StarCraft freezes after 1-5 minutes of playing

Well, what WindowStar said seems to be working the best... although a total & complete pain (to reboot before playing), but it works better, (1.15.2 b-net DL) I've had it freeze with the Zune software open while it plays on, running Live Messneger just about the same, however going back to what i said, it runs better when i reboot before playing, I'm looking forward to SCII however.
I've managed several long games so far no issues this week by doing the reboot, I'm hoping Win7 SP1 fixes issues.

~Win7 Ultimate 64~
 

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I have SCII pre-ordered and ready for pick up the day of release!!! I cannot wait.

Glad I provided a small amount of help. We played SC tonight for about 3 hours.
 

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WindowsStar said:
I have SCII pre-ordered and ready for pick up the day of release!!! I cannot wait.
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Same here... can't wait... it better not freeze like SC! XD
 

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Not the place guys.

From the looks of it, no one knows where the problem lies. Seems there isnt anyone who uses windows seven who doesn't encounter some sort freezing sooner or later. And given the length of how long this problem has lasted, it's likely that there's not actually anyone who is attempting to fix this issue.

It is possible that some improvement to the Windows 7 OS graphics wise is the source, before when I wanted to I'd like the old standard square view on Vista, but am unable to change it from wide-screen anymore in windows 7. Maybe this is something to do with it, I don't know, I'm just saying that there may be some sort of screen window lock or something.
 

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At home I've got a PC dualcore win WIN7 licensed and updated + Starcraft 1.16.1 and NO freezing altough I played on it many times.
At work I've got a laptop dualcore (Lenovo T61) win WIN7 licensed and updated + Starcraft 1.16.1 and started recently trying to play on it two times and both times got freezing after a few minutes.
 

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Ok I fixed my freezing issues, well at least its been three days of none freezing. First off i tried the .bat file of shutting down explorer.exe - didn't work (fixes colors that's about it). Next I tried the compatibility mode with 256 color ect, still didn't fix my freezing issue. So heres what I did:

I'm not sure which step fixed my problem as I did several things after being so agitated at the constant freeze and hard resetting.

First off i downloaded a program called "driver max". Its a free program that auto updates all your drivers ( I had two chipset drivers and an audio driver that were updated via this program).

2nd I went into my ATI control panel and set all my settings from performance to quality (AAA, AI and Mipmap).

3rd I make sure to close all browsers and non window's programs( windows live, WMP, winamp ect.)

Somewhere in this process the freezing stopped although I don't think it was the 3rd step. I haven't taken the time to isolate the problem and am frankly just glad the freezing has stopped. Before i did those three things BW was freezing about 5-6 times a day within a 5 minute time frame, anyways i hope this helps someone out there with this problem.

BTW I'm running Windows 7 home premuim
 

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Enders said:
Ok I fixed my freezing issues, well at least its been three days of none freezing. First off i tried the .bat file of shutting down explorer.exe - didn't work (fixes colors that's about it). Next I tried the compatibility mode with 256 color ect, still didn't fix my freezing issue. So heres what I did:

I'm not sure which step fixed my problem as I did several things after being so agitated at the constant freeze and hard resetting.

First off i downloaded a program called "driver max". Its a free program that auto updates all your drivers ( I had two chipset drivers and an audio driver that were updated via this program).

2nd I went into my ATI control panel and set all my settings from performance to quality (AAA, AI and Mipmap).

3rd I make sure to close all browsers and non window's programs( windows live, WMP, winamp ect.)

Somewhere in this process the freezing stopped although I don't think it was the 3rd step. I haven't taken the time to isolate the problem and am frankly just glad the freezing has stopped. Before i did those three things BW was freezing about 5-6 times a day within a 5 minute time frame, anyways i hope this helps someone out there with this problem.

BTW I'm running Windows 7 home premuim
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Doing the following as I posted before has had good results:

""" Your best bet is to play only one game and then re-boot, after re-boot then start the next game. This has been a Gaming practice for Years and Years. It was learned when LAN parties were all the rage before the Internet took off. """

Plus you closing all other applications is very good too. Or after the re-boot do not load any software just play the game.
 

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Ok so i played around trying to isolate the problem and its back ground programs. I turned on windows live msg and steam, the result is instant freezing playing BW. Good call on that windowsStar.
 

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Look, the more background programs that are open will speed up the freezing. We went over this. It's not any specific background program that you run. It's likely something in the system.
 

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One solution to prevent the DirectDraw lockups completely is to play the games in window mode. I had the same lockups in Master of Orion 2. It has no window mode by default, but i'm using a tool called DxWnd to force it into window mode. Works like a charm now.
 

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HazardX said:
One solution to prevent the DirectDraw lockups completely is to play the games in window mode. I had the same lockups in Master of Orion 2. It has no window mode by default, but i'm using a tool called DxWnd to force it into window mode. Works like a charm now.
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well, downloaded it, launched but it still runs in fullscreen, does it require any special settings?
 

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Out of DxWnd, VirtualBox and Windows XP mode (from the microsoft site) which is the best? Ive read all 20 pages so far and it seems that these three things seem to have offered people the most success.
Virtual Box in paticular seems to come up fairly often but i was wondering if there was anyone who has tried all three and can provide a comparison or are they all one and the same and its a matter of personal preference?

Also with DxWnd, if you log into battlenet, does blizzard recognize it as a hack (third party programs and what not)?
 

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If you haven't tried it yet, try UNCHECKING the "Enable Color Cycling" box by opening the Menu in-game, going to "Options", and then "Video." When I did this, my Starcraft stopped running choppily and went back to normal.
 

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Anyone else notice that it's fixed. The freezing for starcraft 1 stopped. I didnt do anything but update the computer
 

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This is resolved....just buy StarCraft 2. Everything works and it is Awesome!
 

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WindowsStar said:
This is resolved....just buy StarCraft 2. Everything works and it is Awesome!
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I bought SC2, but i do miss playing SC1 as well... it has a special place in my heart... i just don't get why Win7 CAN'T play old games
 

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Hey, guys. I'm not sure if it'll work, for you, but... it worked, for Me. I installed IE 9, and rebooted, and... it's fixed. I hope that this works for you! Tell Me, if it does, please. Thanks, bye.
 

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wait, you can install IE9 on 7? what?????

Why the heck would they let you do that, didn't 7 ship with 10?
 

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WindowsStar said:
This is resolved....just buy StarCraft 2. Everything works and it is Awesome!
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Hmmmm. NO! I like starcraft 2- But starcraft is still good. Its just like L4d and L4d2- I personally think L4d2 sucks compared to L4d.. But I love starcraft and starcraft 2.

Kyle
 

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yea guys starcraft isnt compatible with windows 7 explorer
you gotta turn it off
 

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