TES4: Oblivion Help Wanted - Technical Issue!

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#1 LonelyGhost
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Hey all. I have had Oblivion for a while now and have never had a problem with it, until recently that is! I start the game, play it for about 5 10 minutes and then whenever I go into the menu (by pressing tab) I'll browse it for less then 20 seconds and then the game will freeze entirely. Controls become unresponsive and sound stops playing. The only way to end this is by pressing ctrl, alt + del.This has never happened before and it is rather annoying. I don't know what the problem could be. Has this ever happened to anyone else before, or does any one have any clue about what this could be, what is causing it and how to solve it?? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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#2 greatmax1
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do you have mods installed? because i remember that some of my mods would make my game crash alot, while it hasnt crashed once sinced i removed them.
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#3 LonelyGhost
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No - I do not have any mods installed :( What else may be the problem?
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#4 Legendaryscmt
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Try reinstalling it, or, did you install anything new to your computer that might conflict with it?
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#5 LonelyGhost
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I've installed a few things since I have had it installed - nothing which may conflict with it, not intentionally anyhow. I'll try re-installing it and seeing what happens. Thanks all.
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#6 Funkyhamster
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Does it happen when you don't go into the menu? Because then maybe one of the menu files or something is corrupted...
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#7 LonelyGhost
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No, as far as I know this hasn't happend outside of the menu...
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#8 beex215
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i can help you.that is actually a normal thing that would happen if you go back to windows.
dont believe me,go read the read me text.
happens to me all the time.so dont press alt+tab or window button
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#9 LonelyGhost
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I dont ever press alt+tab - i only ever press tab to access oblivions in game menu to euip weps etc etc...
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#10 Funkyhamster
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So, have you tried reinstalling the game? Because it sounds like something is very wrong with the menu. But if you do reinstall, make sure to keep your old saves safe.
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#11 LonelyGhost
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no, as of yet i have not tried a re-install, but i am going to do that now. I will kepp my save games, but they wont affect the game oncere-installed? I thought maybe they might just have soething to do with the issue? or maybe not? is it definitley ok to keep the old save games?