Posts by William Richardson12

Sure, it’s possible, though I wouldn't bet on it. You should probably check Device Manager to see which driver you're running and what version is actually installed.

So it's a GPU driver issue then. Just track down an older version that doesn't crash...

David Gomez6 said:Actually, I stumbled upon this:

source:http://superuser.com/questions/84614...er-windows-8-1

Tried those steps on the whole partition. Like, the entire drive... still running into the same mess...
Funny thing is, the file itself doesn't show "read only" anymore, but the parent folder does. (Who knows, maybe it was always like that and I just missed it) ...anyway, still can't edit anything...

Did you run the ownership take-over recursively? Using some admin accounts or what?

Ownership? You talking about permissions for the whole drive or partition?

Roger Gray8 said:What if there ain't no fan when it gets cold? 😬

Just keep dreaming, kid... 😬

Just unclip the CPU heatsink—it’s got a little lever on the side you can pull to release those two socket pins. Just watch your step with the power cable so you don't yank anything... Once it's off, you can actually clean it properly, maybe even swap out the thermal paste if you grab some at Best Buy for about $5.00.

Same deal with the power supply; just hit it with a hairdryer on the cool setting to blow the dust out of the case... easy enough.

As far as I know, you just hit up a club and ask for a tryout. It helps if you’ve got some scouting reports or maybe some game footage to show them...

Just grab Whocrashed, run it, and dump the report right here...

Windows? Which version? Is it legit?

Alright, sweet 👍

Look, if you can snag that as an ISO image, do it. I’ll probably need to dig through it to pull some files out later...

We'll figure out the rest tomorrow.

If you want, I can jump on TeamViewer and take a look at what’s actually going on. It's a mess of an issue and nobody's figured out a fix yet...

You didn't say... did anything actually change after you uninstalled those two updates?

Roger Gray8 said:...is what Windows is doing right now, but seriously, what am I supposed to do once that's all finished?

Try toggling the features on. If you expand the .NET section under Windows Features, you should see .NET 3.5 listed. If it shows up there, it'll actually install...

Roger Gray8 said:Wait, how am I even supposed to open this Group Policy editor window?

I'll try running it from the DVD too.

PS: It's already showing up like that in my Windows Features... (check out the screenshot above) ...unless I'm just being an idiot here, haha?

Checked my own setup. You need to look for .NET 2.0 and 3.0, not WCF. WCF info is junk. Just wipe out those KB2966826 and KB2966828 updates.

Here's another idea from the post above.

You gotta install those through Windows Update first. Let me see if I can track down a legit installer somewhere. Give me 5 mins...

This one looks alright. Ask if anything's unclear.
http://blogs.msmvps.com/haarongonzal...n-windows-8-1/

Follow the first image to the end, then check the second one to see if it's what you need.

EDIT:

Or maybe this...

For a lot of people, the easy fix is hitting the Control Panel, going to uninstall a program, and clicking view installed updates in the top left. Just nix these two: KB2966826 and KB2966828. After that, head back to Windows Update, check the installed updates, hit enable Windows Features, and toggle .NET Framework 3.5. Windows Update should grab it then without that fake "no internet" error. It'll just reinstall those two updates you deleted later on. No harm done.

I know this thread's ancient, but I spent half of yesterday losing my mind trying to find enough adjectives to describe how much Windows 8.1 sucks. Tried Windows Update, tried the Windows Features menu—just kept getting told there was no internet connection. Spent hours digging through the installation DVD and using the command prompt, but nothing worked. Finally stumbled onto a YouTube comment saying those two specific updates were the culprits blocking everything.

expand .net 3.5 and make sure you check the box for 2.0 first

Roger Gray8 said:Look, I tried this first, so just hear me out.

I mean, the thing just runs all the way through without asking me a single question—where am I even supposed to get permission? (It obviously just connects straight to the Microsoft server without even checking with me) and everything just executes. But then, when I finally hit that "restart now" button, this pop-up error jumps out at me saying, "An error has occurred. Not all features are installed"—but then it goes ahead and restarts anyway like the update is actually installing... you know, like it's doing that whole "working on updates" dance...

It’s not there to install stuff, it’s just to enable certain things. You gotta have them installed already. Since I've got Visual Studio installed, everything's already set up for me, so I don't really know what the default looks like.

Roger Gray8 said:But I am downloading it straight from the Microsoft site! And it still isn't working. Fine. Look, I'm running Windows Update right now—so let's see what happens.

The whole point here, my dear friend William Richardson12, is that this exact same game worked perfectly on 8.1 back when most of these current updates hadn't even been released yet. Since then, I've only reinstalled Windows once, and I haven't had a single issue... except for this.

BTW—DX is fine, even if it throws an error saying "complete installation" (I THINK IT'S THE INSTALLER THROWING THE ERROR, not DX itself, because one game asked me for a DX update and that message popped up, but even after finishing the DX upgrade, the game ran just fine)—so DX is good. It's .NET v 2.0 that's screwing me over.

Alright, I'm going to go ahead and restart my computer to finish these latest updates, so we'll see if anything actually changes.

I honestly don't get where the catch is, so I have to ask: should I be looking for .NET Framework in Add/Remove Programs? Because I don't see anything listed there, though I do see things like Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2012, for example.

Right, LANLauncher is coded in VB.NET, so it needs that specific .NET version to actually run. Don't bother launching it; just try running the network and maybe it'll work.

Anyway, install all the updates. Check if there are new ones available that didn't show up during the last round.

If that doesn't fix it, I'm out of ideas.
http://anewdomain.net/2013/10/21/how...lder-programs/