Re: Dungeon siege 2 headaches

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no ive now tried all youve said, my game was working with fully updated
drivers and most of the things you suggested were already in practice
although i have redownloaded everything and performed all necessary
maintenance. All my other games work fine, when it is at the black screen
and wont load my pc also locks up and i cannot get back to my desktop and
always have to reboot, the cd rom is attempting to read and continues for
some time, it is also interesting to note that the ds2videoconfig utility
does not load as well but appears as a running process in the task manager
would this somehow be related?

"Jimmy S." wrote:

Hi binnysmalls,

Do you remember changing or updating anything on your system
right before the problem started? Video driver update perhaps?

Let's try some basic troubleshooting. If the problem still persists
please post back and we'll try some more steps. Good luck! :-)

1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using this utility: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
or this method: http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php

You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

2. Run a virus scan at: http://housecall.antivirus.com and then
install Windows Defender from: www.microsoft.com/spyware to
remove any Spyware or Adware which could clog up your PC.

3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.

4. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under Critical and
Recommended: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Some games
require a patch: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a

5. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
Checklist of Solutions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html

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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
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binnysmalls Wrote:
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| for the 1st month the game worked perfectly fine and then one day it stopped
| loading. i get to the 1st black screen with the loading dots at the bottom
| left hand corner and after all the dots appear nothing happens, game doesnt
| load, nothing. ive now tried every single approach the support website
| offered and reinstalled about 60 times and still nothing. what the heck is
| going on here?



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