hotkeys in win7

so heres my problem:

when i am inside et i cant minimize it with the key combination i entered (ctrl+ m for example...already tried q3eminimizer and minimizor), also i cant use the hotkeys for foobar inside the game (volume up/down, next/previous song...works on desktop though) even if i set them as global hotkeys.

anybody knows some setting where i can change that? windows 7 is new for me, so i dont really know much shit about it.

thanks in advance, cant offer you free sex this time tho. :(
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Huh weird, never had any of those problems with my windows 7.
hmmm...well its just the standard acer keyboard i got with my pc, no extra driver etc. needed, so im wondering why it wont work.

its not like the hotkey combinations are not working at all, they just dont work INGAME.
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guess you need to ask when there is more people online :<
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but i need that information NOW! :<
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i know. wish you goodl luck man!
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thanks =)

but sorry, there wont be any sexeyz for you. :(

because im not gay.
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go to sleep nolifers
Don't run ET as administrator, problem solved.
but i have to, unless i dont want to be kicked by pb (public servers), right?

forgive me if i should be wrong, im just new to this shit. :<

edit: still doesnt work like you said.
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Nay. Just don't install it to Program Files.
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i dont get your point tbh.
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Pardon me, I'v explained this same thing on Crossfire tens of times now I guess, it gets tiresome at some point.

Anyhow, Vista/Seven "protect" these Program Files folders from programs without administrator access for security reasons - much like on Linux where you would need root access to write in pretty much any directory apart from ~/.

In other words, older games designed before these times do not work properly when installed in Program Files - and while ET tends to work anyways, Punkbuster, being a whiny little cunt, does not. So in order to get everything working properly I had to:

1) Install ET to another folder, namely C:\Games\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\
2) Install the Punkbuster services manually by running pbsvc.exe (google for this)
3) Run PBSetup
4) Stop running ET as administrator or in compability mode

hope that helps
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i already did everything you listed in your comment.

just my problem is that i want to get my hotkeys from foobar working and also my minimizer without always changing from windowed to fullscreen mode and the other way around.

i dont have any problems with punkbuster at the moment.
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The hotkeys problem is mostly caused by having your active application (ET in this case) running with elevated permissions while the programs that you're trying to use hotkeys in are running as users. The same effect comes when you run ET as admin and try to use push-to-talk in Ventrilo. I actually wrote a tutorial about it, basically what concerns you in it is not to run ET as administrator.
http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=tutorial&mode=item&id=135
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ok, thank you very much!
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thank you for all the info
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thx, solved my problems ;)
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Hotkeys are shit Vaggi :D
1. no they are not! :( theyre pretty useful and i dont want to change between windowed and fullscreen mode all the time just to adjust the volume of foobar.

2. its vaGgi please. <3
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Oke Vaggi! But stilll they are shit. I remember you flaming me in the past about your name thats exactly the reason why I did it!
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really?

i cant remember that i flamed anyone anytime just because of my nickname :D

i mean like you wrote it looks just shit in my opinion, but doesnt annoy me if you continued to write like this.
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Hahahaha I can remember it : ))) Thats whatt counts. How are you by the way!
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