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Old 05-24-2003, 01:48 PM   #1
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error wen installing vice city

does anyone know why wen i try to install vice city (got it from kazaa) i get this error:

Component transfer error
Component: GTA:VICE CITY
File group:
File:
Error: catastrophic failure

ive got xp
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Old 05-24-2003, 02:22 PM   #2
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Maybe if you had a LEGAL copy there wouldn't be a error. It is against the rules to discuss that stuff here. Go out and buy it!
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Old 05-24-2003, 02:31 PM   #3
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Old 05-24-2003, 04:19 PM   #4
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oh **** my bad... well anyway i just bought vice city and now it works!
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Old 05-24-2003, 04:58 PM   #5
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probably did have all the right .exe files for the game and also I would run a virus scan on your system never know when ******** place viruses with a game

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Old 05-24-2003, 07:19 PM   #6
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if you look on the vice city discs, the files are in data files, not exes

if you try to copy them it will just say cyclic redundancy error
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Watch the language jsonpa, this is a family forum.
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Old 05-24-2003, 08:14 PM   #8
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Is Vice City any good?
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Old 05-24-2003, 11:34 PM   #9
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Is Vice City any good?
its a great game....i am stuck on a mission right now
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Old 05-24-2003, 11:47 PM   #10
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vice city is a great game! good thing i bought it! Guys seriously, buy it! best 50 dollars i ever spent
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Old 05-25-2003, 08:55 AM   #11
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i wouldnt trust kazaa anyway,
1. People think its really funny to put viruses in with stuff
2. You dont know what file you are actually downloading
3. When new stuff come out, people rename the files to that new program, so you download it, get the totally wrong thing, a virus and they get 150 Patricipation points.

to sum it up, kazaa is a big risk
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Old 05-25-2003, 09:24 AM   #12
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to sum it up, kazaa is a big risk
Well put spyda. The very little bit that I do use Kazza Lite, I always run a virus scan on any downloads and I'm always careful about paying close attention to file sizes.
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Old 05-25-2003, 10:05 AM   #13
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i ony,really use kazaalite for either new exclusive music i liked off MTV or songs i cant find in a shop, as with mp3s there isnt really a virus risk, just 15 minutes wasted
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its a great game....i am stuck on a mission right now [/QUOTE]

what mission, if it's anything like the ps2 version, i can probably help
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Old 05-29-2003, 05:41 AM   #15
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its exactly the same,
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Old 05-29-2003, 03:34 PM   #16
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well, what mission?
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