Game freezes at Loading Bar

Since I19 went live (I was able to run I19 during the beta test) the game started freezing when I tried to run it. It gets to about 77,000k of memory usage, and grabs from 95-99% of my CPU, and just stays there until I shut it down. I can get on using Safe Mode, but that isn't the best way to play. My display drivers are as up to date as they can get, and I have all the updates to XP.

Any help figuring out the problem would be appreciated. Here is the CoHHelper information.

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

DxDiag gathered at April 22, 2011 18:23 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
System Model: A7N8X2.0
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 2048MB
.Net Memory Report: 1346MB out of 2047MB available
Page File: 5418MB (572MB currently in use)
C Drive: (SAMSUNG SP2014N) 22470MB out of 190771MB (11%) free
D Drive: (LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H) 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.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: ViewSonic A90f+
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: RADEON X850 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x4B4C)
Video Memory: 256.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6925
Driver Date: 2/11/2010 12:45:14 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [C000]
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1370
Driver Date: 3/4/2009 2:44:38 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: A7N8X2.0
Motherboard Version: REV 2.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: Nvidia - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20040804000000.000000+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: 70Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No


Physics Quality: None
Maximum Particles: 100
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


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


World Texture Level: Unknown (3)
Character Texture Level: Low
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.500
Entity Detail Level: 0.300
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Disabled
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: 0.478
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Compatiblity
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.202
Music Sound Volume: 0.117

Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 1001446 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 2010.201104142136.1
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\fonts has 1 file
.\sound\ogg\BoomBox has 1 file
.\sound\ogg\Powers has 6 files
.\texts\English\Menus has 3 files

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 6:28:02 PM, on 4/22/2011
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\ipoint.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTHELPER.EXE
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\LgDevAgt.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\LCD Manager\LCDMon.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\G-series Software\LGDCore.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\MOM.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Webshots\315~2.761\webshots.scr
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\Applets\LCDCountdown.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\Applets\LCDClock.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\Applets\LCDMedia.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\Applets\LCDPop3.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\ccc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Qualcomm\Eudora\Eudora.exe
C:\Program Files\Siber Systems\AI RoboForm\RoboTaskBarIcon.exe
C:\Program Files\NoteTab Light\NoteTab.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\msiexec.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe

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You only have 11% of your hard drive space free. Try to free up some space and defragment afterwards. Also, a scandisk never hurts to check your hard drive for errors.

After that, I would perform a file verification on CoH. I don't remember how to do it with the new launcher.

Agreed. You really have to free up disk space and defrag. Since you have very little ram (at least for this game) that page file is going to see heavy use while playing. And that file is at about 1/4 of your current free space. If the drive hasn't been defragmented in a while then the disk is seeking all over the place in an attempt to find free page space. You should also look into getting more ram if possible but unless you are going to switch to a 64 bit operating system there is no sense in going beyond 3 gigs.

Also if I am remembering correctly there are some recent ATI drivers that conflict with CoH. Being an Nvidia user myself I'm not sure which drivers they are but you might search the forums and see if you can track it down.

There is nothing bad in your Hijackthis but you should probably look through and disable any running programs that you never or rarely use. More free ram means less usage of the page file and also quicker loading times.

With older ATI cards, I generally had better success using the 9.11 Legacy Drivers rather than the 10.2 Legacy Drivers. The 10.2 Legacy Driver version seemed to carry over some of the same bugs that the 10.2 version for current cards had.