Kane & Lynch crash to desktop - Help Please

I was unable to find a topic already on the subject, so here it is.

I installed Kane & Lynch, and it starts fine, but would crash barely two minutes into it.

I have since found out several things:

USB keyboards with media keys are known to cause the game to crash

Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse is known to have issues as well.

the common thread here is USB. Supposedly there is a polling conflict with these items.

I have been unable to find any drivers that solve this.

I did change my resolution from 1600x1200 to 1280x1024, this allowed me to play the game for almost an hour, at which time it crashed again. This time it did save, but not up to the point at which it crashed.

I am going to try unplugging my Sidewinder next to see if it helps (I don't have a media keyboard).

I guess my question is this:

Has anyone had similar problems, and if so, what did you do to solve it?

TIA for replies.

Nice to see that you did some experimenting and research before coming here...must be a first lol.

Anyways, to get an error log of what's wrong go to :

For XP

start->right click my computer->click manage->click on event viewer->click on application->find the time and what and there should be an error log there, open it up->highlight the error->Ctrl+C->Open google->Ctrl+V (or paste)-> should bring up some results; if no results appear remove the first or second half of the error (try both).

I don't know how to get to the event view on Vista but I'm going to assume it's similar :)

I don't know why I've completely forgotten to grab my error log :?

I'm normally more on top of things than that, lol.

I am running Windows 7, but so far, I'm fairly certain that it is not the O/S, as I've installed many, many games on it and this is the only one that seems to be giving me issues.

But then again, it could be, I'll take a look at the error log and see if it leads me to anything, I'll post it as well to see if somebody catches something I might be missing.

Thanks.

EDIT:

I should point out that unplugging my Sidewinder mouse may or may not have helped, some.

I was able to play for about an hour, at which point it crashed. After subsequent attempts it seems to crash in about 10-15 minutes of play.

I don't know if this info helps or not.

I never had problem with this game but try this one. It worked for one of my friends.

XLive Redist

Thanks, I think I may have tried this, but I'll take a look at it when I get home.

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