Removal: Once you've determined you won't have a compatability issue, download the official (from the makers of starforce) removal tool: If you have a compatability issue, sorry: your games may be unplayable if you remove starforce. These two games have official patches to remove starforce from the developer, so you don't have to worry.
#Silent hunter 3 crashes when loading driver#
# TOCA Race Driver 2 : The Ultimate Racing SimulatorĪlso Super Architect 3D Platinum, which isn't a game. Games that have compatability issues if you remove starforce: To remove it: First, check if this will make you lose compatibility with any of your other games.There is a complete list at If you see between 1 and 3 devices in there named "Star Force", you're infected. Now look down the list for a section called "Non Plug n Play devices". In the device manager, click View ->show hidden devices (something like that, it says show hidden). To detect if you have Star Force, right click "My computer", click properties, click the hardware tab, click Device Manager. Thousands of people have it and don't know. The worst part is, you never consented to it's installation: it's a completely stealth form of copy protection. It has a performance issue that can degrade CD and HDD access speeds to the point where the game will crash, or your computer will Blue Screen of Death.
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Star force is a nasty little piece of spyware included in many games from the past two years or so. Rename this file (right click, rename) "mpeg2dmx.ax.old"Ĥ: Remove any instances of StarForce from your computer. For location, go to browse, then C:/Windows. Hit f3 (alternatively, go to start menu and click Search). Lets hope this gets patched!ģ: Go to your desktop. This should clear up most of your problems with crashing.
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Left click them, and then click end process. I know it sounds retarded, but it works.Ģ: FOR USERS WITH AN HP PRINTER: Before loading Oblivion: enter the task manager (Ctrl Alt Del on a windows XP comp.) Look for any processes starting with the letter hp.
#Silent hunter 3 crashes when loading update#
SOLUTION: There are five solutions that will solve 99% of all crashingsġ: Update your video and audio drivers, or roll them back if necessary. I love it but I've got over 100 saves at lvl 6 because I have to save everytime I change areas (like through a door or something), or if I am riding on a horse in the wilderness and I enter another zone. Problem: This problem has been plaguing me for the past days since I got the game. This applies ONLY to crashes to desktop with no error message, just the standard Windows "send error report".