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uninstalling VDMS, or so

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First post, by Unregistered

Posted on 2003-11-20, 17:07

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Hi
I hope I will be clear enough to make my problem understandable. Please forgive my english level.

I am running WinXP home, with DirectX 9.0, and this for a long time (three months or so).
Yesterday, I wanted to play Monkey Island 1 & 2 again, so I installed these two games (cd version). At that point I didn't have VMDS. They worked perfectly, but I had no sound.
I decided to DL VMDS, and then I installed it. My mistake is probably that I didn't read the beginners guide, so, as my computer didn't ask me to reboot, I didn't do it. I then launched Monkey Island 1, and then 2, using VMDS, without any problem, and with the sound and music.

But then the tricky part : I turned off my computer, went to bed, and when I wanted to play again the next day (today), whenever I launch one of the games, I have a blank screen, not even the logo, no sound, nothing except the ability to alt+enter to go back to windows desktop.

I thought it could be a problem with VMDS, since the games worked perfectly (without sound) before I installed it, and I hadn't done anything else than installing it apart shutting off then on my computer. So I uninstalled VMDS. But after uninstalling and system restore (to a date earlier than the VMDS intall) and rebooting, the games still stop even before launch. This is not a directx pb since I have it for a long time, and yesterday, as oong as I hadnen't restarded my computer, I could play the games. I think VMDS make some changes in the dos config files, or does it, and these changes are not cancelled by the uninstalling procedure and the systemrestore ? Or maybe it adds a config file somewhere and doesn't uninstall it whenever you uninstall the program ?

Please help me to solve this problem ! Can I restore my computer ? Before installing VMDS I could play, after installing but without having rebooted I could play, but now I cannot, even after having uninstalled VMDSand done a system restore : the games stop on a blank screen.
I am confident you will find the answer.

Thanks

I am running XP home, DirectX 9.0 (but this is not the issue), my graphic card is a geforce FX 5600.

Reply 1 of 7, by Snover

Posted on 2003-11-21, 13:25

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You don't need to reboot your computer if it's the first time you've installed VDMSound. The problem you are describing is very strange. This is the second time someone has mentioned it, but to still not work even with a system restore seems strange. VDMSound doesn't modify any of the NTVDM files. It doesn't modify autoexec.nt or config.nt. In fact, it doesn't touch ANY of your system files (except for registry entries), so if the VDMSound directory is gone, so is VDMSound.

Yes, it’s my fault.

Reply 2 of 7, by Unregistered

Posted on 2003-11-21, 15:35

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thanks for the answer, if ever you find out what happened please let me know.

After uninstalling and retoring system, as the problem was still there, I had looked in the autoexec.nt and config.nt, and in the registery to track any entries which would have been related with SDMSound, I have tried to search any possible file recently added or modified, but as you said nothing seems to have been changed in the files nor could I find any remaining registery keys after uninstalling.

I hope we will soon find out what is the source of my problem, if ever you find out or hear of it again please let me know on a reply to this post, I will follow it as much as I can.

Thanks in advance.

(I have to tell you that I have know installed ScummVM, and the games work perfectly. But once again this is not my point, I am only trying to understand and restore my sysem...)

Reply 3 of 7, by ChaosFish

Posted on 2003-11-21, 16:16

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For lucas arts adventures use ScummVM.

Reply 4 of 7, by chstoll

Posted on 2003-11-24, 12:35

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Hello!

Just wanted to say that I have exact the same Problem as discribed by "Unregisterd". ScummVM works fine, but in normal DosBoxes or those with VDMSound, i only get a blank screen. Before I installed VDMSound, the games worked (without sound). I am running WinXP Prof SP1.

ChStoll

Reply 5 of 7, by Unregistered

Posted on 2003-11-24, 15:50

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unregistered... must be me 😉

Well I have tried to investigate further but I still couldn't find anything. I am "pleased" to have found someone sharing my problems, at least I am now even more convinced that it doesn't come from a mystake of mine nor from my system !

@ chstoll :
Well if ever you find a reason or a way of restoring, would you be kind enough to post a reply here to let me know ? Thanks in advance.

I am also running Win XP SP1, but the Home edition...
In case this could help, I give you my graphic drivers version :
Geforce FX 5600 Go
Detonator 4.3.2.8

Do you have something similar ?

Thibault

Reply 6 of 7, by ChStoll

Posted on 2003-11-24, 23:47

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Hi!

Well, I'd sure post a solution, but I haven't found one either. I am running a Radeon 9700 with latest Catalysts (3.9), so it seems not to depend on our hardware...

ChStoll

Reply 7 of 7, by Snover

Posted on 2003-11-25, 01:21

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Detonator 52s are out...

Yes, it’s my fault.

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