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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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    Total newbie - help with Priv (original)

    Tried to create bootdisk as per game install instructions - followed instructs - in DOS just get a message "can't find CD", and "JEMM unloaded". (Yes, the CD is in the drive and bootdisk is in too).I guess DOS was not made for ijits like me? Win 98, PII, what else do you need to know? Checked...
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