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Sorry I didn't catch this earlier, but... "Sorry, you must live in the US to play this title." Je ne m'amuse pas.

"Sorry, you must live in the US to play this title." Word to the warned.

This is quite legitimate. As I posted earlier, Fileplanet has the other three games listed above. The ads are driven by DoubleFusion, whom I believe were contracted to provide the dynamic ads in GRAW2. Reviews of the various games released under this program seem to indicate that other than the occasional splash screen add-in, short commercials between rounds, the ads aren't particularly intrusive, like you're not going to get a pop up in the middle of a game. For some, any ads are unacceptable; in this case, since you pay no money for the game, it's quite a bit more reasonable, I beli

Nope. The game requires 1 gig of RAM to work properly. The only thing you can really do is either give up on ever using a sniper rifle (and hope nothing else is thrown off by the lack of memory), or add more RAM. Sorry.

Ubisoft has apparently released several full retail games for free. The catch? In-game advertising. Reports so far indicate that the ads are on menus, loading screens, etc. and do not directly interfere with gameplay. Current games available are Far Cry, Rayman: Raving Rabbits, and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. Ghost Recon was available, but appears to be no longer available. While available at a few places, Fileplanet's Free Games page is a good starting point. You do need a Fileplanet account, but you do not need a paid one. Free account is fine. I'm surprised this is the

It's the only one that I've ever seen reported with any consistency. I know that when I first installed the game, I had 512 megs of RAM, and my sniper scope was useless. Once I upgraded to the minimum spec, the scope worked just fine. The reason (briefly) behind the bouncing scope is that with insufficient memory, the game can't load the proper animations for the reticule, so though the game seems to run fine otherwise, certain things, like the sniper scope, are really messed up.

If I may ask a question: Are you having trouble with the sniper scope, when zoomed in, bouncing around almost entirely uncontrollably? If so, the problem is most likely that you have less than 1 gig of RAM installed, which is the minimum required for the game. Just a hunch, as this was a common complaint when GRAW first came out, and it was almost always from folks with less RAM than is required. If you have the minimum memory, disregard.

Aha! Through the magic of The Wayback Machine, I bring you (what appear to be all working links) a whole bunch of TRR Maps.

Ubisoft Montreal's Far Cry 2 development team, CR6.

Blasphemer! While I do occasionally fall to the dark side and use Cajun Injector when I don't have a lot of time to prep meat for grilling/roasting, I tend to rely on braising + dry rubs to create a natural sauce. I've got an old honey squeeze bottle in the fridge at the moment that contains the reduced remains of some low and slow baby back ribs, and a little magic. Nothing off a shelf can touch it.

Power cables, as long as they don't have inline transformers, are literally just shielded wires running from jack to device. Nothing in them makes them device specific. Completely interchangeable.

Nope. Some attempts were made, but the [GR] engine just isn't up to it in any practical sense.

Unless something has changed, either the CD or DVD versions work just fine under 98-XP. It's probably just marketing.

It's not a rootkit, it's just SecuROM, the same thing that is used in Armed Assault, Tomb Raider Anniversary, etc. And yes, it's in the Steam version as well.

Believe it or not, there are certain parts of The USA (and Canada) that are still considered "dry", meaning you cannot purchase alcohol there. Some places, it's a restriction on what days/hours you can purchase, others it's completely banned. Heck, there's a street about two kilometres from my home that until four or so years ago, was still under prohibition law. Seriously. Taxes can vary from municipality to municipality, with counties, states, and the Federal Government all taking their cuts in various ways.

Not likely, sadly.

If you're an [GR] veteran, GRAW2 (over GRAW1) is a better choice, but definitely try the SP and/or MP demos before putting your money down. GRAW1 was a Ghost Recon game in name only, I think. It was good, but it wasn't a sequel; more or a third cousin. GRAW2, however, closes in on the original. It's still not what I'd call a true sequel, but it's a decent game, with enough homage to the original, that it's worth at least checking out.

It's called OEM, for Original End Manufacturer. You can buy OEM copies of Windows from pretty much any computer parts seller, as long as you buy it along with some other components. Basically, the stores aren't supposed to sell OEM copies to someone unless they have a reasonable expectation that the person they are selling to is actually building a new computer, not just updating an existing one. Otherwise, there's no real difference between a regular retail and OEM copy, other than the packaging and price.

The two install thing is a bit of a misnomer. You may only have the game installed on two systems at a time, and if you want to move an install to another machine, you must uninstall it from one of the existing. The negative is, if you format a drive with Bioshock on it, you lose that install. Since you didn't uninstall, you get hosed. As for the widescreen issue, it really isn't what people claim it is. Widescreen is exactly as the developer intended, and if anything, it's the 4:3 aspect gamers who suffer.

You don't need Vista to go 64 bit. XP comes in 32 and 64 bit versions. Either way, 4 gigs of RAM will require a 64 bit OS to use it properly. There's nothing wrong with trying to run 4 gigs on a 32 bit OS, but you won't get full function. Not a big deal, if you are future proofing.

A USB headset becomes a new "sound card" as far as your system is concerned. If you use an USB headset with a system with an existing sound card, you will now have two entries on the hardware sound card front. Yes, it will use more CPU, as an USB headset is akin to using onboard sound, with the soundcard not being on the motherboard, but on the USB device.

Single Player Demo thread Multiplayer Demo thread Plenty of links in both. Good hunting.

Something that may help with this: In order to run a repair install, you don't need "your" XP disk, just one that's compatible. This means that if you are running XP Home, you can use any XP Home or Pro disk. If you are running Pro, you do need a Pro CD, I believe. It doesn't matter if your install is corporate, retail, OEM, etc. A repair install doesn't delete XP and replace it, it merely fixes any bits that differ from a clean install. Note that if you after a repair install, your system is entirely unpatched (unless you use an XP CD with SP2 or even SP1 already applied), so don't go

This is a common issue, and it's not a bug, as much as it's a strange bit of scripting at work. Basically put, somewhere between the start of the mission and where you are now, there are one or more tangos left. The mission will not allow you to proceed to the Embassy unless you have taken down absolutely everyone on the map up to that point. Unfortunately, it doesn't actually tell you this. Three basic choices: Go back to a previous checkpoint, and see if it helps, restart the entire mission, or take the time to meander back through the mission area, looking for the missing targets.

Sounds like your 'explorer.exe' process isn't starting. It should be the first process you run from Task Manager. Literally just run 'explorer', and that should get you your user environment back. As for the Control Panel, just run 'control' to bring up the window. As for reinstalling XP, you can do a repair installation, which will not touch anything on your system except Windows files. Basically, it reinstalls XP over itself, but doesn't require a format, doesn't require a reinstallation of your apps, etc. Please note that this is very different from the repair console.