CTD with 4th Window

[TheChief]

For some reason, I'm now CTD with my fourth window. I've been playing four-windows for weeks now and I even played a LDON late last night with all four. This morning however, one of the four sessions crashes after less than three 3 minutes every time I try.

I haven't changed anything since last night.


Sysinfo below...

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WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
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Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 1/2600.xpsp2.040919-1003
System Physical RAM: 1340/2559MB
Page File: 3314/4453MB
Virtual Memory: 1863/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2700+ @ 2169MHz
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/RADEON 9700 PRO 
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/RADEON 9700 PRO - Secondary 
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 4: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1600,1200) (1600x1200) PRIMARY
Monitor 2: \\.\DISPLAY2 (1600,0,3200,1200) (1600x1200)
Sound: ¨
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106
WinEQ: 2.07

Loaded Modules:
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Module 0: c:\everquest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\System32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: c:\everquest\mss32.dll
Module 4: C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
Module 5: C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
Module 6: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
Module 7: C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
Module 8: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WINMM.dll
Module 9: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WSOCK32.dll
Module 10: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2_32.dll
Module 11: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Module 12: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2HELP.dll
Module 13: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DINPUT8.dll
Module 14: C:\WINDOWS\System32\IMM32.dll
Module 15: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\System32\ShimEng.dll
Module 19: C:\WINDOWS\AppPatch\AcGenral.DLL
Module 20: C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSACM32.dll
Module 21: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 22: C:\WINDOWS\system32\USERENV.dll
Module 23: C:\WINDOWS\System32\UxTheme.dll
Module 24: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.10.0_x-ww_f7fb5805\comctl32.dll
Module 25: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
Module 26: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 27: C:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 28: C:\WINDOWS\System32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 29: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 31: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 32: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 33: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 35: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 36: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 37: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 38: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 39: C:\WINDOWS\System32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 40: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 41: C:\WINDOWS\System32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 42: C:\WINDOWS\System32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 43: c:\everquest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 44: C:\WINDOWS\System32\d3d9.dll
Module 45: C:\WINDOWS\System32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 46: c:\everquest\dpvs.dll
Module 47: c:\everquest\eqmain.dll

Direct3D9:
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Driver: RADEON 9700 PRO /ati2dvag.dll/6/14/10/6497
Adapter Display Mode: 1600x1200 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 800x600 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 165MB
Direct3D8:
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Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: (not currently available)
DirectInput8:
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EverQuest:
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Profile 4: Wizard
EQ Path: c:\everquest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF  Test Server: OFF  Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 0 (+0 min RAM)
Texture Compression: ON (+0 min RAM)
Dynamic Lighting: ON (+4 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: MEDIUM (+30 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 317MB (BASE+34MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: VertexShaders=FALSE
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=0
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=0

EQPlayNice:
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EQ Version: eqgame.exe Dec 16 2004 17:15:50
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/2

[TheChief]

Now each session is crashing to the desktop. One by one. It leaves one session running. This is crazy! Nothing has changed on my computer. I tried opening the window, maybe it's the heat?

[TheChief]

I've turned of all my "extra" EQ utilities, rebooted. Ran windows update, rebooted. Disabled second monitor, rebooted. Nothing is working. I have no idea what changed from last night to this morning, but something is very angry at me. Any thoughts, or ideas?

[TheChief]

Narrowed the problem to WinEQ as I can log in and keep four up with the regular everquest alt-tab solution. I hate it, but for testing purpsoes, it seems to work. I'm going to try a different version of WinEQ so see if I can narrow it down.

[TheChief]

It's now working with WinWQ 1.38 without EQPlayNice running. Now I'm going to try it with EQPlayNice.

[TheChief]

Alright, it's plays nice with WinEQ 1.38 and EQPlayNice.

So, there is something with WinEQ2.0 that's killing me I'm going to try uninstalling WinEQ2.0 and reinstalling it to see what happens, though I certainly wouldn't cry if someone chimed in with an answer

TheChief

[Lax]

Hmmm, well.. WinEQ 2.0 hasn't been patched since the 19th. I assume you got that patch long before last night To that effect, if it was working the day before I don't know why it wouldnt work today. Possibly bad RAM? If you did patch it just today, then you can try fiddling with the "Multithreaded Window" setting.

On the other hand, if you can get the address of the crash, I may be able to track it down if it's within WinEQ.

[TheChief]

It's the latest version. It's the strangest thing. I've been playing all day with WinEQ 1.38, but I get tons of crashes with WinEQ 2.0. Nothin changed from last night. I even reinstalled WinEQ 2.0. This is strangeness. Oh well, 1.38 works well enough, although it's turning out to be a PITA to get the EQ Playnice settings just right.

[Lax]

The EQPN settings for 1.38 are exactly the same as WinEQ 2.0. The only difference is the EQPlayNice.ini is stored in the WinEQ2 directory instead of the EQPlayNice directory Also, EQPlayNice automatically re-reads EQPlayNice.ini when it is modified during play, so you can make changes and then see the effects immediately without re-logging.

[TheChief]

Good to know. I'll just copy the ini from the WinEQ2 directory and it shoudl work fine. Also, didn't realize that the changes were immediate. Thanks for the info.