Vista - Game.exe crash

Hi, i have a new vista, and its supposedly said to be the best one for games,
but thats a lie. I have around 8 fairly new games i've bought, and all but 1
crash every time i start them. On some, it will start the game fine but it
will crash to the desktop when i start to play and come up with an error
message that says "game.exe has stopped responding". And i've tried the
direct X software test option, the Xp (service pack 2) compatibility mode
option, and the "run as administrator" settings already, and none of them
work. Any help would be greatly appreciated! ( i have the Intel G965 Chipset
family display adaptor, and updated Direct X software)

Pilot-In-Command wrote:I'm afraid that "Caveat Emptor" applies here. You should have
investigated further to see what programs run under Vista before buying.
I'm curios where "it's said" that Vista is best for games..... MS has
provided a list of these programs for months.....

Try posting the specific games you are talking about. Maybe someone has
figured out how to get it to run.

I read somewhere that you should download and install DirectX 9 to be
compatible with many 3D games..

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

We got our Vista from a BEST-BUY store, and we had gone through everything
about the system with customer support at that time, and they told us that it
was the best for games and media. Obviously they were the ones not telling
the truth. Anyways, i have; Whirlwind over Vietnam / Resident Evil 4 /
BATTLEFIELD 1942+Vietnam / Flight Simulator 2004 / CALL of DUTY / CARS / MAX
PAYNE / and ARTHUR. We also have several other older games but most work.

"Hank Arnold (MVP)" wrote:

"Pilot-In-Command" <Pilot-In-Command@xxxxxx> wrote in
message news4E97EF9-EB4A-476A-9FC5-3DC1E95F827B@xxxxxxsounds like your motherboard has onboard video, if so then that's your
problem.
have a look at your motherboard to see if it has a video slot, [PCI-E or
AGP]
if so then you could add a 3d video card

Resident Evil 4 worked out of the box for me so it is not an OS problem.
List your hardware specs.

Gaza is absolutely correct - if u dont have a good card u might as well
forget it.

ps - be careful dealin' with best buy - i have a friend who took his machine
there & they told him he needed a new hard drive - all i had to do was
reformat the drive for him & it was good as new. the "GEEK Squad" should
have known this if they are as knowledgable as they advertise.

good luck

"Pilot-In-Command" <Pilot-In-Command@xxxxxx> wrote in
message news4E97EF9-EB4A-476A-9FC5-3DC1E95F827B@xxxxxx

Hello everyone....I'm new here so be kind to the noob

Anyway...I'm having the exact same problem. All but one of my games now get the ".exe has stopped working", games such as; Gears Of War, Need For Speed Prostreet, Bioshock, Crysis, etc. The only game that does work is Call Of Duty 4. Now, all of these games worked a while ago but now they all give me the same error. I have tried several different drivers (mobo, gpu, soundcard) but no luck. My OS (Vista64) is up to date with all updates installed. Also its not because my system (Inno3d Nforce 680i SLI, Asus 8800GTS 640mb, Creative X-fi Xtreme Gamer, 4gigs of DDR2 800 ram, 3x 500gb Seagate Barraguda Sata2 hd's) couldn't run these games. All other software are also up to date (directX, etc). I did install the service pack beta a while ago, but the games worked after that as well so it can't be that. This is a more recent issue. My Antivirus and Spyware tell me my system is clean. Only solution I can think of right now is to do a complete re-install, but I would rather not do that. I'll try to run RegCure and some other cleaners, but I don't think they'll fix this issue completely. But still it's "good" to see i'm not the only one having this problem, so it might be something that just has to be fixed in future updates...But ANY help would be greatly appreciated!

I have just 'upgraded' to a XFI card from a audigy2 ZS and have the same problems described above.

Previously I was able to play Call of Duty 4 under vista without problems now I have the .exe stopped error each time I try and play it.

I will try and reinstall the older sound card and see if that makes the difference....

MNG

now i see, im not alone ;-)

same problem with LoD, and i had seen what´s the problem...
but i don´t now what i can do to clean it...

the problem is vista, 3D, and Memory.

In my PC wörks 2GB Memory, after 1-1,5 hours Playtime the memory is fully

(1.545 GB for Game.exe) the game stops...shure...memory is full...;-)

PLEASE Microsoft.......clean this bug in Vista....

"MisterNiceGuy" wrote: