No matter what game I play, sometimes it will go right on my desktop without reason.
* Original title: any game I play...
There is no problem, the game, but sometimes it will go right on my desktop without reason.
Any suggestions?
If the drivers are up to date, and there is nothing in the history of the reliability or the event logs, so I don't know in this case. But as a test, you can try to choose a theme that does not use AERO (i.e. turn off aero) and see if the games work then ok. Its pretty quick change and test and I read in an old post of vista that this didn't help anyway in this case.
There is also the old favorite to try to run the game in a "clean boot" to see if it happens then. https://support.Microsoft.com/en-us/KB/929135 not leave as the clean boot no matter what happens, only use it to test and restore normal boot later.
I hope someone will have a better idea.
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I just installed games on the internet as well as a CD that I bought. For some reason if I played the game mode full-screen, just at the time when the game loads it goes back on the desktop again. It's as if something blocked him (if that's really what happened). I tried close again the button on the taskbar to keep charging it, but even if she has already finished loading it back again on the desktop. Usually, I used McAfee, but lately I have uninstall it, but now I use more. This starts to happen recently.
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KezhiaChan
When you install the games that need to connect to the internet, at first startup, windows will ask if you want to allow it to access the internet. It does only once, and maybe when he did accidentally pressed "cannot". I know you said you checked the firewall, but be sure that set you it as an exception in the firewall.
If you go to the screen where you can turn on the firewall and out and click on the tab exceptions, you can click on the button "Add a program", select the .exe of the game program files (not the shortcut), and this will allow through the firewall. Your anti-virus software may also be blocking, so you may need to add to a list of "trusted program" or something similar (depends of the anti-virus).
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The game I play is Combat arms, I gave it through the firewall but I still have to allow him, and in the end, the combat arms stops responding and closes due to the DEP (Data Execution Prevention). I leave on the DEP list. Please help me.
Hi Brainiac107,
1 when was the last time it was working fine?
2. did you of recent changes on the computer?
Method 1
Check and make sure that you have followed the method to allow the game through the protection of execution of data (DEP) below.
"" "" "a) departure ' Run ' sysdm.cpl ' click 'Advance' tab" now click on 'Settings' running ' then click on the "Data Execution Prevention" tab
(b) now click on the "turn on DEP for all programs and Services except those I select:
(c) then click add and go to and select C:\Nexon\Combat Arms\engine.exe
(d) now, click Ok then apply.
(e) restart the computer.
Change Data Execution Prevention settings
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/change-data-execution-prevention-settings
Change Data Execution Prevention settings
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/change-data-execution-prevention-settings
Method 2
If the previous step fails, then try to run the game with administrator privileges and check if it works.
(a) right to the shortcut from the game or if you try to install the game, right click on the game setup.
(b) click on run as administrator.
Method 3
If you're still having problems with the game then post your request in the forums of game seller.
http://Forum.NEXON.NET/CombatArms/forums/8624/ShowForum.aspx?PageIndex=2&SB=0&d=1&DF=11
I hope this helps!
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