uhm, sory to bug you but try to get this thing from MS that fixes a virus that shuts down ur comp: all i know "please" is olny said by windows when it says please wait!
Hmm i tried that, but it doesn't seem to help either, but i also unchecked " send an administrative alert" and "write an event to the system log". I'll try playing again and give you feed back. Is there a way to look at th system log?
By default if XP encounters a serious error, it reboots the machine. this is so users won't get to see the blue screen of death that used to annoy everyone -- neat trick, huh?
To turn this "feature" off so you can actually see the error message, do this:
Right click on My Computer (under start menu) then click Properties.
Click the Advanced tab, then click the Settings button under Startup and Recovery
Under System Failure in the middle, un-check the box for Automatically Restart.
Now reboot, then go back into your game. When the error happens, you'll get to actually read the blue screen and can start diagnosing the real problem.
Yes but the problem is that it isn't the "blue screen of death" it looks like some generic virus looking thing, even though I have scanned. think that download that you were talking about might work. Would you have a link or the name of it by any chance?
Then type eventvwr.msc and hit Okay. It will run the event viewer program. You can look through the application log, but it's usually pretty cryptic messages in there.
Thanks everyone. I found the little bugger that was messing up my laptop ( a few of them actually ). Well the event veiwer showed me everything, i had errors like no tommorow. The main ones that i found were called Stcloader.exe, Slmss.exe and Loader[1].exe . These were trojans /virus's that Norton couldn't delete ( great help Norton is...) I just went into regedit and deleted them. So far i have no problems with gaming, however if i this comes back to haunt me i'll post on here again. I would just like to say thanks to everyone that helped.
Alright well up until now my laptop has been fine, however that changed when it restarted again while playing a game from a site. This time a blue screen came on, and I was wise enough to write it down. This is what it reads: A problem has been detected and windows has shutdown to prevent damage to your computer. If this is the first time you’ve seen this stop error screen restart your computer. If it happens again follow the procedure:Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in this message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for updates. Try changing video adapters. Check with your hardware vender for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options, and then select safe mode. Technical Information: Stop: 0x0000008E ( 0x00000005, 0xBFA8A5A7, 0x0EFF78B8, 0x00000000 ) Ati3d1ag.dll – address base 0xBFA8A5A7 0xBFEF000, Date Stamp 3d5c74db Beginning dump of physical memory Physical memory dump complete Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further assistance.I have no clue what do now, either delete the Ati3d1ag.dll or update the driver…? My specs for my laptop are up top, however I have never heard of my video card before...Help is again very much appreciated.
Rabid_Monkey
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Gimpy87
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December 27th, 2003 15:00
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By default if XP encounters a serious error, it reboots the machine. this is so users won't get to see the blue screen of death that used to annoy everyone -- neat trick, huh?
To turn this "feature" off so you can actually see the error message, do this:
Right click on My Computer (under start menu) then click Properties.
Click the Advanced tab, then click the Settings button under Startup and Recovery
Under System Failure in the middle, un-check the box for Automatically Restart.
Now reboot, then go back into your game. When the error happens, you'll get to actually read the blue screen and can start diagnosing the real problem.
Gimpy87
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December 27th, 2003 15:00
Yes but the problem is that it isn't the "blue screen of death" it looks like some generic virus looking thing, even though I have scanned. think that download that you were talking about might work. Would you have a link or the name of it by any chance?
jpm121
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December 27th, 2003 16:00
Start -> Run
Then type eventvwr.msc and hit Okay. It will run the event viewer program. You can look through the application log, but it's usually pretty cryptic messages in there.
Rabid_Monkey
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December 27th, 2003 16:00
jpm121
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Gimpy87
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Gimpy87
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January 1st, 2004 01:00
A problem has been detected and windows has shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.
If this is the first time you’ve seen this stop error screen restart your computer. If it happens again follow the procedure: Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in this message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for updates. Try changing video adapters.
Check with your hardware vender for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options, and then select safe mode.
Technical Information:
Stop: 0x0000008E ( 0x00000005, 0xBFA8A5A7, 0x0EFF78B8, 0x00000000 )
Ati3d1ag.dll – address base 0xBFA8A5A7 0xBFEF000, Date Stamp 3d5c74db
Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete
Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further assistance. I have no clue what do now, either delete the Ati3d1ag.dll or update the driver…? My specs for my laptop are up top, however I have never heard of my video card before... Help is again very much appreciated.
Gimpy87
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January 4th, 2004 00:00