Windows 7 and ETmin

BinaryStar · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:36 am

Heya i have a problem, which i hope someone knows an answer to. I'm running Windows 7 64bit version and as i have no problem running ET itself (i set the Compatibility to XP SP3 and i run it as Administrator) i have problems with using ET Minimizer, i do the same i set Compatibility and run it as Admin just like the game. But when i try using it ingame (pressing Alt+Z) instead of desktop i get a black screen, and when i press it again it goes back into the game, so apparently the minimizer is working, (minimizing the game). Its just not displaying what it should (displays a damn black screen instead of my desktop)

Any suggestions/ideas are greately apriciated. $\o/$

Cheers $\o$

[fP]-razzle-** · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:48 am

I don't use minimizer I just alt+enter

araknid · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:49 am

same as the raz

[fP]Kennie · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:19 am

etmin works fine here on win7 (without any tweaks)

BinaryStar · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:36 pm

must be ATI then |:/

coz i've tried 2 different ETmin, same result both times

alt+enter it is then

Gimpsta · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:26 pm

I use a nice freeware game launcher called Gamescanner
http://www.bdamage.se/

Has an inbuilt minimizer that may work for you.

BinaryStar · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:28 am

ok what happens with using Enter+Alt is after minimizing, a minute or two later my ET crashes with the msg: Missing/Corrupt Windows API Function [131144] |:/

i tried running this GameScanner program you suggested Gimpsta (cheers for that), but Win7 isn't allowing me to install lol saying: The System Administrator has set policies to prevent this installation.

Can't run the installation as an Administrator 8(7

any suggestions?

Thx for the help

BinaryStar · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:55 pm

Gimpsta, i managed to install the game, cool program i must say, but i have a problem when connecting to the server via GameScanner, i get kicked by PB with a kick msg: PB GUID AUTH: UNKNOWN

Got any ideas what could be causing this and how to fix it?

Cheers

Gimpsta · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:56 pm

Hmmmmm .. that's strange

All Gamescanner is doing is launching a command like your desktop shortcut. Let me check my config when I get home and get back to you.

This error is usually Punkbuster playing up and it resolves itself after an update or after a few days

X-routine · **Joined:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:46 pm **Posts:** 14

Honestly; No idea, someone from clanbase might know.

I just do ctrl-alt+delete minimize, not sure if Windows 7 uses the same interface etc,

Gimpsta · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:35 pm

Just checked my config and nothing unusual

I just run the ET.exe command with etpro parameter.

DAS BOOT · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:30 pm

Omg there are people out there that have ati thinks in there pc

That alone is a big problem

Never buy A.T.I

Go for asus or nvidia $\o$ $\o$ $\o$

Greetz DasBooT

Ewan · **Posted:** Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:13 pm

No problems here

Windows 7 - 64-bit, ATi HD3870 512MB

I run in Windows XP SP 2 compatibility mode.

Don't use a minimiser though - just run "/toggle r_fullscreen;vid_restart" in console then leave ET in background instead

BinaryStar · **Posted:** Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:15 pm

oh coz i'm running in SP3 mode, might be that... i'll change it to SP2 and see what happens, cheers m8 (Y)

.Moi. · **Joined:** Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:31 am **Posts:** 84

I have the same problem in that Q3E Minimizer v1.51 or GameMinimizer both of which I've used sucessfully in Win7 (64bit) seemed to stop working proberly about a month ago.

I'm not 100% sure on this, but seemed to happen after I updated Catalyst drivers to a newer version, but have tried uninstalling the newer version and going back to old without sucess.

What does work although its a PITA, is when i use my prefered shortcut combo (CTRL+Q) I get a blank black screen, if I then do a CTRL-ALT-DEL I get the LOCK COMPUTER, SWITCH USER, TASK MANAGER thing, but if i choose CANCEL on this I finally get the desktop I was after....takes 5secs longer but does work.

Wish I could find a way to get it back to the way it used to be. Did you ever find a fix for yours?

ps I've never run ET in compatibility mode in Win7, it just worked from day one once I'd properly updated PB.

Ewan · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:37 am

Sadly he didn't get the fix working

I've found out now that when I swich off fullscreen and restart video then I eventually get the PB kick too - takes longer, but it does happen

Grrr

Then again, I could just play windowed - 24" monitor is mighty big enough for ET and a few other things

BinaryStar · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:22 pm

Haven't found a solution other than swapping my ATI crap for a GeForce... not worth the money tho, so i gave up on it

Ewan · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:49 pm

BinaryStar · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:50 pm

Tis crap, without proper drivers the only thing its good for is nailing it to the wall... and it ain't even that pretty, so till they provide some good drivers, it is indeed crap. >.<

DAS BOOT · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:58 pm

All you need is NVIDIA (Y)

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