Windows 7: APPCRASH for all games

im running windows 7 and i believe its 32bit
i have never had any issues since install windows 7 on my HP Pavillion DV-6000 Laptop
since im on holiday i decided to install a few games and on there to check them out
the game gets installed perfectly fine
however everytime i want to play it..i get the following message :

"Tropico 3 has stopped working" (the most recent game i have tried, happened with Cities XL recently too)

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Tropico3.exe
Application Version: 1.9.339.23083
Application Timestamp: 4af1bb8e
Fault Module Name: Tropico3.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.9.339.23083
Fault Module Timestamp: 4af1bb8e
Exception Code: 80000003
Exception Offset: 00271563
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 4105
Additional Information 1: 33e5
Additional Information 2: 33e5313fc9ce2dc02a28f9b69f285087
Additional Information 3: f312
Additional Information 4: f312a2a00108ab35f9a12b9450591efc



any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks

Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear you are having problems. Did you get a mini dump created by the crash?

Please read these threads and post back. We will be glad to help you.

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thank you for the welcome

how can i find out if a mini dump was created
the above message was the only thing that displayed before the game closed

In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Windows\Minidump and see if there are any files in that folder.

i do not have a minidump folder located in C:\Windows
however the above screen shot you provided with, my computer settings were selected at kernel memory dump, i did change it to small memory dump but still nothing.

Hello ! Welcome to SF !

App-crashes can happen due to multiple reasons. Reboot the System in Selective Startup Run Selective Startup using System Configuration make sure you disable the security software as well.

Try this free video stress test: FurMark: Graphics Card Stability and Stress Test, OpenGL Benchmark and GPU Temperature | oZone3D.Net

Follow this link and post us the Logs http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...tructions.html

Hope this helps,
Captain

Your crash may not have created a dump file. Good job on setting your computer up to create mini dumps.

Follow the instructions in the link below. You won't be collecting in any dump files; but you will collect additional information about your system that may help us.

http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...tructions.html

Captain Jack posted while I was typing. Follow his instructions and he gave you the same link.

so i followed the steps for the "Run Selective Startup using System Configuration"
i disablled everything under the services tab and restarted the pc
then i went on to disable everything under the startup tab
but the appcrash problem still consists for this particular game

when i try to conduct the video stress test i get the following message:

FURMARK REQUIRES AN OPENGL 2.0 COMPLAINT GRAPHIC CONTROLLER. STARTUP FAILED.
NVIDIA GEFORCE 6 AND HIGHER OR ATI RADEON X1000 AND HIGHER ARE GOOD CHOICE.

thanks capt jack for the input

here is everything from the BSOD

BASIC SYSTEM INFORMATION

windows 7 home premium - 32bit
original installed OS on the system - Vista
full retail verstion

age of system (laptop) is 3 years old
age of OS is 10 months

processor: genuine intel T2060 @1.60Ghz
installed memory ram : 1GB

Hello,

Seems like lot of Appcrashes. First step i would recommend to uninstall Bit Defender some Internet securities are known for Appcrashes. Make sure you run the Removal Tool How to uninstall BitDefender to clean the left over entries. Uninstall DAEMON Tools Lite it's notorious for crashes.

Run a Hardware Diagnostic (Memory and Hard Drive) follow this link for instructions Hardware Diagnostic !! « Captain Debugger

Hope this helps,
Captain