Major problem, limited capacity to solve. I just bought Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Dark Crusade for the PC. Installed it, tried to play it, got this Error message:

ERRORS: Spooge driver not found. Verify that DirectX is properly installed.

I downloaded DirectX 9.0 thinking that might be the problem. No dice.

My graphics card was changed by a buddy of mine before, and I realized that we never actually downloaded the drivers; I updated them. No dice.

I tried Googleing the specific error message, and found a bit of info, but it all seemed contingent upon the specific graphics card you're running. There are apparently patches and downloads you can get which will eliminate this problem, but when I tried to get more specific with my search I hit a brick wall. For anyone interested, I'm running an All-In-Wonder 128 Pro Ultra PCI graphics card, by ATI. My system specs are crap, but should be equal to the task of running this game.

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Originally posted by Gawain:
Help!

Major problem, limited capacity to solve. I just bought Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Dark Crusade for the PC. Installed it, tried to play it, got this Error message:

ERRORS: Spooge driver not found. Verify that DirectX is properly installed.

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Originally posted by Cariboo Legend:
Known issue. Your card is not supported by Dawn of War. You will need a new graphics card.
Dawn of War is ruthless on card chipset requirements.

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That is such complete crap it's not even funny. *facepalm*

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Originally posted by Gawain:
That is such complete crap it's not even funny. *facepalm*

Thanks for the heads up. I was afraid that might be the case, but what can ya do?

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Originally posted by Volcanon:
Buy a new graphics card or play a game that doesn't require something you don't have.

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Gee thanks, that was really helpful advice!

So yeah, I DO need a new graphics card. Have discovered that mine is crap. I have been considering this one. I did some research, and it apparently runs DirectX 8.1. Anyone know if it is compatible with 9.0? I am having a hard time finding something in my price range. This is what I got so far:

http://cgi.ebay.com/128MB-ATI-RADEON-9250-TV-DVI-VGA-PCI-100112_W0QQitemZ400106000125QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Video_TV_Cards?hash=item5d282d0efd#ht_5576wt_852

32 MB DirectX(R) 9.0b compatible AGP video card with Hardware Transform and Lighting, DirectX 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card

The reason it states AGP is that PCI cards do not handle throughput for T&L.

I got an ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 PCI @ 128MB. For whatever reason, I cannot get the drivers to install properly. I have downloaded and attempted to install both ATI Catalyst 11.2 and 6.11, to no avail. I went to Add/Remove Programs and removed everything that looked like a driver for the various video cards I've tried recently, then started over from scratch. Still nothing. I downloaded Everest Home addition, which has given me what useful info I have so far. As near as I can tell, my GC is not compatible with my current version of DirectX, and that is why I can't get my computer to recognize the card.

Is this possible?

My card again is an ATI Radeon Mobility PCI card @ 128 MB. I have DirectX 9.0c. It says online that the card is compatible with DirectX 8.1, so does that mean that it's not compatible with 9.0? If so, is it possible to remove 9.0 and replace it with 8.1? And, will a game like Medieval 2: Total War (which requires 9.0 apparently) run with 8.1? This is starting to really infuriate me.

I contacted MS through the Windows 7 upgrade site, and asked if I could still redeem, and was told no.

Question is, am I SOL, or is there any possibility I may be able to get my upgrade still if I am persistent enough?

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Invalid URL
The requested URL "whatever it may be at the time" is invalid

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Originally posted by Thanos:
I keep getting this message when trying to access certain normal parts of sites I frequent often:

Invalid URL
The requested URL "whatever it may be at the time" is invalid

I don't think I have anything running blocking it, any ideas?

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It's also possible the problem you have is something as simple as a typo on the part of the author who has a link to something like https://MyWebsite.com/secure/login.php when he/she really meant http://MyWebsite.com/secure/login.php, and the site may not really be a secure one, and your browser is getting a mismatch.

Any chance you can expand upon where you are what exactly you're trying to do?

It's a different answer if you're trying to go to a link or if you've filled out a form with information and the next step leads to an invalid page request. There could be a conflict with your ID, the information being sent, or the site simply does not exist so the request cannot be completed at all.

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Originally posted by yakusoku:
First thing, I would try another browser (on the same machine) - IE instead of Firefox or vice versa depending on which you use. It's possible that the author of the site you are trying to visit configured it so that it's compatible with IE, but not with Firefox.

It's also possible the problem you have is something as simple as a typo on the part of the author who has a link to something like https://MyWebsite.com/secure/login.php when he/she really meant http://MyWebsite.com/secure/login.php, and the site may not really be a secure one, and your browser is getting a mismatch.

Any chance you can expand upon where you are what exactly you're trying to do?

It's a different answer if you're trying to go to a link or if you've filled out a form with information and the next step leads to an invalid page request. There could be a conflict with your ID, the information being sent, or the site simply does not exist so the request cannot be completed at all.

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I use firefox, switched over to IE and it did it on that too.

It happens sometimes when I try to go on paypal's website, leave feedback on ebay, and when I go on to some yahoo sports pages.

Restarting the computer negates it for awhile, then it'll start back up again.

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Originally posted by jkfranklin:
my desktop which is now 2 years old just turns on now and shuts off after 3 seconds. It started one night when it just shut off and restarted fine. I went to bed with it on and came back to it off and only starting up for 3 seconds and shutting off.

any ideas?

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Do you have McAffe? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100421/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_mcafee_antivirus_flaw

I've tried other keyboards, so it being faulty is not the problem. The three lights do light up when starting but I can not type F2, F8, or F12 to boot in safe mode or get the on-screen keyboard up to use the mouse.

Has anyone had this problem before?

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Forgot to mention that I unplugged and re-plugged everything yesterday after this happened to see if the comp would recognize the keyboard, it did not.

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Originally posted by thror:
Do you have McAffe? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100421/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_mcafee_antivirus_flaw

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Any computer pro, or with good knowledge, want to help me build it (basically, what pieces to buy). My budget is 1.5k, but can go over if needed. Ideally, I want a machine that can last for many years (im replacing a 10 years old pentium 4 that still play warcraft 3)

"C:\Documents and Settings\Jaime.JAIME-PC\Local Settings\Temp\plugtmp-611\plugin-ChangeLog.pdf";"Trojan horse Exploit_c.DNM"

My virus scanner found it.

Thanks,
Jazaray

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Originally posted by Jazaray:
what's this mean?

"C:\Documents and Settings\Jaime.JAIME-PC\Local Settings\Temp\plugtmp-611\plugin-ChangeLog.pdf";"Trojan horse Exploit_c.DNM"

My virus scanner found it.

Thanks,
Jazaray

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Originally posted by BoltBait:
Before you post, please try these things:
Run Housecall and a spyware removal program
Check for any available critical Windows Updates

Fixing Your Computer

Trouble with viruses?
Download AVG Anti-virus program
Housecall Online Anti-virus Scanner

Trouble with spyware? (Run multiple times until they come up clean)
Download Ad-Aware
Download Spybot

Trouble with pop-ups?
Download Google Toolbar - easy searching plus a popup blocker
XP Service Pack 2 includes a pop-up blocker

Trouble with Messenger Service?
How to disable the Windows Messenger Service

Trouble with browser hijackers?
Download Hijack This

Trouble with SPAM?
Download K9

Trouble with device drivers?
Driver Guide

Not sure what a process running in task manager is?
Search this online database

Concerned about privacy?
Cleanup your computer

Want to Clone your hard drive?
HD Clone

Want to resize or manage a partition?
GNOME Partition Editor

Want to defrag your harddrive?
Download JK Defrag - Can be setup as a screensaver.

Making Your Computer Better

Want to add a spell checker to IE?
Download ieSpell.

Want to get rid of banner ads?
Download NoHosts Ad Blocker

Want a better browser?
Download Mozilla Firefox
Add the free FTP client, Filezilla, to it.
Then, add the Google Extensions for Firefox.

How about a vector graphics program?
Download InkScape

How about a better paint program?
Download Paint.NET
Download GIMP

Or a better Notepad program?
Download Notepad++
Download PSPad
Download HTML-Kit

Or a better file Zipper?
Download 7-Zip

Or a better IM client?
Download Trillian
Download Google Talk

Or a free CD burning program?
Download DeepBurner

Or a free word processor/spreadsheet/database/graphics suite?
Download Open Office

Or a free audio editing tool?
Download Audacity

Or a better Task manager?
Download Process Explorer

Or a free compiler from Microsoft
Download Visual Basic Express
Download Visual C# Express
Download Visual Web Developer Express

Would you like to create PDF files?
Download PDF Creator

Need to validate a web page?
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer

More Information

Have you tried entering your exact error message into Google, like this? (Be sure to put it in quotes.) You'd be surprised at the help you can find.

Have you tried search engines?
Paint.NET's own search engine
Google
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MSN Live Search
Altavista

Need a translation?
Google Translate
Babel Fish
Free Translation

Please let me know if you have any other links that you think belong here.

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