Links 2003 in Vista Home Premium 64bit

Hi,

For about the past month I have been trying to migrate all my software from
my 6 1/2 year old
XP Pro PC, to my new Vista Home Premium 64bit system. Here are system
hardware basics:
Asus P6T SE
Intel I7 CPU 3.07ghz
6GB triple channel DDR3
2) 500 GB sata drives
ATI (Sapphire) HD 4870 1GB PCI-E video card

Most of my software apps and games have been migrated and are working. There
were
a few that didn't make it, but they were of no consequence. However, one of
my most
played games, Microsoft Links 2003 (v1.05 patch) is having graphics
problems. When
I launch the program, I do see "3D Graphics by ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series".
However, when I go into the game setup, and try to set up the graphics, the
Device
window is blank. From the drop down list, I can select ATI Radeon HD 4800
Series.
However, when I do that, I get the error message, "Your ATI Radeon HD 4800
Series
video card does not meet Links 2003 minimum requirements. The Software
Renderer
will be used." (might not be the exact words, but very close). So, instead
of being able
to run 3D graphics and select my resolution, I am stuck with software
rendering, and a
low resolution (800 x 600). My old system had an old ATI Sapphire X1650
video card,
running the same version of Catalyst driver (v9.6) and it works fine. Of
course, it was
running under XP Pro. I've tried several versions of the Catalyst drivers,
and I've tried
running in XP Compatibility mode ... neither has worked. Anyone have any
ideas how I
can solve this? Registry hack? I've already contacted ATI/AMD as well as
Sapphire,
and they are 'clueless'.

I really love Links 2003, especially since I have over 160 courses which
I've accumulated
over the years.

Thanks

Found the solution. Downloaded v1.07 patch from Linkscorner.org and
all the problems are solved. Game works great, I've got wide screen
support, and a few new features to boot!


On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:50:19 -0400, "Darmok" <cooncat-spam@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>Hi,
>
>For about the past month I have been trying to migrate all my software from
>my 6 1/2 year old
>XP Pro PC, to my new Vista Home Premium 64bit system. Here are system
>hardware basics:
>Asus P6T SE
>Intel I7 CPU 3.07ghz
>6GB triple channel DDR3
>2) 500 GB sata drives
>ATI (Sapphire) HD 4870 1GB PCI-E video card
>
>Most of my software apps and games have been migrated and are working. There
>were
>a few that didn't make it, but they were of no consequence. However, one of
>my most
>played games, Microsoft Links 2003 (v1.05 patch) is having graphics
>problems. When
>I launch the program, I do see "3D Graphics by ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series".
>However, when I go into the game setup, and try to set up the graphics, the
>Device
>window is blank. From the drop down list, I can select ATI Radeon HD 4800
>Series.
>However, when I do that, I get the error message, "Your ATI Radeon HD 4800
>Series
>video card does not meet Links 2003 minimum requirements. The Software
>Renderer
>will be used." (might not be the exact words, but very close). So, instead
>of being able
>to run 3D graphics and select my resolution, I am stuck with software
>rendering, and a
>low resolution (800 x 600). My old system had an old ATI Sapphire X1650
>video card,
>running the same version of Catalyst driver (v9.6) and it works fine. Of
>course, it was
>running under XP Pro. I've tried several versions of the Catalyst drivers,
>and I've tried
>running in XP Compatibility mode ... neither has worked. Anyone have any
>ideas how I
>can solve this? Registry hack? I've already contacted ATI/AMD as well as
>Sapphire,
>and they are 'clueless'.
>
>I really love Links 2003, especially since I have over 160 courses which
>I've accumulated
>over the years.
>
>Thanks

Thanks for posting the solution back. :-)

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/

"Darmok" <cooncat.spam@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:m0n665p2k8jalckvunuetcnilaf8ai9uhv@4ax.com...
> Found the solution. Downloaded v1.07 patch from Linkscorner.org and
> all the problems are solved. Game works great, I've got wide screen
> support, and a few new features to boot!
>
>
> On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:50:19 -0400, "Darmok" <cooncat-spam@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>For about the past month I have been trying to migrate all my software
>>from
>>my 6 1/2 year old
>>XP Pro PC, to my new Vista Home Premium 64bit system. Here are system
>>hardware basics:
>>Asus P6T SE
>>Intel I7 CPU 3.07ghz
>>6GB triple channel DDR3
>>2) 500 GB sata drives
>>ATI (Sapphire) HD 4870 1GB PCI-E video card
>>
>>Most of my software apps and games have been migrated and are working.
>>There
>>were
>>a few that didn't make it, but they were of no consequence. However, one
>>of
>>my most
>>played games, Microsoft Links 2003 (v1.05 patch) is having graphics
>>problems. When
>>I launch the program, I do see "3D Graphics by ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series".
>>However, when I go into the game setup, and try to set up the graphics,
>>the
>>Device
>>window is blank. From the drop down list, I can select ATI Radeon HD 4800
>>Series.
>>However, when I do that, I get the error message, "Your ATI Radeon HD 4800
>>Series
>>video card does not meet Links 2003 minimum requirements. The Software
>>Renderer
>>will be used." (might not be the exact words, but very close). So,
>>instead
>>of being able
>>to run 3D graphics and select my resolution, I am stuck with software
>>rendering, and a
>>low resolution (800 x 600). My old system had an old ATI Sapphire X1650
>>video card,
>>running the same version of Catalyst driver (v9.6) and it works fine. Of
>>course, it was
>>running under XP Pro. I've tried several versions of the Catalyst
>>drivers,
>>and I've tried
>>running in XP Compatibility mode ... neither has worked. Anyone have any
>>ideas how I
>>can solve this? Registry hack? I've already contacted ATI/AMD as well as
>>Sapphire,
>>and they are 'clueless'.
>>
>>I really love Links 2003, especially since I have over 160 courses which
>>I've accumulated
>>over the years.
>>
>>Thanks
>