Re: [OT] New toys, new problems?

"Luke Hooft" <blank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Sentinel wrote:
>> StainlessSteelRat wrote:
>>> Lukas Mariman wrote:
>>>> I have this feeling I'll be installing XP on the machine soon; I'd
>>>> like to check with other user experiences regarding this first,
>>>> though.
>>> The consensus as I understand it is that you can learn to tolerate its
>>> idiosyncrasies. Although I (thankfully) decided not to upgrade this
>>> time.
>>
>> I've reinstalled Vista from that special partition, which works pretty 
>> well. And if I understand well, the recovery disks I made should be
able 
>> to do the same from there. But I still have issues. I can't seem to 
>> properly run Bioshock, which either hangs or plays in the top left part

>> of the screen instead of using the full screen. That's only one of a
few 
>> games I've tried so far.
>
> You've downloaded the most recent drivers for everything (particularly 
> video card) I assume?

Right. I also remembered to try out the latest audio drivers, and I have
yet 
to try the game again.

I also read something that might help, and which I have yet to try:
namely, 
run the game with DirectX 9 instead of DX10 which Vista uses; apparently
you 
can force Vista to use either.