Full Tilt no longer supporting Windows 2000

Last May I got messages every time I logged on to Full Tilt saying I would still be able to play, but they will no longer offer support for my operating system (Windows 2000). Now, 3 months later, I downloaded their software update as usual. After the download, I get an error message...."fulltiltpoker.exe-Entry Point Not Found".
I deleted the program and reinstalled Full Tilt, but get the same message. I haven't been able to play there in a week.
I emailed support, and they replied that there was nothing they could do. Anybody have any ideas except for getting a new computer? I can't afford one right now. I've heard that I might be able to install Windows XP.

i had the same issue, my solution was to cash out from full tilt and go to pokerstars

the have alienated all win2k users, and no i dont want to upgrade to xp because i would have to spend money and lots of time reinstalling all my programs

full tilt is dumb

you should be able to just download a new OS, however depending on how old your computer is I'd be worried about how much RAM you have, how good your processor is, etc. If you have a desktop those are easy to upgrade but it's harder to do in a laptop, especially if it's a lot older.

If you are running Windows 2000 you just need a new computer period. Forgetting the fact that your computer has to be a relic, Windows itself stopped supporting 2000 July 13, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1131#tab0

There are very cheap alternatives with powerful computers both in laptop and desktop versions. You will prolly find your poker tables will run much better and you will have more security using a newer OS.

Good Luck

I had the same problem. I bought a new computer. I have BR and was able to get the one I wanted, but I sometimes play in other locations and checked out cheaper alternatives and you can get all kinds of cheap alternatives. Used in ebay - and I mean many and not expensive - and depending on where you live check out the newspaper and other sources of private sellers. You should invest in your future if you can afford it by getting a machine that will serve you the next 10 years, but if you cant there are loads of possibilities.

...ask myself when this will happen with XP...!?

I like it a lot and do all my music with it,
so I like to keep it as long as possible.

Changes..., ...brrrr... ...

Just find a copy of XP and install it. XP will run on almost anything and is still supported for the next few years. Blah blah blah hours reinstalling crappy programs, answer don't install all those random programs you don't need.

Simple Upgrade would do the trick... Your keep all your old programs etc

That the reason that PokerStars still working with not advanced software. They afraid that they lose their customers that have a old computer.

cjatud2012 said:

you should be able to just download a new OS, however depending on how old your computer is I'd be worried about how much RAM you have, how good your processor is, etc. If you have a desktop those are easy to upgrade but it's harder to do in a laptop, especially if it's a lot older.

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I'm not real computer savvy. I know it's a dinosaur, but it has served my needs until now.
It's a Dell desktop.
Intel Pentium 4
CPU 2.80 GHz
AT/AT Compatible
522.228 KB RAM
I know someone who can give me a copy of XP.
Will it work?

FEARFACTOR, XP will work just fine on that thing. I have it running great on an ancient dell laptop at 2.0ghz and 256 megs of RAM. More ram would help but you'll be just fine.

*As for the upgrade option, I would never, ever in my life suggest that anyone ever install any OS at all as an upgrade, going from Windows 2000 to XP just go clean. It doesn't take much to backup files and reinstall programs, and most of those programs you should realize you don't need anyway.

suit2please said:

FEARFACTOR, XP will work just fine on that thing. I have it running great on an ancient dell laptop at 2.0ghz and 256 megs of RAM. More ram would help but you'll be just fine.

*As for the upgrade option, I would never, ever in my life suggest that anyone ever install any OS at all as an upgrade, going from Windows 2000 to XP just go clean. It doesn't take much to backup files and reinstall programs, and most of those programs you should realize you don't need anyway.

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Thanks for your help.
If I understand this right, an upgrade would replace my OS with XP without wiping out my existing programs? Does this create potential problems? I'm not sure how to do it either way.

FEARFACTOR said:

522.228 KB RAM

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Did I read this correctly? KB not MB?

Sean Pilgrim said:

Did I read this correctly? KB not MB?

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LOL, I'm afraid so. I looked again and saw it's a comma, not a period, so it's 522,228 KB. I just found a conversion calculator online, and it said 522,228 KB = 509.988 MB. I thought you just divided by 1,000. Not sure why it didn't come out to 522.228 MB, but it's close enough.

FEARFACTOR said:

LOL, I'm afraid so. I looked again and saw it's a comma, not a period, so it's 522,228 KB. So, that's about 1/2 of a MB, right?

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If it's a comma then okay... 500MB Ram.

1 meg is 1,024kb so you're okay... I was just like really 522kb RAM? lol

500MB RAM is still low considering today's standards.

I have 8 GB RAM on my machine at home, but I'm also running a 64-bit version of XP Pro and 64-bit Windows 7. You could always buy a netbook too, depending on your computer needs they are decent for most applications $300 - $400. Only issue on most netbooks is that you cannot view the Full Tilt lobby in the view which will display Rush because the resolution was not sufficient for the program.

I read further, and 1 MB=1024 KB, so that explains it.

FEARFACTOR,

Yes upgrading is possible but it can create problems, you would essentially just be sticking XP right on top of 2000 (when going from things like SP1 to SP2 upgrading is fine, when upgrading to an almost completely different OS it is not recommended). It is always best to start clean. Back up all your documents, pictures, music, etc. then format the drive and install XP. Install all your programs and copy your backed up documents onto the computer.

* And I don't believe that every copy of XP has an upgrade option, but that might just be because I would never use it so never looked.

You could use Ubuntu (http://ubuntu.com) for free and run FullTilt through Wine (http://winehq.org). Though it isn't worth it if you don't want to spend some time learning a new operating system.

Jeez. I thought Iwas cheap.

Stick66 said:

Jeez. I thought Iwas cheap.

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I'm not cheap. I'm temporarily broke. There's a difference.

hurrok said:

You could use Ubuntu (http://ubuntu.com) for free and run FullTilt through Wine (http://winehq.org). Though it isn't worth it if you don't want to spend some time learning a new operating system.

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I actually run Xubuntu, but to play poker I have Virtualbox with a XP guest. Full Tilt and Pokerstars will "work" with wine, but any single update may break it and running a HUD through wine isn't as simple. Before switching to Xubuntu with an XP guest running the poker clients with Holdem Manager and postgresql in windows was using every bit of my 1 gig of ram. Now with postgresql running natively on the linux side and the poker clients and HEM running on the XP guest i save between 200-300 MBs of ram, and a lot less stress on the HDD since before it was using a lot of virtual ram.

If you want to try to run XP you can try to get to a version LastXP. It's a tweeked version of xp that is usually distributed at no cost.

I am going to PM you with a answer to your problems. I think this might work but it worth a try on this

Dreams of Tragedy said:

I am going to PM you with a answer to your problems. I think this might work but it worth a try on this

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never mind I just thought if it that if you still download a older version of full tilt you still have be required to download the updates to still play.

does anyone know if full tilt works with linixs.this might help him if it does