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just downloade toontown for my son to play except it keeps on freezing then the computer crashes, its not just online games this happens it also happens with games ive bought from shops its really anoying can anyone shed any light on this please. regards gordon
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Bear with the software designers.
Some of these games contain several thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of lines of code, and sometimes they make a bit of a mess of it. This is why there are patches, or ways of solving particular problems
The best thing to do is visit the website of the games publisher and see if there any patches available for the game and for the operating system. You can usually find the web address in the manual somewhere
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It could be that your ActiveX components need updating or it may be something running in the background on your PC that ain't happy with games. Do you get any meaningful error messages that might give a clue to the problem. What version of Windows are you running?
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running windows xp, been trying to play this game 4-5 times now and just crashes well first it freezes does nothing wont let me do nothing then turns off. then when it starts up a message appears saying do i want to send this error reprt etc etc. this happens with all my games well my 2 games i have for my son!!
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broxi_blu
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this is whats comes up after game crashes
please tell microsoft about this problem
display driver for s3 graphics pro savage and utilities seems to be responsible for the system instability.?? what the **** does this mean??
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broxi_blu
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http://play.toontown.com/faq.php#lockup i found this dont make any sense to me my problem is there but dont know how to fix?
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It means that you need to update your graphics card driver. The only problem is is that the Savage S3 Drivers haven't been upopdated in donkeys years. I hate to have to do this , but I think I have to tell you that it may be time to get yourself a new graphics card
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broxi_blu
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how is this i bought this computer brand new 4 months ago!! and how do i get a new card and what all does this involve? and what do you recomend? and last how much?
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putasolutions
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Is this an onboard graphics card? If so,your motherboard manufacturer should be able to provide you with a driver.
A bit more detail may help us, like exactly which display adapter is installed
Go To Start | Control Panel | Display | Settings
It should tell you exactly which display adapter it is
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broxi_blu
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im sorry putta but i dont understand what you want me to do ive been to start and control but cant fnd display and settings ? do i right click?
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putasolutions
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In the Control Panel is an icon called Display
Double Click on it
Click on the Settings Tab
On there it will tell you which graphics card is installed in your system
I'd like you to tell me exactly what it says in Display:
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broxi_blu
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sorry for delay had probs finding it but never mind i found it. heres what it says.
monitor A727 packard bell on s3 graphics pro savage+utilities.
is that any help putta?
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One quick point before Puta comes back.
As the machine's only 4 months old, don't take it apart of you'll invalidate your guarantee. If it does turn out to be a graphics card problem, or any hardware fault, it's the shop's responsibility to put it right, and even if you just need a new card to solve a compatibility problem, it's safer to pay them to make any changes. That way you can't be accused of "tampering" with it.
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broxi_blu
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thanx barney but staying in shetland is a bit of problem cause i bought the computer in glasgow when i was on holiday pc world.
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Have a look here
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You've got a point there, Broxi. I got mine from the same firm, but it's easy for me living in Eastbourne with the Bexhill branch only a few miles away and easy access to another one on the outskirts of Brighton if I needed it, and even London's only about an hour away by train.
Must be nice and peaceful up there at the north pole though. 
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broxi_blu
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thanx putta but what does one do!! (lol) what do i download etc, and barney yes its great up here its not that cold honest very peacfull and safe not many places where you can go out and still leave your house unlocked and car take a look at the scenery http://www.digital-views.shetland.co.uk/
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putasolutions
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Download and run the WinS3ID.EXE It should tell you which chip exactly you have,
Post back the result
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broxi_blu
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the wins31d.exe dont seem to be working, i just clicked on it and a http status came up?
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putasolutions
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Go here and download it from there
If it asks for a username it is drivers and the password all
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