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    Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

    I have successfully installed POL and FFXI on Vista. I know many people have been having problems with this, so I decided to create a little walk-through.

    What you will need:

    - A Vista Computer.
    - An XP or 2000 Computer.
    - A form of Media-storage that will contain at least 300MB of files. (Thumb Drive) Or a network capable of transferring that kind of data.
    - Your Final Fantasy XI Installation Disks. (I have Vana'diel Collection 2007.)

    Installation:

    1st Step:

    Put your FFXI/POL install disk into your Vista PC. You'll notice the install menu does not come up. Rather, the computer begins to install POL. Install POL to your computer. You'll notice that it won't allow you to install FFXI or any of the expansions.

    2nd Step:

    Go to your XP or Windows 2000 PC. Hopefully, you'll have FFXI already installed on this machine, if you do not have an XP or 2000 machine, I can not help you.

    Go to Program Files, then to PlayOnline. Click on SquareEnix, and it will take you to a folder containing 3 folders. Copy "PlayOnline Viewer" to your Media-Storage Device.

    3rd Step:

    Take your Media-Storage Device and take the PlayOnline Viewer Folder and overwrite the one you installed on your Vista PC. This will let you open PlayOnline and start updating it.

    Now, to install Final Fantasy and the expansions.

    Step 1:

    Put your Final Fantasy Install Disk in your Vista PC. You should get a menu that pops up. Select "Open folder to view files."

    Step 2:

    You will notice four folders, they are named INST, and have 1, 2, 3, and 4 after. These are where you get the installation for your games from.

    INST1 - The Original Final Fantasy XI.

    INST2 - Rize of the Zilart.

    INST3 - Chains of Promathia.

    INST4 - Treasures of Aht Urgan.

    Click on INST1, this is what you want to install first.

    Inside the folder you will see a few programs. What you will want to click on is "setup".

    That is the setup.exe file. Once you click that, FFXI will begin to install on your computer.

    Step 3:

    Rinse and Repeat for all of your expansions.

    Hopefully, now some of you can play FFXI on your Window's Vista PC.
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    Tags: ffxi, installing, pol, troubles, vista
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    Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

    Nice, a couple of people I met in game were wondering about how were they gonna play once they upgraded, hopefully SE will fix it before they do but if they don't players can at least attemp this.

    In my case I'm gonna upgrade OS in a couple of years from now along with my computer, so hopefully it'll be solved by then (if I'm still playing that is).
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      Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

      Originally posted by Raydeus View Post
      hopefully SE will fix it before they do but if they don't players can at least attemp this.
      They've already said that they will fix the problems of Vista, but not until sometime after the public release, which was only 3 days ago.

      Since there is no real reason to upgrade to Vista right now anyway, the all round smart thing to do is not to upgrade right now.
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        Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

        I just got a new computer, it came with Vista. I had no choice, lol.
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          Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

          Well, that's not the same thing as upgrading at all, is it?
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            Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

            Well, if you're upgrading, then you would put the PlayOnlineViewer folder onto the removeable storage before you update then. Seems like it would work.
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              Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

              Good, constructive, informative post for those with/getting the new Vista OS. Thanks! ( '_')b
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                Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

                Good work, now to see if I can get the damn thing to run under Wine...
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                  Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

                  I've got FFXI on 360 but just bought new laptop vista installed, i have a old slow xp machine too, could i run ffxi on the laptop without breaking it.. (as im useless with pc's) also when offical fixes come out will these still work.
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                    Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

                    If you're not so good with PC stuff, I'd suggest sticking with FFXI on your 360 if you can. Keep your laptop around for looking stuff up on the fly.
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                      Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

                      Well my gf hogs my xbox
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                      • #12
                        Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

                        Also does anyone know is there will be a vista version of the game released or is the 2007 one the best be to buy?

                        Thanks ppl^^
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                          Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

                          That's when you choke a bitch. Or just play what she's playing.
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                            Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

                            lol shes playin my character on FF but im gonna start another one and pvp her... hopefully on my laptop
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                              Re: Having troubles installing POL and FFXI on Vista?

                              I wasn't being serious anyway.
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