OK - for a few months now I have had occasional lockups which I put down to video drivers but it turns out was RW. I have used RW for ages with no problems up til now. The fault is now hard on and I can't fix it.
This is what happens:-
1.Start AH using task bar icon.
2.AH starts at intro screen - select Online or Offline as required (same thing happens for both)
3.If going online I put in my password and on next screen select the arena.
4.Ah starts to load the terrain but the AH window minimizes to the task bar - RW is also now in the task bar.
5.Click on AH block to restore and PC crashes with the desktop background showing and shortcut arrows and nothing else.
Have to CTRL ALT DEL twice to reboot.
If I try to shut down RW before restoring AH then when I do restore it AH crashes to desktop.
If however I remove RW completely from my PC (ADD / Remove Programs) everything is fine - AH runs ok and it doesn't minimize.
Even with auto start RW and enable RW
unchecked RW still loads if it is on the PC.
I have removed and re-installed AH and RW and re-installed DX8.1 but no improvement.
Oh and I've tried both Mk1c and Mk1d of RW - both the same.
ANY IDEAS ANYONE ????
A very quiet Sparks
[ 11-28-2001: Message edited by: Sparks ]