Vista crash on COH startup

I just put COH on my laptop and it gets past the updater but crashes when the loading bar comes up. any fixes?


---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---

DxDiag gathered at May 19, 2009 10:49 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Enterprise (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: MP061
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07
Central Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.7GHz
Memory: 3326MB
.Net Memory Report: 2135MB out of 3325MB available
Page File: 5734MB (1140MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST98823AS ATA Device) 14285MB out of 74831MB (19%) free
D Drive: (TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L532B 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.

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 Go 7800 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce Go 7800
Video Memory: 520 MB
Driver Version: 7.15.0010.9686
Driver Date: 11/2/2006 5:46:12 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers / Headphones (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
Driver File: stwrt.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.5614.0000
Driver Date: 9/13/2007 2:46:06 PM

Sound Device Description: Bluetooth Hands-free Audio (3- DELL BH200 (Mono Audio))
Driver File: {0.0.0.00000000}.{4400c354-0577-4060-bdf9-a2dcff7d0cdb}
Driver Version:
Driver Date: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM

Sound Device Description: Digital Output Device (SPDIF Out) (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
Driver File: stwrt.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.5614.0000
Driver Date: 9/13/2007 2:46:06 PM

Sound Device Description: Bluetooth Audio Renderer (3- DELL BH200 (Stereo Audio))
Driver File: {0.0.0.00000000}.{6fc95111-c4fb-4b45-bb5a-69450ddf1b44}
Driver Version:
Driver Date: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0YD479
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07
BIOS Version: DELL - 27d70205
BIOS Release: 20070205000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 800x600
3D Resolution: 800x600 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes

Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 10000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Unknown (3)

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.595
Entity Detail Level: 0.595
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: No
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: Yes
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: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 647460 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

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Dude you video drivers are really old. Try updating them. If you cant thru the manufacturer then go to laptopvideo2go.com instead.

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Also, you're starting to get close to a full C: drive, you're already more than three quarters there.

1. Go to control panel and then Add/Remove Programs and get rid of any programs you don't need any more.

2. Go into Windows Explorer (not the Internet Explorer) and right click on your C: drive and chose Properties. Under the General Tab, you'll see a button for Disk Cleanup, run it and get rid of deleted (recycle bin) and temp files.

3. Under the General Tab, make sure Indexing is not selected. Unless you need to do quick searches of your documents on a regular basis, you don't need this. It may take a while to propagate the un-indexing to all the sub-folders.

4. Go to the Tools Tab and click on the defrag button. Run the defragger. It may take an hour or two to defrag. Make sure the computer doesn't power down during it (you'll find power options where you change the screen saver -- right click on desktop...).

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