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snotboogie
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia3550 Posts
December 19 2009 20:09 GMT
#141
Gah I'm having this crash too. Halp!
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
December 21 2009 18:24 GMT
#142
WinXP can give you messed up colors too if you are inactive and it goes into sleep mode / screen saver mode, try restarting SC it might work for other OS's
Нас зовет дух отцов, память старых бойцов, дух Москвы и твердыня Полтавы
Always
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States376 Posts
December 22 2009 06:35 GMT
#143
this is ridiculous, i've lost 4 games this season so far due to my computer just randomly shutting off. no warning, nothing. just shuts off like someone pulled the power. it never did this before i "upgraded" anyone know what to do?
"Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error." - Linus Pauling
ssj114
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Afghanistan461 Posts
December 22 2009 06:36 GMT
#144
Don't use Windows 7. Stick to XP until Windows 9 comes out.
Sandboxie + SUA + DEP, Windows Firewall + NAT Router
lynx.oblige
Profile Joined August 2009
Sierra Leone2268 Posts
December 22 2009 06:50 GMT
#145
Silly XP purists. Vista on the latest SP is better than XP now.
Everyone needs a nemesis.
ssj114
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Afghanistan461 Posts
December 22 2009 06:54 GMT
#146
Silly Windows users. Linux always wins now.
Sandboxie + SUA + DEP, Windows Firewall + NAT Router
razorsuKe
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2000 Posts
December 22 2009 07:18 GMT
#147
On December 22 2009 15:35 Always wrote:
this is ridiculous, i've lost 4 games this season so far due to my computer just randomly shutting off. no warning, nothing. just shuts off like someone pulled the power. it never did this before i "upgraded" anyone know what to do?



I was down 4 games last season, almost reaching B. My ally just had to install win7 -_-
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CorsairHero
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada9491 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-22 07:30:57
December 22 2009 07:30 GMT
#148
On December 22 2009 15:35 Always wrote:
this is ridiculous, i've lost 4 games this season so far due to my computer just randomly shutting off. no warning, nothing. just shuts off like someone pulled the power. it never did this before i "upgraded" anyone know what to do?

do a clean install next time
sc isn't suppose to have the ability to shutdown your computer =/ I would assume that even if sc had any conflicts with other processes that it would cause a crash or freeze instead
On December 22 2009 15:54 ssj114 wrote:
Silly Windows users. Linux always wins now.


when it comes to gaming, windows always wins.
© Current year.
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
December 22 2009 07:33 GMT
#149
that code works by the way, i've had 0 crashes so far.
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pat965
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada274 Posts
December 22 2009 09:04 GMT
#150
If you decide not to run any of the fixes listed in this thread, just play in Windows mode, works for me.
hi
Bill Murray
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States9292 Posts
December 22 2009 10:00 GMT
#151
other than this, is windows 7 good?
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lynx.oblige
Profile Joined August 2009
Sierra Leone2268 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-22 13:37:19
December 22 2009 13:35 GMT
#152
Windows 7 is excellent. It basically does everything Vista wants to do but better. One of the most simple benefits is slightly (or greatly, depends on the system of course) reduced start up times. Which in my case matters a lot. Again, there are other improvements as well (greater data transfer rates, etc.).

UAC is also less intrusive. It does not actually freeze your system like it would in Vista (if you would play audio/video and UAC would come up, it would lag and try to catch up all at once turning into a not so pleasurable sensual experience).

If you already run SC windowed, you do not have to worry about SC when upgrading (and you really should upgrade to W7). What is working for me most of the time is to just close/minimize as many programs as possible. It still occurs but is not as sudden/definitely not a real fix.
Everyone needs a nemesis.
Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
December 22 2009 13:54 GMT
#153
On December 22 2009 22:35 lynx.oblige wrote:
and you really should upgrade to W7


If SC runs fine on Windows 7 (including colours), then give such advice.
Killing explorer.exe is also an option but it is inconvenient.
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
December 22 2009 14:04 GMT
#154
On December 22 2009 22:54 slimshady wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 22 2009 22:35 lynx.oblige wrote:
and you really should upgrade to W7


If SC runs fine on Windows 7 (including colours), then give such advice.
Killing explorer.exe is also an option but it is inconvenient.


Eh, tbh I have no idea what the fuss about the Win7 color problem is about. True, when you run SC without killing explorer you get messed up colors, but when you join a game the colors are 99% fine. Sometimes, I noticed that water on a twilight map will have messed up colors.
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
Badjas
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Netherlands2038 Posts
December 22 2009 15:33 GMT
#155
On December 22 2009 22:35 lynx.oblige wrote:
Windows 7 is excellent. It basically does everything Vista wants to do but better. One of the most simple benefits is slightly (or greatly, depends on the system of course) reduced start up times. Which in my case matters a lot. Again, there are other improvements as well (greater data transfer rates, etc.).

I haven't tried windows 7 myself yet, but I am skeptical of this claim. If you do a clean install of windows xp on the same machine, does it boot slower than windows 7? I have previously downgraded an xp system to windows 98 and I actually achieved lift off.
I <3 the internet, I <3 you
Invictus
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Singapore2697 Posts
December 22 2009 15:40 GMT
#156
love u people at teamliquid.the color error is fixed after i followed the instructions about the batch file thing.
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Abyzou
Profile Joined June 2009
Sweden209 Posts
December 22 2009 16:36 GMT
#157
On December 22 2009 15:50 lynx.oblige wrote:
Silly XP purists. Vista on the latest SP is better than XP now.

I agree.

XP is great but it's just ancient by now. It lacks so many features. For example the start menu in Vista/7 is so much better it's not even funny.

I'm using 7 and it's really great. I haven't had any trouble with compatibility beyond the stuff that wouldn't work in Vista either... All that really chaps my hide is the SC issues and Age of Mythology, which won't run at all
Savior and Jaedong, how come zerg progamers are so awesome?
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-24 05:14:42
December 24 2009 05:14 GMT
#158
On December 15 2009 01:51 inReacH wrote:
5.Open notepad.

copy/paste:

cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 D:\"SC"\"Launcher"\"Launcher.exe"
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
cd C:\SC\StarCraft\
rem cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 D:\"SC"\"StarCraft.exe"
rem Wait for the game to quit, press Enter to continue
pause
start explorer.exe
exit

Replace those paths with what you have for said files, save as .bat file.
Now when you wish to play start SC by clicking the file you created, it kills explorer until you stop playing. You can also create a shortcut of the file and make it look like SC so it looks prettier.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Why do you have a Launcher file? Unless that is chaoslauncher?
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
Un Gato
Profile Joined July 2009
United States123 Posts
December 24 2009 20:44 GMT
#159
I doubt that Windows 7 itself is the issue for any of this. I've been running SC on XP, Vista, and W7 and have had it work fine on each. The only difference is what sort of crazy colors I see outside of games, in games it's always fine.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
December 24 2009 20:49 GMT
#160
On December 25 2009 05:44 Un Gato wrote:
I doubt that Windows 7 itself is the issue for any of this. I've been running SC on XP, Vista, and W7 and have had it work fine on each. The only difference is what sort of crazy colors I see outside of games, in games it's always fine.

yeah for the first few months of owning 7 I thought this as I was not getting any freezes under Windows 7 at all. But within the past month I've had it happen like five times, which is too much for me. Now I run a dualboot setup with XP and 7.
blabberrrrr
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