Crash immediately after zoning

Yesterday was the first time I'd tried to log in to the live servers since May mumblemumblemumble. I can get to the login screen just fine, the server selection works, and I can select and log in to a character.

But as soon as the zone loading screen completes, my game freezes, and then crashes with a Cryptic Studios 'send us your error report' window. The location, server, and character don't seem to matter.

Last night I tried verifying files (no help) and updating drivers (also no help), so today I come to you guys.

CoH Helper Report
To my eyes, the only things that look at all wrong are the video and sound drivers (~1yr and ~3yrs old), but as I said, I updated those last night (from nVidia's and Dell's websites, respectively)

Hijack This Report
I don't see anything here which could be causing problems, but I'm not a guru in this area, which is why I'm here.


Other things I think I should mention in case it helps:

• Occasionally, any program on my computer will freeze for a few seconds before returning to normal (in fact, Hijack This did it while generating the report). This has been an ongoing problem since before installing Windows 7. I've occasionally tried looking for a solution, but since the problem is so general, it's hard to find a solution. I've no idea whether it's related to my CoH issues, especially since my other programs don't crash, they just sit "Not Responding" for a bit.
• My disk defragmenter runs on a regular basis (every Wednesday, IIRC). I just ran it now, and I've got 6% fragmentation.
• This problem didn't occur while I was on the GR beta server, but I also haven't been able to play for weeks (unstable connection).

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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt

Update: This problem does no occur when running in safe mode. I just tried creating a brand new character and put them in the Praetoria tutorial on Infinity. No crash in safe mode. Quit program, restart normally, log in to the same character: crash.

(Edit: CoH safe mode, not Windows safe mode)

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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt

Okay, I tried actually playing the game in safe mode... and I can't do it. I'm too used to my graphics settings and playing in windowed mode (quick switch to Paragonwiki or the forums while zoning, &c.).

Any input would be appreciated.

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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt

Please post the HiJackThis log and a new CoH Helper log directly into a forum post.

The link you provided strips out the formatting and makes it very difficult to read.

If needed, make two posts, one for CoH Helper and one for HiJackThis.

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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.

HijackThis doesn't have formatting. If you don't like the line numbers, you can also use the "Raw" link at the top. I can understand wanting the formatting for the CoH helper, though, so here you go:

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

DxDiag gathered at August 17, 2010 14:24 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: MM061
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A14
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 2048MB
.Net Memory Report: 961MB out of 2046MB available
Page File: 2390MB (1702MB currently in use)
C Drive: (Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00 ATA Device) 11743MB out of 85099MB (13%) free
D Drive: (Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00 ATA Device) 1422MB out of 5170MB (27%) free
G Drive: (Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00 ATA Device) 4937MB out of 5067MB (97%) free
E Drive: (TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D ATA Device) zero-size drive
F Drive: (QJMVG MZO1IZ8PURK SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (32-bit version)

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

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce Go 7300
Video Memory: 889 MB
Driver Version: 7.15.11.7948
Driver Date: 1/30/2009 9:12:00 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: 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


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0XD720
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A14
BIOS Version: DELL - 27d70402
BIOS Release: 20070402000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1241x819
3D Resolution: 1241x819 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No


Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 18802
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 2x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Ultra quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High


World Texture Level: Medium
Character Texture Level: Medium
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: 0.797
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Shadow maps
Shadow Map Shader: Low quality
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 0.690
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
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: 0.107
Music Sound Volume: 0.146

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 27387 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1850.201007290124.10T2
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
. has 26 files
.\texts has 1 file
.\texts\English has 2 files
.\texts\English\help has 4 files
.\texts\English\Menus has 2 files
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Powers has 128 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 34 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files

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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt

Update: I tried sucking it up and playing in safe mode, since I was really getting the itch. Same problem occurred after about 3 hours of normal play. (Well, same crash. I can't be sure it's the exact same problem without testing, but a 3-hour wait to test a crash is a bit much.)

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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt

Today I tried logging in to the character I made previously while in safe mode. I did not crash immediately, so I opened up my options to load my default window and chat settings. I loaded my window settings fine, but then it crashed before I could load my chat settings.

Yes, it's still a crash before I could really do anything, but that's longer in-game than I've had before outside of safe mode. The only change has been moving to a new network.

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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt