Hi chilledassasinator,
The following applies to most games in general, and not just to the games that
may be listed in the KB Article refered to in this post.
SYMPTOMS:
When you start or play any one of the games that is listed in the "Applies to" section, you may experience one or more of the
following symptoms:
..The game stops responding.
..The game quits unexpectedly.
..The computer restarts unexpectedly.
Additionally, you may receive the following error message after you receive the Gathering Exception Data dialog box:
<Game Name>has encountered a problem and needs to close.
RESOLUTION:
Method 1: Restart your computer by using a clean boot procedure
Method 2: Remove and Reinstall the Game
Method 3: Adjust graphics hardware acceleration
Method 4: Disable AGP Texturing in the DirectX Diagnostic tool
Method 5: Temporarily disable the sound card in Windows
Method 6: Lower sound acceleration
Method 7 : Download and install the most recent version of DirectX
Method 8: Update your video driver
Method 9: Update your sound driver
Method 10: Scan your computer for viruses
Method 11: Remove spyware
Method 12: Install the latest VIA chipset drivers
Method 13: Create a new user account in Windows XP
Method 14: Change the compatibility setting
Detailed instructions and video clips are published at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;303032
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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
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My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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chilledassasinator Wrote:
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| rite it says BAD_POOL_HEADER
| technical information STOP OXOOOOOO19 ( OXOOOOOO20, OXFCDEB6B8, OXFCDEB7F8,
| OXOA280000 )
| then says beginning dump of physical memory
| physical memory dump complete.
| the fixes i was on about are from atari ( SUPPOSE TO FIX GAME PROBLEMS BUT
| DONT!!!! ) HOPE THIS HELPS LOL
|
| "chilledassasinator" wrote:
|
|| ok will just write it down
||
|| "Jimmy S." wrote:
||
||| Hi baby g,
|||
||| Is there more information in the STOP error message other than
||| Bad Pool Header which you could post here? I'm looking for a
||| file or driver name that is associated with the error.
|||
||| You posted that you have tried all the fixes.. which ones are those?
|||
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||| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
||| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
|||
||| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
||| 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.
||| _________________________________________________________
|||
||| baby g Wrote:
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|||| hi people first i will start with my pc spec!
|||| i have a hp pentium 4 2.93ghz
|||| 512 ram
|||| 120 gb hard drive
|||| and my graphics card is a msi nvidia g force nx 6200 128mb ddr pci express
|||| i also have the latest drivers for my card too!
|||| the game has installed and fings were going good i set up a profile and go
|||| to start undercover mode i skip the intro bit then you start off a tanners
|||| house as soon as this bit starts my pc gos to a blue screen and says
|||| BAD_POOL_HEADER i do not know what this means and would appreciate if anyone
|||| could help me out coz really wana play this game!!!!!
|||| oh yeah and also have tried the fixs but no joy!!!
