ANNOYING Problem

[Gnurk]

Originally posted by QueenWildpounce
I have at least the minimum specs and am running Win98.

Those minimum specs are a shot in the dark if you ask me. I have several machines here that all have the minimum specs but the one in the middle is the one that plays worst. It's not the graphics card coz I plucked that out of the big computer which was upgraded. I'm not desperate enough yet to troubleshoot and get it running yet but when my playing times begin to clash with my daughter's I might and will report back.

I am happy with BabsBunny's post here; it cannot be bumped often enough. IMO integrated soundcards are a horrific myriad pains in the neck, the worst of them indeed being that the error messages you get often not only are plain unhelpful but even point in an entirely wrong direction.

We're visual animals and tend to judge by what we see. Far more of the apparently graphic problems I have had were related to outdated sound drivers than to outdated graphics card and display drivers. Also, Wildfoot, you wrote you reinstalled, you may have phrased it wrong but you have to *update* not reinstall. Go to the manufacturer's website and update. Bookmark the page and update frequently. Video, sound and indeed BIOS.