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I installed Vista, downloaded all possible drivers and updates, and then double clicked on WoW, holding my breath. I can login, select a character, but then when it is loading, just before I can actuall control my character, I can't get off the loading screen. The blue line fills up and everything, but it won't go any further. It ran absolutely perfect on XP.
These are my Specs: 512 MB of RAM Nvidia GeForce 5200 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz

A colleague of mine had this same problem, and he said he got it running by setting the resolution to it's lowest setting. I am not 100% sure if he said he did that in the game options, or the pc itself, but I believe it was in-game.
Sorry I am rather vague on this, but I am like the only person on earth who doesn't play this game :)
"Angus" wrote:

I installed Vista, downloaded all possible drivers and updates, and then double clicked on WoW, holding my breath. I can login, select a character, but then when it is loading, just before I can actuall control my character, I can't get off the loading screen. The blue line fills up and everything, but it won't go any further. It ran absolutely perfect on XP.
These are my Specs: 512 MB of RAM Nvidia GeForce 5200 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz

Someone else said that it worked best if you set your desktop to the resolution you wanted to run the game, not necessarily as low as possible, but matched.
"Andrew" wrote in message

A colleague of mine had this same problem, and he said he got it running by setting the resolution to it's lowest setting. I am not 100% sure if he said he did that in the game options, or the pc itself, but I believe it was in-game.
Sorry I am rather vague on this, but I am like the only person on earth who doesn't play this game :)
"Angus" wrote:
I installed Vista, downloaded all possible drivers and updates, and then double clicked on WoW, holding my breath. I can login, select a character, but then when it is loading, just before I can actuall control my character, I can't get off the loading screen. The blue line fills up and everything, but it won't go any further. It ran absolutely perfect on XP.
These are my Specs: 512 MB of RAM Nvidia GeForce 5200 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz

Thanks for that, that is good info.
"Zapper" wrote:

Someone else said that it worked best if you set your desktop to the resolution you wanted to run the game, not necessarily as low as possible, but matched.
"Andrew" wrote in message A colleague of mine had this same problem, and he said he got it running by setting the resolution to it's lowest setting. I am not 100% sure if he said he did that in the game options, or the pc itself, but I believe it was in-game.
Sorry I am rather vague on this, but I am like the only person on earth who doesn't play this game :)
"Angus" wrote:
I installed Vista, downloaded all possible drivers and updates, and then double clicked on WoW, holding my breath. I can login, select a character, but then when it is loading, just before I can actuall control my character, I can't get off the loading screen. The blue line fills up and everything, but it won't go any further. It ran absolutely perfect on XP.
These are my Specs: 512 MB of RAM Nvidia GeForce 5200 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz

Setting the resolution to the WoW resolution doesn't work, and setting the computer and WoW to the lowest res. doesnt work either. Sometimes the game will load and I can play, but after a while it will freeze up and i have to exit or restart the computer. I am beginning to think that the problem is with my video card.
"Andrew" wrote:

Thanks for that, that is good info.
"Zapper" wrote:
Someone else said that it worked best if you set your desktop to the resolution you wanted to run the game, not necessarily as low as possible, but matched.
"Andrew" wrote in message A colleague of mine had this same problem, and he said he got it running by setting the resolution to it's lowest setting. I am not 100% sure if he said he did that in the game options, or the pc itself, but I believe it was in-game.
Sorry I am rather vague on this, but I am like the only person on earth who doesn't play this game :)
"Angus" wrote:
I installed Vista, downloaded all possible drivers and updates, and then double clicked on WoW, holding my breath. I can login, select a character, but then when it is loading, just before I can actuall control my character, I can't get off the loading screen. The blue line fills up and everything, but it won't go any further. It ran absolutely perfect on XP.
These are my Specs: 512 MB of RAM Nvidia GeForce 5200 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz

could be, possible kinks in the driver you are running
"Angus" wrote:

Setting the resolution to the WoW resolution doesn't work, and setting the computer and WoW to the lowest res. doesnt work either. Sometimes the game will load and I can play, but after a while it will freeze up and i have to exit or restart the computer. I am beginning to think that the problem is with my video card.
"Andrew" wrote:
Thanks for that, that is good info.
"Zapper" wrote:
Someone else said that it worked best if you set your desktop to the resolution you wanted to run the game, not necessarily as low as possible, but matched.
"Andrew" wrote in message A colleague of mine had this same problem, and he said he got it running by setting the resolution to it's lowest setting. I am not 100% sure if he said he did that in the game options, or the pc itself, but I believe it was in-game.
Sorry I am rather vague on this, but I am like the only person on earth who doesn't play this game :)
"Angus" wrote:
I installed Vista, downloaded all possible drivers and updates, and then double clicked on WoW, holding my breath. I can login, select a character, but then when it is loading, just before I can actuall control my character, I can't get off the loading screen. The blue line fills up and everything, but it won't go any further. It ran absolutely perfect on XP.
These are my Specs: 512 MB of RAM Nvidia GeForce 5200 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz

Hi,
I havent had the chance to try WoW on Vista yet (my shipments gone missing) but the problem that you are saying about WoW locking up and having to reboot, is more than likely WoW itself. Myself and many of my friends are having the same problem. Maybe try disabling any mods?
There is an active discussion on the WoW forums about Vista: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-tech-support&t=912198&p=1&tmp=1#post912198
Hope this helps.
"Andrew" wrote:

could be, possible kinks in the driver you are running
"Angus" wrote:
Setting the resolution to the WoW resolution doesn't work, and setting the computer and WoW to the lowest res. doesnt work either. Sometimes the game will load and I can play, but after a while it will freeze up and i have to exit or restart the computer. I am beginning to think that the problem is with my video card.
"Andrew" wrote:
Thanks for that, that is good info.
"Zapper" wrote:
Someone else said that it worked best if you set your desktop to the resolution you wanted to run the game, not necessarily as low as possible, but matched.
"Andrew" wrote in message A colleague of mine had this same problem, and he said he got it running by setting the resolution to it's lowest setting. I am not 100% sure if he said he did that in the game options, or the pc itself, but I believe it was in-game.
Sorry I am rather vague on this, but I am like the only person on earth who doesn't play this game :)
"Angus" wrote:
I installed Vista, downloaded all possible drivers and updates, and then double clicked on WoW, holding my breath. I can login, select a character, but then when it is loading, just before I can actuall control my character, I can't get off the loading screen. The blue line fills up and everything, but it won't go any further. It ran absolutely perfect on XP.
These are my Specs: 512 MB of RAM Nvidia GeForce 5200 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz

Hi,
I havent had the chance to try WoW on Vista yet (my shipments gone missing) but the problem that you are saying about WoW locking up and having to reboot, is more than likely WoW itself. Myself and many of my friends are having the same problem. Maybe try disabling any mods?
There is an active discussion on the WoW forums about Vista: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-tech-support&t=912198&p=1&tmp=1#post912198
Hope this helps.
"Andrew" wrote:

could be, possible kinks in the driver you are running
"Angus" wrote:
Setting the resolution to the WoW resolution doesn't work, and setting the computer and WoW to the lowest res. doesnt work either. Sometimes the game will load and I can play, but after a while it will freeze up and i have to exit or restart the computer. I am beginning to think that the problem is with my video card.
"Andrew" wrote:
Thanks for that, that is good info.
"Zapper" wrote:
Someone else said that it worked best if you set your desktop to the resolution you wanted to run the game, not necessarily as low as possible, but matched.
"Andrew" wrote in message A colleague of mine had this same problem, and he said he got it running by setting the resolution to it's lowest setting. I am not 100% sure if he said he did that in the game options, or the pc itself, but I believe it was in-game.
Sorry I am rather vague on this, but I am like the only person on earth who doesn't play this game :)
"Angus" wrote:
I installed Vista, downloaded all possible drivers and updates, and then double clicked on WoW, holding my breath. I can login, select a character, but then when it is loading, just before I can actuall control my character, I can't get off the loading screen. The blue line fills up and everything, but it won't go any further. It ran absolutely perfect on XP.
These are my Specs: 512 MB of RAM Nvidia GeForce 5200 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz

Well you do have the MIN amount of ram required for Vista... Could be that your running out of ram and needing to rely on your Swap file more then you're used to, causing WoW to load extreamly slow, or even stall entirely.. WoW is a Mem hog as it is so you may try upping your memory and see if that works for you..
just my 1/50th
Drew "Angus" wrote in message

Setting the resolution to the WoW resolution doesn't work, and setting the computer and WoW to the lowest res. doesnt work either. Sometimes the game will load and I can play, but after a while it will freeze up and i have to exit or restart the computer. I am beginning to think that the problem is with my video card.
"Andrew" wrote:
Thanks for that, that is good info.
"Zapper" wrote:
Someone else said that it worked best if you set your desktop to the resolution you wanted to run the game, not necessarily as low as possible, but matched.
"Andrew" wrote in message A colleague of mine had this same problem, and he said he got it running by setting the resolution to it's lowest setting. I am not 100% sure if he said he did that in the game options, or the pc itself, but I believe it was in-game.
Sorry I am rather vague on this, but I am like the only person on earth who doesn't play this game :)
"Angus" wrote:
I installed Vista, downloaded all possible drivers and updates, and then double clicked on WoW, holding my breath. I can login, select a character, but then when it is loading, just before I can actuall control my character, I can't get off the loading screen. The blue line fills up and everything, but it won't go any further. It ran absolutely perfect on XP.
These are my Specs: 512 MB of RAM Nvidia GeForce 5200 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz