Win2k/XP Help

[Ransure]

Ok, so new computers built, OS's loaded, EQ loaded and patched.... something no worky..

Ive gotten 2k to load on both my machines, the specs are as follows:

Box1
Athalon XP 2500+
2 x 512MB DDR 2700
Maxtor ATA133 30GB
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Epox Nforce2 Motherboard

Box2
Duron 600mhz
3 x 256MB PC133
Maxtor ATA33 15GB
Gforce2MX 400 64MB
Some VIA chipset board

So heres the problem, I get 2k loaded, download the latest video drivers, add some additional software (Spybot, EQ, Kazaa Lite, ect) go through windows update, and try to reboot. Both computers cannot seem to shut down normally, they both hang and give me the End Now text for Explorer.exe. This error is identical for both computers.

I also have a copy of WinXP here that I have tried to load on both computers, however everytime I format the HDD to NTFS and load the setup files, as soon as the computer reboots to the XP install screen I am getting a Manifest Parse Error.

Last problem, the computer Im typing this on is fully patched for EQ, when I first loaded the OS it ran EQ through EQw great, fastest Ive ever played.... Now every time I try to start EQ I get an error stating that windows is creating an error file, the contents of the error file is below:

icrosoft (R) Windows 2000 (TM) Version 5.00 DrWtsn32
Copyright (C) 1985-1999 Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.



Application exception occurred:
App: (pid=1140)
When: 5/28/2003 @ 11:28:22.531
Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)

*----> System Information <----*
Computer Name: GAMEBOX
User Name: Administrator
Number of Processors: 1
Processor Type: x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0
Windows 2000 Version: 5.0
Current Build: 2195
Service Pack: 3
Current Type: Uniprocessor Free
Registered Organization:
Registered Owner: a

*----> Task List <----*
0 Idle.exe
8 System.exe
148 SMSS.exe
172 CSRSS.exe
168 WINLOGON.exe
220 SERVICES.exe
232 LSASS.exe
408 svchost.exe
440 spoolsv.exe
488 svchost.exe
532 regsvc.exe
548 mstask.exe
592 WinMgmt.exe
604 svchost.exe
780 explorer.exe
964 atiptaxx.exe
980 sstray.exe
988 aim.exe
948 msiexec.exe
1140 eqgame.exe
792 eqwgfix.exe
832 DRWTSN32.exe
0 _Total.exe

(00400000 - 00781000)
(77F80000 - 77FFB000)
(782F0000 - 78536000)
(77F40000 - 77F7C000)
(77E80000 - 77F36000)
(77E10000 - 77E75000)
(77DB0000 - 77E0D000)
(77D30000 - 77DA1000)
(70BD0000 - 70C35000)
(78000000 - 78046000)
(71710000 - 71794000)
(21100000 - 2115F000)
(77570000 - 775A0000)
(77A50000 - 77B45000)
(75050000 - 75058000)
(75030000 - 75043000)
(75020000 - 75028000)
(00330000 - 003DE000)
(75E60000 - 75E7A000)
(6CA60000 - 6CA68000)
(66650000 - 666A4000)
(10000000 - 1000A000)
(1C000000 - 1C007000)
(76620000 - 76630000)
(779B0000 - 77A4B000)

State Dump for Thread Id 0x78

eax=00233d88 ebx=01355a4f ecx=02020e48 edx=ffffffff esi=ffffffff edi=1000725c
eip=77e8bf6d esp=0012f9a4 ebp=0012fbcc iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz na po nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000286


function: CompareStringA
77e8bf59 0f85fbd60300 jne VDMConsoleOperation+0x293 (77ec965a)
77e8bf5f 8bc7 mov eax,edi
77e8bf61 5f pop edi
77e8bf62 5e pop esi
77e8bf63 5b pop ebx
77e8bf64 c9 leave
77e8bf65 c21800 ret 0x18
77e8bf68 43 inc ebx
77e8bf69 47 inc edi
77e8bf6a 897df4 mov [ebp+0xf4],edi ss:00c3d19e=????????
FAULT ->77e8bf6d 8a03 mov al,[ebx] ds:01355a4f=??
77e8bf6f 84c0 test al,al
77e8bf71 0f8423ffffff je CompareStringA+0x6a (77e8be9a)
77e8bf77 3a07 cmp al,[edi] ds:1000725c=43
77e8bf79 74ed jz GetCommandLineW+0x3be (77e9a968)
77e8bf7b e91affffff jmp CompareStringA+0x6a (77e8be9a)
77e8bf80 6a02 push 0x2
77e8bf82 58 pop eax
77e8bf83 ebdc jmp FreeVirtualBuffer+0xbc (77e91561)

*----> Stack Back Trace <----*

FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name
0012FBCC 77E8C0D7 00000409 40000000 01355A4F FFFFFFFF kernel32!CompareStringA
1000725C 72506574 7365636F 00004173 2E777165 006C6C64 kernel32!lstrcmp
61657243 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 <nosymbols>

*----> Raw Stack Dump <----*
0012f9a4 4f 5a 35 01 00 00 00 40 - 5c 72 00 10 6b 00 65 00 OZ5....@\r..k.e.
0012f9b4 72 00 6e 00 65 00 6c 00 - 33 00 32 00 2e 00 64 00 r.n.e.l.3.2...d.
0012f9c4 6c 00 6c 00 00 00 00 00 - 5c 00 44 00 6f 00 63 00 l.l.....\.D.o.c.
0012f9d4 75 00 6d 00 65 00 6e 00 - 74 00 73 00 20 00 61 00 u.m.e.n.t.s. .a.
0012f9e4 6e 00 64 00 20 00 53 00 - 65 00 74 00 74 00 69 00 n.d. .S.e.t.t.i.
0012f9f4 6e 00 67 00 73 00 5c 00 - 41 00 64 00 6d 00 69 00 n.g.s.\.A.d.m.i.
0012fa04 6e 00 69 00 73 00 74 00 - 72 00 61 00 74 00 6f 00 n.i.s.t.r.a.t.o.
0012fa14 72 00 5c 00 4c 00 6f 00 - 63 00 61 00 6c 00 20 00 r.\.L.o.c.a.l. .
0012fa24 53 00 65 00 74 00 74 00 - 69 00 6e 00 67 00 73 00 S.e.t.t.i.n.g.s.
0012fa34 5c 00 54 00 65 00 6d 00 - 70 00 5c 00 69 00 76 00 \.T.e.m.p.\.i.v.
0012fa44 66 00 34 00 2e 00 74 00 - 6d 00 70 00 00 00 23 00 f.4...t.m.p...#.
0012fa54 04 01 00 00 00 00 e5 00 - 84 ff 12 00 d2 d3 f8 77 ...............w
0012fa64 26 00 78 00 e0 fd 12 00 - 00 00 00 00 6c 8a 23 00 &.x.........l.#.
0012fa74 00 e0 fd 7f 5d 02 05 75 - 00 e0 fd 7f 00 e0 fd 7f ....]..u........
0012fa84 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - f8 eb fd 7f 50 75 ed 77 0...........Pu.w
0012fa94 40 68 ed 77 00 00 00 00 - 38 01 00 00 ec fa 12 00 @h.w....8.......
0012faa4 c8 76 f8 77 5a fb 12 00 - 3a 03 00 00 4b 00 45 00 .v.wZ...:...K.E.
0012fab4 52 00 4e 00 45 00 4c 00 - 33 00 32 00 2e 00 44 00 R.N.E.L.3.2...D.
0012fac4 4c 00 4c 00 00 00 00 00 - bc fa 12 00 88 26 23 00 L.L..........&#.
0012fad4 b0 fb 12 00 01 00 00 00 - fc fa 12 00 66 51 f8 77 ............fQ.w

State Dump for Thread Id 0x460

eax=77e91406 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=00000000 edi=00000000
eip=77e88785 esp=0022fffc ebp=00000000 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000200


function: GetModuleFileNameA
77e8876e 51 push ecx
77e8876f e8b7260000 call FindFirstFileW+0x66 (77e8ae2b)
77e88774 84c0 test al,al
77e88776 0f84b4f40100 je GetConsoleCursorInfo+0x5254 (77ea7c30)
77e8877c b001 mov al,0x1
77e8877e 5f pop edi
77e8877f 5e pop esi
77e88780 5b pop ebx
77e88781 c9 leave
77e88782 c20c00 ret 0xc
77e88785 33ed xor ebp,ebp
77e88787 53 push ebx
77e88788 50 push eax
77e88789 6a00 push 0x0
77e8878b 55 push ebp
77e8878c 8bec mov ebp,esp
77e8878e 6aff push 0xff
77e88790 6888aee877 push 0x77e8ae88
77e88795 685618ea77 push 0x77ea1856
77e8879a 64a100000000 mov eax,fs:[00000000] fs:00000000=????????
77e887a0 50 push eax
77e887a1 64892500000000 mov fs:[00000000],esp fs:00000000=????????

*----> Stack Back Trace <----*

FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 kernel32!GetModuleFileNameA

*----> Raw Stack Dump <----*
0022fffc 00 00 00 00 c8 00 00 00 - 00 01 00 00 ff ee ff ee ................
0023000c 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 fe 00 00 00 00 10 00 ................
0023001c 00 20 00 00 00 02 00 00 - 00 20 00 00 67 01 00 00 . ....... ..g...
0023002c ff ef fd 7f 01 00 08 06 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0023003c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 98 05 23 00 0f 00 00 00 ..........#.....
0023004c f8 ff ff ff 50 00 23 00 - 50 00 23 00 40 06 23 00 ....P.#.P.#.@.#.
0023005c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0023006c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0023007c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0023008c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0023009c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
002300ac 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
002300bc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
002300cc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
002300dc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
002300ec 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
002300fc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0023010c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0023011c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0023012c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

State Dump for Thread Id 0x374

eax=10001370 ebx=77e172a9 ecx=77f838e5 edx=00000000 esi=00e4ff9c edi=77e11d79
eip=77e11d6b esp=00e4ff58 ebp=00e4ff78 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000246


function: TranslateMessageEx
77e11d48 0f85cad90200 jne CallMsgFilter+0xeb8 (77e3f718)
77e11d4e 33c0 xor eax,eax
77e11d50 c20800 ret 0x8
77e11d53 ff742408 push dword ptr [esp+0x8] ss:0195d52b=????????
77e11d57 51 push ecx
77e11d58 e861090000 call GetKeyState+0x92 (77e126be)
77e11d5d c20800 ret 0x8
77e11d60 b89a110000 mov eax,0x119a
77e11d65 8d542404 lea edx,[esp+0x4] ss:0195d52b=????????
77e11d69 cd2e int 2e
77e11d6b c21000 ret 0x10
77e11d6e 8b442404 mov eax,[esp+0x4] ss:0195d52b=????????
77e11d72 cd2b int 2b
77e11d74 e939990300 jmp SetClassLongW+0x654 (77e4b6b2)

*----> Stack Back Trace <----*

FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name
00E4FF78 100013C2 00E4FF9C 00000000 00000000 00000000 user32!TranslateMessageEx
00E4FFEC 00000000 10001370 00000000 00000000 00505A4D !<nosymbols>

*----> Raw Stack Dump <----*
00e4ff58 4e 7c e1 77 9c ff e4 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 N|.w............
00e4ff68 00 00 00 00 a9 72 e1 77 - 12 7c e1 77 79 1d e1 77 .....r.w.|.wy..w
00e4ff78 ec ff e4 00 c2 13 00 10 - 9c ff e4 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00e4ff88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 40 b7 fc 77 78 13 23 00 ........@..wx.#.
00e4ff98 00 00 00 00 00 01 16 00 - 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00e4ffa8 72 02 e0 00 fa 84 18 00 - b2 03 00 00 f7 01 00 00 r...............
00e4ffb8 dd 87 e8 77 00 00 00 00 - 40 b7 fc 77 78 13 23 00 ...w....@..wx.#.
00e4ffc8 00 00 00 00 00 c0 fd 7f - e5 38 f8 77 c0 ff e4 00 .........8.w....
00e4ffd8 e5 38 f8 77 ff ff ff ff - 56 18 ea 77 88 ae e8 77 .8.w....V..w...w
00e4ffe8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 70 13 00 10 ............p...
00e4fff8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 4d 5a 50 00 02 00 00 00 ........MZP.....
00e50008 04 00 0f 00 ff ff 00 00 - b8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00e50018 40 00 1a 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @...............
00e50028 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00e50038 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 - ba 10 00 0e 1f b4 09 cd ................
00e50048 21 b8 01 4c cd 21 90 90 - 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f !..L.!..This pro
00e50058 67 72 61 6d 20 6d 75 73 - 74 20 62 65 20 72 75 6e gram must be run
00e50068 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 57 - 69 6e 33 32 0d 0a 24 37 under Win32..$7
00e50078 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00e50088 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

If anyone could provide some advice it would be appreciated.

[Wahooka_J]

due to a memory purge or leak.

[Tantolar]

Since your two Win2k boxes have different hardware, you can pretty much guarantee that your are getting a software conflict.

From reading your post it sounds like you installed quite a bit of software and then some Microsoft hotfixes all in the same reboot. I'll hazard a guess that the problem you're having with that is occurring right around that time, or one of your programs you're installing has a conflict with Win2k.

Other techie types can correct me if I'm wrong, but I would suggest doing clean installs in this order.

1. OS
2. Barest drivers, if needed, to connect to internet
3. OS fixes, service packs, etc
4. DirectX (though this doesn't seem to be nearly the problem child it used to be)
5. All other drivers, normally chipset drivers first and then whatever else
6. Programs

For the WinXP problem, this seems like it could definitely apply
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;331881

For the EQ problem, I don't know offhand. Haven't been playing EQ for a while now, but you may want to check the EQ technical support forums, if they're still around that is.

[Stalker Vacio]

yeah reimage

[Ransure]

Well, aparantly it was some conflict with my original EQ CD's and DirectX, I bought the trilogy yesterday and everything loaded up fine.

Tant, that looks like my problem with XP.... damn MS for beginning to get smart with thier software.