Vista crashes and computer reboots...

[Guest]

I have upgraded from my XP to Vista released lastweek. Every time I run the
"Chess Titans" the program trying to start and the computer reboots without
any message. I have 2.66 GHz computer with NViDEA GEForce4 graphics card. Do
anyone know what cound be the issue here... Should I reinstall my Vista?

 

[Mark Rae]

with NViDEA GEForce4 graphics card.

nVidia GeForce graphics cards have never worked properly all through the
Beta program.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sour...G,GGLG:2006-28,GGLG:en&q=Vista+nVidia+GeForce

Make sure you have the very latest GeForce drivers installed from the nVidia
website, but be fully prepared for them not to work properly yet...

FWIW, I'm in the same position as you, as I have an nVidia GeForce graphics
card in my main development machine. However, as I make my living using
Visual Studio.NET, I won't be able to upgrade to Vista until at least
February next year, by when no doubt nVidia and/or Microsoft will have
sorted the driver problems out...

 

[Guest]

Thanks Mark I am a developer too. But Vista Disppearing without notice is
something that I did not expect... The problem started after the "Vista
ultimate Extras" suggested me that there is a driver available and tried
automatic unpgrade and failed. Before that I could run the chess fine...
Vista is also crashing if I try to run any videos from help...
I doubt the driver too... I am not sure reinstall will help?

 

[Mark Rae]

Vista is also crashing if I try to run any videos from help...
I doubt the driver too... I am not sure reinstall will help?

It almost certainly wouldn't - it's an nVidia problem...

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Turn off the "automatically restart" feature and you will see the crash
message that's causing your reboot problem. It's almost surely your
GeForce4 card or its drivers as that is a very old card and Chess Titans is
a hog of a game.

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[Guest]

By installing the old NVidia XP driver for my GeForce card stopped crash and
interestinly the ChessTitans works without a crash. May be the old XP
driver is not even trying to use the Vedio card!!!!

Turn off the "automatically restart" feature and you will see the crash
message that's causing your reboot problem. It's almost surely your
GeForce4 card or its drivers as that is a very old card and Chess Titans is
a hog of a game.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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I have upgraded from my XP to Vista released lastweek. Every time I run the
"Chess Titans" the program trying to start and the computer reboots
without
any message. I have 2.66 GHz computer with NViDEA GEForce4 graphics card.
Do
anyone know what cound be the issue here... Should I reinstall my Vista?

 

[John - Hiroshi]

I'd try and go for a clean install of Vista.. application incompatibilities
are plentifull at the moment.

-John