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I t sounds like a corrupted driver to me. Did you try a clean install? You must remove all traces of the old driver so as not to produce conflicts. If you need directions, just ask! Good luck, and don't give up.

Yes, I did yesterday. Glad I had saved my settings. I have a Logitech G11 keyboard and an extra eighteen G-keys for macros/actions. Yesterday, I couldn't zoom in and out anymore with my mouse, and my G-keys didn't do a thing. Today when I logged on, all was well. I think it was a strange glitch. As a side note, this happened after I put my puter in standby...don't usually do that.
Hope your settings go back to normal, as mine did. Wish I could help more than that. You might want to 'verify files' after a reboot, before going into the game.

I hope you did a clean install of the video drivers so there is no corruption/conflicts.
Also, you really don't need these running in the background wasting resources. You can turn them on when needed, but they don't have to start up when your computer does.

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ISUSScheduler] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe" -start
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nod32kui] "C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32kui.exe" /WAITSERVICE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinampAgent] "C:\Program Files\Winamp\winampa.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirtualCloneDrive] "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDDaemon.exe" /s
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NielsenOnline] C:\Program Files\NetRatingsNetSight\NetSight\NielsenOnline.ex e
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DellSupport] "C:\Program Files\DellSupport\DSAgnt.exe" /startup
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Users\Israel\AppData\Local\Google\Update\G oogl eUpdate.exe" /c
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Orb] "C:\Program Files\Winamp Remote\bin\OrbTray.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Sidebar] C:\Program Files\windows sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Messenger (Yahoo!)] "C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YAHOOM~1.EXE" -quiet

Those are the things I'd start with. Good luck and hang in there.

The only major issues I have had were when video cards failed or my driver became corrupted...I also discovered that a connector wire from the PSU to the card was faulty. Minor issues from time to time, but in 6 years, the game has run great. All this on an older pc:
HP Pavillion
Nvidia 7900 GS agp
2 gigs memory
WinXP sp3
I too, amd amazed at the people with the newest gaming puters that seem to have so many problems...and here I am with my old Tower of Power.

CG, I am so sorry you are having so many problems..it is as frustrating as heck, I know. One of the problems I had was an adapter plug that went from the PSU to my card..it was bad, and I never even paid much attention to it...removing it allowed my new video card to WAI.

Please don't give up. I had 2 weeks of frustration after my old card died and I used a backup till my new card arrived via eParts®...I couldn't get onto CoH, and sometimes the screen would be garbles and speckled. It was that darn wire. THEN, the corrupted driver..after having it run so great, I was SO mad thinking "not again!" (I thought of taking it to Best Buy for a diagnostics check, but didn't have the bucks at the time..) You might want to go ahead and post a HijackThis and the CohHelper just for gp's...couldn't hurt. Hang in there. You will solve it, and maybe a new set of eyes can help.

Before you begin the uninstall process

1) Stop windows from installing updates automatically. Go to your control panel, then windows upate, then

change settings. Change this setting to "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install

them."

2) Disable or turn off any antivirus you have running, especially any that have some sort of real time scanner.

(Sorry but with so many apps you'll have to figure this one out on your own)

You are now ready to being the uninstall process.

1) Go to your control panel and go to programs and features or add/remove programs
2) Uninstall the NVIDIA Driver
3) Uninstall the NVIDIA PhysX
STOP! - do not uninstall anything else. close the applications window.

Next navigate to your device manager. This can also be found in your control panel.

In your device manager, navigate to the display adapters. Click on the little + button next to dispaly adapters

and you should now see your graphics card listed. Right click on your graphics card and click uninstall. At

this point a you'll get a pop up window-
NOTE: be sure to put a check mark in the box to "delete the driver software for this device"

Now that your driver is uninstalled we need to delete the driver folders. These can be located in the following

locations
- C:/NVIDIA/
Delete the "DisplayDriver" folder

- C:/Program Files/
Delete the entire "NVIDIA Corporation" folder

Go to this folder c:/Windows/System32/DriverStore/FileRepository. Delete any folder that begins with

nv_disp.inf (make sure you are deleting the correct folder here) If you are unable to delete this folder, please

see the bottom of this thread.


Now before you do ANYTHING else, read these next steps until your are instructed to re-boot your pc.

1) You are going to reboot your pc in safe mode (press F8 as your computer boots up)(DON"T DO THIS

NOW)
2) When options come up for safe mode, choose the first option on the list that only says "Safe Mode" (The

one without networking)

*Note* Windows will install a generic VGA driver once you boot. That is totally fine and will not affect your

install. There is no need to remove it.

Once your computer has booted and you now in windows safe mode

3) Open up Driver Cleaner Pro application.
4) Put check marks in the boxes next to the following items
- NVIDIA Display
- NVIDIA PhysX
5) Click the Analyze button
Once the program is done analyzing you should see a list of items with check marks next to all of them. If for

some reason all the items do not have checkmarks, you can click the * button, then select and then all.

6) Now click the clean button
7) Once that has completed. Close the application and reboot your machine as normal.

If you do not think you can remember these steps then I suggest you copy and paste this info into a word or

text doc and save it on your desktop so you can reference it. Remember, you will not have internet access

while you are performing these steps.

Once you have completed steps 1-7 you can proceed with the driver installation.

You may now go ahead and do steps 1-7 and then install your new drivers.

I have been playing for 6 years with very few hitches. (Had to replace a dead video card not to long ago, but it gave me 4 years of great service.) I have little to no lag/rubberbanding/mapserves. I keep up to date on my drivers, keep my case free of dust, defrag faithfully and stay away from bloaty programs. Well, last night when I was on a video chat on Yahoo, my screen froze....3 times. I figured it might have been the latest beta version I just downlodad, so decided to go play in 'The City'. As soon as my character appeared BANG..freeze. I then went to YouTube and the video I chose was great until I hit the fullscreen...BANG...freeze. Opened the Device Manager and selected 'show hidden devices'. Under my video card was a clone, all greyed out! I NEVER saw that before. So, I thought I would do a clean driver install. (Uninstall, safe mode, Driver Sweeper, etc.) It was a total success. I am back to ONE entry under my vard setting, my videos are flawless at fullscreen and the Yahoo/Skype video chats run as they should.
The amazing thing is, my putersaurus is an HP Pavillion a564n and the card is an Nvidia 7900 GS agp...WinXP sp3...2 gigs ram...550 watt PSU...200 G hard drive. CoH runs great. (I can't crank the ultra mode settings all the way, but enough that the game looks beautiful.)
Sorry for the long post, but it amazed me that such an small, fixable thing could wreak such havoc. SO, if you are having screen freezes, you might try this. I followed specific and detailed instructions on doing a really clean driver install. They are in my next post, and it would be awesome if it helped someone else! (I am using the latest 260.99 driver.)

sorry..7EF

The first name that came to mind is the most amazing BillZBubba (n). His puter knowledge and helpful advice are amazing.

The download does take a long time...and the pigg files take the longest. Is there any way you can let it run while you sleep? Sometime it looks like it's not moving, but in reality it is. Good luck, and if that doesn't work come back for more help. Good luck, and don't give up.

For me, my chats have been strange on a couple of toons when I first log in. I can only type partial words (can't type B, C or H mostly) and if I try and answer a tell I can't. The only thing that fixes it is to log/relog. Never had this prob in 6 years.

Once there was a four leaf clover
Who really liked being wished over

Space quarks usually ignite great gamma lunar yaw,

phrimph

This is Angelikah and Angelikus. They are friends, sg co-leaders and soulmates.

here are a few off the top of my head:

Trouzerbugg

Inna Pinch

Crabtastic

Dungeon Essence

Sand Ghost

Naxia aries

Nauticaris

Chelipedaria

Once there was a lady from Halifax....
Who lived in a fog...
She wanted a husband,
So she kissed a frog...

I had done that already, and no go. This morning when I logged on, I asked a friend to invite to team and it worked! So, I double-boxed and sent out an sg invite and all is well. Thank you again, everyone for your help and replies!

I will try all your suggestions again..maybe trying them again will work. Thank you all very much for your replys!

I am wondering why my fresh-out-of-Praetoria toon can't get a team or sg invite. What am I doing wrong? She can't accept trade invites either. I am stumped. (Checked all the settings already in options.)

*flauts lovely plumage... pecks at ray gun till it turns TPBM into a tapeworm*

Well, than it's a good thing I do it in English LOLOLOL

Big Fish
Mind full of smart
much admiration

(*Announcer's voice*) "Yes, the world is still reeling from the disappearance and apparent prank of Amerikatt, the 'Imp of Impervium', and the number of sightings has increased dramatically -- even moreso than when Amerikatt was still alive And is messing with everyone's mind! "There are new mysteries unfolding everyday!

"Who is this comic book store clerk?

"Why is she wearing a shirt similar to Amerikatt's?

"Where has Amerikatt gone to?

"What is to become of Timmy the Kitten Wonder -- who was court-ordered by Judge Catsi to be Amerikatt's ward -- if Amerikatt does not return? Will he forever be chained to a table at a McArchVillainy restaurant and be forced to eat fast food for the rest of his nine lives?

"These questions -- and many others -- will be answered during the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned, True Believers! Same Katt time, same Katt channel! Same Katt cleverness to pull this off!" BWAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
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Calamity Jane