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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    sound card Alright. I mailed Multivision to enquire about dos drivers for sound card. The last thing I want to do is open up the box. (If I did not have a sound card, would the speakers not work?)
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Sound card John That is where I found the "Creative Labs" Soundblaster Pro or compatible info. I just printed a 3 page report on the "Sound, Video, & Game Controllers". Here it is: Class:Sound, video, and game controllers Device: Sound Blaster Pro or compatible Resources: IRQ: 05...
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    It's a MultiVision PC. Should I look under "multimedia" in control panels? How do I check if I have a sound card? Thx
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Long thread OK. Config.sys I found but nothing in it. Or, what should I open it in, to see what's there? P1 I have with the CD. The sound card is a "compatible" Soundblaster Pro by Creative. Mouse is bog-std PS/2. Graphic card is NVIDIA GeForce2. Pray, continue. (although I have the...
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    <<If you have Win98 (whatever edition), you have autoexec.bat and config.sys and dosstart.bat, period. Maybe you have set the folders to not show hidden/system files? You see, the computer will have some difficulty booting up without those files. >> I figured that, too. OK - how to show this...
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Johnl12 <<First tell us about your PC. What make/model. What sound card and OS? From the Run command on the start button type "sysedit" and post the autoexec.bat and config.sys, also do a find files for "dosstart.bat" right click on it and choose "edit" and post it too.>> OK. we will begin...
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Thanks for all the fish Guys. I really must go home and have a lie down......... I will return tomorrow & we will solve my little problem Cheers Yaki
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Long ish thread http://www.blacklance.org/loaf/tech...vater.html#boot Guys. I followed the suggestions for config.sys and autoexec.bat from this page, supposedly it represents the old Origins tech support pages. I located my CD Rom and Mouse drivers thru Windows help...
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Drivers Do these sound right? CD ROM.... c:\WINDOWS\INF\MSCDROM.INF Mouse C:\Windows\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD Still puzzled about what they mean by the name of the CD-rom surely not just " privateer" help - I just want to play....
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Long thread...............getting shorter? Go to this page: http://www.blacklance.org/loaf/tech/gamefaq/privater.html#boot How do I find out about the Microsoft Mouse Driver and what do they mean by the _name_ of the CD ROM(for Autoexec.bat), and my CD-Rom Drivers (for config.sys)? Yaki
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Phone Help And EA do not do TS for 2nd users, before some wise-ass suggests it. Thx
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Long Thread Starkey <<This is gonna be a LONG thread >> Thank you. What I would be quite happy for is for a UK based gamer to do tech advice over the phone. That would be a whole lot simpler and a lot less hassle for you intelligent guys. Thanks Yaki
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Anagram (config.sys) Yes, actually, there _is_ a "config.sys" file but notepad shows nothing. It was modified 4th jan o1, for some reason. Got the PC about then, I think.
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Anagram Here's the Auto Exec result PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Program Files\Mts" OK we could not locate any config.sys type files What now? I used to play Priv quite happily on a mate's old 486 7 odd years ago - but now...............???
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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Post your Autoexec.bat, Config.sys and tell me what sound card you have, and i'll be Haltie. And how do I find these out? <<Post your Autoexec.bat, Config.sys and tell me what sound card you have, and i'll be happy to help you as much as i can. >> Thx
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