Chip (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} doubleyewdee) wrote,@ 2005-09-02 03:45:00 |
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More stupid (Vista) pet tricks...
so I installed Vista at home, and I wanted to, you know, get my shit back up and running. Practically my first step was, of course, Final Fantasy XI. So here's how it "went down":
- Spent $WAYTOOLONG fucking with Vista. Determined that Vista's supplemental driver pack had old, shitty drivers for my 9800 Pro. Rolled back to Vista's initially installed drivers. Aeroglass now looks awesometastic.
- Got on "teh intarweb" (thank you, supplemental driver pack).
- Proceeded along the GOD AWFUL LENGTHY INSTALL for POL+FFXI. I'm patching FFXI as we speak.
- Fired up POL, watched it patch, yawned a lot. It exited.
- Started POL. It told me I was running on an "unsupported operating system."
- 'Fuck You Square' emotions begin flowing out.
- Right-click POL shortcut, notice "Compatibility" tab, set to WinXP
- Fire up POL. It no longer gives me that retarded "I won't run on this OS because I'm stupid" message
- Instead it bitches about some patch bullshit
- Okay, fine, I uninstall / reinstall POL
- Notice that initially installed POL crashes when exiting after patch process
- Start patched POL. It emits the same bullshit about patches.
- Genius strikes. I copy over Meredith's C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineVi
- Fire up POL. The shit works. It feels that I'm her though, and gets all "give me a password" on me. Whatever.
- POL decides it has corrupt files, patches itself (again) and restarts (again)
- POL works perfectly (shock), patching FFXI now.
I hope this gets indexed by some search engine so that the next poor bastard who tries to install FFXI on Longhorn/Vista doesn't get shit all over their face like I did. I do believe this can be made to work, despite Square being pricks. I'll know in the morning wherther or not FFXI works or needs similar cajoling.
Of course the alternate solution is to just not run a beta operating system on your home / gaming PC. But christ, it's new Windows. You only get to beta new desktop Windows every like.. five years (apparently) so why not enjoy it?
so I installed Vista at home, and I wanted to, you know, get my shit back up and running. Practically my first step was, of course, Final Fantasy XI. So here's how it "went down":
- Spent $WAYTOOLONG fucking with Vista. Determined that Vista's supplemental driver pack had old, shitty drivers for my 9800 Pro. Rolled back to Vista's initially installed drivers. Aeroglass now looks awesometastic.
- Got on "teh intarweb" (thank you, supplemental driver pack).
- Proceeded along the GOD AWFUL LENGTHY INSTALL for POL+FFXI. I'm patching FFXI as we speak.
- Fired up POL, watched it patch, yawned a lot. It exited.
- Started POL. It told me I was running on an "unsupported operating system."
- 'Fuck You Square' emotions begin flowing out.
- Right-click POL shortcut, notice "Compatibility" tab, set to WinXP
- Fire up POL. It no longer gives me that retarded "I won't run on this OS because I'm stupid" message
- Instead it bitches about some patch bullshit
- Okay, fine, I uninstall / reinstall POL
- Notice that initially installed POL crashes when exiting after patch process
- Start patched POL. It emits the same bullshit about patches.
- Genius strikes. I copy over Meredith's C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineVi
- Fire up POL. The shit works. It feels that I'm her though, and gets all "give me a password" on me. Whatever.
- POL decides it has corrupt files, patches itself (again) and restarts (again)
- POL works perfectly (shock), patching FFXI now.
I hope this gets indexed by some search engine so that the next poor bastard who tries to install FFXI on Longhorn/Vista doesn't get shit all over their face like I did. I do believe this can be made to work, despite Square being pricks. I'll know in the morning wherther or not FFXI works or needs similar cajoling.
Of course the alternate solution is to just not run a beta operating system on your home / gaming PC. But christ, it's new Windows. You only get to beta new desktop Windows every like.. five years (apparently) so why not enjoy it?
