Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 27, 2003 I just reinstalled OFP after is was off my system for a few weeks. There is a certain problem that I have with regards to the game freezing for no reason. It seems to freeze (looks like a slide show) and unfreeze at regular intervals of 10 or 15 seconds each. It does this no matter if my settings are high or low or if I'm playing 1.46 or 1.91. This never ever happened before. I used to be on Win 2000 and the game worked fine, now that I am on XP this seems to happen, that is about the only coincidence. Any solutions? Tyler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R. Gerschwarzenge 0 Posted March 27, 2003 I think it might be a driver problem. What videocard drivers, soundcard drivers etc. are you using? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted March 27, 2003 Try turning off the File Indexing Service: My Computer -> C: -> Properties -> General and then uncheck the Indexing Service checkbox. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 27, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ Mar. 27 2003,09:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Try turning off the File Indexing Service: My Computer -> C: -> Properties -> General and then uncheck the Indexing Service checkbox.<span id='postcolor'> Interesting. Could you please expand on this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R. Gerschwarzenge 0 Posted March 27, 2003 Here's something abot indexing: http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/tune-18.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 27, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (R. Gerschwarzenge @ Mar. 27 2003,10:01)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Here's something abot indexing: http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/tune-18.html<span id='postcolor'> Thanks. I must have been stupid enough once to reply YES when I was prompted if I want to make future searches faster. Totally disabled now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted March 27, 2003 I just read that article, and the only comment I have is that the person who wrote it probably can't tell a difference in searching performance because he didn't remove the existing database that was previously created by the Indexing Service. It does make a huge difference in speeding up searches, not only when searching for files by name, but especially when searching for file contents. Anyway, in order for the Indexing Service to build its database, it monitors the file system, and also scans any file types it knows how to deal with to index their contents. This continous scanning in the background steals CPU cycles and I/O bandwidth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 27, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ Mar. 27 2003,10:21)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I just read that article, and the only comment I have is that the person who wrote it probably can't tell a difference in searching performance because he didn't remove the existing database that was previously created by the Indexing Service.<span id='postcolor'> How can I remove the DB? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted March 27, 2003 Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Cleanup The last item in the list ("Catalog files for Content Indexer") is the database from the Indexing Service. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 27, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ Mar. 27 2003,10:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Cleanup The last item in the list ("Catalog files for Content Indexer") is the database from the Indexing Service.<span id='postcolor'> hmmm......................... was 0K. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted March 27, 2003 That's because you didn't follow the instructions in the article to simply disable the service, which keeps it from starting up, but doesn't give it a chance to clean up behind itself. If you followed my instructions and unchecked the Indexing Service checkbox in the Properties for your drive(s), the database will be removed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 27, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ Mar. 27 2003,10:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">If you followed my instructions and unchecked the Indexing Service checkbox in the Properties for your drive(s), the database will be removed.<span id='postcolor'> /avon good girl - listened to mister frag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 28, 2003 Thanks for the help so far guys, I'll give it a try this weekend when I have the time to uninstall, re-install, and so on. I uninstalled my older driver for my GeForce 2 card and installed the newest one, and things only got worse. I hate computers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted March 28, 2003 Are you talking about the V43.45 Detonators that were released yesterday? I installed them on my XP Professional system, and I'm very happy with them. I haven't come across any problems, they provide great image quality, and they are measurably (using FRAPS) faster in OFP than the last set I used (V43.00). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
