Coming off a clean reboot, load a game and play. About 15 minutes into it, The Game locks up and shuts down. This Game has been moved (via uninstall, reboot, and reinstall) to a different drive but problem continue, check the Event Log Viewer and found the below error description. THe system is clean except the game and the OS. There is a Firewall but I shut it down completely before the reboot to make it clean and no, I already took it out of msconfig. The description for Event ID ( 1 ) in Source ( True Vector Engine ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: 0000: 61746144 65736162 6c696620 3a432065 0010: 4e49575c 53574f44 746e495c 656e7265 0020: 6f4c2074 495c7367 42444d41 4244522e 0030: 73617720 706d6920 65706f72 20796c72 0040: 74756873 776f6420 20202e6e 74736552 0050: 6e69726f 61622067 70756b63 6c757220 0060: 64207365 62617461 3a657361 5c3a4320 0070: 444e4957 5c53574f 65746e49 74656e72 0080: 676f4c20 41425c73 50554b43 4244522e 0090: 00

Is it a CPU intensive game? May be getting hot....

To help i need to know some things: OS, CPU, VGA, Name of Game, etc. But you can try to see if your cpu/vga cooler is working. Best regards

OS: Windows XP Professional CPU: Dual 1GHZ RAM: 2 GB PC133 Graphics Card: GeForce 3 64MB CPU's have a cooling system built onto Games that run with the Problem: Neverwinter Nights Age of Mythology Empire Earth Quake 3 Diablo 2 StarCraft Jedi Knight Anarchy Online Baldur's Gate ZoneAlarm has to be the Problem

I find if an older game or program cannot be installed by way of the CD then use "Program Compatibility Wizard" to install it. If the game is installed, but will not start by way of the CD, then when inserting the CD hold down the left Shift key for approx. 15 sec. to keep AutoRun from taking over. Now click the game in the "All Programs" list. Should start. --------------- From a Microsoft web page: If an older application gives you trouble when running Windows XP, you can set the compatibility properties manually so that the program runs in a different mode, such as Windows 95, or in a different display or resolution setting. To set the compatibility properties for a program: 1. Right-click the executable or the program shortcut to the executable, and then click Properties. 2. Select the Run this program in compatibility mode check box. 3. From the list, select an operating system that the program runs in comfortably. 4. If necessary, also change the display settings and/or resolution, or disable the Windows XP visual themes. Run the program again when you?re finished changing the settings. Adjust the compatibility settings again if the program is still not running smoothly: a program that's unhappy on Windows 2000 may flourish on Windows 98. --------------------- How to Troubleshoot Program Compatibility Issues in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;285909 -------------------- Also do any Windows Updates that refer to Compatibility. ------------------- My Starcraft v.1.0 does great.

Chuck, I see and understand what you are saying but 8 out of 10 of the games above are Compatibile with Windows XP. But I am still beleive that ZoneAlarm and with All of its updates is causing the problem. All the games work on other computers with problem but this computer is the only one with ZoneAlarm.

Heat maybe a factor. Take an air can to your machine and make sure you have enough air flow inside. Clean every fan you can. Also, just for testing... disable ZoneAlarm and it's True Vector service. In the options of ZoneAlarm (its kind of hidden) you will find a check box that mentions something like... Do not allow programs to access the internet when ZoneAlarm is shut off. What happens is if the program is flaged with either a question mark or an "X" the True Vector service of ZoneAlarm will not allow it to access the internet. Make sure you have all the latest drivers for your machine. Latest DirectX (9 is out and been sweet for me) and the latest Dets 41.80 (42.01 now) have been problem free as well. Dets are available here: http://www.warp2search.net/article.php?sid=9330&mode=&order=0 email if you need: zeke009@hotmail.com