Exiting game equals Windows UI lockup

[Wayne]

For sometime now, when exiting any DX game, the Windows desktop UI will
not response to mouse or keyboard events - even the three fingered
salute does not respond.

Mouse moves around the screen, but I cannot interact with the desktop or
any other application running.

I have run the SP2 installer again, as well as installing the August
updates for DX, but this only makes it a certain "lock-up" when exiting
compared to a random one.

In addition to the above, I have run chkdsk several times as each time a
new error is detected, but so far nothing to point directly towards
Windows, DirectX or the games themselves.

Has anyone else experienced something similar, and found a solution?

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Wayne,

Are you having the same reaction using different version of video drivers?

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Wayne Wrote:
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| For sometime now, when exiting any DX game, the Windows desktop UI will
| not response to mouse or keyboard events - even the three fingered
| salute does not respond.
|
| Mouse moves around the screen, but I cannot interact with the desktop or
| any other application running.
|
| I have run the SP2 installer again, as well as installing the August
| updates for DX, but this only makes it a certain "lock-up" when exiting
| compared to a random one.
|
| In addition to the above, I have run chkdsk several times as each time a
| new error is detected, but so far nothing to point directly towards
| Windows, DirectX or the games themselves.
|
| Has anyone else experienced something similar, and found a solution?

 

[Wayne]

Hi Wayne,

Are you having the same reaction using different version of video drivers?

My first thought was something with the Nvidia driver, so I had updated
to 9131.

The "lock-up" still occured, so I updated DirectX to the latest release.

That did not fix the issue.

I even thought it may be related to the games being installed before
running SP2 installer, but after un-installing and using Nortons Disk
Wipe to remove any trace of the folders and files the problem still occured.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Wayne,

Do you have a lot of software from Norton's running when you're playing?
If so, try disabling all that software to see if it has a positive impact.

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

Wayne Wrote:
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| Jimmy S. wrote:
|| Hi Wayne,
||
|| Are you having the same reaction using different version of video drivers?
||
|
| My first thought was something with the Nvidia driver, so I had updated
| to 9131.
|
| The "lock-up" still occured, so I updated DirectX to the latest release.
|
| That did not fix the issue.
|
| I even thought it may be related to the games being installed before
| running SP2 installer, but after un-installing and using Nortons Disk
| Wipe to remove any trace of the folders and files the problem still occured.

 

[Wayne]

Hi Wayne,

Do you have a lot of software from Norton's running when you're playing?
If so, try disabling all that software to see if it has a positive impact.

The only background Nortons app is NAV, as I have disabled everything
else that I was not using.

I should add that this has only just started occuring in the past few weeks.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Wayne,

Since that problem just started happening recently, try a System Restore.

How to use Windows XP System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________


Wayne Wrote:
=================
| Jimmy S. wrote:
|| Hi Wayne,
||
|| Do you have a lot of software from Norton's running when you're playing?
|| If so, try disabling all that software to see if it has a positive impact.
||
|
| The only background Nortons app is NAV, as I have disabled everything
| else that I was not using.
|
| I should add that this has only just started occuring in the past few weeks.

 

[Wayne]

Hi Wayne,

Since that problem just started happening recently, try a System Restore.

How to use Windows XP System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp

I am perhaps one of the few who disabled that early on.