A place to start is with the error messages you're seeing. What are they?
Have you looked in Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Event
Viewer/Application and checked for warnings (yellow exclamation points or
red circles with white X's) and right-clicked them, selected Properties and
looked at the errors? Are you running Dr. Watson to trap error messages?
Is your system updated from Windows Update? Are you running SP1? What are
the games and have they been updated (if available)?
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4d0f01c34149$1743c040$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've read that other people have had this same problem
> that I'm having. Now the funny thing is, I had NO issues
> when I first loaded up my XP and then the games.. they
> all ran just fine. Somewhere between then and now they
> begin to crash & I believe it is somewhere in either
> Direct-X or the compatability between my video card &
> XP. I have uninstalled/reinstalled ALL my drivers..
> updated them to WQHL cert. I've tried it with 8.1 Direct
> X, then with DX9 and same issue. I've gotten all updates
> for Windows & ive cut down the acceleration. I've checked
> all loaded up programs & cut all non-essential ones.. I
> have reformatted my HD once already & installed NOTHING
> but the basics along with updated Vid drivers & STILL the
> same issue. I am using a AOpen Nvidia GeForce4 MX440 V-64
> video card & have 512 Megs of ram with a 40g HD & 1.7ghz
> Athlon CPU. My computer has no reason to do this & no one
> seems to have an answer either at my Vid card
> manufacture's site or even at Nvidia's. Can SOMEONE
> please shed some light on this and not give a runaround??
> I'm a veteran at the computer so give me something to
> work with. Thank you!!
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