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Hey Guys A friend who isn't on the forums would really like some help with running bf2/PR with windows Vista 32 bit.

He has got a good pc easily can bf2 on high.
-6 gigs of ram
-gtx 295
-1tb hdd
-win vista 32
and a sound blaster card with creative drivers
He is also running BF2/PR.exe in Windows Xp mode.
He Also has installed the Alt-Tab Fix.

So his problem with PR is when he joins the server on certain maps when he clicks squad assignment/or sometimes a spawn point it CTD (crash to desktop)
Also randomly while hes playing it CTDs as well with no error message

This also happens with bf2
He randomly will crash every 4 mins or so and but other times he will be fine.

Anyways i have no idea what the problem is
He has ran BF2 and PR in windowed mode and no error message appeared >.x

BL4CK1E

BUMP!

Tell him to put his texture settings on Medium, That should do it!

Tried putting his textures on medium all that did was increase the amount of time before he crashes again from like 4 minutes to 15 minutes i guess its working somehow but its still a problem...

Anything else that might work?

TH3_BL4CK wrote: He has got a good pc easily can bf2 on high.
-6 gigs of ram
-gtx 295
-1tb hdd
-win vista 32
and a sound blaster card with creative drivers
He is also running BF2/PR.exe in Windows Xp mode.

Tell him to run as vista and run it as administrator :-/

Sounds like a memory issue.
He should upgrade to an O/S that can use the 6 gigs he has.
Since he has Vista 32, he should consider W7 64bit
Gamers seen to like it.

PS BF2 was written for XP not Vista, so running BF2/PR in compatibility mode (XP) and as Admin is recommended.

He can also try a 3party app (like AMD FUSION) to shutdown background app and services to free up ram and CPU cycles while gaming.
Good luck

I have the same problem. Vista, played well for 3-4 yrs, now checks the desktop ev 30 min with a ping. To me, seems more likley to be some automatic check for update, from a different program, ie. yahoo messinger. unknown bug whatever it's new to Vista.