Re: "please unload the debugger and restart the application"

"Netmeg" <Netmeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks, but I had already checked that - there is no /DEBUG switch in my
boot.ini file.

Sounds like it's time to eleminate other applications.

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up the Task Manager, click on the processes tab.
Try closing any process that's running under your username (ie not system or
services) and see what happens when you run the game then.

If it works, reboot so all the applications are running again, and start the
process again, closing 1 or 2 down at a time until the games will start and
weed at any potential problematic application.

It might also be a good time to check the system out for malware, Microsoft
have just released a beta of Windows Defender (
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx ),
which can scan for any nasty little apps up to no good. A virus scan of the
system may also be helpful - but at least a few years ago virus scanners
running on the system could cause the debug error.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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