[mcoy]

Originally Posted by RecondoJoe [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

same fam

i never found it either

2 days ago, i started crashing every single time i zoned, and sometimes when i tried to load my character from character select... i tried all kinds of shit to fix it..

nothing worked

i noticed windows update needed me to reboot my computer.. i been putting this off for weeks since my computer is also a mining rig and i dont really ever turn it off... well windows updated, took forever... and eq started working again...

EQ relies upon "GetTickCount" which Rezzie does a great job of explaining:

Originally Posted by rezzie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

• 2^31 milliseconds is 24.86 days.
• EverQuest stores the result of GetTickCount() in a signed 32-bit integer.
• 24.86 days after booting your PC this overflows and wraps around, going negative.

For some reason, it being negative stops item hover text from working. If you reboot it resets the counter and item hovers should reappear. Alternatively, wait another 24.86 days and it'll fix itself.

This can cause a couple different issues if you're in the >24.86 day time before it rolls over again.

Note that a lot of people use "Shut Down" on their Windows computers, and MS was kind enough to default a new setting called "Fast Startup" to enabled. This reduces boot times from shut down, but it doesn't fully wipe memory. So either disable fast startup in your power options, or choose "restart" to actually reset this stored value.

Open Power Options and click on "Choose what the power buttons do":

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Additionally, as Joe stated pending Updates appear to also cause issues.

-Mcoy