Shockwave games wont run on Windows 7 Ultimate

[MrNeeds]

i've got some bad news for you, I have had a lot of errors like this before upgrading to 7 and i can tell you 100% confident that your operating system files are starting to degrade, a stackhash_0a9e error is a module fault, it cannot be repaired, you would need to re-install windows to fix this issue.

If errors do find their way into the database it can cause problems within the operating system, leading to conflicts and crashes. The result of this is that programs that should be running properly suddenly start behaving in strange or unpredictable ways. You may possibly even begin to endure error messages including appcrash stackhash_0a9e as applications begin breaking down for no obvious reason. Unfortunately, you may find that your computer becomes unusable after a while.

 

[wr0ngf00t4ward]

OH NO!!!

so is it possible that this will get worse and start infecting other programs over time?! then a cleanout will be necessary in the near distant future! oh no! but thanks for the heads up. i already move important files to an external HD once a week, but i will be more diligent and move files more frequently from now on!

 

[MrNeeds]

judging by the crashes that you've encountered, i'd probably say(off personal experience) about 3 months max if you keep defragging and optimising your system, eventually you'll get the ntldr is missing on boot up, sorry

 

[wr0ngf00t4ward]

O_O

oh gosh thats horrible... is there anything else i should be looking out for? like, any other signs?

and what about the end? when everything finally comes crashing down, will a clean start fix everything? and how might i prevent it from happening again?

 

[SlasherIT]

I'm not sure how this happened... Calm down, its not exactly going to 'all crash down', just things may start not working randomly. Even though if something happens to Windows, none of your files will get damaged or lost at all, so they can all be recovered. Just continue using your computer normally, but when you have the time/chance, go ahead and clean install Windows 7 again. Then make a system image after installing drivers so that if anything happens again, you can just recover from the image and be on your way again. We'll help you with the process of doing so if necessary. Have a good day,

Slasher

 

[wr0ngf00t4ward]

actually started on the process a bit... went through everything on my system and made backups. right now theres nothing important left on the laptop. sometime today or tomorrow ill go through with the clean out and reinstalling... is there anything i can do to prevent this 'meltdown' from happening again or is it just something to do with Windows 7?

 

[SlasherIT]

Sarah, look, its not really a 'meltdown', MrNeeds was kind of over exaggerating, its just that some core Windows .dll files are corrupted for some random reason. A repair install might fix it, but its better to just clean re-install.

 

[MrNeeds]

Sarah, look, its not really a 'meltdown', MrNeeds was kind of over exaggerating, its just that some core Windows .dll files are corrupted for some random reason. A repair install might fix it, but its better to just clean re-install.

^ this guy knows his stuff, sorry for over exaggerating, they can be recovered but it's just not worth the time and effort to recover, all your files and folders are safe if you've got backups.

Again I'm sorry for over exaggerating, I was a little bit on the drunk side last night

 

[SlasherIT]

Lol easy on the booze man!

 

[MrNeeds]

I'll try to restrict Internet activity when I'm drunk lol

 

[wr0ngf00t4ward]

haha, great job xD you only sent me into mild panic!

but panic is healthy! after so long with no issues ive let a few files sit too long on the HD before moving to them to my external HD. getting careless is bad, especially with the long string of bad luck ive had with this laptop...

Vista was so... horrible that before moving to 7 ive had several crashes and blue screens. i had Vista set to automatically updating stuff and something about Vista Service Pack 2 just obliterated everything. how come crashes always happen when youre in the middle of something very important thats due in a few days xD finally getting new RAM and getting Windows 7 was a highly anticipated move. but the Vista crash left my system so ruined that getting it to boot required a lot of work... it took 3 other computers to download, and make a boot disc that would work. THEN my laptop overheated and crashed during the Windows 7 install... needless to say my machines had a few rough patches. it ran fairly smoothly afterward though. just to be on the safe side ive been saving everything to an EHD since destruction was inevitable from such an unstable beginning. this laptop is about 5 years old and only a few months with Windows 7.

so as much as you may have been overexaggerating, it wouldnt be a surprise for me to see everything i knew and loved totally gone in the blink of an eye xD

 

[SlasherIT]

Ok... So you ready to re-install Windows 7?

Slasher

 

[wr0ngf00t4ward]

hello again everyone!!!

sorry, its been a rather busy week! anyway, i just wanted to follow up with my recent findings... which is nothing im sorry to say. completely erased the laptop HD and did a clean reinstall of 7 (didnt overheat or crash this time, thank god!) and still no dice on the games.

school starts in a week and i just got a job, so unless anyone has any other ideas or suggestions, i may not be around very much to try anything new myself. like i said, if i find something that works ill report back here. i just thought id let everyone know that i didnt just disappear xD

thanks again for everyones help! maybe my next problem will be easier to figure out xD
-wr0ngf00t4ward

 

[SlasherIT]

What did you clean re-install Windows 7 from?

Slasher

 

[OceanicAirlines]

System Integrity and permissions

It sounds like you reformatted from disk. (used a Windows 7 disk and put backed-up data back on after adding RAM, or something close to that)

Just an idea, here, as that's something I use, too, Shockwave games, and have had some 7 hiccups myself, have you tried launching the Shockwave standalone installer (not the one off of the Adobe.com-provided download manager?) You can save it, right-click and "unblock" the content; then run as Administrator to install.

Prior to doing that, you can go to your start menu under Accessories, right-click on CMD or Command Prompt and run that as Administrator. Type "cd.." with no quotes, means clear-directory, and hit enter, repeat until you see:
C:\

Then enter:

"sfc /scannow"

There's one space. This has to be done as Administrator. Don't run other apps other than Antivirus/spyware, etc., and be sure to have ReadyBoost if you take advantage of that, and wait it out.

If you've got a "pending restart," you will need to restart before doing the System File Checker (SFC.)

If you get anything other than "System File CHecker did not find any..." message, than follow the file path where the "CBS" log is located. NOTE: It can take a long time to open. That could be analyzed, much later, if you keep restarting and the checker returns continuous errors (or logs.)

Your Event Viewer, also, is something to see.
1.) Start / (start search)
2.) Type Event Viewer (just like that)
3.) Open it; (mmc.exe is the path)
4.) Filter the logs by Windows / Application
5.) Click the top of the bar where there are iconized "System," "Error," "Info," "Warning," boxes. Look for the red, hard errors. Those will help.

So, if you reinstall Shockwave from the standalone installer (after doing an advanced uninstall, through one that'll sweep files, folders, temp files, registry, etc., uninvasively, like Revo Uninstaller Pro 2.5.3,) as administrator after unblocking it (see above,) and make sure WIndows doesn't have integriry violations, then make doubly sure to do all types of antivirual scans with the standard applications (like Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware.)

Shockwave Support Ticket System is VERY slow. If you start a thread with them, make sure to keep a full history, as they sometimes like to just reply with no history... Also, make sure you make it about technical support (not trouble shooting.)

I hope this comes of some help.