Re: Windows 7!
[Re: o1alien]
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08/27/09 02:51 PM
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Susie07, I hope you are able to rescue TLJ! Maybe if you figure out how to get it running on the 64-bit, you can let me know.  Do you have the two or the four disk version? That's great that the company you are working with can give you exactly what you want. I know exactly what you mean about the recovery disk issue, as I've just been through that myself.  One of the many reasons I got Win 7 installed in the first place. Does the company you are working with also provide you with a warranty or would you have to pay for any issues you may have yourself?
Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.
Helena: Where are these mangoes?
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: venus]
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08/27/09 02:53 PM
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There are a series of patches for the 2-disc version. http://www.longestjourney.com/help/patches/The latest one is probably all you'd need. That doesn't mean that the 4-disc version doesn't need new patches, just that they don't support that version with up to date patches anymore. The only patch for the 4-disc version that they have is the one for the Police Station, that was made around the time the game came out.
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: Jenny100]
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08/27/09 02:57 PM
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Thanks, Jenny100, but I've tried the patch already, and it didn't work for me.  Do you think that it would be worth purchasing the Dreamfall Game of the Year Edition? I know TLJ is included, and it may be more updated to run on modern systems. EDIT: Never mind.  I don't know what happened or why it was different this time - perhaps because I disabled the 3D shadows before I installed the patch? - but IT WORKED!!! The shadows don't look as nice, but at least the game runs, and that is the most important thing. Very happy now.
Last edited by venus; 08/27/09 03:15 PM. Reason: fixed!!!
Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.
Helena: Where are these mangoes?
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: Susie07]
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08/27/09 04:38 PM
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pry open the CD drive without power
There should be a small hole in the side of the drive that will open it...hmmm, I bet that when I post this I will find that a million others have made the same suggestion. Anyway, I hope it works for you, it did for me.
OOPS, seee Jenny already told you how, sorry to be repetitive, should have taken time to read much further.
Last edited by jody319; 08/27/09 04:41 PM. Reason: Jenny beat me to it, admitting
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: o1alien]
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08/28/09 07:50 PM
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Hi, Ellen, venus and Jody319! Ellen, You're very welcome for the conversation. I found it informative as well. I have no idea how much it would cost to ship a computer from Canada to Florida, but I'd worry more about Customs charges than shipping costs. If US Customs is anything like Canada Customs, they'll squeeze every dime out of you that they can get  ! venus, I assume that my new system will have a warranty, but I'll discuss the details when I place my order. I examined the CD drive of my old Win98 computer and couldn't find any pinholes. Then I checked TLJ box and I have the 4-disk version but, much to my surprise, all 4 disk are there. If it wasn't TLJ, I wonder what game I was playing when the computer died  ! Jody319, no need to apologize. Since I can't find any pinholes in the CD drive, I'm gonna open the case to see if it can be opened from the inside. Susan
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: plumgas]
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09/09/09 02:45 AM
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Hi Plumgas, I have installed TLJ on computers running win 7 RC1...I did not have to use any compatibility mode, but there are patches that may help ....I assume your using the 2 disc version...Jenny100 had this link that has the patch http://www.longestjourney.com/help/patches/Hope this helped
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: Draclvr]
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09/11/09 01:13 PM
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Hi, Draclvr & anyone else who is interested!
I ordered my new computer on Tuesday and, hopefully, will have it early next week. I originally didn't want a wireless keyboard and mouse, but I tried them out and really liked them, so I decided to give them a try.
I'm keeping my six-year-old WinXP machine for gaming because there's nothing wrong with it, other than it's slowing down and can't handle some of the newer games. I have two hard drives, so I'm going to try to install Win98SE on my C: drive and WinXP on my D: drive. Thankfully, I still have all of the Win98 drivers for my hardware because this was a Win98 machine before I upgraded to WinXP.
Susan
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: InlandAZ]
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09/12/09 03:43 PM
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I thought the BIOS setting helped with what the ***wikipedia*** calls "Type 1," "native," or "bare metal" virtualization ( ***Xen***, Hyper-V, or VMware ESXi) and not with the more familiar Type 2 ("hosted") virtualization (VirtualPC, VirtualBox, normal VMware).
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: Jenny100]
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09/12/09 05:22 PM
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This Windows7 topic is very good. I have throughly enjoyed all of the questions, answers and comments.
I got lots of good information from everyone, not to mention anwers to quetions I have had regarding the Windows7 upgrade.
It's been great
Thanks June
Jfi
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: Jenny100]
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09/12/09 08:07 PM
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I thought the BIOS setting helped with what the ***wikipedia*** calls "Type 1," "native," or "bare metal" virtualization ( ***Xen***, Hyper-V, or VMware ESXi) and not with the more familiar Type 2 ("hosted") virtualization (VirtualPC, VirtualBox, normal VMware). I believe it is just that - As I understand it, Windows Virtual PC is not the same as Virtual PC 2007, and requires hardware virtualization. I’m extremely familiar with the Mainframe hypervisor (I go all the way back to the IBM 360/158 days – my how time flies). 
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: Jenny100]
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09/12/09 09:57 PM
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Hmmm... I assume you could still use Virtual PC 2007 on Windows 7 (with older versions of Windows installed inside the virtual machine) if you didn't have (or didn't want to use) hardware virtualization. Yes you can - Windows Virtual PC is only included with the High end versions of 7.
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Re: Windows 7!
[Re: mj2c]
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09/13/09 11:55 AM
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Do you know which is the best (fastest) VM software. I`d like to give win7 another go, and perhaps my old 95/98/win2000. VirtualBox is supposed to be lightweight, but it doesn't work well with Windows 98. It's very slow because it isn't optimized for Windows 98 and they don't make video drivers for it. But if you want a virtual machine for Windows 7, this guy used VirtualBox http://blogs.sun.com/fatbloke/entry/windows_7_on_virtualbox
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