Erik

HAHAHAHAHA ... just 1 question ... who did the skins?

quick doesn't even rate ... you obviously haven't seen the shelf life of beer in fates' fridge ::runs and hides::

Marcelo's site is one of our partner sites. We're lucky to have him aboard. His site can be found on our front page in the "partner site's" area in the top right hand corner. Just click the "MarcFighters" banner. http://combatace.com A direct link to MarcFighters is listed above as well, but knowing where to find the link might help in the future too. :) An amazing Flanker those guys should be extremely proud!

If you are a modder, modder's group, software developer, website owner, hardware manufacturer, etc etc ... go ahead and link to your webpage it's a good way to build traffic count for your site ... if you link back to us (which would be greatly appreciated) it helps us build ours ... it's a win win situation. Link Page Directory Just to add to what Fates mentioned which is a terrific idea. :)

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There was a discussion I remember seeing about installing DirectX9.0c on Vista for older games as Vista comes with DirectX10 and most older games aren't compatible with DX10. Might check the Microsoft site for more information on installing DX9 on Vista.

What ISP and browser are you using?

If you haven't figured it out yet ... we moved. :) There's still much to do, but the site is up and online ... I'll be working throughout the night so expect periodic outtages. This move will resolve all our page load issues, enjoy the new stuff. Only the best for our community!

On behalf of all of us behind the scenes. There's more than just me that makes this place work, but thank you for the thoughts they are greatly appreciated. If anyone ever knew just what it took to keep this place moving, they'd be astonished. We hope you all enjoy and remain active in our community. The CombatACE Team

My team was the Indy all the way ... but I feared with the weather in Florida that Chi-town was going to be unbeatable on the ground. Manning proved them wrong and the Bears were just out classed on the field. In retro-spec I wish the game had been a better match up, but it was still a good close to the season. I wasn't impressed with Pepsi's half time show, but that Caddy they presented Peyton for MVP is a tight ride. Well here's looking at SB-XLII. As my friend Fates so aptly quoted the immortals ... there can be only one. Night all ...

I'd think something like DuPonts Teflon Multi-Use Lubricant or Teflon White Lithium Grease would work. I'd check your local Repco or auto parts store for a lubricant that will work. Just some thoughts.

Looks like you won't have to, it appears the site has finally caught up with your upgrades. Take care; Erik

restart your computer, then rename the folder, then do the clean install

The uninstall feature will remove default files and directories. If there are files in those directories that the installation didn't put there (read: mods, aircraft, terrain, etc) it leaves those files and their parent directory(s). I'd run the uninstall program > then find the directories that are left behind > rename them or move them to the desktop or my documents folder. Once complete you can run a clean install and all the old files you no longer want won't be there and you should be back to stock settings, files, directories. Of course someone more knowledgeable about the game platform can probably help on specifics, but in general this is how an installation / uninstall works. **Note I suggested renaming the directories or moving them, not deleting them. This way you always retain the data for re-use or to put back if needed. File management is always the owners responsibility.** Hope this helps.

Yes, in the third screen of the backup wizard there's an option that says "Let me choose what to backup", select that option and you'll get a directory listing of your machine, drill down to the directories you want and select them. This will allow you to preserve the directory structure as you want, but will not save any registry settings. You can opt to export your registry or just select keys however if you want to get that indepth depending on your needs. The "restore" tool offered in windows also handles registry which may be an option for you. I suppose it all depends on what you want to back up but there are many options OEM and after-market for your needs. I'd google some "making backups on winxp" and see what you come up with, there are many folks who are smarter than me out there. Hope that helps. Erik

Have you tried the back up tool in windows? Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup ... there's an option in the back-up tool to allow you to select what you want to backup. This backup feature also allows you to restore from the media you backup with.

... and because you earned the posting freak rank you in turn earned the elite member status which has a lot of benefits that regular members don't have. When we put these new features into affect a couple weeks ago everyone was essentially the same member type "member" (aka "new member" now) but we had "members" with pips for rank like "posting freak". Problem was we couldn't give features based on the rank achieved, as they would only function with member status, so we made the change. Your participation now means something more than just a few pips and a snazzy rank title. The confusing part is the actual promotion process the site automates. A status promotion takes a full 24 hours and requires one post per 24 hours. So since everyone started off at the first level "new member" for our "elite members" it would take 5 days with 1 post per day from them to get them promoted correctly to their new status like Nesher. Because there are many different variables tied to the new status changes it's best to let the site handle them so post a couple more days and you'll be all fixed up.

Fixed.

Please read my above post. You can change your display name in your My Controls area. The help section should help you do this. Thanks; Erik

Also you should be able to do this yourself in your "My Controls" area. Please read the help section here about changing personal information: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?act=H...DE=01&HID=4 Thanks; Erik

I respond to all the emails I get and did not get one from you David ... but yeah send it to Fates. LOL Erik

Just curious why you you're using Get Right?

I'd have them call their ISP and see if they can resolve the DNS issues locally. I've checked our end and routed back to the site through 43 third party routers from around the world and none of them fail, even the two in Sweden. Erik

Check your security settings in your virus scanner or firewall. Nortens and McAfee are notorius for being the culprit. Beyond that there's no explanation I can offer why your home machine doesn't work.