Majority Of Games Lock My Computer...
Jun 8, 2009
when I start some games, or even programs (Fallout 3, Halo 2, or HJ Split, etc...) my computer just locks up, with the blue circle vista loading thing, stops having the spin effect, I can't even move my mouse. This causes me to do a force restart with the switch on the back of my PSU. It isn't the service pack, because it did this on sp.1 now on 2 It's not my video drivers, as I have recently updated them.
But I am not sure if my graphics card is conflicting with my mobo, because my graphics card is from ATi, while the motherboard is a nForce-730i. Fallout 3 used to work, even to the point where I beat it.......
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Feb 22, 2009
While playing a game, the game froze and would constantly switch between the desktop and the game itself. this would continue to happen until i shut the game with the task manager. The crash would happen at random, sometimes 2mins into a game, sometimes 2hours. Also once this crash has happened once it will continue to happen the second i reload a new game and so the only solution soo far has been to restart my computer. cpu temps are stable. It appears to be happening with all my games: Arma TES Oblivion Battlefield 2 Counterstrike source. . . to name a few. Age of empires seems to work but that game is ancient now lol. Currently i have tried updating my graphics drivers and updating directx 10 and whatever essential updates for vista.
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Oct 9, 2009
How do we get rid of those keyboard icons in the systray that indicate caps lock, num lock, and scroll lock?
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Feb 16, 2010
when i play games on vista my computer crashes and i meet the requirements for the games i play i am wondering on how to fix this?
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Jun 24, 2008
I have just bought a new computer with the following specs
3.00 Ghz Intel core 2 Duo
ATI Radeon HD3870X2
4gb DDR3 Ram
500gb Hard driver
Asus P5E3 Mobo
650W Power Supply
Windows Vista 64 bit
The while playing games such as Call of Duty 4 and World in Conflict I can play for about 5 mins to 30 mins then my computer would randomly shut off and restart.
The weird thing is that it plays fine in other games like Crysis on
high graphisc and I can play for hours and have no problems.
The CPU tempearature is about 50-60C while playing and the GPU is about
70-80.
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May 15, 2010
When I first got my computer, it worked just fine, I played all my games such as Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and WoW on the fullest settings without a problem. Then a few months later it began restarting after anywhere between 30 mins to 1hour+ of playing. I called the makers of my computer, we tried to see if it was overheating but it wasnt, I also tested the videocards, it wasnt that either. Then, out of nowhere it fixed itself for a few months, then out of nowhere it happened again. I restored my computer to an earlier time and it worked for a few days and now it's restarting again.
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Aug 10, 2009
I'm new to the forums as you can tell by my post count, and was wondering if anybody had any suggestions on a decent gaming computer, to run games such as C&C 3 ( and 4 in 2010) CS:S, and maybe even FO3. I have around £500 to spend ( monitor is not needed ), I have found a pretty decent looking computer from Staples:Staples.co.uk Your business partner for Office Supplies, furniture and technology. Just wondering if this comptuer is decent enough to handle these games, and maybe future releases. Also could someone please explain what is the difference between Intergrated graphics and dedicated graphics. I don't have too much experience with the hardware of computers, so building one is off the question.
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Sep 5, 2008
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Mar 23, 2008
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Nov 19, 2008
I lock up often... randomly. To unlock, I have to activate task manager and then click "look for solution" which re-starts IE losing in the process whatever work I am doing.
I have run antivirus many times and found none (Window defender, Norton and McAfee), I ran (twice) SFC /scannow and did not find corrupted files, I have run diagnostic hard drive and memory test more than twice and passed all each time.
What's the reason for these frequent lock ups? How do I correct this problem?
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Mar 29, 2009
Is there any other way to lock vista without going into start menu and clicking on lock this computer, as i want to have it assigned to a multimedia key on my keyboard.
Like there a sleep button on my keyboard, but when i use it, it sleeps, dissconecting me from the net and etc so my downloads will stop.
Just want to be able to have a key that when i press it will just lock the screen of my pc and thats all.
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Jan 24, 2009
I had this horrible problem of my KB (NUMlock) light staying on after my PC (Vista Ultimate 86x SP1) was completely shut down.
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Anyone tell me how to restrict a user on Vista Business to only run one single program? I'm talking no control panel, no search, nothing except my program, log off, shutdown, and restart. Have basically gotten all programs taken off the start menu and am stuck. Need to disable the access to the user account and the search box.
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Mar 23, 2008
How Can I Get Cap And Num Lock To Automatically Be Set Upon Start Up On Windows Vista Home Premium Os
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Oct 31, 2008
I built two of these systems around may2008, one for me and one for my wife. The only difference between the two is she has 2 sticks of ram (I have 4 but same memory) and her video card is different (EVGA 640-P2-N829-CR GeForce 8800 GTS SSC Edition 640MB). From the get go we both had problems with usb devices not waking up after sleep mode. That was fixed by using a usb to ps2 adapter.
Over the course of the past few weeks both of the systems were freezing (locking up might be a better word since everything stops working mouse, keyboard etc etc) and a hard boot was the only way out of it. This seemed to occur around the same time as the latest vista security update (possibly a coincedance). This week the problem persisted for both pc's and then wednesday night when my wife's went down she hard booted to find that her registry was corrupted (I'm guessing this happened as a result of the hard boot) she put in her windows disk to repair the error only to find that the kernel was then corrupted as well. Windows seemed to fix the kernel problem during repair and she was able to use her system all day the next day with only a minor freeze untill vista installed the update again at which time her pc became hosed once again on reboot..........
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Jun 21, 2008
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Aug 25, 2009
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Mar 23, 2008
I used the Easy Transfer to move across from my old XP PC & now I cannot log into the laptop. Before transferring I had set up a password on the laptop, then after I used the Easy Transfer it was still asking for a password however it will not accept the password I set up on the laptop & there was never any password set up on the XP PC. So now I have a laptop I can't even get into.
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Mar 23, 2008
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May 25, 2009
I've just gotten a new computer with home premume vista 64 but i'm still using my old 'microsoft' wireless keyboard and mouse. Unlike the XP profesional, there is no 'caps lock' indication any where.
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Sep 17, 2008
anybody knows about any folder locking software for vista..i am using universal shield.but i think it is causing blue screen error..so any other?
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Aug 5, 2009
i have some private data in my pc and my cosins r visiting us in few days i dont want to show my private data to them can i lock my drive or folders by cmd or some other method?
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Mar 30, 2008
I have tried other hardisks, and all combinations of RAM in all slots, but Vista still locks up after a seemingly random period of time. The lock ups occur with a fresh install (with no other software installed), and sp1 has no effect. The starnge thing is XP (both x64 and x32) work perfectly fine. Where would I be able to get support for this bug (I have Vista x64 Ultimate OEM).
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Nov 17, 2008
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Mar 26, 2008
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Ive had a strange problem happen twice now. Ive installed Vista on many PC's, but the last two i have done have caused problems. They are new builds with fresh harddrives (SATA). Everything is going fine and Vista installs without problems. When i deliver the pc's to my clients i pop their old HDD and put it either in an external HDD caddy or on an IDE cable. I try and copy some files across (documents / photos) from then on i have problems. The PC's lock up when trying to access programs etc. Vista takes ages too boot up etc. Has anyone else had this problem, anyone got any ideas on how to start to resolve the issue. I dont fancy having to do reinstalls.
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Nov 26, 2009
Windows vista - is there any way to lock the desktop icons?
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Oct 8, 2009
I have Vista where an indicator pops up whenever you turn Caps Lock on and off. Earlier today, whenever I turned Caps Lock on or off, I couldn't type for a few seconds, which was annoying. When I tried it again later, there was no delay. The page below says how to turn off this annoying feature, but I don't have a folder called WidcommBT. Do you know what I could look for? Have you found that this popup delays your keyboard?
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