GTA IV - Problems running GTA IV

2010-06-03T11:19:00.000-07:00

Grand Theft Auto IV

"Application Failed to Launch.
The application you are attempting to launch no longer exists.
Please reinstall the application, or contact support at: http://www.rockstargames.com/support"

A while ago i got the above error after running a registry cleaner. So i assumed it must have been something in the registry which checks to see if the game is installed. Kinda stupid but meh.

This is also a handy work around if you want to just copy and paste the game onto another PC - or download it :)

To resolve this you need to make a change in your registry.

Open regedit and browse to hkey_local_machine\software\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV

In here there should be a String value called InstallFolder. This value needs to be set to the directory of where you have the game installed which is the directory that GTAIV.exe is.

eg. C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\

Once this is set the game should launch without any problems.
If you dont have any of the above registry entries then you will need to create the keys and string.

If you dont know how to do this then download the below file and edit it with notepad and change the directory inside to your install directory and save. The right click the file and select merge.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mmzn3mykmyy/GTAIV.reg

Poker Tracker 2.17.03j. Resetting the trial period timer

2009-07-13T17:41:00.000-07:00

Ok this one is nice and simple.
The trial program Poker Tracker which tracks your hand , profit/loss etc etc.
Can me sourced here http://www.pokertracker.com/products/PTH/download.php

This trial allows you to use the program for 30 days. It is very easy to reset this timer.

GO into your registry and delete the following keys.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Licenses]
"{K7C0DB872A3F777C0}"=-
"{078EEAC8E11276215}"=-
"{IE7B3F4235B240EB3}"=-

After you delete these then the pokertracker program will reset to the original 30 day trial time.

This works for the latest version of Poker tracker version 2. I have no idea if it works for any other version.

How to quickly increase your seeding ratio on a private torrent website

2009-01-16T10:28:00.000-08:00

EDIT: I have just made a video tutorial on the below. See here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uVywEnXVas

Seen as you are looking at this page i assume you are already a member of a private torrent site and understand how torrents work in general.

The software i will be working with is UTORRENT for my torrent client and i am using a private torrent site.

Next thing you will need is a computer with two profiles enabled and fast user switching enabled (fast user switching is on windows xp and vista, not sure about other operating systems) you can also use two separate computers which are on the same LAN (local area network).

The theory in general for this is that instead of uploading to other people on the internet which can be slow you are going to be uploading to yourself which allows very high speeds which will allow you to get a very high seeding ratio very quickly.

Note before you start you must be logged into your private torrent site. Not all sites require this but the one us use does.

Step 1 (Download the torrent file from your private torrent website)

You will need to originally have one torrent downloaded in order to have something to seed. Download any file at all a medium size file is usually best, a movie etc. 700mb for example.

Once the file is download set the file to seeding. Make sure you dont have a upload speed limit set.

Step 2 (Finding connection information for the seeding computer)
Now you are going to have to find the seeding computers ip address. To do this you need to open up command prompt and type "ipconfig" as in the image below.

Next we need to find what port you are seeding the torrent on. This step may be different for whatever torrent client you are using.

In UTORRENT you need to go to press Options -> Preferences -> Connection

In here you should the screen below. Make a note of this number.

Step 4 (Setting up the download from the seeding torrent above that we downloaded above)

Ok so now you should have a fully downloaded torrent which is set to seeding.
You should have the ip address and port number of the computer with the seeding torrent.

Step 4.1 (Using the Fast user switching method)

In windows XP and Vista there is an option called Fast User Switching. This allows more than once user to be able to log into a single computer at the same time and to switch between each user without effecting the applications on each users logged in account.

As you can see below when i press shutdown in windows you get the option to switch user. When you press this it brings you back to the login screen where you can login to another user. If you dont have any other users you need to create one.

Once logged in you open up utorrent and open the same torrent file you are seeding above. Make sure you select it to download to a different location than the one download above. You dont want to override it.

Once it starts downloading stop the download right click on the torrent and select properties.

In the bit i have marked out in red you will have your tracker web address. Delete this and press OK

Next thing is to link the torrent to download from your other client on your other windows account that we have switched from.

Here you select the peers tab at the bottom of the screen and right click and select add peers as in the image below.

In the box that opens up enter the ip address we got above followed by a colen and the ip address. Im my case its 192.168.1.30:45684 and then press ok.

Now right click on the torrent and select start. This will begin the download from yourself. you should see it start to download at significant speed.

My Downloads go at a rate of around 20Mbps using this method and if you switch back to the other account that you are seeding from you will see that you are uploading at this rate.

Once the download completes simply delete the torrent and the data and download the file from yourself again and again and again to get the desired torrent ratio.

Step 4.2 (Using the other computer method)

If you want to use another computer then go right ahead. You use exactly the same method as in step 4.1 but you just use whatever account you want on the other computer. The computer also has to be on the same local area network.

Below is a screenshot of the torrent uploading to myself.

Who links to my website?

My Deviantart page

Cracks and Hacks torrent stuff.

GTA IV - Problems running GTA IV

Poker Tracker 2.17.03j. Resetting the trial period timer

How to quickly increase your seeding ratio on a private torrent website