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I went into the bios to disable the HPET but the option didn't exist. I figured I might have made a mistake disabling it in the device mgr so I went back in and re-enabled it, then rebooted into bios again but the option doesn't exist still anywhere in the BIOS.

I was getting a message "unable to load directxupdatemanager.dll" at windows startup, and Alleg won't generate me a key.

Between then and now the only thing I mucked with was re-installing dirext from the microsoft website's distributable.

Not sure what to do at this point, I tried to message you but I don't know your main

I am not ignorant of the rules of the helpline, and I can post more system info if required but this specific scenario may not warrant it at this time.

• Initializing
• Reading Settings
• Logging Option: SIMPLE
• Loading MRU Callsigns
• Loading Form Position
• Checking Installation
• Checking OOBE
• Ready
• WARNING: Debug logging is resource intensive.
• Checking for system updates
• Checking for existing processes
• Saving Settings
• Saving MRU Callsigns
• Checking connectivity
• Using Port: DirectPlay
• Checking ASGS Client Version
• Client Version: 212
• Server Version: 210
• Securing Installation
• Validating Installation
• Preparing Key
• Unable to generate key
• The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070422)

I'm not sure... are you asking for help or not? Your message bounces around a bit.

If yes, then yeah, you should post up the info found in the template in the READ ME FIRST post.

I am asking for help from a certain individual that was helping me in-game. I can't reach him atm because I am unable to login. I'm sure I could reverse all these changes and reinstall and everything would be 'just fine' but he is helping me with a workaround for the graphics problem and I don't even understand half of what I've done in the last hour or so.

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Gothmog wrote:QUOTE (Gothmog @ Jan 18 2012, 09:43 PM) I was getting a message "unable to load directxupdatemanager.dll" at windows startup, and Alleg won't generate me a key.

WTF is that?! Maleware or that isn't the correct error message.