Small update for those who with the same probs: I changed some setting in Catalyst (Overdrive, special anti-aliansing settings) and boom: Within 10 minutes of playing Fallout 3 the crashes started again. In every game from then on. I set everything to defaulot in Catalyst, but this didn't help. The crashes maintained. Re-installed the Windows 7 ATI drivers and all the games and voila: everyhting works like a charm again.

So to everyone experiencing the same problems : Leave the special settings and Overdrive alone !

Yeah i got the 9.5 drivers. THe new ones for windows 7. Anyway, re-installed the drivers, re-installed Fallout, and so far, fallout is doing great again. 6 hours without a hitch... I wonder what caused the problem.

I just sitched to Windows 7 RC a couple of days ago. Updated it right away, installed to new Windows 7 drivers from ATI en installed my favorite games. For a few days everything worked like a dream. Then, out of the blue, whenever i save or even sometimes when i try to gain access to a menu, the game freezes and either goes to a blue screen of death or crashes to the desktop saying : " ATI drivers have stopped responding" . Does anyone know

1. How this problem arose, since i didn;t have the problem for 2 days straight

2. What could be causing the crashing and how to solve it.

Does it have to do with administrator rights conflicts ?

As i've said, it doesn;t matter which game i try, they all crash exactly the same way

Games: Fallout 3, Crysis, Civ IV, Far Cry 2, Oblivion

System : MSI Pro Neo 2, E8400 @ 3,00 GHZ, XFX 4850, 2 GB DDR2 800 MHZ, Windows 7 RC (updated), ATI drivers for Windows 7

I recenly found out my hotmail 's been hacked. Now i wan to change my password, but the confirmation will be sent to that email adress, which i can;t reach anymore. Now what ?

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I'm sure have all read this comment here. Almost certainly someone from de editorial team.

I have played games since i was six years old ( on an Apple 2 ) and hav been doing so for the last 23 years. I take games and gaming serieusly and pay a lot of money to evest in games to play. Part of my dission to buy a game is the reviews a game gets. Concerning reviews, as anconsumer it's inportant to be able to rely on:

a. Well written reviews that convey an oppinion well

b. A review that is written objectively. Or at least as objectively as possible in a subjective process.

In the past Gamespot has convinced me with their excellent editorials that it took gaming just as serious as i and many gamers with me. Unfortunately this last incident with the firing of Jeff i am convinced the new management at gamspot is pushing towards "casual" gaming market. In other words is willing to sacrifice serieus editorial work for more advertising money and influence. This is un exceptable. As a gameri have no interest in listening to some spinfrom the gaming industry vented through gamespot in an abusive atempt to use gamespotsdearly builtup reputation of a qualitygamesite.And you shouldn't want to listen to them either. I beg of all of you now to join me in cancelling your account and not to visit gamespot again. It's not worth it. The new management at gamespot has proven it's more intrested in advertising now that gamespot has realy taken off in the last 5 years then in the gaming community they say they are serving. Again join me in cancelling you're account and giving up on gamespot. I know it will hurt ( some of us have built up quite an account over the last years) but ask your self : Are you realy willing to consult Gamespot again after reading this article and knowing about the firing of Jef ? With kinfd of i website are you then consulting ? Nothing but a sitegoing down the drain of advertising power FAST. Show these no good marketing suits that their tacticts DON'T always work and that true passion for things lay in those you HAVE passion not those who abuse passion in others to exploit them ! I'll be posting this message on most popular boards on gamespot and then it's fare well GS-account, fare well GS, I enjoyed the site for many years but esspecialy the last 6 months GS has been going down in quality. This firing incedent of Jeff has just confirmed my suspisions and a fact all of us must accept: GS is GS no more...

http://valleywag.com/tech/jeff-gerstmann/gamespot-editor--on-fired-reviewer-328775.php

I'm sure have all read this comment here. Almost certainly someone from de editorial team.

I have played games since i was six years old ( on an Apple 2 ) and hav been doing so for the last 23 years. I take games and gaming serieusly and pay a lot of money to evest in games to play. Part of my dission to buy a game is the reviews a game gets. Concerning reviews, as anconsumer it's inportant to be able to rely on:

a. Well written reviews that convey an oppinion well

b. A review that is written objectively. Or at least as objectively as possible in a subjective process.

In the past Gamespot has convinced me with their excellent editorials that it took gaming just as serious as i and many gamers with me. Unfortunately this last incident with the firing of Jeff i am convinced the new management at gamspot is pushing towards "casual" gaming market. In other words is willing to sacrifice serieus editorial work for more advertising money and influence. This is un exceptable. As a gameri have no interest in listening to some spinfrom the gaming industry vented through gamespot in an abusive atempt to use gamespotsdearly builtup reputation of a qualitygamesite.And you shouldn't want to listen to them either. I beg of all of you now to join me in cancelling your account and not to visit gamespot again. It's not worth it. The new management at gamespot has proven it's more intrested in advertising now that gamespot has realy taken off in the last 5 years then in the gaming community they say they are serving. Again join me in cancelling you're account and giving up on gamespot. I know it will hurt ( some of us have built up quite an account over the last years) but ask your self : Are you realy willing to consult Gamespot again after reading this article and knowing about the firing of Jef ? With kinfd of i website are you then consulting ? Nothing but a sitegoing down the drain of advertising power FAST. Show these no good marketing suits that their tacticts DON'T always work and that true passion for things lay in those you HAVE passion not those who abuse passion in others to exploit them ! I'll be posting this message on most popular boards on gamespot and then it's fare well GS-account, fare well GS, I enjoyed the site for many years but esspecialy the last 6 months GS has been going down in quality. This firing incedent of Jeff has just confirmed my suspisions and a fact all of us must accept: GS is GS no more...

http://valleywag.com/tech/jeff-gerstmann/gamespot-editor--on-fired-reviewer-328775.php

I'm sure have all read this comment here. Almost certainly someone from de editorial team.

I have played games since i was six years old ( on an Apple 2 ) and hav been doing so for the last 23 years. I take games and gaming serieusly and pay a lot of money to evest in games to play. Part of my dission to buy a game is the reviews a game gets. Concerning reviews, as anconsumer it's inportant to be able to rely on:

a. Well written reviews that convey an oppinion well

b. A review that is written objectively. Or at least as objectively as possible in a subjective process.

In the past Gamespot has convinced me with their excellent editorials that it took gaming just as serious as i and many gamers with me. Unfortunately this last incident with the firing of Jeff i am convinced the new management at gamspot is pushing towards "casual" gaming market. In other words is willing to sacrifice serieus editorial work for more advertising money and influence. This is un exceptable. As a gameri have no interest in listening to some spinfrom the gaming industry vented through gamespot in an abusive atempt to use gamespotsdearly builtup reputation of a qualitygamesite.And you shouldn't want to listen to them either. I beg of all of you now to join me in cancelling your account and not to visit gamespot again. It's not worth it. The new management at gamespot has proven it's more intrested in advertising now that gamespot has realy taken off in the last 5 years then in the gaming community they say they are serving. Again join me in cancelling you're account and giving up on gamespot. I know it will hurt ( some of us have built up quite an account over the last years) but ask your self : Are you realy willing to consult Gamespot again after reading this article and knowing about the firing of Jef ? With kinfd of i website are you then consulting ? Nothing but a sitegoing down the drain of advertising power FAST. Show these no good marketing suits that their tacticts DON'T always work and that true passion for things lay in those you HAVE passion not those who abuse passion in others to exploit them ! I'll be posting this message on most popular boards on gamespot and then it's fare well GS-account, fare well GS, I enjoyed the site for many years but esspecialy the last 6 months GS has been going down in quality. This firing incedent of Jeff has just confirmed my suspisions and a fact all of us must accept: GS is GS no more...

http://valleywag.com/tech/jeff-gerstmann/gamespot-editor--on-fired-reviewer-328775.php

I'm sure have all read this comment here. Almost certainly someone from de editorial team.

I have played games since i was six years old ( on an Apple 2 ) and hav been doing so for the last 23 years. I take games and gaming serieusly and pay a lot of money to evest in games to play. Part of my dission to buy a game is the reviews a game gets. Concerning reviews, as anconsumer it's inportant to be able to rely on:

a. Well written reviews that convey an oppinion well

b. A review that is written objectively. Or at least as objectively as possible in a subjective process.

In the past Gamespot has convinced me with their excellent editorials that it took gaming just as serious as i and many gamers with me. Unfortunately this last incident with the firing of Jeff i am convinced the new management at gamspot is pushing towards "casual" gaming market. In other words is willing to sacrifice serieus editorial work for more advertising money and influence. This is un exceptable. As a gameri have no interest in listening to some spinfrom the gaming industry vented through gamespot in an abusive atempt to use gamespotsdearly builtup reputation of a qualitygamesite.And you shouldn't want to listen to them either. I beg of all of you now to join me in cancelling your account and not to visit gamespot again. It's not worth it. The new management at gamespot has proven it's more intrested in advertising now that gamespot has realy taken off in the last 5 years then in the gaming community they say they are serving. Again join me in cancelling you're account and giving up on gamespot. I know it will hurt ( some of us have built up quite an account over the last years) but ask your self : Are you realy willing to consult Gamespot again after reading this article and knowing about the firing of Jef ? With kinfd of i website are you then consulting ? Nothing but a sitegoing down the drain of advertising power FAST. Show these no good marketing suits that their tacticts DON'T always work and that true passion for things lay in those you HAVE passion not those who abuse passion in others to exploit them ! I'll be posting this message on most popular boards on gamespot and then it's fare well GS-account, fare well GS, I enjoyed the site for many years but esspecialy the last 6 months GS has been going down in quality. This firing incedent of Jeff has just confirmed my suspisions and a fact all of us must accept: GS is GS no more...

http://valleywag.com/tech/jeff-gerstmann/gamespot-editor--on-fired-reviewer-328775.php

I'm sure have all read this comment here. Almost certainly someone from de editorial team.

I have played games since i was six years old ( on an Apple 2 ) and hav been doing so for the last 23 years. I take games and gaming serieusly and pay a lot of money to evest in games to play. Part of my dission to buy a game is the reviews a game gets. Concerning reviews, as anconsumer it's inportant to be able to rely on:

a. Well written reviews that convey an oppinion well

b. A review that is written objectively. Or at least as objectively as possible in a subjective process.

In the past Gamespot has convinced me with their excellent editorials that it took gaming just as serious as i and many gamers with me. Unfortunately this last incident with the firing of Jeff i am convinced the new management at gamspot is pushing towards "casual" gaming market. In other words is willing to sacrifice serieus editorial work for more advertising money and influence. This is un exceptable. As a gameri have no interest in listening to some spinfrom the gaming industry vented through gamespot in an abusive atempt to use gamespotsdearly builtup reputation of a qualitygamesite.And you shouldn't want to listen to them either. I beg of all of you now to join me in cancelling your account and not to visit gamespot again. It's not worth it. The new management at gamespot has proven it's more intrested in advertising now that gamespot has realy taken off in the last 5 years then in the gaming community they say they are serving. Again join me in cancelling you're account and giving up on gamespot. I know it will hurt ( some of us have built up quite an account over the last years) but ask your self : Are you realy willing to consult Gamespot again after reading this article and knowing about the firing of Jef ? With kinfd of i website are you then consulting ? Nothing but a sitegoing down the drain of advertising power FAST. Show these no good marketing suits that their tacticts DON'T always work and that true passion for things lay in those you HAVE passion not those who abuse passion in others to exploit them ! I'll be posting this message on most popular boards on gamespot and then it's fare well GS-account, fare well GS, I enjoyed the site for many years but esspecialy the last 6 months GS has been going down in quality. This firing incedent of Jeff has just confirmed my suspisions and a fact all of us must accept: GS is GS no more...

http://valleywag.com/tech/jeff-gerstmann/gamespot-editor--on-fired-reviewer-328775.php

I'm sure have all read this comment here. Almost certainly someone from de editorial team.

I have played games since i was six years old ( on an Apple 2 ) and hav been doing so for the last 23 years. I take games and gaming serieusly and pay a lot of money to evest in games to play. Part of my dission to buy a game is the reviews a game gets. Concerning reviews, as anconsumer it's inportant to be able to rely on:

a. Well written reviews that convey an oppinion well

b. A review that is written objectively. Or at least as objectively as possible in a subjective process.

In the past Gamespot has convinced me with their excellent editorials that it took gaming just as serious as i and many gamers with me. Unfortunately this last incident with the firing of Jeff i am convinced the new management at gamspot is pushing towards "casual" gaming market. In other words is willing to sacrifice serieus editorial work for more advertising money and influence. This is un exceptable. As a gameri have no interest in listening to some spinfrom the gaming industry vented through gamespot in an abusive atempt to use gamespotsdearly builtup reputation of a qualitygamesite.And you shouldn't want to listen to them either. I beg of all of you now to join me in cancelling your account and not to visit gamespot again. It's not worth it. The new management at gamespot has proven it's more intrested in advertising now that gamespot has realy taken off in the last 5 years then in the gaming community they say they are serving. Again join me in cancelling you're account and giving up on gamespot. I know it will hurt ( some of us have built up quite an account over the last years) but ask your self : Are you realy willing to consult Gamespot again after reading this article and knowing about the firing of Jef ? With kinfd of i website are you then consulting ? Nothing but a sitegoing down the drain of advertising power FAST. Show these no good marketing suits that their tacticts DON'T always work and that true passion for things lay in those you HAVE passion not those who abuse passion in others to exploit them ! I'll be posting this message on most popular boards on gamespot and then it's fare well GS-account, fare well GS, I enjoyed the site for many years but esspecialy the last 6 months GS has been going down in quality. This firing incedent of Jeff has just confirmed my suspisions and a fact all of us must accept: GS is GS no more...