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Judah Jimador

Registered User

Join date: 13 Mar 2005

Posts: 230

04-03-2005 10:30

Hello,

I have this little dance I generally have to go through to start SL on my WinXP box.

1. Crank the PC up.

2. Log in to WinXP (I keep a Guest account for folks who occasionally want to use the box.)

3. Start Newview.exe (now SecondLife.exe)

4. Watch the title bar and window frame form for the SL client, along with the "Loading Second Life" alert box...and then the screen freezes. I'm able to open other apps over the top of the stalled client, but if I close them, the windows remain painted on top of the SL client. I can minimize the SL client down into the task bar, but I can neither stop it (by X-ing out the window) nor proceed with it. If I maximize the SL window, it shows its last corrupted condition.

5. Open Task Manager, and kill both the application and the associated process tree.

6. Wait 5-15 minutes

for the Process Manager to actually seize the task and kill it.

7. Re-start the Sl client.

8. Log in normally.

For some reason, if I start a WinXP session and just let the machine sit for anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour, I can get a normal startup on the SL client the very first time. I'm mystified by what WinXP could be doing in the background for that long after a session start to interfere with the SL startup.

Does anyone have any idea what I could do to fix this? I'm strictly a consumer-level Windows user

Thanks!

-- jj

Uncle Linden

Member

Join date: 14 Dec 2004

Posts: 62

04-03-2005 12:35

Judah,

please send mail to [email]support@secondlife.com[/email].

One thing you can try is to uninstall SL and reinstall from download.
http://secondlife.com/downloads/index.php

Hope that helps

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uncle

Cherry Took

Mud Wrestling Champeeeen

Join date: 7 Jan 2005

Posts: 160

pretty much the same problem

04-03-2005 14:08

I have frozen screen leading to program not responding messages. I am running a 3200amd athlon xp processor / 512 mb ram / nvidia geforce card and new installation of secondlife and it still does the same thing. then, miracle of miracles, it will run for an hour or two uninterrupted only to crash again if i relog for whatever reason. often it freezes right after i get in or it will not entirely load and go back to the splash page.

Any ideas? Is it the system? with so many people reporting crashes and freezes, there must be something wrong with the grid, right? coz i can't think of anything else i can do. my quicktime is updated and my drivers are also.

Catherine Omega

Geometry Ninja

Join date: 10 Jan 2003

Posts: 2,053

04-03-2005 16:12

From: Cherry Took

Any ideas? Is it the system? with so many people reporting crashes and freezes, there must be something wrong with the grid, right? coz i can't think of anything else i can do. my quicktime is updated and my drivers are also.

No, the grid's fairly stable. It'll be a problem with the client.

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Judah Jimador Registered User Join date: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 230	04-03-2005 10:30 Hello, I have this little dance I generally have to go through to start SL on my WinXP box. 1. Crank the PC up. 2. Log in to WinXP (I keep a Guest account for folks who occasionally want to use the box.) 3. Start Newview.exe (now SecondLife.exe) 4. Watch the title bar and window frame form for the SL client, along with the "Loading Second Life" alert box...and then the screen freezes. I'm able to open other apps over the top of the stalled client, but if I close them, the windows remain painted on top of the SL client. I can minimize the SL client down into the task bar, but I can neither stop it (by X-ing out the window) nor proceed with it. If I maximize the SL window, it shows its last corrupted condition. 5. Open Task Manager, and kill both the application and the associated process tree. 6. Wait 5-15 minutes for the Process Manager to actually seize the task and kill it. 7. Re-start the Sl client. 8. Log in normally. For some reason, if I start a WinXP session and just let the machine sit for anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour, I can get a normal startup on the SL client the very first time. I'm mystified by what WinXP could be doing in the background for that long after a session start to interfere with the SL startup. Does anyone have any idea what I could do to fix this? I'm strictly a consumer-level Windows user Thanks! -- jj
Uncle Linden Member Join date: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 62	04-03-2005 12:35 Judah, please send mail to [email]support@secondlife.com[/email]. One thing you can try is to uninstall SL and reinstall from download. http://secondlife.com/downloads/index.php Hope that helps _____________________ uncle
Cherry Took Mud Wrestling Champeeeen Join date: 7 Jan 2005 Posts: 160	pretty much the same problem 04-03-2005 14:08 I have frozen screen leading to program not responding messages. I am running a 3200amd athlon xp processor / 512 mb ram / nvidia geforce card and new installation of secondlife and it still does the same thing. then, miracle of miracles, it will run for an hour or two uninterrupted only to crash again if i relog for whatever reason. often it freezes right after i get in or it will not entirely load and go back to the splash page. Any ideas? Is it the system? with so many people reporting crashes and freezes, there must be something wrong with the grid, right? coz i can't think of anything else i can do. my quicktime is updated and my drivers are also.
Catherine Omega Geometry Ninja Join date: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 2,053	04-03-2005 16:12 From: Cherry Took Any ideas? Is it the system? with so many people reporting crashes and freezes, there must be something wrong with the grid, right? coz i can't think of anything else i can do. my quicktime is updated and my drivers are also. No, the grid's fairly stable. It'll be a problem with the client. _____________________ Need scripting help? Visit the LSL Wiki! Omega Point - Catherine Omega's Blog