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Old 03-22-2008   #1 (permalink)
b11_


 
 

I was running a game.........

I was running a game when suddenly the screen froze for a moment then the
desktop aoppeared. Why did that happen?

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Old 03-22-2008   #2 (permalink)
Mark L. Ferguson


 
 

Re: I was running a game.........

Open the Event Viewer to read the error, and the filename that caused it.
it's probably the game using the video in a way the video driver can't do.

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> desktop aoppeared. Why did that happen?
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Old 03-22-2008   #3 (permalink)
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Re: I was running a game.........

What services must be running for event viewer to work?
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"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
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> Open the Event Viewer to read the error, and the filename that caused it.
> it's probably the game using the video in a way the video driver can't do.
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> > I was running a game when suddenly the screen froze for a moment then the
> > desktop aoppeared. Why did that happen?
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