A general PC games question
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A general PC games question
by John McClean » Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:36 pm
what the heck could make a game randomly minimize consistantly? i've had it happen on 3 different games (BF1942, Call of duty, GTA:VC) i'm 99% possitive its not adware or a virus, i have norton2003 antivirus along with norton internet security 2003, ad aware 6 and spybot. any thoughts or ideas?
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Asus R9800XT
ABIT IC7
1GB dual channel Geil Golden Dragon pc3200
SB Audigy 2
Zalman unecessarily large cpu heatsink
TT 560w psu
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by HamDemon » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:57 am
probably a virus, or possibly a driver problem
ive got some wierd virus running rampant through my home network, invisible to updated nortons 2k3 and 2k4, and updated avg, and an online scan, all it does that i can tell is disable network connections randomly, which is a pain, but i cant format until summer at the earliest, and id probably just end up putting it back on my computer if i backed stuff up
ive got some wierd virus running rampant through my home network, invisible to updated nortons 2k3 and 2k4, and updated avg, and an online scan, all it does that i can tell is disable network connections randomly, which is a pain, but i cant format until summer at the earliest, and id probably just end up putting it back on my computer if i backed stuff up
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by spidermanzan » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:00 am
You should check to see if messenger (not MSN messenger) is turned off.That has been known to cause that.
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by Xojid » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:25 pm
I've had problems of programs trying to dial home in the middle of a game. At first I thought it was just crashing. Some background program kept trying to connect to the internet even though I was offline.
I showed them. I reformatted my hard drive. Punks.
I showed them. I reformatted my hard drive. Punks.
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by spidermanzan » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:41 pm
You could have just run a couple spyware prog's.
P4 2.4 GHZ 800 FSB O.C. 3.14 GHZ
ASUS P4P800 800 FSB Mainboard
1024MB DDR 400 Apacer Ram
ATI Radeon 9500PRO mod to 9700PRO
48x24x48x Liteon CD/RW
2x80gb W.D. Hard Drive
19" Samsung Monitor
ASUS P4P800 800 FSB Mainboard
1024MB DDR 400 Apacer Ram
ATI Radeon 9500PRO mod to 9700PRO
48x24x48x Liteon CD/RW
2x80gb W.D. Hard Drive
19" Samsung Monitor
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by Xojid » Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:35 pm
Yeah, but the system was getting buggy anyways. It was about time for a fix.
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by John McClean » Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:26 pm
hmm thanks for the input
P4 2.4 ghz
Asus R9800XT
ABIT IC7
1GB dual channel Geil Golden Dragon pc3200
SB Audigy 2
Zalman unecessarily large cpu heatsink
TT 560w psu
Asus R9800XT
ABIT IC7
1GB dual channel Geil Golden Dragon pc3200
SB Audigy 2
Zalman unecessarily large cpu heatsink
TT 560w psu
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by spidermanzan » Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:43 pm
Xojid wrote:Yeah, but the system was getting buggy anyways. It was about time for a fix.
I know what you mean.I like to clean house with a reformat every so often.So much easier to do now with 2 hard drives.
P4 2.4 GHZ 800 FSB O.C. 3.14 GHZ
ASUS P4P800 800 FSB Mainboard
1024MB DDR 400 Apacer Ram
ATI Radeon 9500PRO mod to 9700PRO
48x24x48x Liteon CD/RW
2x80gb W.D. Hard Drive
19" Samsung Monitor
ASUS P4P800 800 FSB Mainboard
1024MB DDR 400 Apacer Ram
ATI Radeon 9500PRO mod to 9700PRO
48x24x48x Liteon CD/RW
2x80gb W.D. Hard Drive
19" Samsung Monitor
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by Foolhardy » Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:06 am
It actually could be your antivirus kicking into by schedule. Check your task manager for running processes.
I hear ya. It also helps moving away from windoze
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spidey wrote:I know what you mean.I like to clean house with a reformat every so often.So much easier to do now with 2 hard drives.
I hear ya. It also helps moving away from windoze
Thread was split toward linux -foo here
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