MicroCodeStudioPlus keeps crashing.

[Charlie]

Nope, still crashes. Same old same old. Trying it in Safe Mode is somewhat pointless seeing as the visual interface will be horrendous, it's not anywhere near usable that way.

Maybe I'll try sandboxing it.

It's not pointless if it helps find the problem. Nobody was suggesting that as a permanent solution. These problems are usually incompatibility with a driver somewhere.

[Ioannis]

OK, safe mode did not help. What Antivirus you have installed? While offline can you disable it?

Ioannis

[picster]

OK, safe mode did not help. What Antivirus you have installed? While offline can you disable it?

Ioannis

Microsoft Security Essentials. Already tried disabling it and unfortunately, MCS crashes regardless.

[Ioannis]

Then maybe you can list all your installed programs to check whichis conflicting.

Ioannis

[Archangel]

Hi picster, I wasn't defending anyone only pointing out frustration does not help . . . have you tried running in xp compatible mode? Have you given it admin status? are you managing your paging file or allowing windoze to do it?

[picster]

I have not tried in XP compatible mode, but will try that prior to trying it in a virtual machine. I have tried ADMIN status. Windows is managing my paging file, I have 16G of ram installed, and crashes occur in MCS when I've done a clean boot with very little running. No other apps that I use crash on my system, literally, ever. The error is not a BSOD, it's a program crash error (see below, if I can paste the image properly).



Same happens in each of 3 laptops that I've tried this on, so it's not related to video card (which are different), and one was a pristine machine that I had just restored to factory settings. All are DELL.

[Ioannis]

All are DELL.

This can't be a coincidence.

Maybe a Dell software or driver?

Ioannis

[HenrikOlsson]

I've had MCSP crash on at least two different Machines, none of them DELL so no, that's not the key - either.
It seems that everytime this issue is brought up people have forgot that it's been reported over and over again - for years - by a varity of users. It is NOT an isolated event on a single computer. Many users have experienced the problem - and reported it.

It's clear that there are more people not noticing the issue than there are people who do but that doesn't make it any less "real".

I don't mean to sound negative, it's great that we're throwing ideas up in the air and one day or another we might find the issue and if/when we do we MIGHT get Mecanique to fix it because one thing is clear, as is they don't give a shit.

With that said, I don't think I've had a single crash on my (now not so) new machine running W10.

[picster]

Compatibility mode for XP results in a crash as well.

[Ioannis]

The error is the same all the time?

Seems like a problem with memory address.

But on a factory state? My suggestion is to try to find what all machines have in common. A driver, a USB chip, something.

Ioannis

[picster]

It's not pointless if it helps find the problem. Nobody was suggesting that as a permanent solution. These problems are usually incompatibility with a driver somewhere.

Yes but it's unusable in safe mode. Sometimes it will go a few days or so without crashing. Other times it will crash 3 times in 10 minutes. With the level of tech support provided, if it works in safe mode, the conclusion will only be "use it in safe mode" and I'm not at all willing to do that. Have you SEEN your screen in safe mode lately?