"Game" Has Suddenly Stopped Working

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#1 snipeshot11
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Hey guys, new to this area of the forums but I have a question. I'v played 3 PC games, Crysis, Morrowind, and The Witcher and sometimes while I'm playing, it kicks me back out to the desktop and says "The Witcher has suddenly stopped working" How do I stop this from happening? All of these games have done it multiple times.

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#2 tequilasunriser
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Well, I can tell you if I was experiencing the same situaion as you I wouldn't waste time trying to figure out what was wrong since it could be any number of reasons. I'd just backup my files and reformat. It's nice to start fresh once or twice a year anyways. That might not be what you wanted to hear but, honestly, thats what I'd do.

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#3 snipeshot11
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Well, I can tell you if I was experiencing the same situaion as you I wouldn't waste time trying to figure you what was wrong since it could be any number of reasons. I'd just backup my files and reformat. It's nice to start fresh once or twice a year anyways. That might not be what you wanted to hear but, honestly, thats what I'd do.

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I had windows XP on it about 2 weeks ago and it was doing it so I completely wiped it and put on Windows 7.
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#4 tequilasunriser
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[QUOTE="tequilasunriser"]

Well, I can tell you if I was experiencing the same situaion as you I wouldn't waste time trying to figure you what was wrong since it could be any number of reasons. I'd just backup my files and reformat. It's nice to start fresh once or twice a year anyways. That might not be what you wanted to hear but, honestly, thats what I'd do.

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I had windows XP on it about 2 weeks ago and it was doing it so I completely wiped it and put on Windows 7.

Have you updated your video drivers and applied all the windows updates?
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#5 snipeshot11
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Thought I did but now that I check thiers 4 optional updates including one for Windows 7 and one for my video card so I'll give that a go. Thanks Guys.

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#6 Guster730
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I suggest getting the newest drivers off your video card manufacturers site.

NVIDIA: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

ATI: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx

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#7 Snotweasel530
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If you're still having issues after driver updates, test your memory.