Thank you so much for answering me. I downloaded the cd's into files on my
desktop, ran "msconfig" and nerfed ini..rebooted then I installed EQ from the
files on desktop,finagled my video drivers and boom, got it to run..not too
bad for a 50 y/o novice....again..thank you for ur time
--
Mark


"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi MadMark,
>
> Let's try a more confortable solution then. :-)
>
> Reinstall your Everquest game and apply the updates available from SONY.
> If you continue to experience the same error, please post back to follow-up.
>
> --
> 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.
> __________________________________________________ _______
>
>
> MadMark Wrote:
> =================
> | OMG u gots to be kidding, reformat and reinstall?? ur looking at a 50 y/o
> | novice here..why can't this be a simpler solution? what else can I possibly
> | do? I really don't want to end up paying $100-$200 to a geeksquad to fix
> | this. Can I complain to Bill Gates?? All I wanna do is play a silly game.
> | PLZ?? any other way of doing this??
> |
> || Hi MadMark,
> ||
> || If you upgraded your existing Windows Me installation, you're risking
> || having more issues down the road. You're best off reformating and
> || performing a clean install of Windows XP. The installer will prompt
> || you for your Windows Me retail CD during the installation process.
> ||
> || According to this article, EQ has had compatibility issues with XP
> || which requires a patch from Sony to resolve:
> || http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323560
> ||
> || --
> || 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.
> || __________________________________________________ _______
> ||
> || MadMark Wrote:
> || =================
> ||| OK, I'm very slow in getting with new technology but I just upgraded my
> ||| Windows Me to Windows XP and now when I try to run Everquest I get the
> ||| message "procedure entry point MakeCritacalSectionGlobal could not be located
> ||| in Kernal32.dll". oh please anyone, help me, i really miss my eq game. I have
> ||| run all kinds of spywaye, adware and fix programs to try and fix any .dll
> ||| problems but nothing is working. thanx in advance
>
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