List of games that do not work in Win XP and HT mode

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Highlandish wrote:

> Quoth The Raven "Ross Ridge"<rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> in
> d46as4$kch$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca
>
>>James Garvin <jgarvin2004@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Ug...Longhorn. While it has some cool features, it really is only
>>>built for business and to integrate with Win2k3 Server....
>>
>>Except that Longhorn will have a new graphics system that's better
>>integrated with the next version of DirectX. Microsoft isn't planning
>>on releasing a new version of DirectX until Longhorn comes out, and
>>I'm not sure if the next version of DirectX will support Windows XP
>>or any earlier version of Windows. Longhorn may be the only option
>>for games that want to use Shader Model 4.0, for example.
>>
>>Ross Ridge
>
>
> longhorn will now be a service pack for XP in 2006

LOL...huh? OMFG you are serious!! AAHHH!!! ;-)
 
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"DosFreak" <d0sfreak@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> You don't need to disable HT to use your games\software. Simply set the
> affinity for the games\software to a single processor.
>

How ?

Regards
 
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"Terry" <terry@tbean.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "DosFreak" <d0sfreak@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1114052309.373788.152210@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> You don't need to disable HT to use your games\software. Simply set the
>> affinity for the games\software to a single processor.
>>
>
> How ?

Use the imagecfg tool - details at
http://www16.brinkster.com/salvage/thief/darkengine.htm
 
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"SpammersDie" <xx@xx.xx> wrote in message
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>
> "Terry" <terry@tbean.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:d47jdi$ka4$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>
>> "DosFreak" <d0sfreak@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1114052309.373788.152210@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>> You don't need to disable HT to use your games\software. Simply set the
>>> affinity for the games\software to a single processor.
>>>
>>
>> How ?
>
> Use the imagecfg tool - details at
> http://www16.brinkster.com/salvage/thief/darkengine.htm
>
>

Thanks
 
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Quoth The Raven "James Garvin"<jgarvin2004@comcast.net> in
s6WdnYXLxusAsPrfRVn-qQ@comcast.com
> Highlandish wrote:
>
>> Quoth The Raven "Ross Ridge"<rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> in
>> d46as4$kch$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca
>>
>>>James Garvin <jgarvin2004@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Ug...Longhorn. While it has some cool features, it really is only
>>>>built for business and to integrate with Win2k3 Server....
>>>
>>>Except that Longhorn will have a new graphics system that's better
>>>integrated with the next version of DirectX. Microsoft isn't
>>>planning on releasing a new version of DirectX until Longhorn comes
>>>out, and I'm not sure if the next version of DirectX will support
>>>Windows XP or any earlier version of Windows. Longhorn may be the
>>>only option for games that want to use Shader Model 4.0, for example.
>>>
>>>Ross Ridge
>>
>>
>> longhorn will now be a service pack for XP in 2006
>
> LOL...huh? OMFG you are serious!! AAHHH!!! ;-)

true! it turned out that corporations wont buy longhorn and wont give up XP
until at least 2010, so longhorn is said to be the next service pack without
winfs, which will be included as either a service pack for server2003 or sp4
for xp

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