The download for QuickPlay from this link was fantastic. I have a dv9008tx which I upgraded from WinXP MCE to Vista Ultimate (without backing up the SWSetup directory ) and lost the installer.

Can someone please provide Quickplay 2.3 for Windows QPW. None of the links no longer work for this program. Perhaps if Toxico can upload it to the http://ridickulous.net/quickplay/ address?

Thanks.

If I recall correctly, we had problems with those files (data2.cab corrupt and data3.cab missing).

Grab either HPQPDP.zip or HPQPDP.rar from http://www.ridickulous.net/quickplay. This will be exactly what you need.

I PMed you as well, but I'll put this here for everyone's benefit:

The Megaupload links above seem to still work; you may be able to obtain QPW from these. I will obtain the QPW folder from a coworker and see about getting it uploaded somewhere.

Thank you Toxico for all your help. I was able to download Quickplay Direct HPQPDP Direct but not QPW. Unfortunately the rapid share link no longer contains Quick Play for Windows. I recently pruchased a Comparq Presario V6215 loaded with Vista but I want to run XP instead instead of Vista. I do not like Vista yet as I feel it is a resource hog. So I installed XP. All my backups that came with this laptop are for Vista including QPW 3.0. I would appreciate QPW 2.3 so that I could run quickplay within Windows XP.

I have been pulling my hair out trying to install Quick Play Direct but I finally found out where I went wrong. The problem was that I was creating a partition of size 1028 and labelling it as drive X. This is not necessary. I found that I only need to leave enough unpartioned space after my Windows XP install. Running setup through HPQPDP will automatically format and label this partition X. I also had another partition already set up as Drive D: I had to remove all partitions except C: in order to make this work. If anyone else is having problems it may be helpful to check your partition structure.

Okay, good to know that it's not always necessary (and is sometimes detrimental!) to assign a drive letter to the partition. I ended up having to do so to install QP on a Vista machine, but I guess that's how it goes.

I'll snag the QPW files from my coworker when she gets back from taking her son to the doctor. Poking through the XP-based image I made of my hard drive proved pointless, and the only version of QPW I have on my system right now is 3.0 (Vista-only). I can't believe I was dumb enough to not back up the damn 2.3 files .

I dl'd and installed QPW3.0, thanks 4 the link.
Can someone confirm, did this come on a 32 or 64 bit Vista?
It installed as a 32 bit app in my Vista64 install.

Not sure if this was added in 3.0 or not, but I found w/ my 360HD-DVD drive installed first that the QPW and QPD 2.3 installed the HD-DVD versions. While when I installed 3.0 it picked up my new TV tuner also and installed an appropriate app. I dont know if 2.3 had this functionality. Whats more is 3.0 has the ability to view the webcam although it doesnt work???

Can neone confirm the webcam operation in QP 3.0 for a Vista32 and Vista64 install? thx

OK I got QPW 2.3 through huchris27's archive 8 & 9. Thanks for everyone's help in getting me through these most troublesome installs. Thanks for the files Toxico.

I have to assume that QPD 3.0 was taken from a Vista32 machine, since the files purportedly came from a display model at Best Buy, and as we all know Best Buy wouldn't sell something that nice. :P

I left my laptop at work today, it seems. I'll check on the webcam tomorrow; I didn't realize it could do that. Mine's a 32-bit install; I haven't ventured into 64 bit territory yet.

I fired up QP3.0 and had it display the webcam with no problems! Interesting feature, I had no idea. Like I said before, though, this is for 32-but Vista (Business edition). I have no way at present to test 64-bit functionality.

I checked HP's site; there are webcam drivers for your notebook (I'm assuming we're talking about the one listed in your sig here) for 32-bit Vista but not for 64-bit. You might try grabbing those if you haven't, or reinstalling them if you already have them. (Edit: Whoops, I searched under dv9000 CTO instead of dv9000t CTO. Still, they're worth a shot.)

Is there a way to keep Quick Play from launching on startup ?

Thanks
Jim W

Is your machine booting into Quickplay Direct or is the Windows application just opening on startup (meaning you can close it and go on using Windows)? The steps will be different for each.

If the Windows version (the one you can close and keep working) is coming up, first check your Startup folder for the Quickplay icon. If it's there, get rid of it. If not, go to Start -> Run and type msconfig to bring up the list of things that load on startup. Check here for anything referencing Quickplay in the Startup and Services tabs. BE CAREFUL IN THIS AREA.

If your system will only boot to Quickplay direct it's a little more complicated. You'll have to edit the boot information to make sure that your Windows partition is the first one that the machine tries to read on boot. Instructions on this are earlier in this thread.

If you're actually looking to just get rid of Quickplay altogether, you can delete the partition with no drive letter (it'll be 1.00GB with no drive letter) using Windows' built-in Disk Management. Again, BE CAREFUL IN HERE. This is for Quickplay Direct; to remove Quickplay for Windows just uninstall it like anything else.

Hope that covers all the bases!

Thanks Toxico, I have the Windows version (the one you can close and keep working) I've done the msconfig thing in startup, but it keeps lauching on startup

I was just coing back here to suggest one thing I forgot: Are you running XP? If so, go to the Quick Launch Buttons configuration (in Control Panel) and see if for some reason it's configured to start Quickplay on boot. I unfortunately can't tell you where exactly this is located in the QLB applet because I don't have it installed anymore but I seem to recall the option being there.

If you're in Vista it's going to be enirely different and I'll have to so some poking around...