star wars: galaxies compatibility issues?

[kevmo]

Recently I installed the game Star Wars: Galaxies on my 1.5 ghz
machine, and an ATI Radeon 9200SE video card to play it with. Within
a week, Windows refused to start because the
windows\system32\config\system file was corrupt or missing. I
reinstalled windows, the video card driver, and the game, as well as
Norton Antivirus 2003, along with the most recent updates for all of
them. I did not install anything else. i did scans with norton and
checkdisk and found no problems.

now, less than a week later after that, and some odd bugs discovered
with the game involved with quitting out of it, windows had the same
system file problem when i powered it up. i checked with the microsoft
knowledge base and followed directions for copying the backup system
file from the windows/repair folder. i rebooted, windows began
loading, then went to a blank screen when the blue welcome screen
pops up, and then rebooted again. so it's stuck in a loop.

i have a feeling the issue is compatibility with the game or card. any
ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
..

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Kevmo,

Repair Windows, do NOT reinstall Norton's nor the game, and use the
system for a week, if the error disappears, reinstall Norton's and test your
system again for another week. Use their online scanner in the meantime:
http://security.norton.com/default.asp?langid=us&venid=sym

How to Repair Windows:
Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


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| Recently I installed the game Star Wars: Galaxies on my 1.5 ghz
| machine, and an ATI Radeon 9200SE video card to play it with. Within
| a week, Windows refused to start because the
| windows\system32\config\system file was corrupt or missing. I
| reinstalled windows, the video card driver, and the game, as well as
| Norton Antivirus 2003, along with the most recent updates for all of
| them. I did not install anything else. i did scans with norton and
| checkdisk and found no problems.
|
| now, less than a week later after that, and some odd bugs discovered
| with the game involved with quitting out of it, windows had the same
| system file problem when i powered it up. i checked with the microsoft
| knowledge base and followed directions for copying the backup system
| file from the windows/repair folder. i rebooted, windows began
| loading, then went to a blank screen when the blue welcome screen
| pops up, and then rebooted again. so it's stuck in a loop.
|
| i have a feeling the issue is compatibility with the game or card. any
| ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
| .
|