on starwars battlefront 2 when trying to play the game it lets me get all the way to trying to start a game and then it shuts down, it doesnt give me any errors or anything and im running it in compatability mode but it just wont run the games when i try to play them does anyone know if its just that vista doesnt allow it or is there something else i need to do (i even run it as admin)
View 5 RepliesI have a new Acer Aspire computer running on Windows Vista. I've had it set up for a week now, running every day without any problems. Today, I switched on the computer and before Vista loaded, the computer shut down on its own. I tried again and this time got a screen asking if I want to run a start-up diagnostic. I chose that and the computer shut down again. I switched on again and this time Vista loaded and everything was ok. Apart from installing daily important Window Vista updates, I haven't changed anything on the system.
View 7 Replies View RelatedWhen a click on a program in the start menu, explorer shuts down and restarts. However, if I drag the program to the desktop and click on it the program opens just fine. If I open windows explorer and right click on a file, explorer shuts down and restarts. Have there lost all context item availability.
View 4 Replies View Relatedmy cpu spins up to a solid 100% when i start this game and pretty much stays at 100% the entire time. Ive tried a couple of things to fix with no luck. A friend of mine acquired the same torrent i did and is running a lesser system all the way down. but he says he has the game set at max and it runs perfectly?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm new here and I'm not that knowledgeable about computers. My problem is that I have successfully installed Age of Empires 2 on my new laptop, but I am not able to even start the game. Whenever I press play on the game menu, it says that a problem has caused the program not to work correctly, and it closes. I'm running on Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit. I already downloaded AOE2 update v2.0. I also tried changing compatibility, and reinstalling several times, but of no use. I have also tried running it as administrator, but I still get the same message.
View 4 Replies View RelatedSo the problem I need solved involves a Laptop running Vista and a Digital Download copy of Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum however the game doesn't just start up because the laptop has a dual core and the Dual core FIX that's on the net makes the DIGITAL download version require a disc.
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhen I try to start GoW the game immediately drops to the taskbar! My mouse is frozen. I have a workaround but I would rather fix it right.
View 6 Replies View RelatedAbout a few months ago I can still play games like Combat Arms, Call of Duty 4, BioShock, and Dead Space at minimal performance. But now, I reinstalled the game to play it again and it just got stuck on the Starting Screen or just plain BLACK Screen! I can still play some MMORPG like Sword of the New World: Granado Espada or the recently Closed-Beta, Luna Online just fine. I don't know what I did wrong with my Dell XPS Laptop.
View 8 Replies View Relatedthe game has installed but once tryin to load it says this
Error3:
Your system does not meet the minimum requirements for ( The game) (suberror 7). Your video card must support hardware acceleration and have at least 15 megabytes of video Ram available. i fyour video card doesnt support compressed textures it must have at least 64 megabytes if video RAM available.
I have tried going into the display settings and advanced settings then troubleshooting but my computer does not allow me to change it as the icon is grayed out.
the details of my graphics card are
operating system: windows vista tm home premium (6.0, build 6001)
manufacturer: Advent
Model: QC8003
processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz (4 CPUs),
2.3ghz
Memory : 8124MB RAM
Page file: 1996MB used, 14303MB available
Just got Vista (32). Battlefield 1942 expansion installed fine. runs for a second or 2 then crashes. Tried to reinstal, same thing. Came up with (game failed, game closing)?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI can sucessfully load up the game and all however whenever i try to join a multiplayer game(says "Joining Server... then crashes" or finish loading a single player game(after the textures are loaded or the shaders it just crashes) OR whenever i click audio in settings my game(right after i click audio it just goes boom) just crashes back to desktop with the BF2142.exe error. I've read about many different crashes with other people but this seems different, people have had crashes during map changes, splash screen, and a few secs after joining the server, havent seen anyone with my problem of crashing when i see the "joining server.." box.
I've tried
1)reinstalling/repatching
2)run the exe as admin.
3)disable UAC and reinstall/repatch after restart
Im pretty sure my computer can handle the game, my old one did fine and this one owns it. Im kind of lost, I've tried many things and this freaking game just doesnt want to work.
I installed SS2 on this PC (runs windows vista home premium 32bit), but sadly the game won't run correctly. I've looked around a little bit, and I see that not watching the videos is a common problem. But that's not my main problem <:/ I can run the game just fine for about 30 seconds... suddenly, it just freezes. The last sound is looped, and the mouse is frozen.
View 7 Replies View Relatedmy pc started to shutdown by itself about two days ago.. it's a self-built with Intel Core2Quad Q6600, 4 GB Kingston 800 MHz RAM, nVIDIA 8500 GT, 320 GB WD SATA HDD, and ASUS P5K MB
i don't know the reason, but the night before it happened i detached the fan to clean it then re-attached it again "appropiately" and turned the pc on and it worked, and i did a deep system scan using trail version of BitDefender Total Security 2009 "which ends tomorrow btw" and i slept, and when i woke up the next day it was done and i read the report and all was good!
i turned it off, and by noon when i started it again, the problem appeared, and it started shuttingdown by itself since then..
i am writing this post while i am on SafeMode, and it's working on safemode and didn't shutdown in half an hour now ...
My windows xp that I have had for about 2 years suddenly started to shut down and restart on its own. Out of the blue, over and over. Boots up shuts down, Boots up shuts down. I use it for my business payroll and bill paying. When I do get it to stay on for a couple minutes I have to restart my active desk top. I have tried defrag and cleaning it up. Checked all my plugs and tried everything I can think of.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAs an example, I can right click save them, view them on my machine = offline,but using the adobe.pdf helps at their web site.. when I hit the view pdf link, it close IE 7 down. I have all the adobe = pdf addon's turned on, Has no effect. How do I fix this ? I'm guessing I've been submarined by a new windows = update. This is not an OLD problem.
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy computer has started shutting off randomly within 5 mins of startup. By shutting off, I mean it just turns off...no BSOD, no errors, just turns off...at random intervals that are usually within five mins. I updated my display drivers a few days ago, and they're currently at the highest version, but it's been a few days, and this just started this morning. It seems to be fine in safe mode (which I'm in now to post this)...which leads me to think it is, in fact, display drivers...but they're up to date, I have no solution there...now what?
View 9 Replies View RelatedWhile playing WoW after 5-10min the screen while stop moving, sound goes on some sort of loop making a dun-dun-dun repeatedly for about 8 seconds. The computer shuts down. Restarts. Once i've logged back in this message comes back up. I can play WoW again for 5-10min before this happens again.
Windows has recovered from an unexpected shut down.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 116
BCP1: 85B77008
BCP2: 8B4E7CA0...
Recently my computer has started shuting down over night without me telling it to.Ive googled a bit and found nothing to help.When i check the event viewer it is always around 2am that the computer shuts down,this is what is in the event viewer:
The previous system shutdown at 02:01:40 on 24/07/2009 was unexpected.
Log Name: System
Source: EventLog
Date: 24/07/2009 10:38:52
Event ID: 6008
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Skynet
Description:
The previous system shutdown at 02:01:40 on 24/07/2009 was unexpected.......
My computer just powers off wothout warning sometimes then won't turn on again for several minutes. The computer hasn't been overheating or even under heavy load when it happens. Which piece of hardware is the cause of my trouble so that I can replace it? The motherboard is an ABIT IS7, the PSU is a Coolmax 450W, and the CPU is a 2.8GHz P4 Northwood. Or is the problem with something else?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm running Vista Home Premium on an HP dv9000 laptop. A couple of weeks ago, my laptop decided to shut down on its own. No error message, no blue screen... it just shut down. It does not restart. It will not start again for two or three minutes after it first shuts itself down. At first, I thought it was a problem with a game (The Sims 2), and maybe my graphics card (an nVidia GeForce 8800, IIRC). Then, it started doing it at other times, sometimes when I was just surfing the internet. I can give more information about my system upon request.
View 5 Replies View RelatedWe recently brought a laptop with Vista Home and have had on going issues with it not shutting down. Everytime we hit shut down it goes to the logging off screen but never actually makes it. We have left it running over night and come down the next morning and its still "logging off"! We have tried the Ctrl Alt Del combination to see whats causing the issues but the task manager doesnt load up. This has been an ongoing issue for about 3 weeks and have probably only had the laptop for a month.
Forceably switching it off, which we have to, causes the safety mode prompt to come on at the next start up. If we do not run the safety mode we arent able to use the internet as it doesnt connect. So, running it in safety mode is the only way to get things back to normal. I should add that when I start up in safety mode it goes to a black screen eventually with "safety mode" written in each corner. Ive no idea how to move away from this so just hit the main off button but we can get back on the net when it reboots.
Having read a few issues with shutting down it doesnt appear that anyone has the ongoing issue we do and as mentioned Ctrl Alt Del does nothing. On the rare occasion we have got it to shut down properly it reverts the next time. We run McAfee anti virus and as a fairly new laptop there isnt much that we have downloaded since purchase. I also have a desktop and never experienced this ongoing issue!
Iīm looking for some opinions about this issue Iīm getting. Recently I got as a present a vista ultimate desktop which previously hadnīt given any troubles to itīs owner. So I brought the pc home and started using it without a problem, but after one day the computer starts shutting down on me. No error screens, nothing, it just shuts down. It doesnt restart or anything, all of the sudden it goes blank. I can turn it on again, it boots and I can use it for a while and again it shuts down. I have left it on all night and it didnt turn off, but it seems to happen when I am using it. Thereīs no pattern here, it might happen at any moment, without any logical trigger. I opened the tower to check the fans and they are both working well. I downloaded a soft called everest to monitor fan and cpu temps, and both the motherboard and processors remain usually between 50 and 60 degrees celsius and the fan remains around 2800 rpm.
I have no idea whats going on and canīt seem to find any conclusive solution on the net or asking friends. I am certain this didnīt happen before I brought the computer home, but I also did a system restore to a date previous to when I brought it to make sure it is not software related and the problem persist. The computer didnīt suffer any hit or impact on the way here. I am at loss, the pc works flawlessly and I am thrilled to use it, but as long as this problem persist I have to continue using my old crappy laptop.
i have of late, is that when i leave the computer running, normally only playing music or a film, after 30 minutes it my display goes blank: normally it doesn't (the monitor) display that there is no video input. But yet im blank, and then a minute goes buy and then my computer shuts off. I've done a virus scan with NOD32 - came black clean And a scan with Ad-Aware - again clean. I've recently reinstalled all my Operating Systems (i multi-boot: XP, Vista and 7) for better file management.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am trying to play gears of war and it stops working right in the middle of me starting it up. It would play for a while load up and the game will stop working and the program closes. I tried installing it and running it as admin. Installed reinstalled the game and directX still nothing.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have recently reinstalled my windows vista home premium edition which resolved all my driver issues. And now whenever I try to burn a DVD with vista dvd maker it shuts down the computer apparently without any reason whatsoever!
View 9 Replies View RelatedWindows shuts down unexpectedly. Is there a way to pinpoint the cause based on the logs and errors that Vista produces? I have read at least a half dozen reasons suggested for this type of occurrence in general and wonder if there is information being captured by the system that can help pinpoint the cause for my specific case.
Problem Reports and Solutons / View Problem History shows 11 instances of this, 7 today at approximately 1/2 hour intervals and one 5 days ago, one 6 days ago and two 7 days ago. It says: Windows / Shut Down Unexpectedly / (date & time) Solution Available. However whenever connected to Microsoft site it never comes back with any solution. Information from one of those messages:......
I just wanted to ask why this is, a friend of mine has a computer, its not vista doubt. It just Windows XP. So, it shuts down without any error or anything, I mean like your surfing on the web and the computer shutsdown and restarts, what can the issue with this be? I mean, it just turns off, without any warning, It turns pitchblack and the computer turns on agian. I helpt him defregmantating his computer multiple times, but it still dosnt work.
View 7 Replies View RelatedThere are two times when I have noticed it stopping for a reason. Other times I do not know why it shuts off. Once it stopped after I had a flash drive in the USB port. I did the proper procedure for "safely removing" it, but the computer still shut off when I took the drive out. Another time the computer more or less went to sleep. I was able to restart the computer without it rebooting. I wonder if there is some way to set the time for it to do this.
View 5 Replies View RelatedFrom time to time my system (Vista64) shuts down - when IDLE - for no reason. WIndows restarts and says: Windows recovered for an unexpected shutdown... error report send. How to debug? Note that the system is idle; only background processes are running.
What I've done sofar:
- Ran extended memory test: no problem
- Disabled power saving settings (as I suspected a problem going into hibernate/sleep). No effect.
- Disabled all "user based processes" as Picasa, Google indexing, CPU-temp watcher etc..
- Removed all USB sticks (no readyboost anymore)
I leave the system idle and 10minutes to 2hours later; bang; shutdown Note also that the system never chrashed when I'm actually working. So, not a severe issue but I feel intellectually challenged to get the thing under control.
I keep having this problem where using DVD Shrink or Windows Movie Maker will max out my processor between 90 and 100%. After a minute or two of converting a DVD or publishing a movie, my computer will just shut down. I've tried closing pretty much every other application I can and the problem still persists,
View 6 Replies View Related I got her a Compaq Presario V2000 (Windoz XP Professional). It has been serving her needs quite well. But now she calls and says it shuts down every 59 seconds so she hasn't time to run any of its programs like antivirus or IE to connect to web to run maybe LiveOne scan or others. She has asked me to mail her a CD that will be self-booting and contain a good antivirus (and I would say, something like Malwarebyte too) on it, that will run and clean up her computer so she can use it again.
(After that, i need to talk to her more about protective programs for the machine....) She is of the opinion that the infective agent may be "worm.win32.nightshade or something like that." Quoting her. This Could possible be a form of the netsky virus, I can't be sure. At any event, I tried to shop for a curative CD for her problemo. All the CD's I could find contained very old antivirus programs (with three years or older virus definitions ....and most do not even say they remove those viruses..they talk only about "scanning for viruses" whereas we need a scan and a REMOVAL, that is a real antivirus program that works.... with current uptodate viral defintions. And a good malware type additive. Can anyone recommend any such CD, or else any other means she may be able to restore functionality?