everytrhing just about done.... I turned on my system this morning and saw the "Windows is updating your system settings" message, as if I had recently installed something, even though I haven't installed anything for a week.  When the system came up, hardware stretch was no longer working!

I've uninstalled and reinstalled the video driver, no luck there... I'm getting ready to try DirectX 9, but it can't be uninstalled... I'll probably have to wipe the darn system and start over....

I wish I had left this thing running DOS!  :(

Anyone else see their system spontaneously stop using hardware stretch?

--Chris

Title: Re:Aaugh!!! Hardware Stretch stopped working!
Post by: BobA on March 27, 2003, 11:17:52 pm

If you are using XP use system restore to go back to a point before the update.

BobA

Title: Re:Aaugh!!! Hardware Stretch stopped working!
Post by: Chris on March 28, 2003, 01:40:09 am

No, this is 98SE.

Installing DirectX 9 and the latest video drivers brought back hardware stretch... now that it's working again, I'm backing up my system drive...

--Chris

Title: Re:Aaugh!!! Hardware Stretch stopped working!
Post by: rampy on March 28, 2003, 12:18:27 pm

Quote from: Chris on March 27, 2003, 10:34:54 pm

I wish I had left this thing running DOS!  :(

--Chris

Sometimes I feel the same way, lately... since i've upgrade my system and migrated to windows 98SE in lieu of DOS...

*shrug*

rampy

Title: Re:Aaugh!!! Hardware Stretch stopped working!
Post by: Chris on March 28, 2003, 01:14:00 pm

If there was a way to get the Act-Labs gun working in DOS, I'd go back... I can give up Visual Pinball, DAPHNE, and the PC versions of House Of The Dead and Golden Tee, but there will be a riot in my house if I take away the gun...

--Chris