Hi Gbenji

There are several reasons for the crash, but you can start with these steps

Hardware conditions-->
1 - verify the computer memory and if possible, add more memory
2 - verify the power supply requirements of your video card. If the PS is small, the system crashes as protection
3 - Is your VC an onboard card?

Maintenance conditions-->
1 - Check the website of your video card manufacturer and update the drivers

2 - Go to the video setup on your PC (may be different for different versions of Windows and video card); for most, click on an empty part of the windows Desktop, click on Settings->Advanced->Troubleshoot). Back the accelerations slider to the left, one level each time and see if the problem dissapears

3 - Right click on the wallpaper (look for a place without icons)--> Properties--> Settings--> Advanced--> Open GL--> Compatibility Settings--> Force 16 bits--> Apply--> OK

4 - Set your video color depth at 24 or 32 bits ("true color")

5 - Go to www.microsoft.com/directx, and see what version is current and check if you have this version installed in your computer

6 - Some NVidia card users reported additional problems--> in this case change the color settings from 32 bit to 16 bit

7 - verify if there is a patch for your program /version
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Patricia