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  1. #1


    ingow Guest

    Microsoft Tinker

    I just installed Windows update KB954955 which is the game Tinker. When I
    click on the start menu link or the tinker.exe file I get a small inker
    window and then the message "Tinker.exe has stopped working ...". If I click
    on the shortcut link in the Windows Games/Tinker directory the game starts,
    but it is not displayed correctly. Basically I cannot see all of the buttons
    and writing. I do not see any place to uninstall or repair the game. I see
    where I can uninstall the update, but I cannot find the update on MS's site
    when I do a search (so I can try to reinstall it).

    Any thoughts ast what may be the problem and a solution?



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    Re: Microsoft Tinker

    To reinstall- uninstall the update, restart computer and run windows update again.

    note-I just checked Tinker on my system, and it works fine from the start menu and games explorer, so that would mean the error issue is system specific to you which could indicate O/S and/or file corruption. I would check 'perfmon' for performance issues. If you have had similiar issues with other programs you may want to do a restore/reinstall of Vista as it could be a result of missing .dll entries and/or file corruption caused by malware/registry cleaners or improper installation/updates for SP1.

    "The application has failed to start
    because d3dx9_39.dll was not found "

    Last edited by rive0108; 12 Oct 2008 at 02:14 PM.
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    Tinker Master Guest

    RE: Microsoft Tinker

    If your PC and Vista Ultimate have all the right things and works without any
    problem and, among other games, Tinker does not work, please try to create a
    standard account newly and run Tinker there.

    In my case, the above works.

    The program that is consuming the CPU time 50% when you start Tinker is
    lsass.exe. In my case, it has something to do with the account.

    ym


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    obiecat Guest

    RE: Microsoft Tinker

    Have same problem with Vista Ultimate. Created standard account and works
    there but not on administrator account. Looks like Microsoft would help
    solve this problem. Why pay extra for Ultimate and then have to use a work
    around to make it work?
    obiecat


    "Tinker Master" wrote:

    > If your PC and Vista Ultimate have all the right things and works without any
    > problem and, among other games, Tinker does not work, please try to create a
    > standard account newly and run Tinker there.
    >
    > In my case, the above works.
    >
    > The program that is consuming the CPU time 50% when you start Tinker is
    > lsass.exe. In my case, it has something to do with the account.
    >
    > ym
    >

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    Joe Guest

    RE: Microsoft Tinker

    > "Tinker Master" wrote:

    >

    >> If your PC and Vista Ultimate have all the right things and works
    >> without any problem and, among other games, Tinker does not work,
    >> please try to create a standard account newly and run Tinker there.
    >>
    >> In my case, the above works.
    >>
    >> The program that is consuming the CPU time 50% when you start Tinker
    >> is lsass.exe. In my case, it has something to do with the account.
    =?Utf-8?B?b2JpZWNhdA==?= <obiecat@xxxxxx> wrote in
    news:5416DD92-0BF2-42C7-9BCB-7BEAF3CB4D0C@xxxxxx:

    > Have same problem with Vista Ultimate. Created standard account and
    > works there but not on administrator account. Looks like Microsoft
    > would help solve this problem. Why pay extra for Ultimate and then
    > have to use a work around to make it work?
    Maybe the game is buggy, at least you get to play it. Runs fine on my
    system, no extra CPU usage, but I'm running an i7 that pretty much laughs
    at anything I throw at it.

    /hugcomputer

    --
    Joe

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    Jeff Guest

    RE: Microsoft Tinker

    Is there a fix for microsoft Tinker. None of the options listed here have
    worked for me. Neither a standard account, or reinstallation have cured the
    problem. All I get is a message tinker.exe has stopped working. Nothing else.
    Please help me with this if you can.

    Jeff

    "Joe" wrote:

    > > "Tinker Master" wrote:
    > >

    > >> If your PC and Vista Ultimate have all the right things and works
    > >> without any problem and, among other games, Tinker does not work,
    > >> please try to create a standard account newly and run Tinker there.
    > >>
    > >> In my case, the above works.
    > >>
    > >> The program that is consuming the CPU time 50% when you start Tinker
    > >> is lsass.exe. In my case, it has something to do with the account.
    >
    > =?Utf-8?B?b2JpZWNhdA==?= <obiecat@xxxxxx> wrote in
    > news:5416DD92-0BF2-42C7-9BCB-7BEAF3CB4D0C@xxxxxx:
    >

    > > Have same problem with Vista Ultimate. Created standard account and
    > > works there but not on administrator account. Looks like Microsoft
    > > would help solve this problem. Why pay extra for Ultimate and then
    > > have to use a work around to make it work?
    >
    > Maybe the game is buggy, at least you get to play it. Runs fine on my
    > system, no extra CPU usage, but I'm running an i7 that pretty much laughs
    > at anything I throw at it.
    >
    > /hugcomputer
    >
    > --
    > Joe
    >

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    Arthur Pounder Guest

    RE: Microsoft Tinker

    Hello there,
    OKay I have a solution .. maybe it's not perfect, but it works. The sad
    thing is that it took many hours of grief from my youngest daughter to
    motivate me ... if you believe that a grown partner can give you grief, just
    try argueing with your young daughter and then receiving the cold shoulder ...

    Solution ...

    Before you choose to upgrade your Windows Vista Ultimate (WVU) machine; copy
    the Tinker frolder, (and its contents) from the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
    Games" folder onto a USB stick. Then visiting the Microsoft download site
    download DirectX9.

    Once you have built your Win7 Ultimate machine, copy the "C:\Program
    Files\Microsoft Games". Then opening the Tinker folder right click upon the
    "tinker.exe" to set the compatibility as "Windows Vista (Service Pack2)".

    Install DirectX9, and then when that has finished you will need to ensure
    that the shortcut which you will need to pin to the start menu and copy into
    the games list points to the executable "tinker.exe".

    Any problems just post and I'll help where I can

    Thank you

    Arf's

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