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    Gfwl And Steam Issue Solved!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Arklight, Jun 25, 2010.

  1. Arklight

    Arklight Notebook Evangelist

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    Either you reinstall Windows 7 or create a new account for games.

    Dang it!!!!

    New Account is easier.. one for work, one for games.
     
    Arklight, Jun 25, 2010
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    PSYCHOTRON Notebook Consultant

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    huh? which issue?
     
    PSYCHOTRON, Jun 25, 2010
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  3. Arklight

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    Sorry, If ever you have this issue..

    Steam games not working.. Crashing at startup.

    Games for windows live, Crashing at startup.
     
    Arklight, Jun 25, 2010
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  4. faiz23

    faiz23 Macbook FTW

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    i have been playing the sh*t out of steam like bioshock 2, CSS, tf2, killing floor, Orangebox. r2 i7 using verde 257.21 modded inf, overclock at 162mhz and TB enabled. Stock image from alienware
     
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  5. Arklight

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    DANG it, so its only my system then..
    None of that is RE5 and Dirt tho.. have you tried other games besides fps?
     
    Arklight, Jun 25, 2010
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  6. faiz23

    faiz23 Macbook FTW

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    lolz yeah i kinda like FPS... I did gta IV EFLC, BFBC2, BLUR, Split second...Did you select the games in nvidia control panel and have you selected the .exe and you can right click on the .exe and select "run with graphics processor"
     
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    yeah,, i made it work now.. Thanks! :D I like FPS to0, lol. I dont have them installed yet tho. hahaha.
     
    Arklight, Jun 26, 2010
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