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how come windows vista wont let me play sro... when i get into the character selection page the screen turns white and freezzesss if u no how to fix this problem plezzzz let me no ASAP.... THNX

There is no quick fix (yet, and I do not have Vista to toy with the settings), and SilkRoad does not support Vista since it was designed prior to Vista's release, and SRO has a quite austere recognition system, so it will not recognize Windows Vista.

Umm...

Please don't speak without experience. Your ignorance can lead to misinformation. I play SRO on Vista every day, and the solutions for compatibility are simple.

First off, right click the silkroad.exe and SRO_Client.exe, go to properties, and set them to run as administrator.

Next, since SRO isn't a true fullscreen application, you have to tell it to disable direct-draw desktop rendering while the either of these executable files are running. To do this, right click and go to properties, and in one of the tabs you will see options such as "disable desktop rendering, compatibility mode with xp SP2, etc... You need to enable these options.

If this does not work, you have an outdated PC and need to upgrade. (most likely your video card/video card drivers)

Read the parenthesis you idiot. None of my post was wrong, you have Vista (I'm so sorry for you), so you found a work around. SRO is still not compatible with Vista or you wouldn't have to find a work around, which, if you didn't notice, makes it play as XP.

Keep banging your head.

Um, i Have Windows Vista , and it works perfect for me

This statement right here just screams that you are a 12-15 year old boy that can not think within logical reason. (please stay in school, there may yet be a slight hope for the public school system if it can, at the very least, teach you a logical thought process.)

You stated that SRO is not compatible with Vista. WRONG!!

The program is perfectly compatible within the working means of Windows Vista.

And FYI, I dual boot with Vista and XP since many business utilized programs, which I use in my place of employment, are not fully Vista compatible yet. Therefore, please don't feel sorry for me taking it upon myself to learn a new technology that will be widespread in the near future. Feel sorry for yourself in the fact that your teenage mentality prevents you from broadening your knowledge.


Also the definition of the term idiot is as follows:
1. an utterly foolish or senseless person.
2. Psychology. a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25.

I hardly feel as though I fall into either of these categories. Please rescind from your place in the human race and help us raise the average intellect.

I make a post stating that SRO does not support VISTA without making modifications.

You call me *ignorant, throw in some extra bullshit.

I call you an idiot for not reading my information in context.

You proceed to define idiot, stroke your e-peen in reference to your dual boot capabilities,and call me a teenager, or something along those lines.

I'm really confused how your mind works, because as far as I am concerned, I have no idea who you are, nor you of myself, and I pointed out quite blatantly how ineffably moronic your first post was, so you feel it necessary to define my characteristics? Are you writing a book on me or something? You do realize unsupported claims get you nowhere in the real world, so why take a simple post beyond face-value.

I think you need to take a moment to grow up as well, because, if you haven't noticed, I have had my schooling (hence, location).

lol you owned him good
so well educated...Public school FTW!!!

but yea you just need a little modification to get vista to work...puppy's steps are accurate.

Gah, you're pathetic. There is no such thing as 'owning' anyone on the internet. He got angry I pointed out his mis-interpretation of my post, and went apeshit about it.

By the way, whats with this 'public schools FTW' crap, the only private/chartered schools I know of are religious, military aside, which, if you want to continue this stupid argument, is akin to the pot calling the kettle black.

Go ahead and act a fool, I already have my degree, my commission, and a solid career in Cocoa Beach, Florida. I've been to 17 countries, and worked on equipment you couldn't possibly dream of, so mock my err, and live your fruitless little existence.

hey thnxs for helpin, but i did wat u say, but it still doesnt work, this time it wont let me in the connection page.... there is nottin wrong wit my graphics card cuz i just bought this HP laptop..... if any1 else have this problem and no how to fix let me no ASAP..... thnxv

I am pretty sure that is a lie. If you have your degree you would be able to read your post, and my posts and realize that you did infact state misinformation in the first place. I will bold the statement if you wish.

You stated that SRO doesn't support Vista. That is misinformation. GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK HEAD!!!

You must have got your degree via community college.

Just realize the fact that you stated misinformation, I corrected it. and MOVE ON. There is little to no point in continuing this argument since I provided solid proof that SRO is infact Vista compatible.

P.S. if you have you degree you would have the intellect required to realize that you are not 100% right all the time.

It isn't compatible, hence you have to set compatibility to Windows XP.

Yeah, please stop replying to me, it won't change the fact you are an idiot.

EDIT: I just let my wife read through this topic, and though she pointed out the fact that I was wrong about a few things, she thought it hilarious that you are arguing about compatibility issues when you clearly state in your original post, "Check the option for it to run compatible with XP SP2".

My wife even saw that, and she doesn't even know how to use a computer. Who's thickheaded now?

Hmm, i severly think you have an e-ego.

You should stop arguing with him, somebody asked for help and he provided information to the best of his knowledge to help this person. Why does he deserve to be flamed for this?

It seems you purposly wanted to enrage him by stating that he shouldnt give information if he doesnt know, when readin back the post he clearly says he is unsure as he isnt running Vista.

You gave what you thought was the best information which still doesnt help the original poster, so you are also at fault. I think this should be brought back onto topic or locked and somebody PM him their suggestions, and no im not a "wannabe mod"

I fail to see how my post does not help him.

It is pertinent that you get the program confugured correctly in order to properly narrow down and diagnose the issue. Once my afformetioned steps are completed it would give us a much greater insight as to what is really at fault.

How can you diagnose a problem when the program isn't set up properly in the first place?