Freeze when pplaying games

[Sam]

My computer's specs are:

Athlon XP 1700+
512MB SDRAM
40GB Hard Disk
GeForce 2 MX400

Nearly every time I play a game that uses Direct 3D my computer freezes at
that time of the game, CTRL+ALT+DEL gets me nowhere- the problem occurs
under different games. I cannot find anything about this in Event Viewer-
except this Application Error report which appears about 7 times about 3
minutes before it locks up:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: True Vector Engine
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 13/04/2003
Time: 11:28:13
User: N/A
Computer: PCXP
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 1 ) in Source ( True Vector Engine ) cannot
be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information
or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event: .

I don't think this is problem with my PC- as it has never ever locked up
when not playing a game. I only installed this GeForce 2 yesterday, until
then I was using my onboard 16mb graphics. Thats why I think the problem is
with the graphics card.

Many Thanks

Sam

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Sam,

Uninstall ZoneAlarm, that is the source of your conflict. This has been =
a problem with ZA in WinXP. You might want to try Kerio as a replacement =
(I don't recommend going without a firewall unless you are on dial-up, =
and even then it's iffy). www.kerio.com

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone - =
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Sam" > wrote in message =
...
> My computer's specs are:
>=20
> Athlon XP 1700+
> 512MB SDRAM
> 40GB Hard Disk
> GeForce 2 MX400
>=20
> Nearly every time I play a game that uses Direct 3D my computer =
freezes at
> that time of the game, CTRL+ALT+DEL gets me nowhere- the problem =
occurs
> under different games. I cannot find anything about this in Event =
Viewer-
> except this Application Error report which appears about 7 times about =
3
> minutes before it locks up:
>=20
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: True Vector Engine
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1
> Date: 13/04/2003
> Time: 11:28:13
> User: N/A
> Computer: PCXP
> Description:
> The description for Event ID ( 1 ) in Source ( True Vector Engine ) =
cannot
> be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry =
information
> or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You =
may be
> able to use the /AUXSOURCE=3D flag to retrieve this description; see =
Help and
> Support for details. The following information is part of the event: .
>=20
> I don't think this is problem with my PC- as it has never ever locked =
up
> when not playing a game. I only installed this GeForce 2 yesterday, =
until
> then I was using my onboard 16mb graphics. Thats why I think the =
problem is
> with the graphics card.
>=20
> Many Thanks
>=20
> Sam
>=20
>

[David]

thanks