I did everything you said to do in your post, parts 1 and 2.... Maybe i'm just a dork somehow and am doing something wrong. But I tried rolling the driver back, and even updated to windows vista service pack 2 beta after the hotfix didn't work.
The program will load and i will get to play for maybe 5 minutes...more likely 30 seconds... and boom c++ runtime error, and then driver stopped error 14.
I have attached the information as gathered by CoHhelper.
I just upgraded to to vista lastnight... i should have looked in advance at all of the problems with it. Now I'm stuck.
---System information gathered by
CoH Helper version 0.1.1.5---
DxDiag gathered at January 22, 2009 20:49 (-08:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2, v.113 (6002.lh_sp2beta.081017-1605)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 3070MB
.Net Memory Report: 1459MB out of 3069MB available
Page File: 4949MB (1435MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD1600JS-56MHB1 ATA Device) 86825MB out of 152617MB (56%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0 ATA Device) 84016MB out of 238464MB (35%) free
E Drive: (ATAPI DVD A DH20A4H ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 10
DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 7300 GT
Video Memory: 1784 MB
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.6925
Driver Date: 12/11/2007 5:06:00 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.6002.16497
Driver Date: 10/17/2008 7:33:54 PM
Sound Device Description: Digital Output Device (SPDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.6002.16497
Driver Date: 10/17/2008 7:33:54 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: M2A-VM
Motherboard Version: 1.XX
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: ATI - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20070329000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 39845
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Low Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High
World Texture Level: High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.802
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 785067 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20081210.7T3
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
