Vista woes? BEGONE!

HighAndr0id · 05-6-2008, 09:52 PM

This is only for people who have upgraded to vista
Do you have windows vista? Are you considering quitting ffr because your PA is terrible? Do you feel that it is not your fault? Would you like for me to fix it?

All good questions and hopefully be the end of this your problems will be gone forever. Now, the route of the vista lag problem is sooooooo so so so so simple that it LITERALLY took me 5 seconds to look up a fix (lol google).

The problem is your keyboard driver, not vista. Vista is a very good system and has few flaws which impair the proper functioning of ffr. The driver problem is no one's fault but the computer retailer's (or who ever setup vista on our computer, for more information see the link at the bottom of this post).

Anyway on to the solution:

STEP 1:
System restore

Make sure this is turned on and you have all your data backed up. If you **** the next steps up, it is Not my fault. Back up your damn data. If you don't know how to do this, then don't even bother trying the next steps.

STEP 2:
registry editing

Ok go to your start menu, open up Run. Type in this word exactly without quotes, "regedit".

STEP 3:

once registry editor is open, click the plus sign beside the word HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Then click the plus sign beside the word SYSTEM. Then click the plus sign beside the word CurrentControlSet. Then click the plus sign beside the word Services. Then again beside the word i8042prt. Then click on parameters. This is all done in the SIDE window.

STEP 4:

on the right hand window you should see several words with numbers beside them. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BESIDES WHAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU!
Look for PollStatusIterations, click it and a small window should popup.

STEP 5:

The window should be labeled Edit DWORD Value. inside it there should be the name of the DWORD and a text box with a hexidecimal value in it. Beside the text box should be 2 dot checks for hex and decimal. check decimal and enter the Value of 1 into the text box. Close everything and reboot your system.

EDIT: quick fix, if you don't have a PollStatusIterations DWORD then make one and follow the steps

That is it, thank you.

Source of information:
http://searchwincomputing.techtarget...246895,00.html

refer to that link for more details as to why you lag and for more help.
If you feel i have left out crucial information then please do not hesitate to let me know and i will amend this document.

-And0id, solvin your vista woes : D

**s0ulst0n3** · 05-6-2008, 09:55 PM

Or you could be smart and use Linux/Kubuntu which is faster, uses less space (OS), free, close to impossible to get spyware/viruses (In tests the worst virus that was obtained was one that changed the time, lmao), and looks pretty. =P

Good guide anyways, don't see why people use Vista though. It's expensive and not worth it.

HighAndr0id · 05-6-2008, 09:57 PM

this solutions literally takes less then the time it takes to reboot vista, I win.

**s0ulst0n3** · 05-6-2008, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HighAndr0id

this solutions literally takes less then the time it takes to reboot vista, I win.

How do you win, that had nothing to do with my post. O.o

**EAGAMES** · 05-6-2008, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s0ulst0n3

How do you win, that had nothing to do with my post. O.o

HighAndr0id is a sloth with sexy women surrounding him. How could he not win?

**DN_Catastrophic** · 05-6-2008, 10:09 PM

i love you <3

**MrMagic5239** · 05-6-2008, 10:09 PM

I have no vista problems at all, I dont lag with vista unless I run aim when I play, which I dont normally do

fido123 · 05-6-2008, 10:13 PM

Hardly anybody (INCLUDING people who don't belong to internet communities) knows what the hell Unbuntu or even what Linux is. Plus if your not very computer savvy I'm sure people wouldn't want to have to download all sorts of things just to do what they could do with Vista.

HighAndr0id · 05-6-2008, 10:15 PM

what i was referring to is the speed of your solution, downgrade verse simple registry edit plus reboot. serveral hours verses several minutes. therefore i win.

**flipsta_lombax** · 05-6-2008, 10:24 PM

Stickied please. Great find Android. :]

**Zageron** · 05-6-2008, 10:26 PM

Also android. You could export the registry file, and make it available to people.

HighAndr0id · 05-6-2008, 10:27 PM

i think a confirmation on the validity of my walk-through would be better before this thread is stickied, just to be sure since i don't have vista and can't verify this myself. Although im fairly confident in my findings :/

EDIT: Zag the edit is literally inserting a 1 where there was none before, no need for a reg file to be posted.

**MrMagic5239** · 05-6-2008, 10:30 PM

Question, does anyone run Opera? I was wandering how Opera would run ffr...

HighAndr0id · 05-6-2008, 10:32 PM

I am open to all questions regarding ffr problems over any operating system, just not tonight. Drop by my profile, leave me some info and I will do my best to use every resource at my disposal to assist. That is all.

**s0ulst0n3** · 05-6-2008, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HighAndr0id

what i was referring to is the speed of your solution, downgrade verse simple registry edit plus reboot. serveral hours verses several minutes. therefore i win.

Kubuntu takes 20 minutes to install, hahah. Unlike Windows.

Anyways I was just saying it's better in the long-term, as a lot of people end up having to reformat their computers for dumb reasons. =P

Oh wellll.

EDIT: fido123, you only have to download like 5 things, everything else updates when you go into the Adept Package Manager! Firefox, Cedaga/Wine, aMSN .. actually, that's all you need if all you do is chat/play FFR and SM. Kopete, Konqueror, and many other functions are already included. =)

Sorry for going off-topic, didn't realize where I posting this until I finished. O.o

**Bynary Fission** · 05-6-2008, 10:34 PM

I thought the random goods were caused by framerate issues, not lagging input from keystrokes.

~Bynary Fission

HighAndr0id · 05-6-2008, 10:39 PM

nope keystrokes, and soul you are right, and i am right. We are both right. But both solutions work.

**ELRayford** · 05-6-2008, 10:41 PM

This will help about 50% of the people that do it. If your system is a beast then this should help you. If not then you will still suffer from the Vista and Flash issue.

Opera runs FFR somewhat like Mozilla. Its sad to say, but IE has them both beat when it comes to playing FFR.

On the mention of open source OS'. Yes, these are the best OS' to run. I stay with an Ubuntu/XP dual boot. If you are adventurous with PC's, try one!

HighAndr0id · 05-6-2008, 10:45 PM

if this helps even one person then it wasn't a complete waste and I'm happy : D

**dean_machine** · 05-6-2008, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ELRayford

On the mention of open source OS'. Yes, these are the best OS' to run. I stay with an Ubuntu/XP dual boot. If you are adventurous with PC's, try one!

And use online guides first before you try anything so you don't do anything like setting up partitions wrong, unless you're planning to replace the current OS on your computer. And you also might want to check if your graphics card is supported, or many graphical things won't run so well and you'll be very disappointed. Mine used to be supported till Edgy Eft or Feisty Fawn got released

05-6-2008, 09:52 PM	#1
HighAndr0id FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,405	Vista woes? BEGONE! This is only for people who have upgraded to vista Do you have windows vista? Are you considering quitting ffr because your PA is terrible? Do you feel that it is not your fault? Would you like for me to fix it? All good questions and hopefully be the end of this your problems will be gone forever. Now, the route of the vista lag problem is sooooooo so so so so simple that it LITERALLY took me 5 seconds to look up a fix (lol google). The problem is your keyboard driver, not vista. Vista is a very good system and has few flaws which impair the proper functioning of ffr. The driver problem is no one's fault but the computer retailer's (or who ever setup vista on our computer, for more information see the link at the bottom of this post). Anyway on to the solution: STEP 1: System restore Make sure this is turned on and you have all your data backed up. If you **** the next steps up, it is Not my fault. Back up your damn data. If you don't know how to do this, then don't even bother trying the next steps. STEP 2: registry editing Ok go to your start menu, open up Run. Type in this word exactly without quotes, "regedit". STEP 3: once registry editor is open, click the plus sign beside the word HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Then click the plus sign beside the word SYSTEM. Then click the plus sign beside the word CurrentControlSet. Then click the plus sign beside the word Services. Then again beside the word i8042prt. Then click on parameters. This is all done in the SIDE window. STEP 4: on the right hand window you should see several words with numbers beside them. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BESIDES WHAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU! Look for PollStatusIterations, click it and a small window should popup. STEP 5: The window should be labeled Edit DWORD Value. inside it there should be the name of the DWORD and a text box with a hexidecimal value in it. Beside the text box should be 2 dot checks for hex and decimal. check decimal and enter the Value of 1 into the text box. Close everything and reboot your system. EDIT: quick fix, if you don't have a PollStatusIterations DWORD then make one and follow the steps That is it, thank you. Source of information: http://searchwincomputing.techtarget...246895,00.html refer to that link for more details as to why you lag and for more help. If you feel i have left out crucial information then please do not hesitate to let me know and i will amend this document. -And0id, solvin your vista woes : D __________________ Last edited by HighAndr0id; 05-7-2008 at 09:35 PM..

05-6-2008, 09:55 PM	#2
s0ulst0n3 <SPACE FOR RENT> Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 29 Posts: 2,076	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! Or you could be smart and use Linux/Kubuntu which is faster, uses less space (OS), free, close to impossible to get spyware/viruses (In tests the worst virus that was obtained was one that changed the time, lmao), and looks pretty. =P Good guide anyways, don't see why people use Vista though. It's expensive and not worth it. __________________ PM me if you want to rent my custom title. :3 ~*Far too many years of chaos and unrest, far too many voices brutally supressed!~*

05-6-2008, 09:57 PM	#3
HighAndr0id FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,405	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! this solutions literally takes less then the time it takes to reboot vista, I win. __________________

05-6-2008, 10:09 PM	#6
DN_Catastrophic Cata_X Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Age: 34 Posts: 395	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! i love you <3

05-6-2008, 10:09 PM	#7
MrMagic5239 FFR Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 34 Posts: 4,096	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! I have no vista problems at all, I dont lag with vista unless I run aim when I play, which I dont normally do __________________ ~Grand Chase Stats~ Elesis (Knight/Spearman/Sword Master/ Savior) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4 EXP Rank 1 Lire (Archer/Crossbowmen/Arch Ranger/Nova) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Arme (Mage/Alchemist/Warlock/Battle Mage) Lvl 80/80 MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Ronan (Spell Knight/Dragon Knight/Aegis Knight/Abyss Knight) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Lass (Thief/Assassin/Dark Assassin/Striper) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4, EXP Rank 1 Ryan (Druid/Sentinel/Viken/Xenocider) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Amy (Dancer/Musician/Siren/Superstar) Lvl 78/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 13 Sieghart (Gladiator/Warlord/Duelist/Prime Knight) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Jin (Fighter/Shisa/Asura/Rama) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4 EXP Rank 1 Zero (Seeker/Wanderer) Lvl 79/80, MP Bars 4/4 EXP Rank 9 Dio (Stygian/Drakar//Leviathan) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Rin (Caller) Lvl 77/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 32 Rufus (Bounty Hunter/Killer/Ravager/Arbiter) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Ley (Summoner/Harbringer) lvl 79/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 21 Asin (Desciple) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 (Eastern Rain Liquid Jade aquired)

05-6-2008, 10:13 PM	#8
fido123 FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 32 Posts: 4,245	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! Hardly anybody (INCLUDING people who don't belong to internet communities) knows what the hell Unbuntu or even what Linux is. Plus if your not very computer savvy I'm sure people wouldn't want to have to download all sorts of things just to do what they could do with Vista.

05-6-2008, 10:15 PM	#9
HighAndr0id FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,405	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! what i was referring to is the speed of your solution, downgrade verse simple registry edit plus reboot. serveral hours verses several minutes. therefore i win. __________________

05-6-2008, 10:24 PM	#10
flipsta_lombax Lombax Connoisseur Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia Age: 34 Posts: 2,556	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! Stickied please. Great find Android. :] __________________ Best FGO: Time To Eye{3-0-0-0} Best SCORE: Husigi Usagi Milk Tei {16-1-2-8}

05-6-2008, 10:26 PM	#11
Zageron Zageron E. Tazaterra RRR Developer & DevOps Support Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: BC Age: 32 Posts: 6,587	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! Also android. You could export the registry file, and make it available to people. __________________ Help Develop FFR

05-6-2008, 10:27 PM	#12
HighAndr0id FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,405	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! i think a confirmation on the validity of my walk-through would be better before this thread is stickied, just to be sure since i don't have vista and can't verify this myself. Although im fairly confident in my findings :/ EDIT: Zag the edit is literally inserting a 1 where there was none before, no need for a reg file to be posted. __________________

05-6-2008, 10:30 PM	#13
MrMagic5239 FFR Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 34 Posts: 4,096	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! Question, does anyone run Opera? I was wandering how Opera would run ffr... __________________ ~Grand Chase Stats~ Elesis (Knight/Spearman/Sword Master/ Savior) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4 EXP Rank 1 Lire (Archer/Crossbowmen/Arch Ranger/Nova) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Arme (Mage/Alchemist/Warlock/Battle Mage) Lvl 80/80 MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Ronan (Spell Knight/Dragon Knight/Aegis Knight/Abyss Knight) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Lass (Thief/Assassin/Dark Assassin/Striper) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4, EXP Rank 1 Ryan (Druid/Sentinel/Viken/Xenocider) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Amy (Dancer/Musician/Siren/Superstar) Lvl 78/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 13 Sieghart (Gladiator/Warlord/Duelist/Prime Knight) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Jin (Fighter/Shisa/Asura/Rama) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4 EXP Rank 1 Zero (Seeker/Wanderer) Lvl 79/80, MP Bars 4/4 EXP Rank 9 Dio (Stygian/Drakar//Leviathan) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Rin (Caller) Lvl 77/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 32 Rufus (Bounty Hunter/Killer/Ravager/Arbiter) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 Ley (Summoner/Harbringer) lvl 79/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 21 Asin (Desciple) Lvl 80/80, MP Bars 4/4, EXP Rank 1 (Eastern Rain Liquid Jade aquired)

05-6-2008, 10:32 PM	#14
HighAndr0id FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,405	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! I am open to all questions regarding ffr problems over any operating system, just not tonight. Drop by my profile, leave me some info and I will do my best to use every resource at my disposal to assist. That is all. __________________

05-6-2008, 10:34 PM	#16
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05-6-2008, 10:39 PM	#17
HighAndr0id FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,405	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! nope keystrokes, and soul you are right, and i am right. We are both right. But both solutions work. __________________

05-6-2008, 10:41 PM	#18
ELRayford Custom User Title Join Date: May 2004 Age: 39 Posts: 1,546	Re: Vista woes? BEGONE! This will help about 50% of the people that do it. If your system is a beast then this should help you. If not then you will still suffer from the Vista and Flash issue. Opera runs FFR somewhat like Mozilla. Its sad to say, but IE has them both beat when it comes to playing FFR. On the mention of open source OS'. Yes, these are the best OS' to run. I stay with an Ubuntu/XP dual boot. If you are adventurous with PC's, try one!

05-6-2008, 10:45 PM	#19
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