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KnickNut3
08-05-2005, 03:30 AM
Hello. I'm studying in Australia for the semester without a personal computer. After thinking that I would have to abandon whoring for 4 1/2 months, I finally found a lab with powerful machines, restricted login access, personal hard drive space and low access restrictions. I'm able to install Party Poker, etc. without problems on my personal space.

However, whenever I try to install a crypto, I get the error message "Failed to register UA! Contact software vendor." Well, from Googling apparently it's because I don't have administrator access on these computers (which I don't and can't get). Any way to figure out a workaround to get this to work? I'm already going through withdrawal and can't go 4 more months without at least hitting up the easy Crypto monthlies! Wink

Anyway, without berating me about the danger of playing online on public computers, does anyone have any ideas on how to get these cryptos on my machine? I figured fellow whores would be most likely to share my pain and empathize. Thanks so much...

KnickNut3
cwes
08-05-2005, 05:35 AM
Can you talk the admin into installing VirtualPC or VMWare on one of those computers? You most likely need it for running your personal db server and doing some statistical analysis /images/graemlins/grin.gif
Barry_G
08-05-2005, 10:47 AM
I get this same error for all the cryptos on my desktop. Still haven't been able to download any of them.
o0mr_bill0o
08-05-2005, 12:46 PM
it might be possible to just copy the folder from a computer where it's already installed.
KnickNut3
08-07-2005, 10:10 PM
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it might be possible to just copy the folder from a computer where it's already installed.

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Has anyone tried this? I'd have to get it sent to me from home in the States, so I'll only get family to do it if it's worked before...
KnickNut3
08-09-2005, 03:54 AM
Help is appreciated /images/graemlins/smile.gif
cwes
08-09-2005, 11:23 AM
Doesn't work. Did you read my post above?
KnickNut3
08-09-2005, 08:46 PM
Sorry, cwes. Tried that but no luck. Just trying to find another workaround.
tubalkain
08-09-2005, 09:13 PM
You're not going to be able to install without admin rights. One thing I've heard of is a bootable XP Pre-Install Environment CD that you might be able to create with the Cryptos already installed. When you want to play, you'd just put the CD in, reboot and go.

I'll look into this and get back to you.
cwes
08-10-2005, 06:42 PM
Well, then let's try something else.

Do you have a computer at home with Windows XP installed?
KnickNut3
08-10-2005, 09:39 PM
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You're not going to be able to install without admin rights. One thing I've heard of is a bootable XP Pre-Install Environment CD that you might be able to create with the Cryptos already installed. When you want to play, you'd just put the CD in, reboot and go.

I'll look into this and get back to you.

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I think I'll just look for some friends to bribe to borrow their laptop for 1 day a month and just do a marathon session. (At least for the cryptos, then work on non-cryptos in the labs.) I don't have any other PC access so it may just be overly-complicated.
KnickNut3
08-15-2005, 01:18 AM
Well, found the friend, borrowed the laptop. The programs downloaded and installed fine, but couldn't connect. Might be something messed up with his firewall access and restrictions, but even after disabling the firewall and closing it it didn't work, so it might be the connection we have access to (and I can't really screw around on his machine). Took the installed folders and moved them onto a portable drive, tried them on my original lab machine, but got "Registry entries missing, cannot run" or something of that sort. Back to square one if anyone has ideas. This +EV is taunting me, between casinos and poker monthlies...