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Some time ago I bought the game "Call of Juarez 2 - Bound in Blood."

The annoying problem, which cost me lots of time and despair, was a black screen right after the click on the icon. I couldn’t return to windows but press the reset button. I use Windows 7 (64bit) on my machine and thought this would be the reason so I read lots of forums but nothing worked for me.

Suggested solutions were: right click on the shortcut (or the .exe file in the game folger) and go to settings. In compatibility mode choose Windows Vista SP2 and disable visual themes and disable desktop composition.

All didn’t work for me but sometimes it is just too simple!
I use a firewall (Comodo). One day it crashed on system startup. –and the game suddenly started.

Don’t know why I didn’t think earlier of it, but well… maybe it helps if I post it here. So: Shutdown your firewall before the first start of the game. (Later you can switch between the game and windows by pressing Alt+Tab and change firewall settings.) Now the game runs perfect, even without compatibility mode.

Enjoy the game!

People say that ASUS has a terrible service. Recently I tried to repair an Asus L3000 and was looking for a Service Manual. - People seem to be right, I didn't find one online. So I tried it myself. Maybe I can publish here a kind of inoficial instruction of how to open the computer. Good luck with your repair then!

(Disclaimer: Using this instruction is on your own risk! I will not take respomsibility for its completeness or resulting damage on your computer. For questions concerning your computer problem contact the ASUS Support Service.)

1. Remove the screws on the backside

2. Turn the computer around and remove battery and screws

3. Carefully remove Harddisk: Remove the screw and pull the black tie until it slips out

4. Turn the computer around and open it.

5. Use a sharp thin tool to press the hole on the left side over the keyboard and slide away the plastic cover to the left side.

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6. Remove the keyboard and its cable

7. Remove the screws: 1. Releases the monitor; 2. and 3. releases top bezel.

7. Pull out the screen cables (2x) and remove the screen

8. Pull out the red touchpad cable

9. Unplug the microphone cable and now you can remove the top bezel

10. Remove the CD Drive and the screws, also remove the "bridge" which holds the CD Drive

11. Pull out speaker cables and Floppy Cable

12. Gently remove the main board; Pay attention to the two fans on the bottom side. Unplug them.

Vor einiger Zeit habe ich eine Quelle für kostenlose Hörbücher entdeckt. -Ja, man mag es kaum glauben, sogar legal. Hier der Link: www.vorleser.net
In letzter Zeit bin ich etwas vorsichtiger geworden, was das Nutzen von im Web erhältlichen Bildern angeht. Hin und wieder hört man von Prozessen wegen Urheberrechtsverletzung. -selbst in nicht ganz so weit reichenden Kreisen... Deswegen diesmal ohne das Logo von vorleser.net...

Huh... Long time no see... Although this (first) blog of mine is decaying more and more, I just opened up a new one (hehehe). (More internet trash! Hurray!)
Ask me for the reason and I would simply say that I prefer taking pictures for the moment. (Although I still hope that I start writing sooner or later again - like Mr Hummel) Plus, I needed to save the URL name for later.... (hehehe 2). So just have a look at http://www.gerolf-m.blogspot.com. At the moment I am experimenting with makro photography...

 
A friend of mine sent me the link to an interesting flash animation. If you want to get informed about current possibilities and use of surveillance technology, check this out. (It is available on several mirrors. Choose one. Only available in German.)

I found this speech accidentally today. It shows Steve Jobs (CEO, Apple and Pixar) at the Stanford Commencement Speech 2005. For me an interesting source for own speeches and motivation.

Isnt it fantastic?! Finally after one year I could reactivate my blog account. I found a new software which is not as convenient as w.bloggar though. For everybody who is looking for a free software that is compatible with the "new" blogger, try Sematic.

It works the same, you can use html editing mode as well as WYSIWYG (viewing mode without HTML code). Unfortunately the feature "edit templates" is missing.

Well, for me it maskes blogging more convenient again. However my blogroll won't be often up-to-date ;-)

Oh my, I can't believe it. Is there no other chance to publish offline created posts in blogger?! There must be a better solution. Google should work on it!

This is how a critical video calls a very famous video blogger.

I haven't heard much about video blogs so far. (Unfortunately, or else it had appeared in my research paper on weblogs as well) But recently I discovered YouTube and thus a new dimensions of blogging.

It seems that video blogging is quite popular already in the USA. One of the most famous video-bloggers is probably lonelygirl15. I just watched one of her clips and I have to say that it is quite professional.

However, so far I haven't compared it to other videos in the category "Blogs". So I can not say if it is a typical example for a blogger video. On the other hand there are also rumours if she is a real video blogger or not. If you check out the video linked above, you will know what I mean. There she can be seen on TV where she admits that some details about her were actually fake.

Nevertheless, I feel pretty interested in this new form of media. It offers a great deal of possibilities I think. The only problem is the lame modem connection at home...

I just created an account at YouTube. It shall be possible to upload 100 Mb of videos and mp3 for free. Well, I will try it soon probably.

And then I read the news. Google bought YouTube! The internet isn't safe anymore. Google is on a good way to become a monopole I think. Nevertheless, the action saved YouTube's life. They had lots of problems keeping the site alive. Many people recommended Google not to buy it. I think, however, that it was a good deal for Google.

We will see probably in the near future what Google makes out of YouTube. I hope that in the end the customers will benefit...

For me it is a news though. I always wondered how to include videos in weblogs. Now I found out. (Unfortunately I don't have a broadband connection so far, so there is no video now where I am telling you this ;-)

YouTube is a platform for hosting videos (lots of funny stuff there). I maybe will try it in the near future...

Today somebody visited my page and was looking for a solution to open his Acer Travelmate 800 case. Because I had the same problem and it took me a while to find the service manual, here is a link (hope it works for a while) for the Travelmate 800 Service Manual. In case it should be offline, try to google for the file tm800sg.pdf.

From next Friday on, Technorati plans to have its own newsletter. It shall appear every week.

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SIgning in shall be possible at http://www.technorati.com.

I couldn’t believe it when I opened today’s newspaper advertisements. Finally there is a new part of “The Broken Sword” available! This would be the 4th part of the computer game whose part 1 fascinated me a lot 10 years ago.

However the following parts were a harsh disappointment. Well, let’s see how the new part of this adventure-game is. Unfortunately the 3D characters from the 3rd part are still existent and any similarity with the characters from the previous parts is gone.

Some developers, however, created an unofficial version 2.5. A demo can be downloaded at http://www.baphometsfluch25.de/. The actors from the first 2 parts who borrowed their voices for the game’s characters even renounced to get paid.

To be honest, I am more looking forwards to the unofficial version than two play the 4th part (“The Angel of Death”) in a few years when it costs only a quarter of the €44!