is there a way to Download secondlife on windows vista
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Imani Edman
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11-11-2007 09:28
i recently purchesed a windows vista computer and i want to download secondlife...but theres no vista download i only see windows and linx and mac os or ox idk but someone let me know if theres a site that has a separate download for secondlife for vista windows ...also i downloaded the windows one and when i go to log in it logs in but it freezez up and i cant do anything ....also if this helps i went to control panel an to display settings and i see that my card is ( Generic PnP Monitor Chrome9 HC IGP WDDM )
hope someone has an answer for me.......thx
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3Ring Binder
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11-11-2007 09:30
i have Vista, and i use the XP version. can't help you with the freezing.
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Sapphire Sinister
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11-11-2007 09:34
It download into my Vista Lappy, with no problems at all.  |
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Imani Edman
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Yea No
11-11-2007 09:37
i did but i move slow....actuali i dont move much at all
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Walker Moore
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11-11-2007 09:38
Generic PnP Monitor Chrome9 HC IGP WDDM is your monitor, not your graphics card. Take a look under Display Adapters in Device Manager to identify it correctly. (Right click My Computer, select Properties, Hardware Tab > Device Manager button.)
Sounds very much like you have an unsuitable graphics card (more than likely an integrated Intel or S3 sharing main system RAM).
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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11-11-2007 10:29
Generic PnP Monitor is the monitor, Chrome9 HC IGP WDDM is a Via Chrome9 Integrated Graphics Processor, WDDM is Windows Display Driver Mode. I don't see what HC stands for.
The Via Chrome9 is a real low end onboard video processor.
It can't hurt to try to find an updated driver for it, but I wouldn't expect much beyond getter SL to run instead of that, if that.
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Walker Moore
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11-11-2007 10:38
Thanks for the correction SuezanneC. A quick Google reveals this GPU has no OpenGL hardware support, so it's completely unsuitable for Second Life. |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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11-11-2007 10:55
So.....
It appears that you will need to buy a video card - there are numerous threads on video cards in these forums already.
You'd need to know what kind of video your system supports, whether it's a PCI-E, or AGP, or a plain PCI, or what. A normal modern computer will come with a PCI-E, an older one with an AGP slot.
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Curtis Conacher
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11-11-2007 11:11
There is a very easy solution to you problem....cant believe nobody mentioned it!! Download the Windows version onto your Vista computer. Right click on the SL shortcut icon on your desktop. Goto Properties and click on the compatibility tab. Then tick the 'run this program in compatibility mode for...Windows XP (Service Pack 2)' box. Then Apply and OK. You are now running SL in XP compatibility on Vista |
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11-11-2007 11:15
From: Curtis Conacher There is a very easy solution to you problem....cant believe nobody mentioned it!! Download the Windows version onto your Vista computer. Right click on the SL shortcut icon on your desktop. Goto Properties and click on the compatibility tab. Then tick the 'run this program in compatibility mode for...Windows XP (Service Pack 2)' box. Then Apply and OK. You are now running SL in XP compatibility on Vista I also run SL on Vista, but keep in mind Vista is not supported by the powers that be... which they need to get baking on.... I do have/had graphic issues, as well as audio issues.... (I freeze up while listining to live music stream, and sometimes shoutcast streams)... this is an ongoing problem I have/having..... Tried all sorts of things... "sigh" NE way... Good luck! |
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Walker Moore
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11-11-2007 11:47
Unfortunately Vista isn't the issue because the graphics adapter isn't supported whatever operating system you use. It only has DirectX hardware support, not OpenGL. (Second Life uses OpenGL.) Basically, if the OP could follow SuezanneC's advice and work out what kind of expansion slots (PCI-E, AGP, etc.) their system has (the manual should include these details), the best we can really do is recommend an affordable graphics card.  If it's a laptop then the OP is really out of luck because you just cannot upgrade their GPUs. |