Porphyr Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 Hi I'm running a dual boot setup with XP pro 64bit and Windows 7 Beta 64bit. Black Shark is installed and activated on the XP part. Can I install under Windows 7 as well and use up one activation, and then be able to run the sim from whichever OS I boot from? Or must the XP install be deactivated? cheers Porphy
Guest Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 You may be able to do it without using any activation or deactivation (e.g. totally free). Try using regedit in your XP install to export the key HKCU\Software\Eagle Dynamics\Black Shark to a .reg file. Then, load that file in Windows 7 before you run Black Shark. There is a reasonable chance that it will work. I have not tried with Windows 7, but I have done this between Vista 32 and XP 32, and it works fine. Also, as a suggestion, to increase the chances that that Starforce will not see this as a "new" PC and require reactivation, I suggest making your machine name is the same in both XP and Windows 7. If the above does not work, I suggest just using an activation to get it working on both at the same time. If you deactivate first on XP, you will lose the ability to play BS on XP.
Porphyr Posted January 11, 2009 Author Posted January 11, 2009 Thanks Wombat! The reg thing and computer name change worked perfectly. You just saved me one activation. :) Now I just have to find out why the taskmanager doesn't allow me to change or even check affinity when running BS under Windows 7. cheers Porphyr
Porphyr Posted January 11, 2009 Author Posted January 11, 2009 Hi again The affinity script from Jesse worked just fine. BS is now flying compared to the xp install!
kempas Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Hi again The affinity script from Jesse worked just fine. BS is now flying compared to the xp install! How does it run under Windows 7...? I'm considering this option. Have it running on a 32bit XP install at the moment but don't really want to go to the expense of getting 64bit Vista given that I'll probably be upgrading with the next 12 months so the free Windows 7 beta looks a good option - have a spare disk handy for a dual boot setup.
Porphyr Posted January 18, 2009 Author Posted January 18, 2009 How does it run under Windows 7...? I'm considering this option. Have it running on a 32bit XP install at the moment but don't really want to go to the expense of getting 64bit Vista given that I'll probably be upgrading with the next 12 months so the free Windows 7 beta looks a good option - have a spare disk handy for a dual boot setup. I would do that dor sure. BS runs just fine. I haven't really done any proper benchmarking, but the general impression is 10-20 fps gain, faster loadtimes and smoother much playing compared to XP. Win 7 beta is working well over all, just a few small problems encountered, but not more than running the old Xp install. Most things that work with Vista also works with Win 7. Anyway, if you do a dual boot you always have the old OS to do some stuff that might not work yet with the win 7 beta. It's litterary a Win Win situation... :music_whistling:
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