Game not loading

No Pepper · 01-05-2003, 09:45 PM

Bought the game a few months ago, licensed, and everything worked. Recently I optimized my computer (running WinXP Home) to run another program by making some registry changes, of which I cannot remember specifically. Upon clicking the OOTP4 icon to run the program, nothing happens. I looked at the eLicense control folder and it does not contain OOTP4. Thinking I just may have lost the license or some registry settings, I thought to just uninstall and reinstall the program. The same problem occurs. I had made a backup of my registry before I tweaked it but upon restoring it not all changes could be written back (?). I'm not sure where the problem lies.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Steve Kuffrey · 01-05-2003, 11:32 PM

You need to contact Via-Tech, the FAQ forum has contact info.

Treches · 01-06-2003, 04:53 AM

Win XP does not like ELicense code at all when updating from another OS and will delete all the licenses. It would be of some use to unlicense everything before the update and re-license again then.

No Pepper · 01-08-2003, 08:24 PM

Just in case anyone was having a similar problem after tweaking their OS blindly like I thought I wasn't, here's the root of what happened. In order to bump up the performance of my computer by eliminating programs or system checks run in the background, I must have disabled License Control (LicCtrl Service) among others. This should be kept in the Automatic setting, so that your computer automatically recognizes the licenses you have so you can use your software. These settings can be found in under Administrative Tools<Services<LicCtrl Service. This applies for XP Pro. For XP Home, you have to enable these tools (I've since forgotten how).

Thanks go to Steve and Via-Tech

01-05-2003, 09:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
No Pepper All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,036 Thanks: 46 Thanked 171x in 75 posts	Game not loading Bought the game a few months ago, licensed, and everything worked. Recently I optimized my computer (running WinXP Home) to run another program by making some registry changes, of which I cannot remember specifically. Upon clicking the OOTP4 icon to run the program, nothing happens. I looked at the eLicense control folder and it does not contain OOTP4. Thinking I just may have lost the license or some registry settings, I thought to just uninstall and reinstall the program. The same problem occurs. I had made a backup of my registry before I tweaked it but upon restoring it not all changes could be written back (?). I'm not sure where the problem lies. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

01-05-2003, 11:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 16,933 Thanks: 14 Thanked 4x in 3 posts	You need to contact Via-Tech, the FAQ forum has contact info. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays No longer an active league.

01-06-2003, 04:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
Treches Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Damned Hell Posts: 2,148 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	Win XP does not like ELicense code at all when updating from another OS and will delete all the licenses. It would be of some use to unlicense everything before the update and re-license again then. __________________ The Computer Baseball League

01-08-2003, 08:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
No Pepper All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,036 Thanks: 46 Thanked 171x in 75 posts	Problem solved Just in case anyone was having a similar problem after tweaking their OS blindly like I thought I wasn't, here's the root of what happened. In order to bump up the performance of my computer by eliminating programs or system checks run in the background, I must have disabled License Control (LicCtrl Service) among others. This should be kept in the Automatic setting, so that your computer automatically recognizes the licenses you have so you can use your software. These settings can be found in under Administrative Tools<Services<LicCtrl Service. This applies for XP Pro. For XP Home, you have to enable these tools (I've since forgotten how). Thanks go to Steve and Via-Tech

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