Crashing caused by security audits? Sim City 4, 1942, Trai..

[stuart]

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Hi,
Has anybody else had their games simply hang on them or close immeadiately -
and they suspect it ties in with windows security audits? My machine (as seen
in security event viewer) seems to check the status of the user, roughly
every 5 or 10 minutes. This is usually when a game will crash to within a few
seconds! All my software and drivers are up to date. I turn off Mcafee and
disconnect the phone line as a precaution, still does it though? I'm on OEM
so i can't ask Microsoft for help. Any Ideas any body!!!!!

 

[Guest]

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Hi Stuart,

Are you using an Administrators account?

In fact, try creating a new account with Administrators
priviledges, log in with it, and test the game.

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"Stuart" <Stuart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:79088F99-606C-4A5A-9308-CB5CCE20CF13@microsoft.com...
| Hi,
| Has anybody else had their games simply hang on them or close immeadiately -
| and they suspect it ties in with windows security audits? My machine (as seen
| in security event viewer) seems to check the status of the user, roughly
| every 5 or 10 minutes. This is usually when a game will crash to within a few
| seconds! All my software and drivers are up to date. I turn off Mcafee and
| disconnect the phone line as a precaution, still does it though? I'm on OEM
| so i can't ask Microsoft for help. Any Ideas any body!!!!!