Software patches??

[KennyG]

I'm wondering something about software patches, if you have an old version of a software program...let's say...winDVD! My copy is like 2.1 so it's older.
Jon was kind enough to send me a 2.61 patch, would this patch also include all the other mods and patches that my copy may not have?
Reason I ask is this, before I install the patch I had alot of stutters and short freezes.
After installing the patch, alot of the stutters and freezes are gone, but now I've got discs that my computer will not play! (Dark City & Man in the Iron Mask being two of them)
So I'm wondering if I'm still missing some patches for this program, of by getting the lastest patch do I have all the lastest and greatest winDVD programing???Kenny

[JonMarsh]

Good question, Kenny.

I've sequenced all the updates as they come out. It really depends on the software philosophy; usually a company will tell you how it works; unless the update actually "patches" an existing .exe file, the update is usually replacing the complete execuatable, and will be a complete update. I have Dark City, and I'll try it when I'm back in the US. Any particular chapter or scene that's a problem? Also, what rev of DirectX are you running? That could be a factor, but the CD upgrade (my CD was also 2.1) had a full DX install, and the updates have't done anything else- but then my game installs sometimes do that, anyway.

Regards,

Jon




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[KennyG]

Jon, some very strange things are happening, last night I removed winDVD and installed powerDVD...then I remember why I went to winDVD, somehow my powerDVD program got corrupted, so I went back to winDVD...my intro is now different! Before it was all one color, black and a couple shades of brown (or a copper)
After reloading the program my intro has the same brown on the tape, but the area with the winDVD logo is now white...before it was the same color as the tape!? and Dark city now plays all the way through, without the patch...so I'm going to install the patch and see what happens...Kenny

[KennyG]

Installed the patch and Dark City now crashes...very strange.
However, alot of the trouble spots in other discs are gone...who'da thunk it???Kenny