Quote Originally Posted by spearmaster View Post
You got BSOD after a three-finger salute? And this is your new PC?

BSOD is a rare occurrence unless there are corrupted files in the system - I think I've seen it on two out of 13 machines in the past two years, and never on my own personal machines. So either your first OS installation was not good, or else MGS have caused some significant problems.

Or maybe you've been playing too much with the registry
No, The only time my NEW PC gave me the BSOD was trying to use the UK Channel 4 "view on demand" service, which itself requires Microsoft Net Framework. I blame Bill Gates for that one.

MG casinos keep falling over on what is rapidly becoming the backup PC. I have installed many of my MG casinos on the new machine, but am reluctant to install the bug prone ones until I can be confident the problem is specific to this machine.
I have reinstalled the OS three times on this machine, most recently early last year. Some problems were caused by Microsoft "buggering about" with ActiveX, which caused every single MG to fall over because later Flash upgrades could not install, nor could the Viper lobby use ActiveX in the embedded IE pages. As a consequence, I had to start meddling from the outset.
With two PC's now, I can clear out this one and start again with less inconvenience than before. Microgaming still insist the casinos are compatable with Windows 98, and 95 on a couple of sites. MG need to reassess this, as these problems have really only surfaced since MG started this massive program of new game releases during the latter half of 2005. Before this, Viper casinos were less than 100Mbyte, they are now barely less than 1 GIG!

I have used a number of scanning utilities on this PC, including a registry analyzer that looks for duff entries or misdirections, and these have been cleaned up. Registry cleaners that operate on the "one click fixes all" are what did the damage to the last incarnation of my OS, which is why I reinstalled it.

If MG declare that the Beta tournament lobby no longer works on versions under 2000, this would explain the problems, but this is something they have failed to do.
While Windows 98 will rapidly die out, old PCs will turn up in less developed countries, including those that MG might consider marketing to.
Despite this, Microsoft still want nearly $200 for a copy of Windows 2000 to upgrade this machine, this is a total rip off, and that solution has been ditched.