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Myth 2 Crashing
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:35 pm
by Ghengis Khan
Hey guys I just got a brand new computer, its a dell xp and about 80% of the time i run myth it crashes. A message comes up telling me that something is installed wrong and it says winsys32 failed. Then i have to reboot. But 20% of the time it lets me go on and play a few myth games and then eventually it just crashes. This message also started appearing for my other games like wc3. So i uninstalled myth 2 and the problem persisted, sometimes my computer crashes when i just click on internet explorer. Any ideas whats causing this/ how i can fix it?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:15 pm
by Eddaweaver
Sounds like a corrupted Windows installation or faulty hardware. Does your Dell come with some kind of rescue facility which will wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows for you? Could your computer have malware on it?
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:39 am
by Dio
If you continue to have problems, they will tell you to buy a Mac.
I would do what SCS said. I had a similar problem with one of my old computers.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:03 pm
by Ghengis Khan
yeah, restored my computer and the message goes away. As soon as i run myth 2 the message shit starts up again. FUCK, anybody think theres anyway to fix this shit?
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:43 pm
by Eddaweaver
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=winsys32
It looks like winsys32 may be a trojan.
Scan your system and files for malware
http://www.moosoft.com/TheCleaner/Download
http://www.clamwin.com/
If there are any positives then do the restore thing and change your passwords.
And you really should stop using Internet Explorer
http://getfirefox.com/
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:55 pm
by Ghengis Khan
isnt it kind of hard to get a trojan directly after you wipe out your hard drive and the only action you take is installing myth?
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:56 pm
by Ghengis Khan
also i dont think my win32k.sys is an .exe file, not sure on that
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:59 pm
by Eddaweaver
You didn't write win32k.sys, you wrote winsys32
Try testing your computer's RAM:
http://www.memtest.org/
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:00 pm
by Ghengis Khan
Also i learned a little bit more about the error, its a blue screen error the error code is STOP: 0x00000050. The guy at dell thought it was my video card but then again all he really did was wipe my hard drive to get rid of the problem. I dont think he really cared if i could play myth or not
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:02 pm
by Eddaweaver
This is it?
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:03 pm
by Ghengis Khan
yeah!
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:07 pm
by Eddaweaver
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:10 pm
by Ghengis Khan
umm hmm, not sure I believe this is what dell had me do, and after i installed a bunch of video drivers the problem began happening more frequently, ill try this link though
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:14 pm
by Eddaweaver
Ok it's probably not that then. Likely it's either a faulty hard disk or the RAM
This program can be burned to CD/RW and booted and then it tests your RAM for you.
http://www.memtest.org/
It's possible the factory Bios RAM settings are excessive or the modules are faulty.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:36 pm
by Ghengis Khan
actually it might be this trend micro antivirus thing that comes with the computer. As soon as computer is booted you are prompted to install it and as soon as it is installed it puts some win32 files/applications on your computer. Strangeeee, but i dont have to time to check any of this right now