BF2S Forums Does ~e5.0001 file have anything to do with CTD???

actually, that file is caused by a virus

All it is is CD copy protection...NOT a virus...

Ok, I have tried this idea to see if this would at lease decrease CTD.  What's amazing is that BF2 runs a lot faster and smoother now. I have played 5 games online and 5 games single player and not 1 CTD.  I cannot say this will work for everyone.  I post it because it worked for me so I want to share.

Here is what you do. 
Download and install this update cd protect file
http://www.macrovision.com/products/saf … oads.shtml
Install the file.

Now,
-Click on start
-Click on run
-Type is regedit then hit the enter key
-You are now inside your registry you want to go to: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
-Then you want to look for:
clearpagefileatshutdown 0
-Right click on the word, select modify then enter 1 in place of 0 then hit enter.
-Clearpagefileatshutdown 1 <--it should now look like this.
-Reboot
-Play BF2 now and see if this helps increase performance and reduce (this is not a perm. fix) CTD.

EDIT: THIS WILL INCREASE THE TIME IT TAKES TO SHUTDOWN XP AS IT WILL DELETE all contents in the page file on every shutdown.

Last edited by ECH (2006-06-14 17:00:34)

has anyone tried it yet?

oStoneRo wrote:

you mom did and she said she couldnt shit right for a week

how more lame do u get? jesus christ.

ECH wrote:

another 4 more rounds and still no CTD yet.

I can play many rounds without a CTD, even a few days. I don't see how changing your registry to delete the page file every time you shut down would change anything? Is there something I missed?

I have a few confirmations that this works from other boards, please try this and tell me if it works for you or not, please?



It was suggested to me to update my version of SafeDisc here. <---place your mouse here (over the words "SafeDisc here"

I also set my pagefile to delete on shutdown.  This is an extreme measure as this "may" only need to be done once.  However, so far after 12+ rounds and 4+ startups of BF2 I have yet to have a single CTD.  I have on 2 occasions been kicked from servers do to crashes (in which you are kicked back to BF2’s browser, upon return to the server you see “Need X amount of people…)

Here is what I did to clear the pagefile:

-Click on start
-Click on run
-Type is regedit then hit the enter key
-You are now inside your registry you want to go to: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
-Then you want to look for:
clearpagefileatshutdown 0
-Right click on the word, select modify then enter 1 in place of 0 then hit enter.
-Clearpagefileatshutdown 1 <--it should now look like this.
-Reboot
-Play BF2 <-or you can change it back to 0 something I haven't done yet

Is it possible that enable or disabling this copy protection reduces CTD? I don't know as I can only speak for my system at the moment.

Does the pagefile have anything to do with BF2?  I cannot say for certain all I know is by doing the above I no longer CTD (it's been roughly 32 hours so far vs. CTD every 3 server I join).  I am sure people can debate the functionality between the ~e5.0001 file and pagefile but truth be told for me, its working so what can I say?

Last edited by ECH (2006-06-16 22:22:32)