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DarkAvatar
Newbie
Joined: 21 Nov 2004
Posts: 3
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 Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 6:10 am
zMUD, and its vendetta against Win XP (SP2)
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Yeah, yeah. I've read all the threads on everyone else getting "In Table-Level Validation Expression" error, and then, the "Fatal error: Cannot open databases in directory C:\zMUD\" error. Yeah, I've tried installing the MDAC and the JET stuff, I have SP2 so it won't let me install it. I've tried RegClean. Uninstalling/reinstalling zMUD up the yin-yang, there's probably a big huge scratch on my hard disk's surface at this point that says, "ZMUD NO WORKY." Unwilling to reformat my computer, I have decided to bid this world adieu and jump off of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Unless, anyone else has a solution?
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Oh, btw, it's:
Windows XP SP2, all updates installed.
Attempts with zMUD 6.40 and 7.04 and 7.05
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nexela
Wizard
Joined: 15 Jan 2002
Posts: 1644
Location: USA
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DarkAvatar
Newbie
Joined: 21 Nov 2004
Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:30 pm
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Thanks, but I've seen that, and pretty much every other thread I could find regarding this... I tried it already, and my files are newer than the ones expected, never older. |
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nexela
Wizard
Joined: 15 Jan 2002
Posts: 1644
Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:27 am
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have you tried renaming the char.mdb file?
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DarkAvatar
Newbie
Joined: 21 Nov 2004
Posts: 3
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:28 am
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| nexela wrote: |
| have you tried renaming the char.mdb file? |
Yep. Also, the mudlist database. It doesn't fix it.
Anyways, zMUD 6.16 works, so that'll hold me off... |
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alyn
Newbie
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 3
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 5:16 am
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Actually I'd like a possible solution. I tried all the things DarkAvatar has, and mine also doesn't work, unlike him I need 7.05 so I can use the system I made for my MUD that doesn't work on 6.16. This is really frustrating me.
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cnf
Beginner
Joined: 27 Feb 2004
Posts: 13
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:08 pm
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Quite odd...
I run XP Pro SP2 (0 patches and updates) and zmud works fine...
It has always run fine, installed SP2 and zmud did it's work...
So all I can say is, maybe it isn't SP2 that's giving the problems?
Maybe it's SP2 in conjunction with something else? As I don't do patches (never have, never will) maybe it's one of those? |
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Zugg
MASTER
Joined: 25 Sep 2000
Posts: 23379
Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:43 pm
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When MDAC gets seriously messed up like this, sometimes the only way to fix it is to reinstall Windows, then re-run the Windows Updater and install all of the patches and updates again.
I'm not talking about reformatting your disk here...I just mean putting the WinXP CD in the drive and telling it to reinstall Windows into the same directory that you already have it installed. This shouldn't effect any of your installed applications. But it causes Windows to update all of it's files, and more importantly, all of it's registry entries.
In fact, when you have this kind of problem, you *don't* want to reformat and reinstall your applications. Since the problem was probably caused by some application overwriting a MDAC or Jet DLL file with a older version you don't want to reinstall the application and cause this to happen again.
Anyway, yeah, reinstalling Windows can take several hours, along with the updates and reinstalling SP2. But it's the cleanest and safest way to "fix" Windows when it gets all messed up like this. |
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