Ok, for a more detailed description of my new pc's problems, please refer to:
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=136529
I have come to the conclusion that, if uninstalling and reinstalling my tcp/ic.. whatever protocols doesn't work, I am wiping my hard drive and installing windows 7 over again. I am on a cell phone modem with limited data per month (5 gigs), and I really do not want to burn it up again and again by dling STO. In fact, I'm pinching kilobytes here. Is there a way to back up the last version of STO on another drive (not reformatted) and reinstall it on my drive? Is there a way to save the patches and reapply them later without downloading them from cryptic?
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Or alternitively if you have got a D Drive then just copy everythibng you want to keep to that drive and just make sure when you reinstall that you stick Windows 7 on the right drve so you dont end up wipeing everythigng by accident :P
The good news is that there is nothing wrong with my windows 7 install. The bad news is that there problem is an incompatibility between Windows 7 64-bit and my ISP's dialing software (I use a broad-band cell modem--cellular south). Basically, until a fix comes out, there will be download issues for me. The wierdthing is tha Star Tre is patching perfectly fine across my network, though no other files will. Maybe a good download manager is the option? Anyone know of a few?
The two solutions I am currently looking at are: 1. create a virtual pc running a compatible form of windows and use that to download files when necessary, 2. usemy windows vita 32-bit laptop to download files and transfe via usb card, 3. create a dual boot system, where I can simply move files from one partition to another (fortuately I have a data hard drive, but I do not want to create another install on my relatively small hard drive--though I suppose XP service pack three might be ok, if I can find a copy....)
None of these options are a prime soluion and to be honest I am not very happy with this revelation. However, where I live, Cellular Internet is the only option.
At least Star Trek Online plays fine!
just a small tip here . you will need to wipe your system if you choose to dual boot win 7\XP, you need to install XP first onto a disk partition as either ntfs or fat32 then install win7.