Hi Chuck,

Since you're not able to upgrade to SP 2 due to compatibility issues,
try a System Restore or Repair to return your system back to the
state it was in when you were able to run those games. It would
appear that something was updated on your system that is not SP1
compatible and is affecting certain features such as Open GL.

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Chuck Wrote:
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| Once upon a time, Doom 3 and Quake ran quite well on this P/C -- Now they
| don't!
| Since other non OpenGL games run OK, obviously ther is an OpenGL problem.
| OpenGL32.dll is present, (windows\system32) and was checked by replacement.
| The Nvidia vidoe driver was updated to the latest and greatest version.
| Still no joy.
|
| Attached text file contains the Doom 3 "I'm outta here" log,
| and diagnostic OpenGL run results.
|
| Any ideas on how to proceed to fix?
| Note: Windows XP SP1a (compatability problems with SP2 original and network
| use, system is several years old and stable.)

Unfortunately, that's not a viable option.
From what I can tell, the issue has been on and off again with various
versions of NVIDIA video cards and drivers.
Digging back in my notes, the last time this occurred on the subject system,
Microsoft had released a "fix" and the fix broke more than it fixed.
Reversion cured that problem, but literally hundreds of patches/updates
have occurred in the interim.
Oh, well, it's time for a new processor and MBD anyway.
(Somewhat aggravating, since the system is faster (for games) than the new
Vista laptop I have.)
(Vista is hauling around too much baggage to ever be a decent game machine.
I guess it needs a games mode that gracefully suspends or shuts down all the
trivia. )

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