XP Freezing UT???

[Pxz0rz]

Sometimes when I'm playing UT, mostly Assault , UT freezes up and I can't play anymore. My mouse is dead, keyboard is not dead but just doesnt work anymore. The only way to get out of it is to press ctrl-alt-del and kill UT. It's very weird coz UT keeps running and I can be shot and all but I just cant move anymore

All this started since I installed XP a few weeks back. Does anyone else experience thse problems and is there a solution for all this shit?

Thx,

Pxz0rz

 

[Bossk]

Noticed the same, but happens only very few times to me (exactly 1 time so far), and it's weird. problem started for me with XP aswell

 

[Phear]

Well known problem, I don't think there are any sure fixes, but there are a few things you can do to make it better I think. Different ppl have different solutions.

 

[Pxz0rz]

Ill wait and see what others tell me
Thanks anyway

Also, it sometimes happens to me three times a day in like 2 houres. Or it doesnt happen at all. It's not that it happens after X amount of time spend behind UT, just randomly :S

 

[Rich]

the old xp freeze bug
there is no known fix afaik and it happens to all of us ;/

 

[Cutter]

Yet another thing to add to the list of "why XP sucks"

 

[Towanda]

I dont have that prob, have u installed sp1 ?

 

[Hulken]

me neither, no problem here

 

[Paa`]

I had this problem ALOT before but i reinstalled all drivers DID'NT install sp1 checked dxdiag make sure everything is fine there

and in the past 4 months its not happened once.

 

[Nanko]

UT crashes alot less since I switched to XP ( i have sp1 btw)

 

[Machoman]

Yep, Dont get the bad idea, winxp is very good, but I must admit 2 things with unreal tournament since i have xp installed

1) Performance dropping; Dunno why but looks like ut gets a 40% frame drop if you run it on winxp

2) A lot of crashing

But there was a new patch released 4.40 or so. I know this one is for servers, but cant they make this patch work for clients. Maybe it will help for winxp users

 

[LoneRanger]

Originally posted by machoman
1) Performance dropping; Dunno why but looks like ut gets a 40% frame drop if you run it on winxp

thats your shit drivers/setup, not xp

 

[Machoman]

hmm strange, When i see ut on a 1.1 athlon with winxp or with win98. It works much better with win98 , but have you got any tips steve?

 

[LoneRanger]

get the right drivers

what're ur specs

 

[Japster]

My UT has *never* crashed under XP, im running SP1 also

<-- specs

 

[Paa`]

ut will perform worse on windows xp no matter what drivers u have it uses more resources now on pc's that aint state of the art it will cause problem's if u dont have 512mb of ram with win xp u start having problems

u can turn off alot of running processes go to start > settings > control panel > administrative tools > services

check whats running alot of things u wont need if ur not sure stop it set to manual if u know for sure like me i dont need portable serial media reader or a print spooler i dont have a printer so i stop them and set to disabled got through what u dont need.

there are 10 times more tweaks for windows xp for better performance if u really need them

make sure u have iaa from intel ( aplication accelerator )

make sure ur hard drive is defragged it cause problems in ut sometimes.


This is a list of services i dont have on and my pc works fine tho i dont have a printer and some other services so it wont be the same for everyone


Application Management
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
ClipBook
COM+ System Application
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Help and Support
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service** (only if do you not use the cd-rw xp record suport)
IPSEC Services
Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service
MS Software Shadow Copy Provider
Net Logon
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Network Location Awareness (NLA)
NT LM Security Support Provider
Performance Logs and Alerts
Portable Media Serial Number
QoS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
Remote Registry
Removable Storage
Server
Smart Card
Smart Card Helper
SSDP Discovery Service
System Restore Service
Telnet
Themes
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Volume Shadow Copy
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Windows Installer
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance Adapter
Fast User Switching Compatibility ** (only if fast user shiching is not used or the machine have one user only)
Protected Storage
Windows Time
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Task Scheduler
Secondary Logon
Print Spooler ** (only if the pc do not have or use a printer)
Indexing Service
Error Reporting Service
Computer Browser
Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

i have these turned off and windows works fine.


at moment im using this great feature of windows xp aswell which anyone should try


Instead of disabling HW and stopping services, let's say for gaming, create a Hardware Profile.

Right click on My Computer - select Properties. Select Hardware Tab, then click Hardware Profiles.

Mark "Original Configuration", then Copy and then Rename to e.g "Game" Now you have created a menu that shows up when you boot your computer. Set the properties for your boot option in the "Hardware profiles selections" You normally would boot with the Original Configuration. Never delete your "Original Configuration" if you boot in another profile. Reboot your
computer to see that this takes effect.

u can boot into 2 different windows setup's with this with different settings for everything.

i could list aload of other stuff ive done in the past but people would probably start arguing

 

[Ajax]

for more info on services try here http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

this tells you whats good to disable and what isnt, I personly anit had the xp lockup for friggin ages now.

 

[LoneRanger]

either way, u really shouldn't have that type of performance drop in XP unless you're on 128mb of ram or something

 

[Paa`]

if u have 256 u can geta big drop in performance aswell really you need 512 ram to run xp and be able to play games fine

 

[mel]

[os] Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600

[cpu] 1 Intel Pentium IV @ 1395.12 MHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1400MHz x86 Family 15 Model 0 Stepping 10

[memory] 101/128mb [78.91%] [IIIIIIIIIIIIIII-----]

[display] NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 card(s), Dell E770s Default Monitor 1024x768x32bpp - 60Hz monitor

[hdd] [C: 47,069.56mb (25,676.5mb free)]

[bios] DELL - 5 Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A06

[connection] Conexant HCF V90 56K Data Fax PCI Modem 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible) RAS Async Adapter WAN Miniport (L2TP)

My specs. I play ut without problems, some weird lag from time to time but thats normal i guess

http://www.tweakxp.com/ this is a good tweaking site if u really want to improve your sys performance. dunno about the locks tho