This is getting to the point of absurdity. I crash EVERY time I zone now, and I get multiple error windows popping up, 3-4 crash reports per crash, and sometimes I'll get the crash error and still be able to play until I hit "Okay" on the crash window. I get no lag. I run the game on higher than max settings (Forced 8xAA and 16xAF) and I don't run into any trouble except for these crashes.
Sometimes I'll be standing still and crash, some times it will be zoning, some times it will be when I take a screenshot or open Legends of Norrath. Some times I can recreate the crash endlessly and every time I zone into some guild halls. I have to have someone move me out of the zone or turn my settings to absolute minimum (which still doesn't always work) to get out.
Prior to these latest attempts at a fix, I only crashed zoning between the guild hall, Loping Plains and Zarrakon.
I just upgraded from Windows XP (DX9.0c) to Windows 7 (DX11), and reinstalled all drivers didn't fix the problem.
I did a fresh install of the game on a different hard drive, still didn't fix the problem.
I bought 2 new 2 gig sticks of 800 speed DDR2 RAM, still didn't fix the problem.
Minimizing does not prevent anything, nor does running in low memory mode or any of the other tricks posted.
I have been hearing complaints from absolutely everyone about crashing lately while zoning. People with every kind of configuration imaginable, EXCEPT the people with absolutely terrible computers who run on the lowest settings all the time.
There have been issues in the past where workarounds have been forcefully kept under wraps to keep a high priority on fixing the actual cause of these problems, or to keep some random person from "fixing" a problem the developers can't. If this is the case, please reconsider.. because this is unplayable.