Re: WindowsXP memory error

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Just a bump for my post. Still hoping for an answer or three.

I went through the list of hardware in device manager and disabled each
noncritical item one at a time then rebooted after each. Obviously, I could
not do this with my video card. Tried it with network card, sound card,
printer, USB ports, Communication ports.

I also went through the same list and verified that each items had the most
current drivers. Then I tried rolling back the video card driver. After each
change I rebooted.

Then I started uninstalling unnecessary software, starting with the newest
and working my way back.

So far, nothing I have tried has made a difference.

Surely SOMEONE must have had a similar problem.

Chuck

"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e%23cdXzqGGHA.4036@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Chuck wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your input.
>>
>> One of the two games is World of Warcraft which allows players to run
>> a scan on their game files to make sure they are current and
>> uncorrupted. No such problem here.
>>
>> Even in Diagnostic Windows XP mode, WOW still loaded into memory and
>> would not exit memory after exiting the game. (Internet is not
>> available in diagnostic mode)
>>
>> The other game "Just Aces" is a bargain basement mini game off of one
>> of those "251 Games" disks. Not an internet game so it shows that the
>> problem is not an internet connection problem. It's old and not
>> updateable, but I think the WOW tests demonstrate that the problem is
>> not the game.
>
> I can't address the bargain-basement game, but make sure you have the
> latest patches for WoW.
>
> Aside from that, what changed between the time things worked and the
> time they didn't? Add any software or hardware? Got the most recent
> drivers for your sound card and video card? If you updated drivers and
> the problems started, roll back the drivers. The Nvidia 5600 is a bit
> long in the tooth and not the greatest card; perhaps it is failing.
> There are a lot of troubleshooting possibilities but without knowing
> what changed, it's impossible to focus them.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
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