Curse

Dstroyer666 · Aug 30, 2006, 06:24 PM // 18:24

HELP!!!!!
now that got your attencion does anyone know how too solve this problem
whenever i play guildwars it plays ok BUT when i shutdown the computer afterwards it takes AAAAAAGGGGGGGGEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!! after 1 hour of play i shut down at 1 and it was still going at 4. i got in trouble for that does anyone know how to solve it.
ANYONE!!!!!!!

mrcake · Aug 30, 2006, 06:45 PM // 18:45

Defrag, spyware scan, anti virus scan... and if you do a lot of installing/ uninstalling stuff clean your registry up a bit and see if that helps.

cannonfodder · Aug 30, 2006, 09:12 PM // 21:12

Ok, slow down, take deep breath, and start again...........

What is happening exactly?

Post your PC specs.

And any messages, or errors that occur......

My guess there is some application that is hanging on shutdown that is causing the problem, but what only you can tell us..

Wrath Of Dragons · Aug 31, 2006, 02:07 AM // 02:07

sometimes, the sounds get corrupted, and when it tries to play the shutdown sound, it cant and hangs on shutdown.
Try going to controll panel: sounds: then turn off the shutdown sound

Dstroyer666 · Aug 31, 2006, 09:41 AM // 09:41

ok look heres the spechs (by the way that was my 1st forum message ever

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ram512mb
160 gb hard drive
duel core 2.8 ghz, 800mhz fsb, 2ximb cache)
ati radeon x300 se 128mb hypermemory dvi/vga tv output duel disply

soz for the trouble

Kaguya · Aug 31, 2006, 11:55 AM // 11:55

Try unplugging all USB devices before shutting down and see if it gets better.

There are many problems related to windows not shutting down at all, and those are pretty difficult to track down. Terminating unneeded services, reinstalling windows, whatever...

Dstroyer666 · Aug 31, 2006, 03:44 PM // 15:44

UPDATE!!!!
if i wait a while after turnig off guildwars it shuts down ok
on a side note i found a ram leak while guildwars is active any ideas how to stop the leak?

Tachyon · Aug 31, 2006, 04:05 PM // 16:05

I'd wager that it's not a memory leak at all, most probably a lack of memory.

Of your 512MB, Windows XP can easily eat up 200-230MB alone, then add on to that Guild Wars at around 300MB which leaves you with +/-12MB for all other running processes. Try closing down all non-critical processes before playing Guild Wars, that should free up some memory.

Dstroyer666 · Aug 31, 2006, 05:18 PM // 17:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azagoth

I'd wager that it's not a memory leak at all, most probably a lack of memory.

Of your 512MB, Windows XP can easily eat up 200-230MB alone, then add on to that Guild Wars at around 300MB which leaves you with +/-12MB for all other running processes. Try closing down all non-critical processes before playing Guild Wars, that should free up some memory.

tnx ill try it when i get the mouny for it