starship_troopers Posted February 19, 2007 CID Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 has anyone had this happen to them...when i play games like BF2, Starship troopers, etc. the game will randomly minimize and i'll see the desktop. then when i'm done gaming i'll exit the game and my pc will freeze, resulting in me having to reboot. why does this happen? thanks in advance, starship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 19, 2007 CID Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 how long has it been doing this for? have you recently made any software changes to your system? and do you have the latest drives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted February 19, 2007 Author CID Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 i have latest drivers, did a virus, spyware, etc. scans. the only thing i've installed lately was 3dmark05 and did a test. it started after doing a 3dmark05 test if i remember right. other than that only a defrag, which i do like once a week or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted February 20, 2007 CID Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Just curious, do you have an HP printer of any kind? This happens to me if I don't unload any HP apps ,or services before loading game. Some kind of incompatibility or conflict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted February 21, 2007 Author CID Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Just curious, do you have an HP printer of any kind? This happens to me if I don't unload any HP apps ,or services before loading game. Some kind of incompatibility or conflict i have a lexmark. lol. but thanks, it was turning off alot with lost connection. maybe that is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted February 21, 2007 CID Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Could be, I have always had some sort of issue w/ almost any printer services, and gaming. Have you tried just shutting down a few key processes before gaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted February 21, 2007 Author CID Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 i think i found out what caused it. on BF2 i have deluxe edition (it comes with the special forces expansion) and i reinstalled that without the newest patch and now it works fine. weird how a patch made the game actually work worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted February 21, 2007 CID Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 I hear that Gothic 3 does that, unless I have at least 50+ mods running, the latest patch makes it minimize to the desktop on start-up Glad to see you found it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted February 21, 2007 Author CID Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 thanks...i'm still a pretty big newbie to the BF2 game lol but i got flying the choppers down pretty nicely now i just gotta get online sometime to find a better pilot or a gunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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