Vista - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion crashing

I've got a brand new laptop with 2 Gb RAM and 160 Gb hd, etc. So hardware
shouldn't be the problem. I can't figure out why Oblivion keeps crashing on
me. It never actually really gets started. The install went fine. The main
menu screen starts without a problem. But as soon as I hit play, Windows pops
up an error message telling me that Oblivion has stopped responding and then
it shuts it down. So I haven't even seen one second of the game. I've read
through the read-me document for the game and all the troubleshooting tips
from Windows Vista, but none of the fixes have worked. Can anyone please help
me? Thanks.

Propably some setting you got wrong, try adjusting down the graphical
settings and most probably it will stop crash, but I don't know.

"vanbegg" <vanbegg@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:291AC183-DD63-4869-9E39-974015FD8643@xxxxxx

I tried adjusting the graphical settings, but that didn't work. Of course,
there may be some other adjustment that I don't know about. Thanks anyway.
Any other ideas?

"André Grønmo" wrote:

If anyone's interested, I found the answer to my question after a couple
hours spent on Google. My graphics chip on my laptop was holding me back. I
got a patch and it seems to be working. I'm told that it may be touch and go
unless I upgrade the graphics chip (which I'm not going to do on a laptop).
If you want to read the intstructions to fix this problem go to
http://thecrosstalk.blogspot.com/200...-than-par.html.

"vanbegg" wrote:

"vanbegg" <vanbegg@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3C41B077-A379-4F66-8D07-5D4C17701DA0@xxxxxxActually you can't upgrade the graphics on a laptop unless you specifically
bought a gaming laptop that uses full graphic chipsets or an upgradable
graphics setup. (RARE, and expensive)

Oblivion will run like crap on a laptop, you can get it going, but your
experience isn't gonna be that stellar.

If you're still crashing try running the game with Desktop Composition
disabled. helped me with a random crash.

-A.

"Andy [YaYa]" <android8675@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C5A5A31E-B785-4E1F-993B-D9A9F9CCD4B6@xxxxxxBy Azura ! By Azura ! By Azura ! Great game. I was able to play fine with
the graphics dummied down on my old laptop which had an ATI Radeon Xpress
1150. It actually looked great still, the only problem was the slow down
during intense fighting. Not enough to hinder play much, but was definately
noticeable from the desktop.

http://faqsmedia.ign.com/faqs/image/...o_worldmap.jpg

This map helped me with the game immensely. I bought the game with a Prima
guide which was useless to me for as a tool. It didn't have an index, or
even a complete world map. Prima's idiotic solution to finding a location
was "NE of this location, SW of that location" etc. That doesn't help when
you haven't found the locations they named yet. I kept my laptop nearby with
this page and Google open. It was far easier to type in a NPC's name or item
than to try and find a hint on the fly with the POS game guide.........

Ken

"Ken" <kcd123@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have yet to use any guide for Oblivion. I mean I used an addon that makes
the map bigger and UI display more items at once, but thats it. I swear
gamers are the laziest bunch now a days. Everything has to be handed to them
or the game is just lame.

I guess I understand there are a lot of games out there, and sometimes you
don't want to spend 100+ hours on any one title, but I think you're missing
out on a lot when you have everything spoon fed to you. Sounds like Prima
has the right idea, point you in the right direction and let you do the
discovery/leg work.

-A.