everquest and windows xp

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
--
Mark

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
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__________________________________________________ _______

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

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??
--
Mark


"Jimmy S." wrote:

> 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
>
>
>

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

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
>
>
>

Hi MadMark,

Excellent News! Enjoy playing Everquest again. :-)

--
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:
=================
| 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
|
|| 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