Having trouble loading ;/

Well at the moment the main problem i'm having is i'm having immense amounts of trouble loading the City of Heroes game.
Firstly, the problem starts to occur after the updater when the Loading window pops up, and it comes to the screen of which the City of Heroes art it, with the loading screen
There, it stops responding and spends about 10 minutes sorting itself out then loads up to the log in.
After logging in its fine up until I click the enter paragon city with any character, where it turns slow and it fails to load up fully. After about a quarter of the way loading which takes about 20 minutes, it goes straight back to the login screen.
So far, i've tried switching it to Safe Mode, Running the client as an administrator, Running it in compatabiliy mode as various kinds of Windows, updated all drivers, reinstalling the whole client, tried most things.
The only problem I could think as to why i'm having these problems is i'm running a 32-bit Windows 7 Operating System, and that is a very recent Operating System. The specs i'm running seem fine for most games, so I wouldn't really expect them to be of any problem,
Such as -
1 GB of Ram Geuine Intel CPU @ 1.60 GHz 2.66 GHz
ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO Graphics Card
These Specs seem sufficient for nearly all games I run on this PC, apart from City of Heroes

Is there any explanation for these problems i'm occuring?

Windows 7 AND City of Heroes with 1GB RAM? Seems low.

ATI 2400 card, although I'm not familiar with ATI cards, seems on the older side.

What other games are your specs sufficient for?

What is your free hard drive space?

CoH really is a system hog. Try disabling all non-essential systems and programs.

Post the results of CoH Helper, and HiJackThis to let the tech gurus have a better look at your system.

My suggestion would be to start with the easy stuff first. (Good idea to do as Xalaqia said and post HiJackThis and CoH Helper).
Before you start Coh, shut down any unnecessary programs running in the background.
Empty out temp files.
I close my anti-virus program ONLY when I am on CoH..have had little lag since doing this.
I use Defraaggler to do a quick defrag. (ESPECIALLY useful right after a patch/update..amazing how that frags the came parts.)
Flush your dns files. (Open the 'run' prompt and enter ipconfig /flushdns. I made a quick-launch icon for this.)
See if those things help at all. The info from the HiJackThis and CoH Helper will pinpoint any other things. Also, make sure your driver are installed cleanly, and they are up to date. Hang in there..

CoH Helper Results -

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at August 20, 2009 23:29 (+01:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7100) (7100.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2140 @ 1.60GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 1024MB
.Net Memory Report: 399MB out of 1023MB available
Page File: 1286MB (1492MB currently in use)
C Drive: (Hitachi HDS721680PLAT80 ATA Device) 23075MB out of 78530MB (29%) free
E Drive: (MAXTOR STM3250310AS ATA Device) 238313MB out of 238472MB (99%) free
D Drive: (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7100.0000 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x94C3)
Video Memory: 501 MB
Driver Version: 8.640.0.0
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 00:00:00
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7100.0000
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 00:00:00

WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer:
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 2Core1333-2.66G
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: A_M_I - 7000716
BIOS Release: 20070716000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
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: Low Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Low (with world bumpmaps)
World Texture Level: Medium
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: 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: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 19.20090716.3T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found


HiJackThis Results -

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 23:37:17, on 20/08/2009
Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT 6.01.3004)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7100.0000)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Lexmark X1100 Series\LXBKbmgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Lexmark X1100 Series\lxbkbmon.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\MOM.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\FINDFAST.EXE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA.EXE
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CCC.exe
C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltuser.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Contacts\wlcomm.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
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O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
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O2 - BHO: Search Helper - {6EBF7485-159F-4bff-A14F-B9E3AAC4465B} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Search Enhancement Pack\Search Helper\SEPsearchhelperie.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.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: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {E15A8DC0-8516-42A1-81EA-DC94EC1ACF10} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltcore.dll
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O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
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O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StartCCC] "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun
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O13 - Gopher Prefix:
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O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
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End of file - 6010 bytes



Hell knows what you'll find in them, first time i've used this computer in a while, thats why theres all the old and dodgey specs inside.
And don't ask me why the Windows 7 is on there, I have no idea either, I partly blame my family.

I was looking through some of the other threads and I saw someone with a similar problem who had Windows 7,
He treated it by switching the compatability mode to Windows 98/ME which also worked partly for me, but it still has problems with text and major cursor issues.

Well, the first problem I see is the low amount of RAM and the number of background processes you have running. First step would be to turn off (or prevent from starting) unnecessary programs like Steam and Windows Sidebar (wasn't that a serious hinderance in Vista?)

Secondly, it appears your driver installation for your graphics card failed. *IF* you have a PCI-E version of the HD2400 graphics card, you can get the latest from ATI's Web site. If you have an AGP version of the HD2400, then you'll probably need to get drivers from the card's manufacturer's web site.

Give that a shot and see how it performs. Then come back and let us know.

-Wolf sends

ATI Vid Card driver dates.... For those with more knowledge... do they usually show wonky dates?

First thing, is are your ATI vid card drivers current?