OOTP 9 Patch 9.1.5 BETA available!

[Nutlaw]

Originally Posted by orwell

According to the "computer management" utility, my C drive is in a "partitioned" layout, D drive is in "simple" layout.

I have run OOTP all from C, all from D, and a combination, with no effect on the frequency and timing of crashes. I have 9.8 free gigs on C and 187 free gigs on D.

Hrm.

Originally Posted by ashantewarrier

SYSTEM SPECS
The laptop I use is as follows: Dell XPS 4gig RAM, nVidia GeoForce 8800M GTX, Intel Core2 processor 2.80 GHz, 400gig HD.


SETUP
using Windows Vista Business Professional
Trend Micro Virus Protection
Installed in the default directory, local hard drive,
defragmented HD, no HD errors,
no custom mouse software
Screen Res set at 1900x1200

Ashantewarrier, do you have multiple hard drives or a partitioned hard drive?

[ashantewarrier]

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

Hrm.



Ashantewarrier, do you have multiple hard drives or a partitioned hard drive?

Sorry for the late response (had to take wifey out to dinner and a movie )

I am using a partitioned HD

C: 360gig
D (Partitioned): 9.99gig

the partitioned gig is created by Vista as a repository for backup system files.

[Nutlaw]

Which skin are you guys using? Have you tried using a different one?

[orwell]

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

Which skin are you guys using? Have you tried using a different one?

I just used whatever one started up with the game, not sure what it was called. I've never messed around with them. I can change to another; anything's worth a shot.

I am about to reinstall once again.

BTW I ran spybot, since someone suggested that. It found a few naughty cookies but no other problems and of course their removal had no effect on the game crashes. For all the bashing Norton receives, it has always done a good job of keeping my PC malware-free, at least as far as I know.

After all this I've taken a few days off and give in to the mindless MLB The Show on PS3

[fantom1979]

Originally Posted by orwell

I just used whatever one started up with the game, not sure what it was called. I've never messed around with them. I can change to another; anything's worth a shot.

I am about to reinstall once again.

BTW I ran spybot, since someone suggested that. It found a few naughty cookies but no other problems and of course their removal had no effect on the game crashes. For all the bashing Norton receives, it has always done a good job of keeping my PC malware-free, at least as far as I know.

After all this I've taken a few days off and give in to the mindless MLB The Show on PS3

Norton does a really good job, but the problem is the resources it uses and crashes is causes in the process.

[orwell]

Originally Posted by fantom1979

Norton does a really good job, but the problem is the resources it uses and crashes is causes in the process.

That's what I hear. The problem for me is I've always run Norton and, to my knowledge, it has only interfered with one game - Draft Day College Basketball. That includes all the OOTP versions since 2004, so I'm puzzled.

I swear I'm a pretty hopeless PC game fanatic and, aside from crap frame rates on FSX, I have had no issues with my system.

[StyxNCa]

Originally Posted by fantom1979

Norton does a really good job, but the problem is the resources it uses and crashes is causes in the process.

Does it? How many other virus programs have you tried? You would see just how "good" Norton is. The number of things Trend Micro found that Norton never did was pretty high. Who knows what other programs would have found. I find Norton to be near the bottom of the list.