Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.games (
More info?)
You're welcome Blue - Glad that fixed it!
Cheers,
Jimmy.
"Blue J." <Blue J.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3A2D1CB6-F18D-47BF-88A0-EF1D834FEC65@microsoft.com...
| It was the Norton AntiVirus, disableed the Liveupdate and it's working like a
| charm, thank you soo much.
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
| > Hi Blue,
| >
| > "Blue J." <Blue J.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F57205C1-334C-4541-901F-B0662D9CB9F9@microsoft.com...
| > >I log into my game, it's an online game. I can see it loading up, then as
| > > soon as it's done loading and I should start to pick a character and play it
| > > the game minimizes and I can't get it to come up on the screen. For a little
| > > bit I can hear the game, but each time I click on it to maximize it the
| > > screen will go black like it's going to come up and then all that shows up is
| > > my desktop. No matter what I do this happens. Any ideas? I'm at a loss here.
| >
| > Here are some solutions (and workarounds) to deal with the problem where games minimize to the Task Bar.
| >
| > 1. Install and/or play the game using an administrator account.
| >
| > 2. Keyboard software has been known to cause this problem. One player
| > posted that by un-installing their Trust Silverline Direct Access keyboard
| > software, all their games worked again without minimizing to the Task Bar.
| >
| > 3. Norton's AntiVirus (Internet Security) can cause the problem as well. The
| > workaround is to disable the program. To do so, right click it's Tray icon.
| > One person wrote: "I just went to the Norton Anti-virus options, and turned
| > off the Liveupdate auto update option. It worked like a charm for me."
| >
| > 4. One person wrote: "I finally found that if I open the command line, cd to
| > the directory, then type the program name, it works!!!"
| >
| > 5. Yet another workaround is to click the screen after you launch the game.
| >
| > If the problem persists, please try these additional troubleshooting steps.
| >
| > The most common causes for that problem can be solved with
| > these few steps. If the problem persists after you've tried these,
| > please post back and we'll try some more solutions. Good luck!
| >
| > A. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
| > programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
| > blockers using:
http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php
| >
| > You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
| >
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
| >
| > B. Run a virus scan at:
http://housecall.antivirus.com Afterwards
| > Download & Run Spybot from:
http://security.kolla.de to find any
| > Trojans, Adware, or Spyware which could clog up your system.
| >
| > C. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
| > / Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
| > the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.
| >
| > D. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under Critical and
| > Recommended:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Some games
| > require a patch:
http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
| >
| > E. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
| > For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
| > Checklist of Solutions at:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| > Game FAQs:
;gms]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| > MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > _________________________________________________________
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram