TDU 1 + Vista Home Premium 64-bit = Me ripping my hair out.

[bhumm25]

I've about had it.

 

Let me make this short and sweet. I had Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, but then I started getting constant BSOD's because my hard drive is in the beginning stages of hard drive failure. So, I wiped, and reinstalled Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit, as it won't crash and burn, unlike Windows 7. I know using your PC with a dying hard drive is flat out stupid, but I have all my data backed up. Besides, it's a fresh install, and Windows, updates, and TDU are the only thing on this box. ANYWAYS...... :bsod:

 

I login to Digital River, and re-download TDU, and the Megapack. Then I go to ftp.atari.com, and download the 1.66A patch from their FTP server. I installed TDU, and opened it. It brought up activation. It activated fine. It launches, and I get the black screen. It sits there for 10 seconds, and fools me into thinking that it'll launch, instead I get "Test Drive Unlimited has stopped working". So, I install the patch. It still crashes. Megapack? Still crashes. I uninstall, install any new updates, and update my video card. I reinstall, but I noticed something weird. Even though that I deleted the TDU folder in C:\ProgramData, it didn't ask for the serial key to activate. But, I installed the 1.66A patch before running it, and opened it on a clean install, with the patch. Still crashed. I rebooted, and it still crashed. I even went to the compatibility tab, and put it on XP SP2 compatibility, and checked the boxes to disable themes and desktop composition. Still crashed and burned.

 

I'm going to post my specs, a dxdiag, the crash report from Windows.

 

SPECS:

 

2.67 GHz Intel Core i7 920

 

6GB (1GB x 6) RAM (Clock speed and vendor unknown)

 

Samsung Spinpoint F1 SATA 7200 RPM Drive @ 450 GB.

 

Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with ALL updates AND SP2 installed.

 

DXDIAG: ATTACHED TO THIS THREAD.

 

LATEST CRASH REPORT:

 

 

Product

Test Drive Unlimited

 

Problem

Stopped working

 

Date

2/1/2012 10:10 AM

 

Status

Report Sent

 

Problem signature

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: TestDriveUnlimited.exe

Application Version: 1.1.45.1

Application Timestamp: 45c33a23

Fault Module Name: TestDriveUnlimited.exe

Fault Module Version: 1.1.45.1

Fault Module Timestamp: 45c33a23

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 0018fa10

OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: b0e4

Additional Information 2: 9b49cde4bc7ef417f8220b5fb252ef0f

Additional Information 3: b194

Additional Information 4: 6ecb5138d8273b7d032d62b285e8894a

 

Extra information about the problem

Bucket ID: 389885610

 

Thanks for your help, guys!

 

- William

[bhumm25]

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