Hey Bungleau. What about works pc

kev · 08-26-2002, 09:26 AM

Will I be able to play W&W on the pc at work. Its OS is NT & the speakers are built into the box.
I have no idea if it has any video card but it can play anything that I get off the internet.
I'll also have to find some way to hide it. I was thinking of putting it in "My documents" with a boring folder name that no one will look in. Any other suggestions?

Bungleau · 08-26-2002, 09:45 AM

I don't know if anyone has tried to run WW on Win NT, Kev, so I don't know that I have a good answer for you. The least you could do is try it, and see what happens. You may need to apply some of the Win2k or WinXP fixes to your machine to get it to work.

Of course, I'm not sure how conducive WW would be to getting work done. Any time I've played, I need to spend at least an hour or two in order to feel I've accomplished anything, and it's truly not a game that lends itself to playing just a quick five minutes. Plus, and probably the most frustrating, WW does not effectively support alt-tabbing to another application, so you couldn't run something else in the background and switch over whenever someone came around. I mean, you could, but your WW game would be trashed, and only with severe luck and extreme patience could you exit the game gracefully. It really whacks your video display.

Feel free to give it a try and let us know how it works. If it's possible, we can help....

kev · 08-26-2002, 09:53 AM

The fire station can be a bit boring on night shifts in winter. Last night we only had 1 call all night. Tonight we have only been out for 40 minutes & it's 4 hours into a 14 hour shift.
The computer only gets used to do incident reports or to access the intra & internets.
I am about to try & load the game. I will keep you posted.

kev · 08-26-2002, 10:01 AM

It didn't seem to want to run at all. It recognized that the cd was W&W but when I clicked on autorun.exe nothing happened. Any ideas?

WillowIX · 08-26-2002, 12:53 PM

Try clicking setup.exe (or maybe install can´t remember). The autorun won´t work for you on WinNT or Win2000. If you´re able to play pweeese let us (well at least me

) know for NT is certainly not a gaming platform...

Bungleau · 08-26-2002, 01:07 PM

Didn't know what you did for work, Kev, so it makes a whole lot more sense now.

Like Willow said, try running setup by itself. You can actually open the autorun.pif file on the CD to see what it tries to run; I've done that a number of times in the past.

If that doesn't work, the usual litany of driver updates will apply. Which version of NT, BTW? I'd probably try it on NT4, but I don't think I'd try on NT 3.51.

morningstar · 08-26-2002, 08:05 PM

Boy Kev, you've got W & W fever really bad eh? Although on a boring night at the fire station it could help pass the time! Nice to see that others are struck with the WW fever! Hope you get it going!

kev · 08-27-2002, 11:00 AM

I'm back at home now & wont be able to try again until next Monday night(Monday morning forum time). I'll try what WillowIX & Bungleau suggested & keep you posted.
I played Doom on a firestation computer about 8 years ago. One of the firefighters had hidden it so that you could only find it if you punched 1 of the function keys during startup. It didn't even require a cd. I don't know if that pc used winNT or even if it was connected to the mainframe in Perth.

08-26-2002, 09:26 AM	#1
kev Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: April 4, 2002 Location: North Western Australia Age: 61 Posts: 670	Will I be able to play W&W on the pc at work. Its OS is NT & the speakers are built into the box. I have no idea if it has any video card but it can play anything that I get off the internet. I'll also have to find some way to hide it. I was thinking of putting it in "My documents" with a boring folder name that no one will look in. Any other suggestions? __________________

08-26-2002, 09:45 AM	#2
Bungleau 40th Level Warrior Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: Western Wilds of Michigan Posts: 11,752	I don't know if anyone has tried to run WW on Win NT, Kev, so I don't know that I have a good answer for you. The least you could do is try it, and see what happens. You may need to apply some of the Win2k or WinXP fixes to your machine to get it to work. Of course, I'm not sure how conducive WW would be to getting work done. Any time I've played, I need to spend at least an hour or two in order to feel I've accomplished anything, and it's truly not a game that lends itself to playing just a quick five minutes. Plus, and probably the most frustrating, WW does not effectively support alt-tabbing to another application, so you couldn't run something else in the background and switch over whenever someone came around. I mean, you could, but your WW game would be trashed, and only with severe luck and extreme patience could you exit the game gracefully. It really whacks your video display. Feel free to give it a try and let us know how it works. If it's possible, we can help.... __________________ B Save Early, Save Often Save Before, Save After Two-Star General, Spelling Soldiers -+-+-+ Give 'em a hug one more time. It might be the last.

08-26-2002, 12:53 PM	#5
WillowIX Apophis Join Date: July 10, 2001 Location: By a big blue lake, Canada Age: 51 Posts: 4,628	Try clicking setup.exe (or maybe install can´t remember). The autorun won´t work for you on WinNT or Win2000. If you´re able to play pweeese let us (well at least me ) know for NT is certainly not a gaming platform... __________________ Confuzzled by nature.

08-26-2002, 01:07 PM	#6
Bungleau 40th Level Warrior Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: Western Wilds of Michigan Posts: 11,752	Didn't know what you did for work, Kev, so it makes a whole lot more sense now. Like Willow said, try running setup by itself. You can actually open the autorun.pif file on the CD to see what it tries to run; I've done that a number of times in the past. If that doesn't work, the usual litany of driver updates will apply. Which version of NT, BTW? I'd probably try it on NT4, but I don't think I'd try on NT 3.51. __________________ B Save Early, Save Often Save Before, Save After Two-Star General, Spelling Soldiers -+-+-+ Give 'em a hug one more time. It might be the last.

08-26-2002, 08:05 PM	#7
morningstar The Magister Join Date: July 16, 2002 Location: Australia Age: 75 Posts: 110	Boy Kev, you've got W & W fever really bad eh? Although on a boring night at the fire station it could help pass the time! Nice to see that others are struck with the WW fever! Hope you get it going! __________________ Morningstar

08-26-2002, 09:53 AM	#3
kev Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: April 4, 2002 Location: North Western Australia Age: 61 Posts: 670	The fire station can be a bit boring on night shifts in winter. Last night we only had 1 call all night. Tonight we have only been out for 40 minutes & it's 4 hours into a 14 hour shift. The computer only gets used to do incident reports or to access the intra & internets. I am about to try & load the game. I will keep you posted.

08-26-2002, 10:01 AM	#4
kev Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: April 4, 2002 Location: North Western Australia Age: 61 Posts: 670	It didn't seem to want to run at all. It recognized that the cd was W&W but when I clicked on autorun.exe nothing happened. Any ideas?

08-27-2002, 11:00 AM	#8
kev Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: April 4, 2002 Location: North Western Australia Age: 61 Posts: 670	I'm back at home now & wont be able to try again until next Monday night(Monday morning forum time). I'll try what WillowIX & Bungleau suggested & keep you posted. I played Doom on a firestation computer about 8 years ago. One of the firefighters had hidden it so that you could only find it if you punched 1 of the function keys during startup. It didn't even require a cd. I don't know if that pc used winNT or even if it was connected to the mainframe in Perth.

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