comp. feezing randomly

[vochore]

<p>ever since upgrading to windows xp pro 64 my comp. randomly freezes....have to do a reset to get the comp back up and running.</p><p>this only happenes with eq2 and no other game,this only happens with xp pro 64,i have let the comp sit for over 5 mins after it freezes and it just displays what was showing on the screen when it froze.</p><p>esc ctrlaltdelete and altenter do nothing.</p><p>any 1 else ever have this happen and if so did you ever get it to stop.</p><p>i have also used the recomended nvidia drivers linked in these forums and prob still happenes....luckly it only happenes every once in a while.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>Greetings,</p><p>Is there a specific time point where it tends to freeze, like when casting spells or zoning?  Have you checked for updated sound card drivers?</p><p>As a first step let's make sure it isn't a conflicting background application.  To disable background programs:1. Select the START button.2. Select RUN, then type in "msconfig" (for Vista, type msconfig in the search bar at the bottom of the Start Menu)3. Press OK4. Select the STARTUP tab.5. In the list, uncheck all boxes EXCEPT for SCANREGISTRY and SYSTEM TRAY. If you use Windows XP, please note that SCANREGISTRY and SYSTEM TRAY will not be listed - just uncheck the entire list.6. Hit apply and then OK. Restart the computer and try the game again.</p>

[vochore]

<p>its hard to tell what sets it off tho i am always in a grp or raid when it happens.</p><p>it makes no differance wether my graphics are at max or min settings,disabling everything at startup also changes nothing...i can play for 2 weeks and never have it happen then it will happen 2 or 3 times within an hrs times.</p><p>the only thing that has realy changed is my operating system from 32 bit xp to 64  bit xp.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>vochore wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>its hard to tell what sets it off tho i am always in a grp or raid when it happens.</p><p>it makes no differance wether my graphics are at max or min settings,disabling everything at startup also changes nothing...i can play for 2 weeks and never have it happen then it will happen 2 or 3 times within an hrs times.</p><p>the only thing that has realy changed is my operating system from 32 bit xp to 64  bit xp.</p></blockquote><p>Did you reformat when you reinstalled or did you perform some type of 'upgrade' install?  If you performed an upgrade install then some of the old files might be hanging about and causing trouble.  You might be able to correct the by running some registry cleaner software but I always recommend a reformat when going between operating systems.</p>