[windows XP] when opening tf2 black flashthen nothing! HELP

Jul 24, 2013
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so... when i load up tf2 the screen stays normal and i can see my desktop and all the other stuff and then a window pops up on my task bar and then my monitor goes F11 mode [fullscreen] and the tf2 window closes and the screen goes black for a split second and it sends it back to normal. i looked at task manager whilst this happened and it says that its opening and monstering my cpu usage then closing! ive been looking around and this seems to only happen to Linux PCs
and i suppose my computer is a shit ball cause it normaly is!

specs:

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name GORDON-02
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model HP d330 uT(PE135T)
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2793 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard 786B2 v2.18, 15/01/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale NON OF YOUR BEESWAX
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User Name NON OF YOUR BEESWAX
Time Zone NON OF YOUR BEESWAX
Total Physical Memory 1,024.50 MB
Available Physical Memory 113.35 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.39 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys


didnt know what you might need so i copyed the lot :D

SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller

dunno whether u will need that! if you need more ask!


i have 2gb of ram and pretty much no hard drive left xD

PLZZZ HELP AS I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO OPEN TF2 ONCE YET AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF I COULD :''(