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Windows 8.1 Pro 64Bit Everquest Keeps Crashing/hanging
Just installed Windows 8.1 and got issues with EQ hanging, it never crashes, it just stops responding, no message in the event viewer.
Tried running as admin without any good result, also checked my temps and all that jazz, nothing out of the ordinary, works great on win7. Any ideas? will try installing some different drivers and ill post back if that helps. Crash/Hang happens about after 20 minutes of gameplay.
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small price to pay for a windows start menu button (imo)
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I run same OS with no issues. Tho I did not reinstall EQ. I just kept running my same install off my solid state.
Not really helpful but at least you know it can work on 8.1
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did you set compatibility mode? win95 works best for me
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haven't had time to test setting the compatability but i will do that when i get around to it, thanks for the tip
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looks to be working now, it was either
graphics card driver not running in compatibility mode chipset for motherboard driver changed these 3 and one of them seemed to have fixed the issue, im thinking the compatability fixed it. thanks bros
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i downloaded windows 8.1 for my GF's laptop in attempts to get the start button back, but the "start button" just brings u to the tile screen.
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I can confirm it runs for me on Windows 8.1, and that I didn't need to set any compatibility mode. So hopefully for you it was just a driver issue.
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Startdock makes Start8 that is pretty good, though it costs $5. It's worth it in my opinion. There's also Classic shell that you can get off sourceforge. It's free but I've never used it. Another free option is IOBit StartMenu8. I hear it's better than Classic shell, thought supposedly it has ads in it. So maybe try at your own risk. I'm sure there are a few more but I got Start8 when it first came out on sale and haven't looked back. | |||
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