a few days ago,fine.Tonight-nada...
By
ArcticFahx,
Posted on: 2009-05-17 21:53 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Update graphics card drivers. If that doesn't work, update motherboard chipset/CPU driver. If that doesn't work...
Check out this thread, Common Solutions & Posting Guidelines
Then post the results of these two programs:
<ul type="square">[*]CoH Helper - it will show us basic computer settings and your CoH configuration.
[*]HijackThis - it will show us what's running on your computer concurrently with CoH. Click on "Do a system Scan and save a logfile." It will automatically open up Notepad and put the info there. Make sure Wordwrap is off in Notepad (Format > Wordwrap unchecked) before you cut and paste here.
[/list]
Speeding Through New DA Repeatables || Spreadsheet o' Enhancements || Zombie Skins: better skins for these forums || Guide to Guides
I posted my hijack report before seeing your reply and subsequently did not check for word wrap - my apologies...am reading through the other thread now while I look to see where/how to find the updates I night need.
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
[ QUOTE ]
Update graphics card drivers. If that doesn't work, update motherboard chipset/CPU driver. If that doesn't work...
Check out this thread, <a href="/showflat.php?Number=12559637" target="_blank">Common Solutions & Posting Guidelines</a>
Then post the results of these two programs:
<ul type="square">[*]CoH Helper - it will show us basic computer settings and your CoH configuration.
[*]HijackThis - it will show us what's running on your computer concurrently with CoH. Click on "Do a system Scan and save a logfile." It will automatically open up Notepad and put the info there. Make sure Wordwrap is off in Notepad (Format > Wordwrap unchecked) before you cut and paste here.
[/list]
[/ QUOTE ]
From experience I've also encountered a problem like this personally, and I found, much to my chagrin, that it was caused by a video driver update I'd done. The end result was that I rolled back to the previous version of the driver I was running and I was back in business.
I only mention it as a possibility for completenesses sake, if you haven't manually updated your video drivers just before the problem occurred (or even more unlikey still you've got some sort of video driver automatic updates on), this probably isn't the cause of your problem.
Also do you have Windows Updates set to automatic? If so, an overnight download of the Windows updates could theoretically be causing some form of incompatibility.
Edit: Oooo, just noticed I'm now "Super-Powered", nice.
K5K - The Killbot 5000
A Spanner In The Works Part One, ArcID: 336662, A Spanner In The Works Part Two, ArcID: 336665, Enter Japes, ArcID: 96001
In The Darkness Creeping, ArcID: 347709, When Dimensions Collide, ArcID: 412416.
[ QUOTE ]
I posted my hijack report before seeing your reply and subsequently did not check for word wrap - my apologies...am reading through the other thread now while I look to see where/how to find the updates I night need.
[/ QUOTE ]
Don't forget CoH Helper report, too.
Speeding Through New DA Repeatables || Spreadsheet o' Enhancements || Zombie Skins: better skins for these forums || Guide to Guides
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I posted my hijack report before seeing your reply and subsequently did not check for word wrap - my apologies...am reading through the other thread now while I look to see where/how to find the updates I night need.
[/ QUOTE ]
Don't forget CoH Helper report, too.
[/ QUOTE ]
Apologies, the sleeping baby I mentioned became a waking,fussy baby shortly after I ran the CoHHelper...now stay tuned for CopyPasta!-
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---
DxDiag gathered at May 18, 2009 02:32 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
System Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
System Model: VGN-FE690G
BIOS: Phoenix NoteBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1
Central Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB
.Net Memory Report: 1210MB out of 2046MB available
Page File: 4008MB (954MB currently in use)
C Drive: (FUJITSU MHV2080BH PL) 15597MB out of 69146MB (22%) free
F Drive: (LaCie BigDisk Extreme+ USB Device) 899214MB out of 953875MB (94%) free
E Drive: (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K16D) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce Go 7600
Video Memory: 128.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8418
Driver Date: 3/6/2006 8:33:00 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: SigmaTel Audio
Driver File: sthda.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.4946.0000
Driver Date: 2/13/2006 7:26:00 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: VAIO
Motherboard Version: N/A
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix NoteBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1
BIOS Version: SONY - 20060921
BIOS Release: 20060921000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1280x768
3D Resolution: 1280x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 0Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High 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): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
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: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.047
Music Sound Volume: 0.052
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 235526 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20090422.5T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Update graphics card drivers. If that doesn't work, update motherboard chipset/CPU driver. If that doesn't work...
Check out this thread, <a href="/showflat.php?Number=12559637" target="_blank">Common Solutions & Posting Guidelines</a>
Then post the results of these two programs:
<ul type="square">[*]CoH Helper - it will show us basic computer settings and your CoH configuration.
[*]HijackThis - it will show us what's running on your computer concurrently with CoH. Click on "Do a system Scan and save a logfile." It will automatically open up Notepad and put the info there. Make sure Wordwrap is off in Notepad (Format > Wordwrap unchecked) before you cut and paste here.
[/list]
[/ QUOTE ]
From experience I've also encountered a problem like this personally, and I found, much to my chagrin, that it was caused by a video driver update I'd done. The end result was that I rolled back to the previous version of the driver I was running and I was back in business.
I only mention it as a possibility for completenesses sake, if you haven't manually updated your video drivers just before the problem occurred (or even more unlikey still you've got some sort of video driver automatic updates on), this probably isn't the cause of your problem.
Also do you have Windows Updates set to automatic? If so, an overnight download of the Windows updates could theoretically be causing some form of incompatibility.
Edit: Oooo, just noticed I'm now "Super-Powered", nice.
[/ QUOTE ]
Before this interruption in City the last update of any kind for my laptop (Sony Vaio VGN-FE690G / WinXP SP3) was the minimum of a couple of weeks ago so nothing was changed on my end (and the wife has her own so it is no case of "wifely fingers making bad juju"). Last night after this all started I have been on a quasi rampage through various sites looking for possible fixes,errors,and or symptoms I just might be too computer illiterate to see as actually being there.
Yes I have WinUpdates set to auto but I checked last night and again this morning "just to be sure" and saw no evidence of anything going down last night or the last few nights either. Is it possible something changed in/for CoX overnight without any actual patches or is that a bit of stretch? I'm leaning towards stretchy myself 
but I'm running short of straw to grasp at.
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
[ QUOTE ]
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce Go 7600
Video Memory: 128.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8418
Driver Date: 3/6/2006 8:33:00 PM
Driver Language: English
[/ QUOTE ]
Your video driver is over 3 years old; see if you can find a more recent Nvidia driver thatdriver that's also compatible with the lattop (If it were a desktop, I'd just say go to Nvidia's site; but laptops sometimes rerquire tweaked drivers, so check and see what the Sony support site says. The error your getting smacks of a driver issue where the current (3 year old driver) doesn't support some Open GL calls made by the game, and that's why you're crashing.
I feel your pain BigBlue. I take it you play the game on the laptop's own built-in monitor? You don't have a multi-screen set-up or another monitor attached?
From memory Sony Vaio's have an application in the system tray to set output to single or multiple display, are these settings appropriately set to single display?
K5K - The Killbot 5000
A Spanner In The Works Part One, ArcID: 336662, A Spanner In The Works Part Two, ArcID: 336665, Enter Japes, ArcID: 96001
In The Darkness Creeping, ArcID: 347709, When Dimensions Collide, ArcID: 412416.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce Go 7600
Video Memory: 128.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8418
Driver Date: 3/6/2006 8:33:00 PM
Driver Language: English
[/ QUOTE ]
Your video driver is over 3 years old; see if you can find a more recent Nvidia driver thatdriver that's also compatible with the lattop (If it were a desktop, I'd just say go to Nvidia's site; but laptops sometimes rerquire tweaked drivers, so check and see what the Sony support site says. The error your getting smacks of a driver issue where the current (3 year old driver) doesn't support some Open GL calls made by the game, and that's why you're crashing.
[/ QUOTE ]
I have been looking everywhere from Sony to NVIDIA for the "right" driver and to no avail. My update driver function reads no newer/better software, NVIDIA only has new drivers for this card on most laptops other than my VAIO, and Sony doesn't list there being any newer driver updates since the one I have.
Any clues, hints, or pointy signs currently covered by thick greenery?
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
[ QUOTE ]
I feel your pain BigBlue. I take it you play the game on the laptop's own built-in monitor? You don't have a multi-screen set-up or another monitor attached?
From memory Sony Vaio's have an application in the system tray to set output to single or multiple display, are these settings appropriately set to single display?
[/ QUOTE ]
My usage is about 60/40 own laptop display/ SonyTV doubling for larger monitor. I don't have a system tray button for it but I do have it set to clone my display so it reads as a single screen mirrored.I'm beginning to feel like a [censored] seeing as how I I had resubbed both the Mrs and my account for a 3 month cycle and for some reason I expected more than a couple of weeks out of the time.
...and like a sucker I keep trying to load City, even in safe mode like its going to make a difference the 30th time 
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I feel your pain BigBlue. I take it you play the game on the laptop's own built-in monitor? You don't have a multi-screen set-up or another monitor attached?
From memory Sony Vaio's have an application in the system tray to set output to single or multiple display, are these settings appropriately set to single display?
[/ QUOTE ]
My usage is about 60/40 own laptop display/ SonyTV doubling for larger monitor. I don't have a system tray button for it but I do have it set to clone my display so it reads as a single screen mirrored.I'm beginning to feel like a [censored] seeing as how I I had resubbed both the Mrs and my account for a 3 month cycle and for some reason I expected more than a couple of weeks out of the time.
...and like a sucker I keep trying to load City, even in safe mode like its going to make a difference the 30th time
[/ QUOTE ]
Definately set it to single display (monitor only), I had an issue of the game not loading/running uber-slow when set to clone. I have a desktop PC with a different NVidia card, but still, absolutely something I'd try.
I also have had a look for an updated driver for your model of laptop, you're not missing anything, you're right about Sony Vaio's being an exception to the Nvidia driver update, and the Sony site has nothing new for your model either.
Don't feel bad, it's a glitch, where there's a will there's a way!
K5K - The Killbot 5000
A Spanner In The Works Part One, ArcID: 336662, A Spanner In The Works Part Two, ArcID: 336665, Enter Japes, ArcID: 96001
In The Darkness Creeping, ArcID: 347709, When Dimensions Collide, ArcID: 412416.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I feel your pain BigBlue. I take it you play the game on the laptop's own built-in monitor? You don't have a multi-screen set-up or another monitor attached?
From memory Sony Vaio's have an application in the system tray to set output to single or multiple display, are these settings appropriately set to single display?
[/ QUOTE ]
My usage is about 60/40 own laptop display/ SonyTV doubling for larger monitor. I don't have a system tray button for it but I do have it set to clone my display so it reads as a single screen mirrored.I'm beginning to feel like a [censored] seeing as how I I had resubbed both the Mrs and my account for a 3 month cycle and for some reason I expected more than a couple of weeks out of the time.
...and like a sucker I keep trying to load City, even in safe mode like its going to make a difference the 30th time
[/ QUOTE ]
Definately set it to single display (monitor only), I had an issue of the game not loading/running uber-slow when set to clone. I have a desktop PC with a different NVidia card, but still, absolutely something I'd try.
I also have had a look for an updated driver for your model of laptop, you're not missing anything, you're right about Sony Vaio's being an exception to the Nvidia driver update, and the Sony site has nothing new for your model either.
Don't feel bad, it's a glitch, where there's a will there's a way!
[/ QUOTE ]
Thanks for the motivation and I tried your suggestion, in fact I tried it twice just out of the odd since of obsession being desperate has put me under ... no difference=(.
I've even got support tickets out with Sony although their first response was to suggest one of the very things I had mentioned in my support ticket as something "tried with no success". In case you are curious I even went as far as to try their suggestion (yet again) to the much familiar no success.(their suggestion being to uninstall then reinstall the driver listed from them.)
*Insert a resounding GRRRRRRRRR!!! here*
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
Gee, that would be frustrating. We've looked at a bunch of software (driver) causes, but you haven't mentioned whether you've checked that the hardware isn't reporting problems.
Have you looked under Control Panel - System - Hardware - Advanced - Device Manager - Display Adapters? There should be a listing for your display adapter there, you sound pretty savvy, and you may have been to this screen many times to uninstall / reinstall the drivers, but are there any hardware conflicts reported? Any yellow warning exclamation marks or red X's? Is the device listed as Enabled? In any of these circumstances your lappie is going to try and use it's onboard video which would fail abysmally at running this game or any other.
Also, how often do you reboot your laptop, perhaps there were some changes made a couple of weeks ago, but the problem only occurred when you rebooted?
Finally, ya might want to double check that this service is running:
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
Look for nvsvc32.exe on your Task Manager list of processes. It should be running but using virtually no resources.
K5K - The Killbot 5000
A Spanner In The Works Part One, ArcID: 336662, A Spanner In The Works Part Two, ArcID: 336665, Enter Japes, ArcID: 96001
In The Darkness Creeping, ArcID: 347709, When Dimensions Collide, ArcID: 412416.
[ QUOTE ]
Gee, that would be frustrating. We've looked at a bunch of software (driver) causes, but you haven't mentioned whether you've checked that the hardware isn't reporting problems.
Have you looked under Control Panel - System - Hardware - Advanced - Device Manager - Display Adapters? There should be a listing for your display adapter there, you sound pretty savvy, and you may have been to this screen many times to uninstall / reinstall the drivers, but are there any hardware conflicts reported? Any yellow warning exclamation marks or red X's? Is the device listed as Enabled? In any of these circumstances your lappie is going to try and use it's onboard video which would fail abysmally at running this game or any other.
Also, how often do you reboot your laptop, perhaps there were some changes made a couple of weeks ago, but the problem only occurred when you rebooted?
Finally, ya might want to double check that this service is running:
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
Look for nvsvc32.exe on your Task Manager list of processes. It should be running but using virtually no resources.
[/ QUOTE ]
Excellent, I had checked the former and all is well but the latter never crossed my mind. I'm probably not as savvy as you give me credit for but thanks =) what I do have on my side is usually knowing if I actually get something or if I have a lot left to understand which apparently today doesn't fit very well between people who think they know everything and those that are happy to know nothing =/.
I will search my tasks to make sure that is running and also got a PM from someone suggesting a link to a "third party" site that seems like it might have potential even if it is on the intimidating side and modded inf. files mean just as much greek to me as the first page worth of reports in this thread.
No help from Sony, No help from NVIDIA, yet I get tons of help from people from the very game world I am trying to get into - I have to admit I'm gonna be that much more miffed if it turns out I can't make this work.
Wish me luck - and I'm off !!!!.................*insert zoom sound here=)*
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
You can try these drivers. I have good luck in the past with this website and my toshiba laptop with the 7900gs mobile drivers
http://files.laptopvideo2go.com/Dox/XP/XP_182.46.exe
Murphy Knox - LVL50 Dark/Regen Scrapper
Earthen Stone - LVL50 Stone/Stone Tanker
Atomic Illusion - LVL 50 Ill/Rad
Stardell Warbringer - LVL50 Warshade
I R Ebil - LVL1 Mind troller - New alt made to mess with the Minds of the "Buy it NAO" people
Well, don't I feel like a blundering dolt ... seems I can't even get successfully registered at that site PMed to me thanks to my a) incomplete knowledge of my system and b)failure to even enter in correctly the information I do know - BUT I have emailed the sites admin and once hopefully registered can post in their forums for specific how to with their driver download.
Looks like a few savvy points have flown the nest but on the plus side I think I have pulled out more than enough hair to balance that out ...oh wait, bald doesn't equal savvy- oops.
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
[ QUOTE ]
You can try these drivers. I have good luck in the past with this website and my toshiba laptop with the 7900gs mobile drivers
http://files.laptopvideo2go.com/Dox/XP/XP_182.46.exe
[/ QUOTE ]
that is actually "the" site ... I just wasn't too sure about inf. files and the like so I figured I would need to ask for help there ... can I just install this from your link?
Lady Luck, is that you?
<<Thanks CoX Community =) for all the Help, regardless of how it works out rest assured I am well reminded why it is I always come back here (or at least try to!)>>
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
I am not Lady Luck. You should be able to click the link and download the drivers and just install em. The modded inf file is already incorporated in the executable
Murphy Knox - LVL50 Dark/Regen Scrapper
Earthen Stone - LVL50 Stone/Stone Tanker
Atomic Illusion - LVL 50 Ill/Rad
Stardell Warbringer - LVL50 Warshade
I R Ebil - LVL1 Mind troller - New alt made to mess with the Minds of the "Buy it NAO" people
[ QUOTE ]
I am not Lady Luck. You should be able to click the link and download the drivers and just install em. The modded inf file is already incorporated in the executable
[/ QUOTE ]
Looks like I just missed you, I was PMing you while you were replying to me. The link returns a 404 error and I have tried it in FF ,latest release build and I8 with all page permissions active.
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
[ QUOTE ]
I am not Lady Luck. You should be able to click the link and download the drivers and just install em. The modded inf file is already incorporated in the executable
[/ QUOTE ]
I think the problem occurring is that the site is marking as a leech any direct connection from your link.
BigBlueMachine: Copy this URL to your browser and navigate there naturally rather than clicking the link:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/xp/182.46
This comes with a bit of a warning, third-party modded drivers may be a bit iffy, but at this stage I'd say you're willing to take that risk, and Murphy has tried them...so, should be okay.
Good luck!
Edit: In I8 (which I'm running too) the page locks up for a bit before bringing up a script error, click Yes to stop running the script then click the Driver link (NOT the Start Download link, that's bogus!)
K5K - The Killbot 5000
A Spanner In The Works Part One, ArcID: 336662, A Spanner In The Works Part Two, ArcID: 336665, Enter Japes, ArcID: 96001
In The Darkness Creeping, ArcID: 347709, When Dimensions Collide, ArcID: 412416.
This is the link to the forum page.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=23484
This is a mirror link to the driver from the forum post
http://rapidshare.com/files/213805535/XP_182.46.exe
Murphy Knox - LVL50 Dark/Regen Scrapper
Earthen Stone - LVL50 Stone/Stone Tanker
Atomic Illusion - LVL 50 Ill/Rad
Stardell Warbringer - LVL50 Warshade
I R Ebil - LVL1 Mind troller - New alt made to mess with the Minds of the "Buy it NAO" people
Problem resolved although now it is without the future support of manufacturer but really now, they didn't offer too much help to begin with so ...not much of a loss after all.
Thank you all so very much.
@doesnotexist -primary global
@playerdoesnotexist -secondary/wife's
See you in game soon! Regardless of server since my raging alt-itis has me with characters across them all (no,really) but Alt-o-Holism is another topic for another thread in another section on another day.
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"
Great! See you in Paragon, the Rogue Isles, or even in Praetoria later this year!
K5K - The Killbot 5000
A Spanner In The Works Part One, ArcID: 336662, A Spanner In The Works Part Two, ArcID: 336665, Enter Japes, ArcID: 96001
In The Darkness Creeping, ArcID: 347709, When Dimensions Collide, ArcID: 412416.
Glad you were able to resolve your issue and get into the game.
Murphy Knox - LVL50 Dark/Regen Scrapper
Earthen Stone - LVL50 Stone/Stone Tanker
Atomic Illusion - LVL 50 Ill/Rad
Stardell Warbringer - LVL50 Warshade
I R Ebil - LVL1 Mind troller - New alt made to mess with the Minds of the "Buy it NAO" people
Long time player who has taken nearly as many breaks as I have time spent in game but I keep coming back. Recently I resubbed after learning about the introduction of the Mission Architect and was gaming just fine and lovely the week or so and today ... nada, The game won't let me in and the error messages that pop up mention...
"your card or driver is not supported / GL_ARB_Multextures"
I press "ok" after being warned in said pop up that the game might not play right then ...
"GL_ARB_texturecompressions error"
and CRASH -
card is NVIDIA GeForceGo7600 and has always gotten my fairly good results in game if not near max.
**edit** the laptop is a Sony Vaio in case that is of importance and the new driver I found at the NVIDIA site for some reason has VAIOs listed as exceptions to working with the new driver release
Any help would be appreciated and I thank you Wise Ones in advance. I have a sleeping baby whose sleeping time has become my playtime at night and it is a bit jarring to suddenly not be able to play something I could play just fine days ago.
**edit 2**
hijack this report-
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 1:10:34 AM, on 5/18/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$VAIO_VEDB\Binn\sqlservr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\RegSrvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\ehome\RMSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsAuxs.exe
C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\WMPlugIn\SonicStageMonitoring.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsTray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Event Service\VESMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VCSW\VCSW.exe
C:\WINDOWS\ehome\mcrdsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VzCdb\VzCdbSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNetwk.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VzCdb\VzFw.exe
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllhost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Apoint\Apoint.exe
C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Power Management\SPMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\ISB Utility\ISBMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehmsas.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Camera Utility\VCUServe.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Mxvgautil.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\VM_STI.EXE
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\LgDevAgt.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\LCD Manager\LCDMon.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\G-series Software\LGDCore.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\LCD Manager\Applets\LCDClock.exe
C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\J. Jones\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
C:\Program Files\Apoint\Apntex.exe
C:\WINDOWS\ehome\RMSysTry.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe
C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://www.sony.com/vaiopeople
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {25D596E9-BD03-4D4A-8310-5DF3B31E8D26} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Gears Helper - {E0FEFE40-FBF9-42AE-BA58-794CA7E3FB53} - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Gears\Internet Explorer\0.5.19.0\gears.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll
O3 - Toolbar: DAEMON Tools Toolbar - {32099AAC-C132-4136-9E9A-4E364A424E17} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [igfxtray] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [igfxhkcmd] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [igfxpers] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Apoint] C:\Program Files\Apoint\Apoint.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ehTray] C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SonyPowerCfg] C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Power Management\SPMgr.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ISBMgr.exe] C:\Program Files\Sony\ISB Utility\ISBMgr.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Switcher.exe] C:\Program Files\Sony\Wireless Switch Setting Utility\Switcher.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VAIOCameraUtility] "C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Camera Utility\VCUServe.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VAIO Recovery] C:\WINDOWS\Sonysys\VAIO Recovery\PartSeal.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Mxvgautil] C:\WINDOWS\system32\Mxvgautil.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VAIO Update 3] "C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Update 3\VAIOUpdt.exe" /Stationary
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BigDogPath] C:\WINDOWS\VM_STI.EXE VIMICRO USB PC Camera 301x
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PartSeal] C:\WINDOWS\Sonysys\VAIO Recovery\PartSeal.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ISTray] "C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsTray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AppleSyncNotifier] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleSyncNotifier.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Launch LgDevAgt] "C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\LgDevAgt.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Launch LCDMon] "C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\LCD Manager\LCDMon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Launch LGDCore] "C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\G-series Software\LGDCore.exe" /SHOWHIDE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ISUSPM Startup] C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\UPDATE~1\ISUSPM.exe -startup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ISUSScheduler] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe" -start
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpybotSD TeaTimer] C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Documents and Settings\J. Jones\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c
O4 - Global Startup: Extender Resource Monitor.lnk = C:\WINDOWS\ehome\RMSysTry.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: Add to Google Photos Screensa&ver - res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\GPhotos.scr/200
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {09C04DA7-5B76-4EBC-BBEE-B25EAC5965F5} - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Gears\Internet Explorer\0.5.19.0\gears.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &Gears Settings - {09C04DA7-5B76-4EBC-BBEE-B25EAC5965F5} - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Gears\Internet Explorer\0.5.19.0\gears.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search && Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://www.sony.com/vaiopeople
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) -
O16 - DPF: {F04A8AE2-A59D-11D2-8792-00C04F8EF29D} (Hotmail Attachments Control) - http://by106fd.bay106.hotmail.msn.co...x/HMAtchmt.ocx
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Skype\SKYPE4~1.DLL
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Event Log (EvtEng) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate1c9cf8a186de8e4) (gupdate1c9cf8a186de8e4) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google - C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
O23 - Service: MSCSPTISRV - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\AVLib\MSCSPTISRV.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: PACSPTISVR - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\AVLib\PACSPTISVR.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Registry Service (RegSrvc) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\RegSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Service (S24EventMonitor) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe
O23 - Service: PC Tools Auxiliary Service (sdAuxService) - PC Tools - C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsAuxs.exe
O23 - Service: PC Tools Security Service (sdCoreService) - PC Tools - C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsSvc.exe
O23 - Service: SonicStageMonitoring - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\WMPlugIn\SonicStageMonitoring.exe
O23 - Service: Sony SPTI Service (SPTISRV) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\AVLib\SPTISRV.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Entertainment TV Device Arbitration Service - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VzCs\VzHardwareResourceManager\VzHardware ResourceManager.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Event Service - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Event Service\VESMgr.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Media Integrated Server (VAIOMediaPlatform-IntegratedServer-AppServer) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Media Integrated Server\VMISrv.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Media Integrated Server (HTTP) (VAIOMediaPlatform-IntegratedServer-HTTP) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Media Integrated Server\Platform\SV_Httpd.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Media Integrated Server (UPnP) (VAIOMediaPlatform-IntegratedServer-UPnP) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Media Integrated Server\Platform\UPnPFramework.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Media Gateway Server (VAIOMediaPlatform-Mobile-Gateway) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Media Integrated Server\Platform\VmGateway.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Entertainment UPnP Client Adapter (Vcsw) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VCSW\VCSW.exe
O23 - Service: Ventrilo - Sony Corporation - (no file)
O23 - Service: VAIO Entertainment Database Service (VzCdbSvc) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VzCdb\VzCdbSvc.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Entertainment File Import Service (VzFw) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VzCdb\VzFw.exe
--
End of file - 13917 bytes
- most of the above report is greek to me so if a potential fix lies somewhere in there or if another problem is evident please let me know
feel free to not reach me in the City @Does Not Exist.
All other locations I can not be reached in are =
XBL- BigBlueMachine/Steam - BigBlueMachine/PSN-BigBlueMachine/ RL aggro - "Husband","Daddy","HeyYou!" and "blue"