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From: John Doe on 1 Mar 2010 19:29 jinxy <willandsue(a)rogers.com> wrote: > John Doe <j...(a)usenetlove.invalid> wrote: >> jinxy <willand...(a)rogers.com> wrote: >> > John Doe <j...(a)usenetlove.invalid> wrote: >> >> jinxy <willand...(a)rogers.com> wrote: >> >> > I have a small game program on [a USB flash drive, that] >> >> > opens and will install on my laptop, yet when I try to do >> >> > the same on the desktop pc I keep getting a program not >> >> > resopnding message. Is this the drive or something to do >> >> > with the pc? I have formatted the usb drive and put the >> >> > program back on it, but same results. >> >> >> Since it works on your laptop, suspect the PC. What is the >> >> exact error message? Can you copy any files from your PC to >> >> and from the USB drive? Copying files is about the only >> >> thing the flash drive is expected to do. Which program is >> >> "not responding"? >> >> > No programs will respond. >> >> Upgrade Windows 98 to Windows XP or higher. >> >> > Yes I am able to copy files from the PC to the USB drive. >> >> And vice versa? Apparently the USB flash drive is functioning >> properly. >> >> > The message says" there may be a problem with your hardware >> > or network connections". >> >> Copy the game installation file to your PC and install the game >> from there. >> >> > Maybe I should uninstall the USB >> >> I do not know what that means. >> >> > and reboot for Windows to reinstall? >> >> I am drawing another blank. >> >> > What would the network connections have to do with it? >> >> What are you trying to do? > OK, I downloaded a game to my laptop, then I put it on a USB so > I could play it on the desktop PC. Some programs do not require installation, other programs do. Your meaning of "play it on the PC" is difficult to understand. > When I try to run it from the USB drive or copy it to the > desktop it doesn't respond. Programs are not asked to respond when they are being copied. I would guess that the file is in use somehow. That suggests that you have done something with the file (like run it from the USB drive) before trying to copy it to the PC. > I will figure it out 2nite. Thanks for not top posting, but please respond individually to each part of my reply (as I am doing to yours) if you need further assistance. You might also consider the possibility your game file is chock full of viruses. As far as I know, the best way to infect your PC is by running a file that you have downloaded. Programs gain access to all sorts of stuff once you allow them to run/install.
From: jinxy on 2 Mar 2010 16:46 On Mar 1, 7:29 pm, John Doe <j...(a)usenetlove.invalid> wrote: > jinxy <willand...(a)rogers.com> wrote: > > John Doe <j...(a)usenetlove.invalid> wrote: > >> jinxy <willand...(a)rogers.com> wrote: > >> > John Doe <j...(a)usenetlove.invalid> wrote: > >> >> jinxy <willand...(a)rogers.com> wrote: > >> >> > I have a small game program on [a USB flash drive, that] > >> >> > opens and will install on my laptop, yet when I try to do > >> >> > the same on the desktop pc I keep getting a program not > >> >> > resopnding message. Is this the drive or something to do > >> >> > with the pc? I have formatted the usb drive and put the > >> >> > program back on it, but same results. > > >> >> Since it works on your laptop, suspect the PC. What is the > >> >> exact error message? Can you copy any files from your PC to > >> >> and from the USB drive? Copying files is about the only > >> >> thing the flash drive is expected to do. Which program is > >> >> "not responding"? > > >> > No programs will respond. > > >> Upgrade Windows 98 to Windows XP or higher. > > >> > Yes I am able to copy files from the PC to the USB drive. > > >> And vice versa? Apparently the USB flash drive is functioning > >> properly. > > >> > The message says" there may be a problem with your hardware > >> > or network connections". > > >> Copy the game installation file to your PC and install the game > >> from there. > > >> > Maybe I should uninstall the USB > > >> I do not know what that means. > > >> > and reboot for Windows to reinstall? > > >> I am drawing another blank. > > >> > What would the network connections have to do with it? > > >> What are you trying to do? > > OK, I downloaded a game to my laptop, then I put it on a USB so > > I could play it on the desktop PC. > > Some programs do not require installation, other programs do. Your > meaning of "play it on the PC" is difficult to understand. > > > When I try to run it from the USB drive or copy it to the > > desktop it doesn't respond. > > Programs are not asked to respond when they are being copied. I > would guess that the file is in use somehow. That suggests that > you have done something with the file (like run it from the USB > drive) before trying to copy it to the PC. > > > I will figure it out 2nite. > > Thanks for not top posting, but please respond individually to > each part of my reply (as I am doing to yours) if you need further > assistance. > > You might also consider the possibility your game file is chock > full of viruses. As far as I know, the best way to infect your PC > is by running a file that you have downloaded. Programs gain > access to all sorts of stuff once you allow them to run/install.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - > Some programs do not require installation, other programs do. Your > meaning of "play it on the PC" is difficult to understand. I was refering to playing of the game on the PC. .. > You might also consider the possibility your game file is chock > full of viruses. As far as I know, the best way to infect your PC > is by running a file that you have downloaded. Programs gain > access to all sorts of stuff once you allow them to run/install. I have run virus scan with 2 different A/V programs. AVG and Norton, both report no infection, also ran a scan with Malwarebytes AMW, no infection. The game itself is insignificant, I would like to know where the bottleneck is. I am going to look at the system requirements of the game again. Maybe I have not enough ram? -J
From: John Doe on 2 Mar 2010 17:17
jinxy <willandsue rogers.com> wrote: .... > The game itself is insignificant, I would like to know where the > bottleneck is. I am going to look at the system requirements of > the game again. Maybe I have not enough ram? If I had a good idea of what the problem is, that question might be answerable. You have hinted at but not made clear whether your problem has to do with copying, installing, or running the "game" from the USB flash drive, there is a difference. Apparently you have not tried copying the game installation executable file from the USB to your hard drive like I suggested. But no one really even knows if in fact it is an installation file. Apparently the problem has something to do with game program files or a game installation file that has been copied to a USB flash drive from a laptop. And those files, whatever they are, cannot be copied from the USB flash drive to a PC, installed from the USB flash drive to a PC, or ran from the USB flash drive for playing the game on the PC, or maybe all/none of the above. -- > -J > > Path: news.astraweb.com!border1.newsrouter.astraweb.com!news-xfer.nntp.sonic.net!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!t41g2000yqt.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail > From: jinxy <willandsue rogers.com> > Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt > Subject: Re: usb drive > Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:46:03 -0800 (PST) > Organization: http://groups.google.com > Lines: 92 > Message-ID: <fd14451c-5f2b-4270-8e9a-595c8993a0d4 t41g2000yqt.googlegroups.com> > References: <ef25c678-d03c-4aa6-90c1-148cdf8eff6a z35g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> <4b899a16$0$32076$c3e8da3 news.astraweb.com> <21f752b4-529e-401e-b3b0-917ac915acaa c16g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> <4b8ba7b5$0$7722$c3e8da3 news.astraweb.com> <55f15e4c-4ad4-40a7-b7d9-ec0ce2bdd562 o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <4b8c5bfe$0$13663$c3e8da3 news.astraweb.com> > NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.253.15.141 > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > X-Trace: posting.google.com 1267566364 32410 127.0.0.1 (2 Mar 2010 21:46:04 GMT) > X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse google.com > NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 21:46:04 +0000 (UTC) > Complaints-To: groups-abuse google.com > Injection-Info: t41g2000yqt.googlegroups.com; posting-host=99.253.15.141; posting-account=r6vV0QoAAADQGuTKj74tWbkEhUQaW-n4 > User-Agent: G2/1.0 > X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) > |