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Problems trying to play SWTOR, NTdll.dll failing/faulting
Hello my fellow forum goers,
I am starting this topic in the hopes of getting some help with an issue that has plagued me for the last week or so.
Essentially I have been suffering from an issue with the game SWTOR where once I click the play button on the launcher it will load up the loading screen (the one with the jedi and malgus etc in it) and then proceed to just disappear entirely without any error message at all.
During this time I have noticed the process werfault.exe appears on the client start up but this quickly disappears along with the swtor.exe process when it “crashes to desktop”. Is there a way of finding out if an error is actually being recorded by windows (werfault.exe) or not as I would like to know if I could determine a cause of this issue?
I had contacted Bioware support regarding this issue and they noted that Ntdll.dll was failing and was the suspected source of this problem from their perspective. In order to attempt work around they had me re-download and install the “Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package” to which nothing had changed afterwards regarding the client crashing. I then opened up msconfig and set it so that “load startup items” was disabled (unchecked), rebooted and tried again to start the game with no success.
I then set about scanning my DLL files via SFC Scannow and it has not detected any file corruption and says all those files are fine.
For the sake of completeness in terms of antivirus software I have only used AVG so far on this computer (as best I can remember) and Malwarebytes as they have often covered other problems I have had.
The next lot of information is taken from the services tab in msconfig with Microsoft Processes hidden. This reads Service/Manufacturer/Status/Date disabled:
I also downloaded and ran CCleaner and collected the following data:Code:AMD External Events Utility/AMD/Running/- Apple Mobile Device/Apple Inc./Running/- AVGIDSAgent/AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o./Running/- AVG WatchDog/ AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o./Running/- Bonjour Service/Apple Inc./Running/- InstallDriver Table Manager/Macrovision Corporation/Stopped/- iPod Service/Apple Inc./Stopped/- JMB36X/Unknown/Running/- NeroBackItUp Scheduler 4.0/Nero AG/Stopped/[19/07/2010 1:14:10 PM] RedcueTheLag-v3/Unknown/Running/- Cyberlink RichVideo Service(CRVS)/Unknown/Stopped/[19/07/2010 1:14:10 PM] Steam Client Service/Valve Corporation/Stopped/-
Next I downloaded and ran MiniToolbox checking the "Flush DNS", "List Installed Programs" and "List Users, Partitions and Memory size. This was the results in the text file:Code:Yes HKCU:Run DriverScanner "C:\Program Files (x86)\Uniblue\DriverScanner\launcher.exe" delay 20000 Yes HKCU:Run RESTART_STICKY_NOTES C:\Windows\System32\StikyNot.exe No HKCU:Run DriverScanner "C:\PROGRA~2\Uniblue\DRIVER~1\launcher.exe" delay 20000 No HKCU:Run Google Update "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c No HKCU:Run RESTART_STICKY_NOTES C:\Windows\System32\StikyNot.exe Yes HKLM:Run AVG_TRAY C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG10\avgtray.exe No HKLM:Run Adobe ARM "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" No HKLM:Run Adobe Reader Speed Launcher "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe" No HKLM:Run APSDaemon "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\APSDaemon.exe" No HKLM:Run BDRegion C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyberlink\Shared Files\brs.exe No HKLM:Run BigPondWirelessBroadbandCM "C:\Program Files (x86)\Telstra\BigPond Wireless Broadband\BigPond_CM.exe" -tsr No HKLM:Run CLMLServer "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Power2Go\CLMLSvc.exe" No HKLM:Run iTunesHelper "C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe" No HKLM:Run JMB36X IDE Setup C:\windows\RaidTool\xInsIDE.exe No HKLM:Run Launch LCore "C:\Program Files\Logitech Gaming Software\LCore.exe" /minimized No HKLM:Run MDS_Menu "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\MediaShow4\MUITransfer\MUIStartMenu.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\MediaShow4" UpdateWithCreateOnce "Software\CyberLink\MediaShow\4.1" No HKLM:Run NUSB3MON "C:\Program Files (x86)\NEC Electronics\USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver\Application\nusb3mon.exe" No HKLM:Run PDVD8LanguageShortcut "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD8\Language\Language.exe" No HKLM:Run QuickTime Task "C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime No HKLM:Run RemoteControl8 "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD8\PDVD8Serv.exe" No HKLM:Run RtHDVCpl C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RAVCpl64.exe -s No HKLM:Run StartCCC "C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun No HKLM:Run SunJavaUpdateSched "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe" No HKLM:Run UpdateP2GoShortCut "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Power2Go\MUITransfer\MUIStartMenu.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Power2Go" UpdateWithCreateOnce "SOFTWARE\CyberLink\Power2Go\6.0" No HKLM:Run UpdatePPShortCut "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerProducer\MUITransfer\MUIStartMenu.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerProducer" UpdateWithCreateOnce "Software\CyberLink\PowerProducer\5.0" No HKLM:Run UpdatePSTShortCut "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Blu-ray Disc Suite\MUITransfer\MUIStartMenu.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Blu-ray Disc Suite" UpdateWithCreateOnce "Software\CyberLink\PowerStarter" Yes IE Extension Blog This C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll Yes IE Extension Send to OneNote C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~4\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll Yes IE Extension Skype Plug-In C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll Yes IE Extension Research Yes IE Helper Adobe PDF Link Helper C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll Yes IE Helper Yes IE Helper AVG Safe Search C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG10\avgssie.dll Yes IE Helper RewardsArcade C:\Program Files (x86)\RewardsArcade\RewardsArcade.dll Yes IE Helper Java(tm) Plug-In SSV Helper C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\ssv.dll Yes IE Helper Windows Live ID Sign-in Helper C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll Yes IE Helper Skype Plug-In C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll Yes IE Helper Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll Yes IE Helper Windows Live Family Safety Browser Helper Class C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Family Safety\fssbho.dll Yes IE Toolbar No Startup User CurseClientStartup.ccip C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\CurseClientStartup.ccip No Startup User Logitech . Product Registration.lnk C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\LogiShrd\eReg\SetPoint\eReg.exe /remind /language=ENA /_WFM="."
And finally as per the instructions at the top of the forums I have included a zip file with the other files as requested.Code:MiniToolBox by Farbar Version: 18-01-2012 Ran by User (administrator) on 03-02-2012 at 20:25:32 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (X64) Boot Mode: Normal *************************************************************************** ========================= Flush DNS: =================================== Windows IP Configuration Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache. =========================== Installed Programs ============================ Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX (Version: 11.0.1.152) Adobe Reader 9.4.4 (Version: 9.4.4) Advertising Center (Version: 0.0.0.2) AMD APP SDK Runtime (Version: 10.0.851.4) AMD Catalyst Install Manager (Version: 3.0.859.0) AMD Drag and Drop Transcoding (Version: 2.00.0000) AMD Media Foundation Decoders (Version: 1.0.61205.2219) Apple Application Support (Version: 2.1.5) Apple Mobile Device Support (Version: 3.4.0.25) Apple Software Update (Version: 2.1.3.127) ATITool Overclocking Utility (Version: 0.26) AutoHotkey 1.1.03.00 (Version: 1.1.03.00) AVG 2011 (Version: 10.0.1424) AVG 2011 (Version: 10.0.2109) AviSynth 2.5 BigPond Wireless Broadband (Version: 2.19) Bonjour (Version: 2.0.4.0) Catalyst Control Center - 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Phew, sorry for the large post but I figure I should try and supply you guys with as much information as I have to help address this issue.
Any help you guys can provide would greatly be appreciated and I look forward to your replies
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(My OS is Windows 7 professional 64 bit OEM by the way)