PING Bob Brozewicz - How goes the Doom3 error???

[McGrandpa]

Haven't heard from you in a few days. Was wondering if you'd got it
fixed, made it worse, or about the same?

[bob brozewicz]

Post by McGrandpa
Haven't heard from you in a few days. Was wondering if you'd got it
fixed, made it worse, or about the same?

im still around.

as far as the game goes, it still wont work.

im still trying a few things. then again i just may have to face it, i
have a machine that will not run the game.

[McGrandpa]

Post by bob brozewicz

Post by McGrandpa
Haven't heard from you in a few days. Was wondering if you'd got it
fixed, made it worse, or about the same?

im still around.
as far as the game goes, it still wont work.
im still trying a few things. then again i just may have to face it, i
have a machine that will not run the game.

Ok, I am wondering if you've seen this from my last response to your
second thread? :
You could use a real guru type geek here. I'm just a guy. No guru.
That error report file XP sent to M$, that lists three files.
Doom3.exe
~df394b.tmp
kernel32.dll
Doom3.exe and kernel32.dll I'm familiar with. Something happenening in
the last few months has acquainted me with something else that I wasn't
happy to find at all.
Though the report dump didn't state the path, there's no doubt that it
is in your My Documents, and that it is likely a program that is being
run from your temp files in My Documents. There is a lot of malware
using this means of not only installing and running itself, but also
reinstalling itself if you find and delete it. It's a low down and
dirty way of doing things, but the method is spreading fast.
You got any kind of 'dashboard' running, like something installed on the
fly from a website? Google toolbar? MyWeather bar? Anything like that
at all? ANYthing installed straight from the web? A plugin maybe? Has
your browser home page or search bar been hijacked recently? Or did you
install one you downloaded?
There are a LOT of things that ~df394b.tmp could be, but one thing is
certain: kernel32.dll (the running operating system core) and doom3.exe
went head to head with it and lost :o\
HMMM. Just googled for that file, guess what?
Invalid page fault in module DF394B.TMP with US release
If you are experiencing this problem when attempting to run the US
release of the game, this seems directly related to an incompatibility
with the protection system supplied on the disc. It is recommended that
you completely uninstall WWP and perform a full clean reinstall. Then
download the European version of the patch from the official web site
and apply it. You should now be able to run the game successfully.
I read lots of the hits on that file, and they pretty much all point to
a run in with the copy protection scheme on the CD.
You have any kind of disk emulator running? Daemon tools? The thought
just hit me that the copy protection scheme is actually malware :o) How
ironic!

You have something interfering with the copy protection scheme on the
Doom3 CD. Be it software (most likely) or be it hardware (possible).
The 'collision' with df394b.tmp is a copy protection problem, from all
I've found about it. I think your computer itself is fine.
Have a great day Bob.

[Spencer]

McGrandpa,

Dito here, I did the same with a google search and came up with the same
answers (Obviously) Sounds like either some kind of cloning software or
SafeDisk.

http://www.theavonlady.org/theofpfaq/trouble/tmpfileerrors.htm

or

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=228985

Spence

Post by McGrandpa

Post by bob brozewicz

Post by McGrandpa
Haven't heard from you in a few days. Was wondering if you'd got it
fixed, made it worse, or about the same?

im still around.
as far as the game goes, it still wont work.
im still trying a few things. then again i just may have to face it, i
have a machine that will not run the game.

Ok, I am wondering if you've seen this from my last response to your
You could use a real guru type geek here. I'm just a guy. No guru.
That error report file XP sent to M$, that lists three files.
Doom3.exe
~df394b.tmp
kernel32.dll
Doom3.exe and kernel32.dll I'm familiar with. Something happenening in
the last few months has acquainted me with something else that I wasn't
happy to find at all.
Though the report dump didn't state the path, there's no doubt that it
is in your My Documents, and that it is likely a program that is being
run from your temp files in My Documents. There is a lot of malware
using this means of not only installing and running itself, but also
reinstalling itself if you find and delete it. It's a low down and
dirty way of doing things, but the method is spreading fast.
You got any kind of 'dashboard' running, like something installed on the
fly from a website? Google toolbar? MyWeather bar? Anything like that
at all? ANYthing installed straight from the web? A plugin maybe? Has
your browser home page or search bar been hijacked recently? Or did you
install one you downloaded?
There are a LOT of things that ~df394b.tmp could be, but one thing is
certain: kernel32.dll (the running operating system core) and doom3.exe
went head to head with it and lost :o\
HMMM. Just googled for that file, guess what?
Invalid page fault in module DF394B.TMP with US release
If you are experiencing this problem when attempting to run the US
release of the game, this seems directly related to an incompatibility
with the protection system supplied on the disc. It is recommended that
you completely uninstall WWP and perform a full clean reinstall. Then
download the European version of the patch from the official web site
and apply it. You should now be able to run the game successfully.
I read lots of the hits on that file, and they pretty much all point to
a run in with the copy protection scheme on the CD.
You have any kind of disk emulator running? Daemon tools? The thought
just hit me that the copy protection scheme is actually malware :o) How
ironic!
You have something interfering with the copy protection scheme on the
Doom3 CD. Be it software (most likely) or be it hardware (possible).
The 'collision' with df394b.tmp is a copy protection problem, from all
I've found about it. I think your computer itself is fine.
Have a great day Bob.
--
McGrandpa [AGQx]

[McGrandpa]

Thanks Spence, When I noted 9/10 of these hits all pertained to the
same kind of situation, I finally snapped to what was likely going on.

UbiSoft incorporated copy protection that recognized some CDRW/DVD ROM
drives as "threats" and would either abort the installation at one
particular little graphic file or would simply not run the installer at
all. And either with no warnings or messages. PoP-SoT is the title, UK
is the distribution. I sent a friend an older CDRom drive that was 16x
I think. That let them install the game and play it. Talk about
paranoia!! That isn't going to stop anyone from copying their game if
that's what they want to do :o\
Im in the US, have a DVD dual format rewriter/CDRW drive. I have
several UbiSoft published titles and do NOT like UbiSoft at all. Now I
can understand why so many people were upset with them concerning other
titles, and also Uru, because they shut down the online play for it. Oh
well.
--
McGrandpa [AGQx]

Post by Spencer
McGrandpa,
Dito here, I did the same with a google search and came up with the
same answers (Obviously) Sounds like either some kind of cloning
software or SafeDisk.
http://www.theavonlady.org/theofpfaq/trouble/tmpfileerrors.htm
or
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=228985
Spence

Post by McGrandpa

Post by bob brozewicz

Post by McGrandpa
Haven't heard from you in a few days. Was wondering if you'd got
it fixed, made it worse, or about the same?

im still around.
as far as the game goes, it still wont work.
im still trying a few things. then again i just may have to face
it, i have a machine that will not run the game.

Ok, I am wondering if you've seen this from my last response to your
You could use a real guru type geek here. I'm just a guy. No guru.
That error report file XP sent to M$, that lists three files.
Doom3.exe
~df394b.tmp
kernel32.dll
Doom3.exe and kernel32.dll I'm familiar with. Something happenening
in the last few months has acquainted me with something else that I
wasn't happy to find at all.
Though the report dump didn't state the path, there's no doubt that
it is in your My Documents, and that it is likely a program that is
being run from your temp files in My Documents. There is a lot of
malware using this means of not only installing and running itself,
but also reinstalling itself if you find and delete it. It's a low
down and dirty way of doing things, but the method is spreading fast.
You got any kind of 'dashboard' running, like something installed on
the fly from a website? Google toolbar? MyWeather bar? Anything
like that at all? ANYthing installed straight from the web? A
plugin maybe? Has your browser home page or search bar been
hijacked recently? Or did you install one you downloaded?
There are a LOT of things that ~df394b.tmp could be, but one thing is
certain: kernel32.dll (the running operating system core) and
doom3.exe went head to head with it and lost :o\
HMMM. Just googled for that file, guess what?
Invalid page fault in module DF394B.TMP with US release
If you are experiencing this problem when attempting to run the US
release of the game, this seems directly related to an
incompatibility with the protection system supplied on the disc. It
is recommended that you completely uninstall WWP and perform a full
clean reinstall. Then download the European version of the patch
from the official web site and apply it. You should now be able to
run the game successfully.
I read lots of the hits on that file, and they pretty much all point
to a run in with the copy protection scheme on the CD.
You have any kind of disk emulator running? Daemon tools? The
thought just hit me that the copy protection scheme is actually
malware :o) How ironic!
You have something interfering with the copy protection scheme on the
Doom3 CD. Be it software (most likely) or be it hardware (possible).
The 'collision' with df394b.tmp is a copy protection problem, from
all I've found about it. I think your computer itself is fine.
Have a great day Bob.
--
McGrandpa [AGQx]

[bob brozewicz]

Post by McGrandpa
Thanks Spence, When I noted 9/10 of these hits all pertained to the
same kind of situation, I finally snapped to what was likely going on.
UbiSoft incorporated copy protection that recognized some CDRW/DVD ROM
drives as "threats" and would either abort the installation at one
particular little graphic file or would simply not run the installer at
all. And either with no warnings or messages. PoP-SoT is the title, UK
is the distribution. I sent a friend an older CDRom drive that was 16x
I think. That let them install the game and play it. Talk about
paranoia!! That isn't going to stop anyone from copying their game if
that's what they want to do :o\
Im in the US, have a DVD dual format rewriter/CDRW drive. I have
several UbiSoft published titles and do NOT like UbiSoft at all. Now I
can understand why so many people were upset with them concerning other
titles, and also Uru, because they shut down the online play for it. Oh
well.

mcgrandpa and spence...
many thanks to you two for the pointers. i got the game to work. it's
about 2:30am and im getting ready for bed.

the no cd crack from fridaynightfragfest.com worked like a champ.


if you lived in pittsburgh id buy both of you a beer (if you drink).

[McGrandpa]

Post by bob brozewicz

Post by McGrandpa
Thanks Spence, When I noted 9/10 of these hits all pertained to the
same kind of situation, I finally snapped to what was likely going
on. UbiSoft incorporated copy protection that recognized some
CDRW/DVD
ROM drives as "threats" and would either abort the installation at
one particular little graphic file or would simply not run the
installer at all. And either with no warnings or messages. PoP-SoT
is the title, UK is the distribution. I sent a friend an older
CDRom drive that was 16x I think. That let them install the game
and play it. Talk about paranoia!! That isn't going to stop anyone
from copying their game if that's what they want to do :o\
Im in the US, have a DVD dual format rewriter/CDRW drive. I have
several UbiSoft published titles and do NOT like UbiSoft at all. Now
I can understand why so many people were upset with them
concerning other titles, and also Uru, because they shut down the
online play for it. Oh well.

mcgrandpa and spence...
many thanks to you two for the pointers. i got the game to work. it's
about 2:30am and im getting ready for bed.
the no cd crack from fridaynightfragfest.com worked like a champ.
if you lived in pittsburgh id buy both of you a beer (if you drink).

You're welcome, I'll tip a cold one with ya :)