Windowed mode

Hi,

I recently reinstalled the game and I can't seem to get it to go into windowed mode or allow me to change the graphic setting at all. It is defaulting low and everything on my HD widescreen is distorted.

I want to play at highest windowed setting.

When I go to options graphics, then attempt to set to windowed mode and hit apply it tells me I have to restart. When I restart it is still set to the old setting. I've tried 3 times and it won't actually make the change.

Thanks in advance for the assistance.

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Post a log from running CoH Helper as it will give information about your system and the CoH installation and settings.

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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.

Black Pebble is my new hero.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at May 10, 2010 18:02 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.100216-1514)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: EP45-UD3P
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3326MB
.Net Memory Report: 1227MB out of 3326MB available
Page File: 3275MB (1935MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST31000528AS) 83706MB out of 99998MB (83%) free
E Drive: (ST31000528AS) 287766MB out of 290001MB (99%) free
F Drive: (ST31000528AS) 271539MB out of 290001MB (93%) free
G Drive: (ST31000528AS) 270771MB out of 273858MB (98%) free
D Drive: (TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223Q) 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.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 260
Video Memory: 896.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.9621
Driver Date: 1/12/2010 12:03:33 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Realtek HD Audio output
Driver File: RtkHDAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5672
Driver Date: 7/24/2008 6:02:44 AM

Sound Device Description: C-Media USB Headphone Set
Driver File: usbaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.5512
Driver Date: 4/13/2008 8:15:14 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: EP45-UD3P
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20081114000000.000000+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: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High


World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) 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: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 576328 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1800.201003300904.15T4r
Installation Directory: F:\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

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Download and install Driver Sweeper but don't run it yet. Download the 197.45 drivers from nVidia but don't install them yet. Go into Add/Remove Programs and remove anything to do with the nVidia Display drivers. Go to Device Manager and Uninstall the nVidia video card.

Reboot the computer into Safe Mode. Run Driver Sweeper and have it remove any remnants of the nVidia Display drivers. Reboot the computer when prompted.

Cancel any New Hardware wizards that come up. Run the installation program for the drivers you downloaded earlier.

Make sure that the any settins in the nVidia software are set to Application Controlled and/or match the settings in the game.

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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.

Black Pebble is my new hero.

Damn, that is way more work than I care to deal with LOL.

Thanks. I'll get around to it someday.

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