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Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 245 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 245 Donate  | Strange Vista problem Well I've looked all over through various vista threads on different forums, but I've yet to see my problem specifically.
I have the a version of the game that I bought in 2004 that included "Bonus Rise of the Zilart" expansion, and separate CoP and ToAU afterwards.
Before knowing about needing to download the Vista version of PoL, I installed everything from the disks. I ran into no complications while installing, but had a crash error when trying to start PoL, and went on from there. I downloaded the new PoL, and installed it, without uninstalling the 3 FFXI versions. After re-installing the vista version of PoL, it worked fine, updated, put my account information in, and began updating FFXI. But I thought to configure it before updating, so I cancelled the update and ran the config tool, which is where my problem began.
"Final Fantasy XI Config has stopped working"... a problem has caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.
So I searched for this error, found nothing. Uninstalled the expansions, FFXI and PoL again, and followed it with a PoL installation, and installed the basic FFXI (none of the 3 expansions) just to see if the config would work. Same error. But PoL and everything else works. I'm currently installing the last two expansions (no WoTG yet) to see if that makes any difference. Further than that I am lost. I'm thinking of setting the config how I will want FFXI to run on the laptop from the other computer, and simply copying the PoL folder from the desktop to the laptop, since PoL, FFXI and all 3 current expansions will have been added to the registry, but even then, until I do the update, I do not know if FFXI will even run, if the config program will not.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Or should I search high and low for a vista compatable version of the game off a store shelf, and start from there?
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Thanked 1,348x in 820 Posts Gil: 5,180 Bank: 148,676 Total Gil: 153,855 Donate | Re: Strange Vista problem Uninstall everything, then install the Vista compatible PoL, then the game and expansions. Damn man, the instructions were on the page you got the Vista compatible PoL from. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 12-03-2007, 01:02 PM | #3 (permalink) | | Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,846 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood:  Thanks: 5
Thanked 23x in 20 Posts Gil: 16,608 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 16,608 Donate | Re: Strange Vista problem Your problem is Vista...  
Nin75, Bst75. Drk61, War61, Rdm40, All other jobs are 37. All 3 starting city missions completed. All Zilart missions completed. All CoP missions completed. TouA completed. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 12-03-2007, 01:22 PM | #4 (permalink) | | Oh yeah! yeah yeah, yeah! Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 6,793 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 1,675
Thanked 1,481x in 1,037 Posts Gil: 21,551 Bank: 395,205 Total Gil: 416,755 Donate | Re: Strange Vista problem Originally Posted by little ninja  | | Your problem is Vista... | Probably not. It's almost certainly PEBKAC or POL. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 12-03-2007, 02:17 PM | #5 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 245 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 245 Donate | Re: Strange Vista problem I suppose I should give a description of the computer, Dell Insprion 1520, Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8gHz, 2gig ram, Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS.
------------------------------------------ | Originally Posted by Mhurron | | Uninstall everything, then install the Vista compatible PoL, then the game and expansions. Damn man, the instructions were on the page you got the Vista compatible PoL from. | If you look back up, I've already done that, uninstalled everything, and the new PoL, and FFXI. Everything stated in the instructions except the expansions. Believe me, I've done two days of research, but have found nobody saying they've had a problem with the configuration program, just PoL and things not installing, neither of which I've had an issue with.
Last edited by Vambran : 12-03-2007 at 02:22 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 12-04-2007, 05:02 PM | #6 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 245 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 245 Donate | Re: Strange Vista problem | Originally Posted by Feba | | Probably not. It's almost certainly PEBKAC or POL. | Sorry, but it's neither. PoL works just fine, as do I. 
Anyone else run into this same error? | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 12-04-2007, 05:55 PM | #7 (permalink) | | Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,105 Style: Dark - Version 5 Thanks: 17
Thanked 65x in 50 Posts Gil: 842,455 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 842,455 Donate | Re: Strange Vista problem it is FF thats the problem... *sigh* getting tired of the "omg Vista" comments...
uninstall everything, install Vista POL and update it, then install all the FF stuff and update it, and it will work fine. Gaming at its best, the good old 8-bit days  | | | ::Quote Selected:: | |
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