Most aggravating game ever

Hmm....maybe then I did fix what was on my end of the crashes and the current ones are just do to the current status of the game. Hopefully the info sent back through the cryptic error reporter will help them fix some of the bugs/crashes. Now it sounds like it's not just me having crashes which was the case before I reloaded everything.

I don't know what they changed after yesterdays server crashes and update...but now I have only been able to get into the game 1 time, and every step I take brings up "server not responding". I've tried several times for last 24 hours and only actually got my char to load into game 1 time. All other times...I get connection timed out while trying to load character screen.....arrrrr....I really love this latest "server stability" fix.
I'll be back around once the damn game lets me
I looked again at all the firewall settings and such....whatever it is isn't on my end, oh well, good voyages....I'll join you all when I can

Update....must just be my pc, I never did get the game to not crash pretty often. Oh well, I'll keep on keeping on and take breaks when the crashes drive me crazy again

Cya in space

Didn't want to start a new thread.....but tried playing again today. This game hates my pc/setup/hardware/IDK. Anyway, I'll try doing a whole reload of game next week and see if it helps any....but at this point I can't join any teams, help other players or have any fun playing...so the game is a completely useless and aggravating endeavor for me. This is about my last attempt to make the game run decently on this system...and I don't see any major upgrades in my near future.

Perhaps it's better that I give the fleet 2 more open slots and retire....IDK. I do know that when I sign in and try to play that immediate crashes and crap make me a less hospitable team player and that I am doing no good helping anyone when I get pissed off at the game.....so

Good voyages to all.......I hope to see you all in space in the future

I'll get it figured out someday......but not an issue with updates, there are none for win xp
Mostly it seems a problem with graphics card driver? but I have tried every driver ever released from the manufacture and from amd with this card and none help to resolve the issue. Card is Sapphire HD 4870 and has no issues with anything else I have ever played. Maybe a different graphics card would solve the issue, but that's not an option at this time.
Not giving up...but giving in for now

Good voyages to all

Edit, I do need to get online and turn about 40-50 blue and purple doffs to commons so you might see me around a little bit

yeah....it's 1st on the upgrade list

Haven't had a chance to make any progress due to wildfires in the area. I'm sitting about 5-7 miles in between six different fires and have been helping friends evacuate their neighborhoods and crossing my fingers that it will soon be over. Overall I think I'm in a pretty safe zone due to topography and such, but you never know. The Santa Anna winds are calming down and the temps should drop and get a bit of moisture back to the air so it is looking good in a day or 2 to have the worst behind.

Thanks the suggestions G....I may try some of that before upgrading to Win7 (I think I'm going to get win 7 pro 64 bit), just to see if I learn anything along the way

Cyas all soon I hope

Well it seems that I have made progress as to why this was happening. Gunny suggested changes to my page file settings and it seems to have helped a lot. I haven't tested enough to know that it's completely fixed, but initial testing is promising.....now if I only had more time to play !! I should be around more often soon tho and will try to check in most evenings for at least short sessions.

Cya's all in space