NVIDIA crash... returns?
post a cohhelper report and we'll be able to tell you more about it.
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at October 6, 2009 14:59 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_ldr.090302-1506)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: NC683AA-ABA m9500y
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9750 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 8184MB
.Net Memory Report: 5718MB out of 8183MB available
Page File: 13671MB (2749MB currently in use)
C Drive: (AMD 1+0 RAID Ready SCSI Disk Device) 655835MB out of 701494MB (93%) free
D Drive: (AMD 1+0 RAID Ready SCSI Disk Device) 1883MB out of 13758MB (13%) free
E Drive: (Optiarc DVD RW AD-7201S6 SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 10
DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: HP w2408 Wide LCD Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9500 GS
Video Memory: 2544 MB
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.7578
Driver Date: 10/15/2008 12:03:00 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5789
Driver Date: 2/11/2009 12:39:24 PM
Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5789
Driver Date: 2/11/2009 12:39:24 PM
Sound Device Description: Realtek HDMI Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5789
Driver Date: 2/11/2009 12:39:24 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: MSI
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: Aspen
Motherboard Version: 1.0
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: HPQOEM - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20081223000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 265947 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1600.20090918.4T2
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

Y'know what? I'm going to dismiss yesterday as a fluke. It's been fine for months and it was fine all day today, ergo it had to be one of those quirks of technology. I'm only going to begin worrying if it happens again.

you have to update to service pack 2 for vista and update your drivers for your video card.
the CoH Helper report is saying that you have service pack 1 for vista and your video drivers are from 2008. try updating both anyways and see what happens.
Yeah, I did that... oh... six months ago when it was crashing every day. I did not have any problems until it seemed to hiccup yesterday. As I said earlier, though, it didn't do it today, so I'm not too worried as I was.
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Glad your problem seems to have gone away regardless.
Today my graphics card did something it hasn't done in months since downloading the hotfix. Yeah... it stopped responding. Is this normal or is something new happening?