[Virtualacorn-list] VRPC won't run

[Dave Symes]

In article <54ea6cb6dej.mccartney at blueyonder.co.uk>,
   John McCartney <j.mccartney at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <54EA60E665%mik.towse at xemik.com>, Mik Towse
> <mik.towse at xemik.com> wrote:
> > In article <54ea58955fj.mccartney at blueyonder.co.uk> John
> > McCartney  wrote: [snip]
> > > I've gone through this process 3 times this afternoon
> > > and am getting extremely frustrated. Can anyone shed
> > > any light on my problem before I shoot myself?
> > I had the same issue when I installed for the first time
> > on my new laptop. In fact, it's such a common problem the
> > VRPC website has details about the fix.

> > Before delving deeper, we need to know if you've tried
> > that already. ;)

> Aha! Problem solved. Thanks Mik, I should have looked for
> myself in the first place.

> I now have a working installation. RO 4.39 under the
> ARM7500 model.

> The only slight problem was a lack of smoothness in the
> mouse pointer and its motion slightly lagged behind that of
> the mouse pointer itself. However, just as with RO 6.20,
> unplugging RSTools has done the trick. Tomorrow (or the day
> after (or the day after that)), I shall reinstate all my
> applications and files.

> John

So, considering a lot of us over the years have had this trouble sorted by
this RSTools ****, why is it still in the system... What exactly is this
RSTools thing anyway, what does it do aside from annoy people?

Dave

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