A couple weeks ago, after buying Doom 3 for Blogless Brother Tom for his 40th birthday, I decided it was time for a computer upgrade.

Nothing really wrong with the system I have, except that it can't play Doom 3.

And, for once, I decided to save up for it and buy it after I had the money instead of just charging it and waiting for the bill like I usually do.

Unfortunately, my computer has recently taken to restarting for no particular reason, and it's becoming more frequent.

I'm ordering the new computer today.

Meanwhile, if the old system goes down hard between now & the time the new one gets set up, I may go involuntarily incommunicado, and I didn't want anyone to worry.

And in case you're wondering, this is NOT a distracting cover story that I'm using as an alibi to disguise my secret CIA mission inside near Cambodia.

Unless I come back with a lucky hat, in which case it was.

Posted by: Harvey at 02:56 PM | Comments (16) | Add Comment
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1 Guess your current system sensed those Doom vibes, eh? Congrats!!

Posted by: pam at August 25, 2004 03:36 PM (l6NIn)

2 I half-expected the comment above to be from "Mudfish Billie" saying something like "Who cares if you're gone?" Alas, he let me down. Luck with the new machine, man.

Posted by: Johnny - Oh at August 25, 2004 03:41 PM (Nl2WO)

3 You can have my computer and my copy of Doom 3 too - it's kinda... disappointing (talking from a design point of view here). Feel free to flame away but I can substantiate my claims :-p

Posted by: Alex at August 25, 2004 03:41 PM (a1D32)

4 Hey... if your box is resetting... you have a fucking VIRII....

Posted by: Mudfish Billie at August 25, 2004 05:05 PM (f4tF1)

5 ...nearly forgot... adios, mofo...

Posted by: Mudfish Billie at August 25, 2004 05:06 PM (f4tF1)

6 Nothing really wrong with the system I have, except that it can't play Doom 3. Which is exactly why I haven't bought it. I gotta finish paying off the laptop I just had to have. ;-D

Posted by: Larry Morin at August 25, 2004 05:09 PM (7v56M)

7 New computer - heh. Several things. First before yours dies an unnatural death. Go to zonelabs and download the free zonealarm firewall - burn to a cd. Install on your computer before getting online with the new system. I am assuming - maybe wrongly that you are going to get a WinXP machine? If you do, don't install SP2!!! It may not let you play Doom. I know that SP2 has caused tons of problems for many. Google it and see if SP2 causes problems playing games before installing. And I would never trust Windows to make a decent firewall - so I wouldn't use the XP one anyway (it gets turned on by SP2 - it's not automatically on in the original install) Good Luck!

Posted by: Teresa at August 25, 2004 08:47 PM (nAfYo)

8 System crashed. Workaround in progress. Posting & e-mail responses will be delayed until I can throw something workable together.

Posted by: Harvey at August 25, 2004 11:23 PM (ubhj8)

9 Good riddance....

Posted by: Mudfish Billie at August 26, 2004 01:40 AM (f4tF1)

10 I'm looking at some massive upgrades when EverQuest II comes out. I quit the original EverQuest after six months because I got tired of buying expansions, but the second edition of the game looks too cool to pass up. I'll probably need more memory, a better video card ... other stuff too. Oh, well. I'll just have to use a month's beer money. Hey Harv, did you ever get around to reading A Fire Upon the Deep? S

Posted by: sandor at the zoo at August 26, 2004 09:09 AM (/sOaF)

11 I didn't know about the problems with SP2 when I installed, but thankfully there have been no problems with anything, games included. WTF, does 'Mudfish' have a crush on you?

Posted by: pam at August 26, 2004 09:18 AM (l6NIn)

12 No problems running Doom 3 on my Windows XP SP2 system. I have heard that Doom 3 doesn't properly handle the multi-user environment, which is a fancy way of saying it won't run right if you're running as a restricted user. I'm guessing it writes its saved game files to its installation directory, which is read-only to a restricted user. The only games I know of that handle this properly are the Max Payne games which write to a subfolder of the My Documents folder.

Posted by: RadarRider at August 26, 2004 12:20 PM (eKeht)

13 Pam - The Bartender's all about the man-on-man bloglove :-) RR - Well, if I have any problems running Doom 3, I guess I know who to call :-)

Posted by: Harvey at August 26, 2004 06:03 PM (ubhj8)

14 WTF is man-on-man-blo-glove? You're one sick twisted perverted monkey-boy... now - go to your room... and no playing with yourself!

Posted by: Mudfish Billie at August 27, 2004 10:41 AM (f4tF1)

15 I'm considering getting a new desktop for the same reason. Let me know if Doom 3 is worth it please :-)

Posted by: GEBIV at August 27, 2004 05:23 PM (4AB8x)

16 Bartender - a blo-glove is an inflatable hand-jobber :-P GEBIV - I'll keep you posted. And even if you never play Doom3, upgrade anyway. Hey, you've worked hard, you DESERVE something nice :-)

Posted by: Harvey at August 27, 2004 06:19 PM (ubhj8)

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