XP crash bug solutions

[____________Tangiers]

Hi,

I have xp and had this problem, I found 2 solutions

1st I used the compatability mode and ran AO in 98 mode, this worked fine except for one very annoying problem it took like 30 to 45 seconds to zone. but good news no crash

2nd solution I reinstalled wondows xp argh yes this stinks, and I turned of updates and installed no updates. The oem version of xp runs fine no crashes and I xone in like 3 to 5 secs

all solutions are bad but there is a solutions

[____________RedSonja]

There isn't a problem with AO and WinXP in general.
I was using AO under XP Pro beta for quite a while during my general beta test duties.
The issue is with WinXP SP1 - So the reason your second fix works is because you aren't installing SP1.

As for the first fix, shouldn't make any difference as compatability mode is simply there to fix problems such as attempting to install/run a game and getting the message "Not supported under Windows NT" etc.