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- Thread starter Tyres O'Flaherty
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Great to see you Sinisalo, welcome back! o7
Yeah, nice to see some old folks giving it another try. 
Well, I meant the "old" remark more like "played previously and now he's back", not in terms of the actual age, but yeah, why not.
This thread can't really be derailed.
It's just about folks having fun in the game and out.
PC due back tomorrow - fingers crossed. Repair shop unable to fix. /headdesk
It still works but has issues. Still, at least I'll be able to get my ED kicks...
It still works but has issues. Still, at least I'll be able to get my ED kicks...
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Wait what? What does it mean "unable to fix"?
I'd kick their heads in.
It's like if I'd have brought my car into the shop with the engine light on and they returned it to me saying "Yeah, sorry, that light is gonna be on, from now on. Nothing we can do"
What kind of repair shops do you have, over there?
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or for completeness:
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Making my way back from another trip out.Found my tolerance for exploring in a phantom has found its tipping point.About 64 jumps..Going to need a bit of RnR after this one,methinks.
Anyone know a good restaurant?If it's the one at the other blasted end of the universe, i'll have to change for dinner.
Anyone know a good restaurant?If it's the one at the other blasted end of the universe, i'll have to change for dinner.
Well, Windows Update has stopped working. It seems that neither I nor the repair shop can remedy. I've tried forums and have resorted to writing to magazines for help. It's a perplexing one that, I fear, nothing short of a reinstall will rectify. I'll do this myself if it comes to it as the shoppe wanted 60 quid to do it.
What I've tried:
Running a batch file in DOS to net start wuauserv, bits and dosvc - results in the error "System error 1058 has occurred = The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it"
Opening services, finding the Windows Update one, going to it's properties and changing the "startup type" from "disabled" to "manual" (or any other value - resulted in a message saying "Access is denied".
Checked the service dependencies (RPC) - all running
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
sfc /scannow - didn't find any corrupted files
Rolling Windows back to a working restore point - no change
Running the following command to update the registry: reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update" /v AUOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f - no change
Running a troubleshooter from Microsoft "https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/4027322/windows-update-troubleshooter " - gives a message that it fails to finish due to an "unexpected error"
Using the elevated command prompt to run "sc config wuauserv start= auto" - which gives the error "[SC] ChangeServiceConfig FAILED 5: Access is denied"
Trying all the above with my security off (Kaspersky Total Security; Windows Defender)
Obv, I'm sysadmin on the system.
So, yeah, reinstalling the o/s looks like my final resort. I'm loathe to do it though.
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Ah, I see, it's not a hardware problem, but Windows one.
In that case, yeah. No wonder. Windows can successfully nuke themselves like no other system. (I mean many Linux distros are also prone to failing but there at least it's usually your own fault.)
I actually do a clean install of Windows every six months or so. I'm keeping a folder with all the drivers and software I use on the other drive and I've mastered the re-install. I'm able to have a fully functioning PC in under 45 minutes.
So yea, like Speedcuffs said - good luck. For Windows problems, cleaning the whole drive and starting over is many times the only option. All other possibilities are just patch jobs that can easily break more things.
In that case, yeah. No wonder. Windows can successfully nuke themselves like no other system. (I mean many Linux distros are also prone to failing but there at least it's usually your own fault.
)I actually do a clean install of Windows every six months or so. I'm keeping a folder with all the drivers and software I use on the other drive and I've mastered the re-install. I'm able to have a fully functioning PC in under 45 minutes.
So yea, like Speedcuffs said - good luck. For Windows problems, cleaning the whole drive and starting over is many times the only option. All other possibilities are just patch jobs that can easily break more things.
I've asked this in the tech forums but you guys have helped so much during my time here, I've come to really value your advice:
I may have to reinstall Windows 10. How will this affect ED? It's currently on a non-o/s drive i.e. D: not C:
Can I just copy the game to an external, removable drive then copy it back after the clean wipe?
Or do I need to reinstall the game? What will happen to my binds and HUD colours?
I'm making the assumption that my current game status is all saved server side.
Many thanks
PS
My trading rank creeps ever so slowly upward, the next milestone is within sight. Not so as I can smell it yet, but the tunnel light grows ever brighter. I don't what I'd do without my Python.
Er... fnarr, fnarr... (if anyone remembers Viz).
I may have to reinstall Windows 10. How will this affect ED? It's currently on a non-o/s drive i.e. D: not C:
Can I just copy the game to an external, removable drive then copy it back after the clean wipe?
Or do I need to reinstall the game? What will happen to my binds and HUD colours?
I'm making the assumption that my current game status is all saved server side.
Many thanks
PS
My trading rank creeps ever so slowly upward, the next milestone is within sight. Not so as I can smell it yet, but the tunnel light grows ever brighter. I don't what I'd do without my Python.
Er... fnarr, fnarr... (if anyone remembers Viz).
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Can’t answer most of your questions but your binds file and the one you set your HUD colours in can be copied and then used to replace those produced if you do a reinstall of the game but I don’t see why copying the game folders to safety shouldn’t work.
I am sure your save is server side so will be fine.
I never tried to install Elite in other than the default place (AppData/Local in Users directory) but I think even if you have it installed elsewhere, the settings and other stuff gets installed there.
Go to "C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local (the appdata folder is hidden by default) and find and move the Frontier_Developments folder. That's where the Options, profiles, etc. are saved.
If you have the main game on another drive, you don't have to move it, I guess, unless you want to wipe that one, too.
After you've reinstalled the Windows, just download and install the launcher and either tell it where the game installation is or start the installation, then quit and move the folders you've saved over the the proper location. Restart the laucher, validate the game data in laucher's options and you're good to go.
Good luck with the Win10 reinstall and getting things back up and running, Tyres - not the most fun task in the world, I know. I'll be interested in what you did with the ED install in the end - mine went into a location that isn't ideal, but I've never been able to just lift and shift it to another drive successfully.. so it stayed where it put itself
As for what I am doing right now, I have dumped a load of sensor fragments on Prof. Palin's doorstep, and he accepted my offering, so now I'm off looking for pharaceutical isolators(?) to have a go a G5 dirty drags!
I want them to go into my Krait, which has now been properly launched and shaken down, so I am pleased to be able to show you the fine ship La Piuma al Vento, seen here basking in the light of distant Sirius:
As for what I am doing right now, I have dumped a load of sensor fragments on Prof. Palin's doorstep, and he accepted my offering, so now I'm off looking for pharaceutical isolators(?) to have a go a G5 dirty drags!
I want them to go into my Krait, which has now been properly launched and shaken down, so I am pleased to be able to show you the fine ship La Piuma al Vento, seen here basking in the light of distant Sirius:
Good luck with the Win10 reinstall and getting things back up and running, Tyres - not the most fun task in the world, I know. I'll be interested in what you did with the ED install in the end - mine went into a location that isn't ideal, but I've never been able to just lift and shift it to another drive successfully.. so it stayed where it put itself
As for what I am doing right now, I have dumped a load of sensor fragments on Prof. Palin's doorstep, and he accepted my offering, so now I'm off looking for pharaceutical isolators(?) to have a go a G5 dirty drags!
I want them to go into my Krait, which has now been properly launched and shaken down, so I am pleased to be able to show you the fine ship La Piuma al Vento, seen here basking in the light of distant Sirius:
Hmm. Reinstalling Windows, or finding Pharmas...
I'd prefer the reinstall.
Hmm. Reinstalling Windows, or finding Pharmas...
I'd prefer the reinstall.
Well that fills me with confidence then
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