stuck on loading screen

I am currently stuck at the loading screen, after i accept the terms and conditions from the launcher I launch the game and the game freezes. If I alt tab the game will freeze up and be "not responding" according to the windows task manager. I will appreciate any help or advice so I may get this game working. Thanks in advance

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

DxDiag gathered at July 5, 2010 21:49 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
System Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
System Model: PCV-RS710G(UC)
BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/14/04 13:41:20 Ver: 08.00.08
Central Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB
.Net Memory Report: 633MB out of 1023MB available
Page File: 1961MB (499MB currently in use)
C Drive: (Maxtor 6Y200P0) 80526MB out of 188324MB (42%) free
D Drive: (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108) zero-size drive
E Drive: (SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616E) zero-size drive
F Drive: (Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.2180 (32-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: SONY SDM-HS73
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1280,1024
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce FX 5200
Video Memory: 128.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.7519
Driver Date: 5/16/2008 2:01:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: C-Media USB Headphone Set
Driver File: usbaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.2180
Driver Date: 8/3/2004 11:07:56 PM

Sound Device Description: SoundMAX Digital Audio
Driver File: smwdm.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3860
Driver Date: 10/1/2003 3:48:24 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P4SD-VL
Motherboard Version: To be filled by O.E.M.
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 09/14/04 13:41:20 Ver: 08.00.08
BIOS Version: A M I - 9000414
BIOS Release: 20040914000000.000000+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: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Unknown (0)
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Unknown (0)


World Texture Level: 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: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1800.201006040036.5Tr
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

Your version of Windows is out of date (XP Service Pack 3 was released a while ago), and there might be an update for your video card's drivers (your card is likely using the Legacy Drivers... which I'm not sure how current those are). Your audio drivers are also very ancient, and I'm sure there's more recent ones somewhere.

Also, it'll likely take up to several minutes to fully load on your machine (during which time if you click Windows will assume it's not responding as it's busy initializing instead of updating the GUI).

You could also try selecting the 'Safe Mode' checkbox on the EULA screen to see if it'll with minimalistic graphics settings.

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

update to Service Pack 3

update your graphics drivers:: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_175.19_whql.html

and update your audio drivers: http://www.cmedia.com.tw/EN/Download...no=0&dtype=ALL ::

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I will try updating all of my drivers, yea I know they are ancient =/ thanks for the reply! I will try it, and I will post a hijack this log soon if this does not work