I decided to download the Vanguard client yesterday via the Station Launcher. Peter plays it occasionally, and I wanted to take a peek to test the waters.
Tonight I attempted to actually run what I'd downloaded.
Attempt #1: Fail. I never got past the pre-full-window-mode splash screen, and I got some sort of weird malformed double window frame with a perpetual "busy" hourglass cursor for a couple of minutes. I right-clicked on the task bar thingie and was able to close it without incident once I realized nothing was ever going to happen.
Attempt #2: Epic fail. Pre-splash splash didn't last nearly as long, and then I got the full-screen blackout. Woohoo, here we go!
BLUE.
SCREEN.
OF DEATH.
I can't tell you how long it's been since I've gotten a BSoD on any of my systems. This particular one is about 2 years old, running XP Media Center Edition, SP3. Needless to say, Vanguard is on indefinite hold…at least until I get up enough courage to try to launch the client again. *shudder*
Chicken! Bwak! Bwak!!!
When I was a kid, we would've been *thrilled* with just a BSOD! When our computers crashed, they'd blow up, wiping out every building for at least a city block. And we were happy that things were better than they used to be!!
ROFL I bet you had to haul your PCs on makeshift stretchers consisting of tree branches and spit uphill both ways in the snow to and from the repair shop, which back in those days was a guy with a wrench and a shotgun. :p