PainKiller Posted August 7, 2014 Member ID: 20107 Group: ++ COD2 Admin Followers: 19 Topic Count: 122 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2021 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 2495 Achievement Points: 16746 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/21/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Birthday: 08/01/1994 Device: Windows Posted August 7, 2014 I am having a lot of issues with CoD2 in terms of DirectX. I was getting some visual lag in my game so I turned its resolution down from 1600x1200 to 1280x1024 which made DirectX have an unrecoverable error. Okay fine, I'll restart CoD2, crashed again. Safe Mode, crashed again. So as of right now I am unable to access CoD2 and with my PCs age and how much it has been used, it is having trouble knowing what is installed and what isn't so uninstalling my graphics card and reintstalling it doesn't do anything because even THAT fails to install correctly. So until I get this problem fixed, I won't be on the servers. It would be nice to have a new PC but I can't get one because I have no money AND no job and the spare one is out of the question because it has my dads back ups on there eventhough it hasn't been touched for well over a year now and talking to him about it is also out of the question lol. Any help would be appreciated with this issue! Thanks Awards
little_old_man Posted August 7, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted August 7, 2014 Have you tried to re-download direct X? Go to their web site and try that first, then see if you can restart the game in safe mode to update your graphics settings. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429 Awards
PainKiller Posted August 7, 2014 Member ID: 20107 Group: ++ COD2 Admin Followers: 19 Topic Count: 122 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2021 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 2495 Achievement Points: 16746 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/21/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Birthday: 08/01/1994 Device: Windows Author Posted August 7, 2014 Have you tried to re-download direct X? Go to their web site and try that first, then see if you can restart the game in safe mode to update your graphics settings. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429 That was the first thing I done, it didn't work so what I had to do in the end was uninstall the game and then reinstall it. For now, It seems to be going okay but I am not too sure how long that will last Awards
little_old_man Posted August 7, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted August 7, 2014 That was the first thing I done, it didn't work so what I had to do in the end was uninstall the game and then reinstall it. For now, It seems to be going okay but I am not too sure how long that will last It will last until the next time you decide that fucking with the game settings is a good idea. Awards
PainKiller Posted August 7, 2014 Member ID: 20107 Group: ++ COD2 Admin Followers: 19 Topic Count: 122 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2021 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 2495 Achievement Points: 16746 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/21/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Birthday: 08/01/1994 Device: Windows Author Posted August 7, 2014 It will last until the next time you decide that fucking with the game settings is a good idea. very very true, but usually I can tweak the display settings and it won't mess up the game at all but it did this time. So I am sticking with the default that my system gives it and not changing it Awards
little_old_man Posted August 7, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted August 7, 2014 very very true, but usually I can tweak the display settings and it won't mess up the game at all but it did this time. So I am sticking with the default that my system gives it and not changing it Ancient American proverb: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." PainKiller 1 Awards
Blackbart Posted August 7, 2014 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Posted August 7, 2014 Since you said it is an old computer and you "don't know what all is installed or uninstalled" perhaps it's time for a complete reinstall... :) Awards
loaderXI Posted August 7, 2014 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 72 Topic Count: 396 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6438 Content Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 6581 Achievement Points: 54654 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 32 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Posted August 7, 2014 You will all laugh (like I care).... I run directx7 800x600 p.s midget porn looks bigger Awards
PainKiller Posted August 8, 2014 Member ID: 20107 Group: ++ COD2 Admin Followers: 19 Topic Count: 122 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2021 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 2495 Achievement Points: 16746 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/21/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Birthday: 08/01/1994 Device: Windows Author Posted August 8, 2014 Since you said it is an old computer and you "don't know what all is installed or uninstalled" perhaps it's time for a complete reinstall... :) With the sitauation with this computer, being 9 years old now and a bit of a mess in terms of what is on there, I am quite happy with either wiping all the data and starting fresh BUT at the same time, I would also be much happier with a new computer. I also don't have any other copies of XP at home I also uninstalled and reinstalled CoD2 and it works just fine now. This computer always has something wrong with it but I am proud for keeping it going for this long. Blackbart 1 Awards
Blackbart Posted August 8, 2014 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) As long as you have the key for XP you can use anyone's copy or go online and burn a copy from some of the torrent sights...You just have to make sure you are using the same version of XP as you now have for the key to work...Note that XP Pro and Media Center editions are the same...If you don't know what your key is, download "Bel-Arc Advisor"...It is a free program and will give you the keys to all your loaded programs that have them as well as other valuable info... Edited August 8, 2014 by Blackbart Awards
little_old_man Posted August 8, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted August 8, 2014 As long as you have the key for XP you can use anyone's copy or go online and burn a copy from some of the torrent sights...You just have to make sure you are using the same version of XP as you now have for the key to work...Note that XP Pro and Media Center editions are the same...If you don't know what your key is, download "Bel-Arc Advisor"...It is a free program and will give you the keys to all your loaded programs that have them as well as other valuable info... Bart, sometimes the amount of knowledge you have in these matters is scary. PainKiller and Blackbart 2 Awards
Blackbart Posted August 8, 2014 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Posted August 8, 2014 Bart, sometimes the amount of knowledge you have in these matters is scary. You think that's scary...Just wait until I can get both molecules of my gray matter working together... :) PainKiller and little_old_man 2 Awards
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