04-22-2003, 08:27 PM
Well if that "Broodwars" string was in there, it was definitely installed on the computer at some point. Unless he somehow patched Diablo with a Broodwars patch, which should be nearly, IMHO even completely impossible.
Tampering with the registry may result in extremely weird behaviour, so you better tell him not to mess with it unless he's absolutely sure what he's doing.
The best thing (when it comes to being sure) would be reinstalling windows, but that (along with all user programs) can take up to a day so it's a last resort at best. You do get a nice clean computer though. :)
If it was my computer, I'd remove all Blizzard products, clean up the registry (remove the Blizzard & Battle.net keys) and then reinstall Diablo alone. Then connect to Battle.net (it automatically upgrades D to 1.09) or manually install the patch, and try then. It _SHOULD_ work, but computers have no limits when it comes to surprises. Maybe he's just unfortunate, the poor sod.
Tampering with the registry may result in extremely weird behaviour, so you better tell him not to mess with it unless he's absolutely sure what he's doing.
The best thing (when it comes to being sure) would be reinstalling windows, but that (along with all user programs) can take up to a day so it's a last resort at best. You do get a nice clean computer though. :)
If it was my computer, I'd remove all Blizzard products, clean up the registry (remove the Blizzard & Battle.net keys) and then reinstall Diablo alone. Then connect to Battle.net (it automatically upgrades D to 1.09) or manually install the patch, and try then. It _SHOULD_ work, but computers have no limits when it comes to surprises. Maybe he's just unfortunate, the poor sod.
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