Anyway, I ran across SL tonight and was awfully excited to start my free trial. Unfortunately, after installing the SL client, I can't get it to run properly.
I'm running Windows XP on the following hardware:
-Shuttle FB65 Mainboard (Intel 865 chipset)
-Pentium 4 2.8GHz/1 GB DDR400 RAM
-Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Video Card
I have the very latest Catalyst 3.9 video drivers, and have every available patch installed from Windows Update. I have also tried disabling Norton Antivirus 2004. Everything about my system is pretty much "stock", no crazy programs running in the background or anything.
I've allowed the crash reporter to send a report, but beyond that is there anything else I can try in order to get things running? I have already been through the Knowledge Base and the 1.1.10 Release Notes, but didn't see anything that applied.
I am REALLY anxious to get started. You see, a friend and I were talking about MMORPGs about 2 weeks ago, and I was describing a set of "new ideas" I had for the genre. Then I run across Second Life and it's almost as if Linden Labs had tapped my phone conversation - most of what I had in mind is being implemented verbatim! Unbelievable... So needless to say I'm already looking at a lifetime membership - sight unseen no less. I just hope that I can get this running before the supply of lifetime memberships run out
Thanks in advance for any help, and I again apologize if this is the wrong place to make this post.