<r>Hey Mustang,<br/>
Thanks that helped some, now the system doesn't shut down and resart now. The game just drops, and I'm still up and running on desktop. I consider that a big step in the right direction, but under task manager, it still shows 98-99% CPU Usage.<EMOJI seq="1f615" tseq="1f615 ...

<r>Thanks again,<br/>
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Ok here goes, it passed DXdaig tests.<br/>
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Start up menu: systray <br/>
NvCPl-rundll32.exe<br/>
nwiz.exe<br/>
CTHELPER.exe<br/>
ADGJdet<br/>
DirectCD<br/>
qttask<br/>
UpdReg<br/>
Winstart001<br/>
ElbyCheck<br/>
realsched<br/>
Save<br/>
sbhc<br ...

<t>Hey Gmenfan, I do appreciate the help you're giving me.<br/>
*I went and double checked device manager but found no multiple installs. There are quite a few things running under<br/>
Task manager but I'm unsure of which I can exit without causing instability in the system.<br/>
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NVIDIA ...

<t>Now I've updated all drivers, reinstalled SPWaW, but still have errors and drop outs.<br/>
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Error reports:<br/>
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BCCode:A BCP1:00CFF32E BCP2:000000FF BCP3: 00000001<br/>
BCP4: 804DA94D OSVER: 5_1_2600 SP:1_0 Product 256_1<br/>
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with all the reports, its constant, only with a few ...

<r>Is there a possibility that SPWaw is not DirectX9 friendly??<EMOJI seq="1f615" tseq="1f615">:confused:</EMOJI> <br/>
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Even when I reduce to 800x600 res, I removed the two files in the save folder, I'm getting errors that shut down the system.<br/>
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I'm running an older asus v8200 Gefoce ...

<r>Thanks for the input guys, I've gone and started the game directly from mech.exe, rid myself of norton, but no fix, the comp now likes to totally drop out and resart, or drop into vga mode. <br/>
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What gives...??????:mad: <E>:mad:</E> <br/>
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This system is normally very stable as a ...

<r>I've just downloaded and installed SPWaW 7.1...Great Game...<br/>
But its using 100% of my cpu usage?? what gives?? I'm running Win XP Pro.. Amd 2.1XP....DirectX 9. very stable under heavy 3D game Loads..but just starting SPWaW sends my CPU to the moon<br/>
, with periodic drop outs, and dropping ...