Battle for Middle Earth - PC Crashes

Also try launching the game with the lowest graphic settings to begin with

Maybe i'll clearly state my specs first :-)

Windows XP Pro
Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz
512 MB SDRAM
+80 GB HD Space (15 GB on C:\)
8x DVD RW
DirectX 9.0c

ATI Driver is updated to the latest Catalyst.

I've debugged the dmp file and it's complaining that vsdatant.sys is the problem. I'm now updating my symbols and will get back when that's done...

PS.: is it true that vsdatant.sys is a file from ZoneAlarm??

could u please give the error code that would be really helpful

if i was u i would try uninstalling zonealarm and installin a newer versioin or get the updates

Usually the developpers will bring out a patch. Have a peak at tehir websiet to see if it's there already. (I hope you bought the game cos else a patch will prolly not work)
To stop it in the meanwhile set it to a lower resolution. And see if that solves it. There's usually an executable in the dir the game is in called setup or something... set it in there.

The problem has been solved:

yesterday i uninstalled Zonealarm, and everything went fine except that Windows is still showing the some error when it restarts. I can't open it in WinDbg as it seems to be corrupted so i don't know what it's about...

I'm now installing another firewall instead of Zonealarm, hoping that this will solve the problems...

Evarest

I still can't open any crash dump Windows creates. It's quite annoying that every time windows starts, the System Error dialog pops up.

Is there any way I can determine which file is the cause of this "serious" System Error?

You need to install the patch, most likely.

yeah look in your event viewer it will tell u more on what is goin on start>my computer>change a setting>admin tools>event viewer

more than likely its a file called vsmon.exe and the easiest way is to reboot in safe mode and delete it because it runs as a service its the file that runs the true vector internet monitor hope it helps good luck

here are all the files assosiated with zone alarm ensure they are removed
- Directories:

1) Zone Labs from C:\Program Files
2) zonelabs from C:\WINDOWS\System32
3) zonelabs from C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
4) Zone Labs from C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs

- Files:

1) C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\zonealarm
2) C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\zonealarm pro
3) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsdata.dll
4) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsdatant.sys
5) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsmonapi.dll
6) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsnetutils.dll
7) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vspubapi.dll
8) C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsutil.dll
9) C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ZoneAlarm

NOTE: Please verify that none of the files listed above remain in the directory C:\WINDOWS\Temp.
 Delete the directory "C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs".
empty the recyling bin then clean it out of the registry here are all the registy keys assosiated with zone alarm go to Start/Run and type: "regedit." Use Control-F to find and F3 to Find Next.

Registry Entries:

- Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Zone Labs and all its subkeys and values.
- Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\ZoneAlarm


These two registry keys, and all their subkeys, denote the TrueVector service and the TrueVector device driver:

- Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\vsmon
- Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\vsdatant


This registry key and its subkeys denote ZoneAlarm's alert logging service:

- Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\minilog


This is a database that contains a long list of values, but only these values are related to ZoneAlarm and TrueVector:

- Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\SharedDLLs
- Values:

C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\tutorwiz.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\vsdata.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\vsdatant.sys
C:\WINNT\System32\vsmonapi.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\vsnetutils.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\vsnetu.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\vspubapi.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\vsutil.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\Zone Labs\html.tdr
C:\WINNT\System32\Zone Labs\vsdb.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\Zone Labs\minilog.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\Zone Labs\vsmon.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\Zone Labs\vsruledb.dll


For each user who has run ZoneAlarm, there are registry keys in

- Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Zone Labs


The following keys allow the user to modify the sound that is played when there is an alert through use of the Control Panel Sounds applet:

- Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\InternetAl ert
- Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\InternetAlert\.current


The following keys are related to ZoneAlarm's MailSafe Feature:

- Key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZAMailSafe


For ZoneAlarm, The following keys can be removed:

- Key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\zl0
- Key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZAMailSafe

reboot and it should be good to go

o one more thing ensure that u only delete the shared dll values listed and not the whole HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\SharedDLLs key that is listed only delete C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\tutorwiz.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsdata.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsdatant.sys
C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsmonapi.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsnetutils.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsnetu.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\vspubapi.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\vsutil.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Zone Labs\html.tdr
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Zone Labs\vsdb.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Zone Labs\minilog.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Zone Labs\vsmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Zone Labs\vsruledb.dll
values

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