Monthly Archives: June 2008

Battlefield 2 Widescreen Resolution

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Out of the box, Battlefield 2 doesn’t support widescreen resolutions. However it does support setting the resolution on the command-line.

Modify the shortcut to add +szx and +szy resolution parameters,
"C:\Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050

It also works with 1920×1200 resolution.

Age of Mythology – Widescreen Resolution

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In order to play the epic game Age of Mythology, or its expansion in widescreen, just add xres=1680 yres=1050 to the shortcut.
"C:\Games\Age of Mythology\aom.exe" xres=1680 yres=1050

Replace 1680 and 1050 with your own resolution.

UPDATE: From comments below..

Find the icon on your desktop you use to load AOM
Right click and choose properties
In the Target field add: xres=1920 yres=1200

Should be something like this:

age-of-mythology-widescreen-resolution-image1

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UPDATE: This still works on Windows Vista, Windows 7 & Windows 8

Exchange 2007 Failed to Install

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Having just upgraded a server to Windows Server 2008 with Microsoft Exchange 2007 I came accross a frustrating issue.

If IPv6 has been disabled on your network interface prior to installation of Exchange 2007 then Exchange will fail to install the Hub Transport Server role with the following error,
Service 'MSExchangeTransport' failed to reach status 'Running' on this server.

Other Exchange services will fail to start if IPv6 has been unticked in your network adapters configuration settings. I routinely disable IPv6 if it is not needed on the network, but it seems Exchange has been written to utilize the new protocol and requires it to function.