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Gears of War PC crashes at splash screen
  1. #1


    Lugo Solo Guest

    Gears of War PC crashes at splash screen

    recently purchased Gears of War and a few other games, Crysis, Helgate
    London, Orange Box etc..
    All of the other games runs fine on my PC, but Gears of War crashes at the
    start up splash screen after you click on the play button

    The error message is "Gears of War has stopped working" then it collects
    info to call home to Microsoft
    I have not had the game successfully start up at all.
    I reinstalled it to no avail
    I downloaded the GOW updates but that does not resolve the issue at all
    I cannot get past the splash screen...
    I tried to us Microosft support but they are asking for a PID, and I cannot
    get the PID because I cannot get into the game at all, and I will not pay
    the
    cost of the game for support
    I get the same crash message when I both windows without loading any of the
    non essential services and no startup programs so it's not an antivirus
    issue

    This is the info from Vista Problem Reports and Solutions



    Problem
    Stopped Working

    Problem signature
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: wargame-g4wlive.exe
    Application Version: 1.0.3339.131 --> Alo have reports with app Version
    1.0.3340.131 and 1.0.3329.131
    Application Timestamp: 472f77b3
    Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll
    Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
    Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a81d
    Exception Code: e06d7363
    Exception Offset: 0002f35f
    OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
    Locale ID: 1033
    Additional Information 1: 541c
    Additional Information 2: fea38bb7112247ac4fb62d4f4cf85987
    Additional Information 3: 2206
    Additional Information 4: a7c5d438f4cbc5ba45f9aa4eb66f39


    This is my computer specification
    Dell XPS 730
    Nvidia 9800gx2 with the latest graphics drivers
    Latest Nforce drivers for the mother board
    Latest bios update
    Windowx Vista Ultimate 64bit
    Creative X-FI xtremeGamer Soundcard
    Intel Q9550 2.8x Ghz processor
    4 GB 1333 Mhz Ram
    WD 160 GB Raptor 10,000 RPM main HD
    WD Cavier Black 1TB HD for data

    Any suggestions is appreciated



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  2. #2


    Carl Guest

    Re: Gears of War PC crashes at splash screen

    Have you patched the game up to the most recent, and I found that I had to
    go hunting on MS site for games for windows live redistributable, after I
    installed that, it ran fine. Smashing game, by the way.


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  3. #3


    Lugo Solo Guest

    Re: Gears of War PC crashes at splash screen

    I previously did everything suggested. I patched the game up and I installed
    g4wlive redistributable. I also used the startup up shortcut

    "Lugo Solo" <simpoLIFE@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:Oofr$T9FJHA.2292@xxxxxx

    > recently purchased Gears of War and a few other games, Crysis, Helgate
    > London, Orange Box etc..
    > All of the other games runs fine on my PC, but Gears of War crashes at the
    > start up splash screen after you click on the play button
    >
    > The error message is "Gears of War has stopped working" then it collects
    > info to call home to Microsoft
    > I have not had the game successfully start up at all.
    > I reinstalled it to no avail
    > I downloaded the GOW updates but that does not resolve the issue at all
    > I cannot get past the splash screen...
    > I tried to us Microosft support but they are asking for a PID, and I
    > cannot
    > get the PID because I cannot get into the game at all, and I will not pay
    > the
    > cost of the game for support
    > I get the same crash message when I both windows without loading any of
    > the
    > non essential services and no startup programs so it's not an antivirus
    > issue
    >
    > This is the info from Vista Problem Reports and Solutions
    >
    > Problem
    > Stopped Working
    >
    > Problem signature
    > Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    > Application Name: wargame-g4wlive.exe
    > Application Version: 1.0.3339.131 --> Alo have reports with app Version
    > 1.0.3340.131 and 1.0.3329.131
    > Application Timestamp: 472f77b3
    > Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll
    > Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
    > Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a81d
    > Exception Code: e06d7363
    > Exception Offset: 0002f35f
    > OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
    > Locale ID: 1033
    > Additional Information 1: 541c
    > Additional Information 2: fea38bb7112247ac4fb62d4f4cf85987
    > Additional Information 3: 2206
    > Additional Information 4: a7c5d438f4cbc5ba45f9aa4eb66f39
    >
    >
    > This is my computer specification
    > Dell XPS 730
    > Nvidia 9800gx2 with the latest graphics drivers
    > Latest Nforce drivers for the mother board
    > Latest bios update
    > Windowx Vista Ultimate 64bit
    > Creative X-FI xtremeGamer Soundcard
    > Intel Q9550 2.8x Ghz processor
    > 4 GB 1333 Mhz Ram
    > WD 160 GB Raptor 10,000 RPM main HD
    > WD Cavier Black 1TB HD for data
    >
    > Any suggestions is appreciated
    >
    >

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  4. #4
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    Re: Gears of War PC crashes at splash screen

    It's a long shot, but try and install it outside of the program files folder

    ....and create a shortcut from the .exe within the gears of war folder ( sorry you might have to google it as there was a fix relating your very problem )

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