You're welcome Shamino. Hope it helps!
Cheers,
Jimmy.
| Thanks for the replies guys. Im almost positive i have
| covered everythting you guys have suggested. But im gonna
| go through them all again to make sure
|
| Thanks again for the help I will keep ya posted. thanks
| again
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Shamino,
| >
| >You type of problem is usually solved with hardware
| troubleshooting
| >such as those in Steps 5 to 8 below. Otherwise, start
| from the top..
| >
| >Good luck, I hope this helps!
| >
| >1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily
| disable Startup
| >programs one at a time, starting with Firewall,
| Antivirus, and ad
| >blockers using:
|
http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php
| >
| >You can lookup what a program does before you disable it
| here:
| >
http://www.pacs-
| portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm
| >
| >2. Run a virus scan at:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
| Afterwards
| >Download & Run Spybot from:
http://security.kolla.de to
| find any
| >Trojans, Adware, or Spyware which could clog up your
| system.
| >
| >3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose
| Properties
| >/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab
| and run
| >the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.
| >
| >4. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under
| Critical and
| >Recommended:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
| >Except: Q811943 which reportedly may cause systems to
| slowdown.
| >
| >5. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video
| Drivers:
| >For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I
| have a
| >Checklist of Solutions at:
http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
| >
| >6. Dust your fans, vents and components using a 1/4"
| paintbrush
| >and a hose vacuum. Use compressed air for hard to reach
| places.
| >Set a housefan to blow cold air into your case to expose
| an over-
| >heating issue.. If it works add more fans or replace
| defective ones.
| >Use this Mainboard Monitoring Utility:
|
http://mbm.livewiredev.com
| >
| >7. A faulty power supply can cause STOP errors, random
| reboots,
| >and black screen lockups. One way to test for that is
| to remove all
| >extra devices, network cards, extra RAM sticks, modem,
| scussi,
| >sound card, unplug CD drives (if not needed to verify
| CD), and then
| >try the game again. If the problem is solved look into
| a 400 watt P/S.
| >
| >8. Test your RAM using:
|
http://www.memtest86.com/memt30.zip
| >after you extract that zip file, click on the README.txt
| file for the
| >instructions on how to create the boot floppy to test
| your RAM.
| >* Allow Windows to control your pagefile at a "system
| managed size".
| >Be sure there's enough space for the pagefile size to =
| 1.5 * your RAM
| >Bonus Tip: Set the pagefile to it's own partition or
| hard drive if possible.
| >
| >9. Click Start / Control Panel /Administrative Tools /
| Event Viewer /
| >Click the Applications listing on the left / in the
| right pane look for
| >yellow or red symbols and doubleclick them to identify
| any problems.
| >
| >10. Run Setup.exe on your Windows 98/Me/XP/2000 CD to
| reinstall
| >Windows over itself without erasing your programs and
| data. Once
| >everything works fine reinstall updates one at a time
| from:
| >
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com test the game after
| each update.
| >
| >11. If you have room on one of your partitions, use it
| to install another
| >clean installation of Windows which you can gradually
| update with the
| >appropriate chipset, video, and sound drivers, as well
| as Direct X, but
| >with no extras including themes, firewalls, antivirus,
| etc. You may have
| >to reinstall the game(s) for use with that partition,
| but it's well worth it.
| >
| >12. If you don't have enough space for step 10 I
| suggest you at least
| >create a new administrators account with no themes,
| firewall, antivirus,
| >or any other software or startup programs installed for
| that account. If
| >this solves the problem, then you should switch over to
| the new account.
| >
| >--
| >Cheers,
| >Jimmy S.
| >
| >Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk
| >Microsoft Online Tech Support:
|
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| >Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| >
| >| >| i POSTED THIS A WHILE AGO BUT I LOST TRACK OF IT so i
| am
| >| gonna post again.. my computer restarts after about 3 -
| >| 10 minutes of gameplay when play games like bf1942
| breed
| >| and bunch of other on the error screen i dont remember
| >| everything exactly but it said something about a dll
| file
| >| from nvidia...i will have to replicate the problem
| again
| >| to get more info but i really am not in the mood..just
| >| finaly got everything running smooth on xp well besides
| >| this problem so hope to post more info later today.
| >|
| >| Oh yes and i do have all the latest driers and they
| were
| >| installed without any virus software running.
| >
| >
| >.
| >
