winuae woes....

[haywirepc]

I installed my old aforever 2009 on an xp machine that I'm sure is sp2...
 
I get an error message saying I must upgrade the os. aforever player dosn't run. When I tried to just download the latest winuae I get this error message :
 
The procedure entry point decodepointer could not be located in the dynamic link library kernel32.dll.
 
I'd rather not reinstall a newer xp just to run this. Has anyone else encountered these problems and is there a fix that does not involved a reinstall of the entire host os?
 
Steven

[Piru]

I'd rather not reinstall a newer xp just to run this. Has anyone else encountered these problems and is there a fix that does not involved a reinstall of the entire host os?

Just install the SP3 update?

[Lurch]

Three things cause that error,

1) Graphics card driver issues - Get the latest for your card

2) Directx out of date or corrupted - Install using the directx runtime from MS.

3) SP2 not installed. I highly recommend you install SP3 and all the updates.

[haywirepc]

This system is out in my garage. No internet...

I managed to get it fixed using an older copy of winuae. Apparently somewhere along the upgrade path they require sp3 or newer direct x than that machine had...

I hate windows.... :rant:

[Piru]

This system is out in my garage. No internet...
..
I hate windows.... :rant:

Any OS without updates goes sour... windows is no exception.

WinXP SP3 download

[Lurch]

Piru bet me to it, all OS's need updates. Fix security issues, add new features. I'd install the updates the newer version of WinUAE and directx is worth it.

Download them to a flash drive or burn to disc if you want to go old school. :-)

[huronking]

See there? Windows was the vacuum- not AF.

[tone007]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/XP-SP2-XPiration-FAQ-147049.shtml

But starting on July 13th [2010,] XP SP2 will be just as unsupported as Windows 98.

[AmiKit]

See there? Windows was the vacuum- not AF.

Exactly. I find the thread name stupid.

[TrevorDick]

Amiga Forever is an excellent product.

TrevorD

[CritAnime]

Agreed. I have never once had issues with amiga forever. All your issues seem to revolve around the OS and not the software.

[fishy_fiz]

Little bit off topic, but I discovered that ReactOS now runs Winuae. I only tried it very briefly, but I tried booting both games and Workbench off floppy, and had no real issues.

As both ReactOS, and AROS 68k mature the potential for fully legal live booting/installable distros gets pretty interesting in my opinion. Both OSes being open source makes it somehwat easier/cleaner to be able to make the Winuae host side as small as possible and have the installer also install the emulator and 68k OS files, make the few relevant customisations, and so on and so forth.

Hopefully someone taps that potential some time in the future.

[Pentad]

I'm not sure the problem is AF2k9 or Windows.  I think it might be the user this time...

You know, WinUAE is a fantastic piece of software and Toni Wilen should be commended for his efforts considering it is free.   I wish some of these people -especially the 'if you don't own real Amiga hardware you are a traitor to the memory Jay Miner' group- would take a long hard look in the mirror.  Toni has done more to keep the memory of the Amiga alive and relevant in today's world than most of them combined.

I think Windows XP SP3 would help your AF2k9 problem.  I believe that SP3 is ~300 meg so you could always download it somewhere else and transfer it on a USB Memory Stick.

-P

[kedawa]

Amiga Forever still has a lot wrong with it, like the obfuscated adf images and encrypted ROM files.
It's just another example of how piracy can get you a more usable product than paying can.
Cloanto should know better.

[Digiman]

Don't. XP SP3 is for nobs in suits who have no clue. No software of note requires it, including WinUAE.