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2006-11-29 16:01:27
2freefly
Member
+6|6568|Norway
I've seen people talking about the game crashing to their desktop on "Join Game" or randomly when playing. Though I've experienced this a couple of times, it's not so often (yet) that it's a problem for me. My problem is that my game keeps "switching" to the desktop. That is, the game is still running, but the game minimizes itself and I get bumped to the desktop. Then I have to click the game tab on the taskbar to get it up again. This takes a LONG time, which isn't exactly something I have in the middle of a firefight
Anyone know what causes this, and how to fix it?

Thanks!

PS: I've had the same thing happen to me on an SI game as well.
2006-11-29 16:05:59
An Enlarged Liver
Member
+35|6947|Backward Ass Kansas
It could be one of many things.... Does it happen at intervals or the same time every day?  Could be windows update if it is configured to automatically download updates, also instant message programs or email can cause the same thing - Just make sure that everything is off when your playing and you should be fine.
2006-11-29 16:07:03
BigmacK
Back from the Dead.
+628|6955|Chicago.
Do you have other programs running?

I know when I have songs going in WMP that the game will minimize quickly whenever I get a song change.

Or perhaps its another program?
2006-11-29 16:08:57
Fenris_GreyClaw
Real Хорошо
+826|6723|Adelaide, South Australia

2freefly wrote:

Anyone know what causes this
shitty coding on EA/DIcE's part.

2freefly wrote:

, and how to fix it?
you cant fix the coding.
2006-11-29 16:18:14
An Enlarged Liver
Member
+35|6947|Backward Ass Kansas

Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:

2freefly wrote:

Anyone know what causes this
shitty coding on EA/DIcE's part.

2freefly wrote:

, and how to fix it?
you cant fix the coding.
Wrong, this is a local problem on his computer, a scheduled task or something that is causing the computer to switch priorities.
2006-11-29 17:11:06
2freefly
Member
+6|6568|Norway

An Enlarged Liver wrote:

Wrong, this is a local problem on his computer, a scheduled task or something that is causing the computer to switch priorities.
That's what I'm thinking as well.
I've turned off automatic updates for Windows. Don't have any msg or mail programs running. Turned off Norton "realtime" scan (or whatever it's called). Use ZoneAlarm firewall.

Guess I've gotta check all my programs to see if I've got "automatic update" checked on any of them.

 

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