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Reahastar Kitty

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02-08-2009 13:27

Hello all, I have been running the 32 bit ver of xp pro for years and Sl has worked ok on it.

but, I just recently built a new pc and installed windows 7 beta on it, every thing works fine except secondlife.

when I click the launch icon it pops up and says its checking hard ware then a frame of a window comes up, then it closes and the crash logger pops up, I have uninstalled and reinstalled many times and it still does it, I have added --noprobe to the command line and no change.
I have checked and it says I have the latest drivers for every thing.

my system is a AMD phenom II X4 3Ghz
8gb of ddr2
Asus Ati Eah4870 1gb
windows 7 beta,

Please help and Thank you
Rea

SuezanneC Baskerville

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02-08-2009 13:46

If you haven't tried this already, you might want to go to Google and put

"second life" "windows 7 beta"

in as the search term and start checking the results.

What video driver are you using and where did it come from?

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Peggy Paperdoll

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02-08-2009 14:20

Windows 7 Beta is obviously in the beta testing stage. Because of that it's highly unlikely than many (if any at all) hardware drivers have been opitmized for that OS. As I understand Windows 7 is merely "Vista fixed"......which to me means you have a lot of extra, unnecessary stuff running by default. I would try to find out what that stuff is and turn it off. I would guess that Win7 being so close to Vista that drivers developed for Vista would work........but there's no guarantee at all.

Is Windows 7 the only OS you have installed on your machine? If it is you might install a second one so you can see if problems you might have with software, etc. is related to the OS or the software in question itself.

The best place to get more complete (and probably more accurate) answers to problems you are having with beta software is the people who are developing the software. Check Microsoft for forums and help.

SuezanneC Baskerville

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02-08-2009 14:34

Is it 32 bit or 64 bit Win7B?

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Katheryne Helendale

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02-08-2009 14:40

What shows up in the crash logs?

Re: Win7 drivers: I can vouch for the fact that Vista drivers do work with 7, in much the same way that Win2k drivers work in XP. Whether or not there will be drivers optimized for Win7 remains to be seen.

At any rate, I have stopped testing Win7 for now. It has lately taken on the bad habit of throwing BSoDs with stop code 0xD1 several times a day, implicating its network architecture.

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Reahastar Kitty

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I got it to work

02-08-2009 20:23

It was actuley very easy, I went into device manager then my display adapter and let windows update the video drivers

now SL is working again

I am so happy,

*fels the withdrawl symptoms eazing up*

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Reahastar Kitty Registered User Join date: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 19	02-08-2009 13:27 Hello all, I have been running the 32 bit ver of xp pro for years and Sl has worked ok on it. but, I just recently built a new pc and installed windows 7 beta on it, every thing works fine except secondlife. when I click the launch icon it pops up and says its checking hard ware then a frame of a window comes up, then it closes and the crash logger pops up, I have uninstalled and reinstalled many times and it still does it, I have added --noprobe to the command line and no change. I have checked and it says I have the latest drivers for every thing. my system is a AMD phenom II X4 3Ghz 8gb of ddr2 Asus Ati Eah4870 1gb windows 7 beta, Please help and Thank you Rea
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	02-08-2009 13:46 If you haven't tried this already, you might want to go to Google and put "second life" "windows 7 beta" in as the search term and start checking the results. What video driver are you using and where did it come from? _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Peggy Paperdoll A Brat Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 4,383	02-08-2009 14:20 Windows 7 Beta is obviously in the beta testing stage. Because of that it's highly unlikely than many (if any at all) hardware drivers have been opitmized for that OS. As I understand Windows 7 is merely "Vista fixed"......which to me means you have a lot of extra, unnecessary stuff running by default. I would try to find out what that stuff is and turn it off. I would guess that Win7 being so close to Vista that drivers developed for Vista would work........but there's no guarantee at all. Is Windows 7 the only OS you have installed on your machine? If it is you might install a second one so you can see if problems you might have with software, etc. is related to the OS or the software in question itself. The best place to get more complete (and probably more accurate) answers to problems you are having with beta software is the people who are developing the software. Check Microsoft for forums and help.
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	02-08-2009 14:34 Is it 32 bit or 64 bit Win7B? _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Katheryne Helendale (loading...) Join date: 5 Jun 2008 Posts: 2,187	02-08-2009 14:40 What shows up in the crash logs? Re: Win7 drivers: I can vouch for the fact that Vista drivers do work with 7, in much the same way that Win2k drivers work in XP. Whether or not there will be drivers optimized for Win7 remains to be seen. At any rate, I have stopped testing Win7 for now. It has lately taken on the bad habit of throwing BSoDs with stop code 0xD1 several times a day, implicating its network architecture. _____________________ From: Debra Himmel Of course, its all just another conspiracy, and I'm a conspiracy nut. Need a high-quality custom or pre-fab home? Please check out my XStreetSL Marketplace at http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=231434/ or IM me in-world.
Reahastar Kitty Registered User Join date: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 19	I got it to work 02-08-2009 20:23 It was actuley very easy, I went into device manager then my display adapter and let windows update the video drivers now SL is working again I am so happy, fels the withdrawl symptoms eazing up