World of Warcraft and ALT-TAB

G

Guest

Specs:
DFI Infinity rs482
1gb ram
Athlon 64 3000+
XFX Nvidia 6600 extreme

When i run world of warcraft and alt tab to the desktop or any other
application and try to alt tab back into warcraft, it locks and just shows a
black screen with an x button on the top left hand corner. You cannot select
that x button because the mouse and everything else is useless. You can
still alt tab back into other applications (sometimes) and the os doesn't
"completely" lock up.

I haven't tested this out with anything else, being that i hadn't loaded any
other 3d games on my system or anything else as of this time.

Anyone having the same issue and found a solution? Let me know. Thanks!
 
Z

Zapper

I have not played WoW, but Oblivion, specifically warns against Alt-Tabbing
out of it..

I think it is just a fact of life of how much these games take over the
computer nowadays...
 
G

Guest

Well i was able to alt-tab in WinXP without a hitch. I just think the
swapping from a 3D game might be bugged within Vista. I wasn't sure if
anyone else came with it. If the game says not to, then it probably is for
that reason, but most games i have played have not had problems tabbing out
to check on things or messengers or anything.
 
G

Guest

Consider yourself lucky to get WOW running in Vista, most people are
completely unable to get it working.
 
Z

Zapper

Vista and XP treat games differently. I know MSFT has been hyping gaming,
and on this beta/non-optomized drivers and OS, my gaming is similar if not
faster(different machine).
Often when I come out of Oblivion, I get an "aurora" screen like booting up
that says "setting up your desktop" or something like that. I think it
unloads a bunch of stuff to allow games to take more control, so ALt-Tab'ing
could be limited.
 
G

Guest

so are you able to play WoW and stuff ON VISTA? thats what i wanna know
before i install it...
 
G

Guest

So you are able to play WoW and all that ON WINDOWS VISTA? thats what i wanna
know before i install it.
 
G

Guest

I Have the same scenario but i cannot Alt tab to anything it does not permit
me to do that. also i have no audio in World or Warcraft no audio what so
ever. but the game does run solid.
 
G

Guest

I Have the same scenario but i cannot Alt tab to anything it does not permit
me to do that. also i have no audio in World or Warcraft no audio what so
ever. but the game does run solid.
 

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