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Re: Win XP system: Unable to select MIDI device...

Posted on 2023-07-19, 02:01

Something may have gotten hosed in the registry. I figured that was probably what happened. :( Some other details I should mention; I installed a GT430 graphics card in this system. It has an HDMI port on it and since HDMI usually has sound included, the card includes its own audio hardware. …

Win XP system: Unable to select MIDI device...

Posted on 2023-07-17, 01:59

I have a system running Windows XP Pro, with on-board Realtek HD Audio. For some reason, it has lost the ability to select a default MIDI device. MIDI used to just work. I never had to manually change or configure anything. It played .MID files in Media Player Classic, DOS games had Midi music in …

Re: Windows XP, Realtek audio, no MIDI device driver

Posted on 2020-11-04, 18:38

in Milliways
Hi, you can also try to get hold of a copy of a software synthesizer driver (soft synth). Both Yamaha S-YXG50 and Roland Virtual Sound Canvas are much better than that Microsoft synth, for example. More information: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42388 Would installing one of those work …

Re: Windows XP, Realtek audio, no MIDI device driver

Posted on 2020-10-25, 17:37

in Milliways
Open Device Manager, find the "Realtek High Definition Audio" device and double-click it. Go to the Properties tab, expand the Midi Devices and Instruments category, double click the Realtek High Definition Audio entry. Does it say it's enabled and the "Use MIDI features on this device" option is …

Windows XP, Realtek audio, no MIDI device driver

Posted on 2020-10-25, 10:49

in Milliways
Windows XP Pro, SP3 system with onboard Realtek audio. For some reason, I no longer have a MIDI device driver present on my system. I can't play MIDI files in MPC-HC, the MIDI music doesn't work in DOS games in DOSBox and small Windows games that try to open a MIDI device also fail. I'm 99% positive …

Re: Windows 7 file association help needed...

Posted on 2020-05-28, 09:19

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Nothing is out of the blue. In this case it sounds like the speech program has linked itself to 2007 , but maybe an update, maybe she did something without realising it. She swears that she didn't do anything different to cause this to happen. You can try reinstalling 2003 (not just a repair) over …

Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - How to switch GPUs?

Posted on 2020-05-27, 21:11

in Windows
Have you looked into the oldest driver supported by your card? No. I really didn't want to mess with the drivers if it could be avoided. You should be able to get the game working on this type of hardware and OS. Use an older driver version and try the compatible tweaks mentioned in that PCGaming …

Re: Windows 7 file association help needed...

Posted on 2020-05-27, 11:55

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I believe it does have special provisions. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1200880 Yes, I guess I was mistaken about that. I'm just saying, if only the association for .DOC was changed, and it so happens she's trying to open a .DOCX (or something else like a .DOCM), then of course that …

Re: Windows 7 file association help needed...

Posted on 2020-05-27, 01:28

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Issue here is you are enabling bad security. If someone has an issue with the interface on newer versions of Office then they should use OpenOffice, not stick with the old versions of Office. She's set in her ways and prefers to stick with what she's comfortable with. She also has a quite extensive …

Windows 7 file association help needed...

Posted on 2020-05-25, 18:51

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Windows 7 file association help needed... I'm trying to help someone solve a file association problem on Windows 7. We live in different countries (USA, Canada) so I can't just go over to her home and sit down in front of the system. I don't have Windows 7, so I don't have any experience with …

Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - How to switch GPUs?

Posted on 2020-05-21, 16:43

in Windows
This was being discussed in another thread recently. It appears that something broke in nVidia's drivers somewhere along the way. Perhaps you saw that thread already? No, I haven't. I actually don't spend much time here any more. I think the new forum looks horrible and on the older browsers that I …

Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - How to switch GPUs?

Posted on 2020-05-21, 14:33

in Windows
The game only makes use of D3D, so installing a Glide wrapper will not do the trick. Dgvoodoo2 should work, as long as you are using it as a D3D wrapper. Oh, I was under the impression that you could tell it to use 3DFX. Unfortunately, I have an old system and can't use that wrapper. I found some …

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - How to switch GPUs?

Posted on 2020-05-21, 11:54

in Windows
A while back, I installed Jedi Knight and was completely unable to get hardware acceleration to work. I tried every patch I could find (that worked on my old system) and nothing worked. As soon as I enable hardware mode, the graphics are completely scrambled. Just now, I got the idea to see if I …

Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2020-01-07, 17:35

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I'm sure it's pointless to post this as I'm sure I'll be told that I'm the only person that this applies to, but I figured I might as well make it known... I have an older system that can only run older versions of browsers. I'm using Pale Moon 26.5 and every page on this site now takes an …

Re: Last night I dreamt

Posted on 2020-01-07, 17:14

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Unfortunately I forget my dreams, even the crazy ones, within moments of waking up, however I do remember one particularly notable one: Real-life Warcraft III I've found that moving or even just opening my eyes upon waking up makes the memory of the dream fade faster. I have better luck remembering …

Installer for Dark Forces (DOSBox) (Download link fixed!)

Posted on 2019-11-15, 07:28

in DOS
A while back, I created a self-contained installation of Dark Forces that used the Daum SVN DOSBox for the save states, GlovePIE to give fake mouselook and OverlayXHair to put a crosshair on the screen. When the subject of Dark Forces came up on another forum, I went back to my copy, streamlined it, …

Re: Poll: most annoying game controls

Posted on 2019-10-19, 17:54

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Vertical auto-aim is rather useful in Doom, which has no ability to look up/down. Horizontal auto-aim has a bigger potential to get in the way of things. I understand that the vertical auto-aim in Doom was pretty much required as Doom had no method for looking or aiming up and down. Maybe other …

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