"Witcher 3 Won’t Launch – antivirus detects GFSDK_SSAO.win64.dll as a virus" is not an uncommon problem judging from the search results I got. Here's a possible fix that might work for you. Good luck!
WARNING: This video guide only addresses the GFSDK_SSAO.win64.dll file being tagged as malware-infected by antivirus solutions, no more, no less. If your Witcher 3 won't launch because of other reasons, this how-to is NOT for you.
Timestamps:
0:00 intro
0:12 Disclaimer
1:06 The fix
1:21 The fix explained
1:42 Explanation why I'm not doing the fix yet
2:07 Why it's a false positive
4:19 What to do if you don't have Avast Antivirus
5:00 Outro
A guide on how to use the mini-profile animated backgrounds that Valve just released in this Steam Summer Sale.
Here's a Steam how-to-buy-items guide concerning the Steam Summer Sale 2020 "can't buy from the Steam item shop" bug:
No one seems to have made a guide on how to install GMDX and how to run it through Steam so I made one. Deus Ex fans should make guides and stuff about this one as it's pretty awesome. The mod makes expansive changes that includes graphics and AI updates.
For those only interested in how to run GMDX via Steam, skip to 1:44.
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"Razer Seiren Microphone Boom Arm: Will Cheap, Generic Ones Work?" – That question will be answered in this video. Also serves as a guide on how to connect the Razer Seiren to a cheap mic boom arm.
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Witcher 2 "black screen when opening inventory" bug? If you're haunted by this glitch, this is the quick, 53-second solution.
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This is a POSSIBLE fix for the "Application Unable to Start Correctly (0xc0000005)" Hearthstone bug crash.
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Here's a guide I made on how to cancel your EA Origin Access subscription on the PC. The video also segues into a section that answers the question: "Will I still be able to play EA Origin
trials and Origin Access Vault games?"
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Ever wish you can sort and categorize your Steam games into neat groups?
Want to hide Steam games you don't want to play anymore? Here's a guide
on how to do just that!
This video also teaches you how to hide and unhide games. (Useful for games that are so terrible you don't want them rearing up their ugly heads on your library. :D )
[UPDATED: June 10, 2014; added crafting videos on how to craft an explosive and how to get a wooden spear.]
In addition to my Let's Play The Forest series, I've made a The Forest tutorial crafting video guide series for the survival horror sandbox crafting PC game. The videos in the playlist are mini-vids meant to provide you with information about how to craft a specific item in the game. There's no fluff; the crafting video guides are only several seconds long.
Enjoy!
The Forest (Survival Horror Sandbox Crafting PC Game) Tutorial Crafting Guide: How to Cook:
The Forest (Survival Horror Sandbox Crafting PC Game) Tutorial Crafting Guide: How to Make a "Crafted Axe":
More The Forest crafting recipes after the jump. (Click "Click here to read more.")
If you haven't been checking my YouTube channel, you might have missed my guide on how to redeem Steam Wallet Codes and how to gift Steam games from the Steam UI. Here's the video:
The entire process is easy as pie. Enjoy!
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Ever wondered how you can further ramp up your game's graphics outside the in-game options menu? Or despaired about how you can ever get a stable enough framerate that won't burn your eyes?
Here's a video on how to go about doing either of the above:
Here's the file the video refers to (right-click and open in new tab to enlarge):
So someone asked me how to enable auto updating for his Steam games. This guide is for him. This guide also covers how to force your Steam client to automatically begin scanning for Steam games updates.
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| By the way: RIP THQ and Vigil Games. You guys will be missed. Here's hoping we'll see a Darksiders 3. A world without that franchise is no place for a horse. |
So due to the impending release of the newly rebooted XCOM: Enemy Unknown, I was finally forced to get off my lazy bum and do what I should have done ages ago: make the shift to Windows 7.
So why the procrastination? Everything was working fine and dandy with Windows XP so I never really saw the need to shift to Windows 7. It is because of the above reason that I was only mildly surprised when GameCam refused to record my voice.
I found the solution though. I didn't even google for the fix. The screenshot-riddled guide after the jump. (FRAPS users can also benefit from this guide as, like GameCam, it still uses Stereo Mix.)
So after years of playing classic games, I've finally gotten tired of my procrastinating and bought a budget gaming PC. For a setup bottlenecked by a monitor that's capped at 1024 resolution, this thing can eat up any game thrown at it and crank it up to ultra-high settings. I'm in gaming nirvana.
The strange mix of euphoria (FPS: take that Tribesman!) and fugued contentment (RTSs: Oooh, beautiful foliage!) has been elevated to another level when I recently bought a back issue of PCGamer. Their recommended budget gaming PC components are as follows:
PSU: Generic 450W PSU
CPU: Core 2 e7200 2.53Ghz
Motherboard: MSI P43 Neo3-F
Memory: Corsair 2Gb DDR2-800
Videocard:8600GT
My budget gaming PC components and why I chose them after the jump.
With graphics like this on a budget gaming PC you know you want to click "Click here to read more..." So go ahead. Click.It was all a blasted mistake.
Last Saturday, my PC DVD rewriter finally died. I couldn't believe it. My budget gaming PC's on its last months and the son of a gretchin of a DVD rewriter died! One more component to buy for my obsolete gaming rig! It dawned on me then that maybe this whole idea of "next year I'm going to buy a souped-up system that's going to last me four-five years. This way I'll save a lot of cash" isn't so good after all.
The reason why---and how much I've spent for my obsolete PC after its second year---after the jump.
Last weekend's meltdown (yes, even my stupid ISP went into a digital stupor over the death of my DVD drive) convinced me that people on a budget shouldn't hang on to their budget gaming PCs after their machines' second year.
Here's what I bought after my PC's second year (yes, I know the Nvidia video cards are ancient but I've undergone two relocations in a two-year span and they have not been friendly to my pockets):
BFG 6600 GT OC - 7,500 PhP
Palit 7300 GT - 4,300 PhP (after the BFG died)
2GB RAM upgrade- 6,000 PhP
2 keyboards - 900 PhP
2 DVD Rewriters - 4,600 PhP
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23,300 PhP
The morgue (the games are very much alive though! Except for F.E.A.R.'s Alma. Yes, she's very much dead.)
Egad! That's about $485! I can nearly buy another low-end, budget gaming PC with that amount!
This is a lesson for me --- keeping a low-end budget gaming PC well after its second year is a bad idea. Three years should be a stretch.
After your PC's second or third year, you can sell it for 50% off, save for the other 50% of the amount, and then buy a new one again. This way, you won't buy for parts for an obsolete system once its components begin dying from age. If you sell your old one for 10K-12K PhP, I'm sure a lot of people will dive for it (tip: to prevent lethal brushes with the Angel of Conscience, don't overclock your components if you plan to sell it to your relatives).
Of course, do check what the PC gaming industry has to offer you if you're on the second year and want to upgrade. Buying another system on a particular year may or may not be a good idea. Take this year for example. Here in the Philippines, X58 motherboards are VERY expensive. If you're an owner of a budget P35 gaming system, it might not be a good time to upgrade --- buying a P45 motherboard will only bring you minimal gains (unless you're going for a Crossfire setup) and buying an i7 PC system will be too expensive (if you're going for a budget gaming PC). It's better if you wait for prices of the next-generation X58s to go down rather than buy a new rig. (Of course, if you can afford them, knock yourself out and go on a splurge! :D)
Me? I'm abandoning all the fancy dreams I have for a "high-end low-end" gaming PC and buying the cheapest the PC gaming industry has to offer. After two-three years I will---the gods of gaming willing---ditch it and buy a new budget gaming PC.
Trust me, from my luckless experience, this path is cheaper --- not to mention you get a shiny, brand-new relatively kick-ass PC gaming rig!
>>>Can't run the newest games yet? Click here for downloadable PC full version freeware games!
After several weeks, the owner of Tweakguides has finally released his "Hardware Confusion 2009" article, which discusses the "set of guidelines and considerations" the author follows everytime he does a computer CPU upgrades.
Actually, the "computer CPU upgrade" in the title is a misnomer. I intentionally placed it there as, strangely, a lot of people erroneously consider the entire ivory/black rectangular things as "CPUs." The article is very much comprehensive, it covers all the aspects of his computer system that were up for upgrading --- memory, CPU, video card, motherboard, and yes, even the power supply unit.
The finished computer system after the upgrade is powered by a Core i7 CPU, Intel's latest family of central processing units.
Part of the article as it appears in Tweakguides 
