Cujoe posted a message about Re: RA2 keeps crashing in reply to Re: RA2 keeps crashing
> > Help! At me wit's end. Running Windows ME, P3 1Ghz w/512MB
> > of memory, 64MB DDR nVidia GeForce2 graphics card. My system
> > should be more than capable of running this game.
> > The game is crashing intermittently. Have tried the following:
> > * installed latest driver for video card
> > * uninstalled/re-installed game
> > * run game with no active process on task bar (couple things
> > in the system tray are active, however; anti-virus, etc)
> > * defragged disk
> > * installed 1.0.0.6 patch
> > * ran "auto update" (whatever that does)
> > * went to Westwood site and found info there - no help.
> > Please - what do I try next?! This is making me crazy. After
> > crash, machine hangs; have to reset; "scan disk" hangs and always have to hit reset again;
> > second time around (usually), scan disk runs, finds and
> > fixes errors. Run game for a while, then crash and do everything
> > all over.
> > Some of the "blue screen of death" errors indicate a VxD driver
> > error - don't know whether to trust it. No trouble with other
> > games - just Red Alert 2.
> > ANY help would be appreciated. I love this game - beginning
> > to believe that Yuri has something to do with it... See, I'm
> > obviously losing it...
> Try out the trouble shooting readme file from RA which should be in the directory. If a no go check out any guide for you video card. And if still a no go ask a near by store which sells computers. They could give a quick answer on what the problem could be.
> I had a problem once with a game. What I had to do was mess with the hardware performance which was running at slow speed. (Control Settings/Display/Settings/Advance)
> Hope any of this can help 
Stinger: Thx 4 the tips.I've tried everything - still no go.
There is some incompatibility here - will probably need to
reload my box... 