Hi qquirks,
Awesome news! The warning you see only applies to that game.
Once you exit the game, the priority for the game no longer applies,
since the game is no longer running on your system. Rest assured.
--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________
qquirks Wrote:
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| Hey, Jimmy S, you hit a home run 100 percent again. Reset priority to "above
| normal." 50% snail now 100% faster snail. However, scary message from
| Microsoft about system instability if you reset a program priority. Is this
| something to worry about as long as you reset priority back to normal after
| you're done playing? Forgive my lack of understanding since every piece of
| advice you've given has worked. Thanks --
| qquirks
|
| "qquirks" wrote:
|
|| OK, new advice. I'm getting a little confused here. I think the program has
|| some problems in design which slow it down, the way it drops and drags player
|| cards. Do I really want to reset priority to high under task manager if it's
|| a programming slow down? Never reset a priority. So am asking.
||
|| re: Win 2000 Tweak guide: As I say, am getting out of my depth. These
|| tweaks you know to work on XPHome SP2? Thank you for info.
|| qquirks
||
||
|| "Jimmy S." wrote:
||
||| Hi qquirks,
|||
||| 50% improvement is great.. here's how we might get the other 50%
|||
||| You can change the priority of a program to speed it up, or slow it down.
||| Click Start / Click Run / Type: taskmgr and then press ENTER
|||
||| - Right Click on the program and select: "Go To Process"
|||
||| - Right Click on the process and "Set Priority" to High or Low as needed.
|||
||| - You can speed up games even more by ending all other Applications that
||| are listed in the taskmgr, and right click to disable all icons by your clock.
|||
||| - I was going to explain how to use the start command from the RUN
||| command line to launch any application from however this article is already
||| published on the internet and covers the entire buffet, including affinities.
|||
http://fox2k.net/2ktweaks/game_tuning_guide.htm
|||
||| - You can slow down your games even more by running many programs,
||| or use the Moslo utility:
http://www.hpaa.com/moslo/v132/moslo132.zip
|||
||| Moslo Instructions - Note this is not for the casual player - Use only if needed:
|||
||| Unzip the program to the same directory as the game you want to run slower.
||| For the next steps to work, you have to have that directory open in windows.
||| Note: Get the process name using taskmgr, then click Start / Search to Find it.
|||
||| Next click Start / click Run / type: command and then press ENTER
||| At the DOS command prompt type: MOSLO /## GAME.EXE
|||
||| Note: ## is a number (actually, percentage ... using /50 runs the game at half
||| normal speed) and GAME.EXE is the name of the game you want to play.
|||
|||
||| --
||| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
||| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
|||
||| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
||| MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
||| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
||| _________________________________________________________
|||
||| qquirks Wrote:
||| =================
|||| Hi, Jimmy S. --
||||
|||| First, thanks for direction to interesting web sites and programs.
||||
|||| After performing below, Carioca Rummy better, but still not very well. Now
|||| it's about a 50%
|||| faster snail, in comparison to programs like Canasta and Spite & Malice.
||||
|||| Second, here's what I found following your good advice:
||||
|||| 1.Startup programs: five total. Got rid of Nvidia and ctfmon
|||| Recguard
|||| HPDJ Taskbar
|||| IgfxTray
|||| AVG7_CC
|||| AVG7-EMC
||||
|||| 2.No viruses at all (even ran April malicious)
||||
|||| 3.ran CCleaner and defrag
||||
|||| 4.spyware/adware removed
|||| ewido anti-malware - Scan report
|||| + Created on: 11:11:37 AM, 4/21/2006
|||| + Report-Checksum: 8041E21A
|||| + Scan result:
|||| C:\hp\bin\Terminator.exe -> Trojan.KillApp.30208 : Cleaned with backup
||||
|||| 5.Microsoft Update said I had everything but optional updates relating to
|||| smart card and issue
|||| with IE7. Changed to Microsoft recommended July 28, 2003 Nvidia driver
|||| package, from one
|||| recommended by Radar Sync. Installed driver package successfully.
||||
|||| 6.Ran DXDIAG after all this. Result below:
|||| System Information
|||| ------------------
|||| Time of this report: 4/21/2006, 09:43:33
|||| Machine name: TAZMANIA
|||| Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
|||| (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
|||| Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
|||| System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 04
|||| System Model: P5287A-ABA XT948
|||| BIOS: Award Medallion BIOS v6.0
|||| Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1600MHz
|||| Memory: 1280MB RAM
|||| Page File: 175MB used, 2238MB available
|||| Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
|||| DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
|||| DX Setup Parameters: Not found
|||| DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
||||
|||| ------------
|||| DxDiag Notes
|||| ------------
|||| DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
|||| Display Tab 1: No problems found.
|||| DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful.
|||| Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful.
|||| Direct3D 8 test results: All tests were successful.
|||| Direct3D 9 test results: All tests were successful.
|||| Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: All tests were successful.
|||| Music Tab: DirectMusic test results: All tests were successful.
|||| Input Tab: No problems found.
|||| Network Tab: No problems found. DirectPlay test results: All tests
|||| were successful.
||||
|||| --------------------
|||| DirectX Debug Levels
|||| --------------------
|||| Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
|||| DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
|||| DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
|||| DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
|||| DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
|||| DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
|||| DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
||||
|||| ANY FURTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING CARIOCA RUMMY PLAY???
|||| Thank you,
|||| qquirks
||||
||||
||||
|||| "Jimmy S." wrote:
||||
||||| Hi qquirks,
|||||
||||| Let's try some basic troubleshooting. If the problem still persists
||||| please post back and we'll try some more steps. Good luck!
|||||
||||| 1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
||||| programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
||||| blockers using this utility:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
||||| or this method:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php
|||||
||||| You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
|||||
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
|||||
||||| 2. Run a virus scan at:
http://housecall.antivirus.com and then
||||| install Windows Defender from:
www.microsoft.com/spyware to
||||| remove any Spyware or Adware which could clog up your PC.
|||||
||||| 3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
||||| / Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
||||| the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.
|||||
||||| 4. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under Critical and
||||| Recommended:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Some games
||||| require a patch:
http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
|||||
||||| 5. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
||||| For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
||||| Checklist of Solutions at:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html
|||||
||||| --
||||| Cheers, Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User
||||| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
|||||
||||| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
||||| MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
||||| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
||||| _________________________________________________________
|||||
||||| qquirks Wrote:
||||| =================
|||||| Installed on XPHome SP2 fully updated system. Running DirectX 9 updated to Ap
|||||| 2006. Have NVidia TNT Pro64 graphics card.
|||||| Rummy animation speed like a snail. Game runs in jerky fashion, very clumsy.
|||||| Have tried turning down animatin speed under options to no effect. Still same.
|||||| Additionally, game only allows drag and drop of card groups, and seems at
|||||| times to fail to recognize items in contracts. Had one message after several
|||||| hours that game had to close because unable to read memory.
|||||| Really like the game, but not much of a reward at this point. Do I have a
|||||| system problem, or is it the game program. Help, and thank you --
|||||| qquirks
