I'm in a bit of a jam and have no idea what is going on. I was hoping someone here does.
Now first up, a warning. This gets extremely messy and I will try to explain in detail and as best as I can. If you feel up to it, continue on. BUT, you have been warned...
It all started when, after a considerable time spent with other games, thought I'd have a tool around with Far Cry. It went ok. Played for about an hour and a half with no dramas whatsoever. I then thought I'd check the FC website to see if patch 1.2 was available. It wasn't but 1.3 was - I downloaded and installed it. Went to try it out. Loaded a saved checkpoint, I was in a jeep when it saved and was moving, so when it loaded I was straightaway cruising. I braked hard, parked and got out. Turned around and then my machine just froze.
There was no HD activity for about 10 minutes. Tried alt-ctrl-del to no avail. My only option was to do a hard reset. When things booted up - It went as far as the Windows loading screen and then WHAMMO - I got a really nasty BSOD that stated there was a Registry File Failure. The blue screen I got was as follows:
STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive (file):
\Windows\System32\Config\SOFTWARE
or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.
Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further assistance.
Long story shorter, I thought I fixed it using XP Repair feature and instructions I got off the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=307545) . Now, however, I can't play any games. It freezes all the time. I have tried completely uninstalling both Far Cry and Raven Shield, but they seem to no longer work. I am totally clueless.
I have the latest ATi drivers. Use a firewall (I initially thought that I had to reconfigure the firewall to allow the game to run after installing the 1.3 patch as the firewall would have noted the change and may not have let it run. It didn't make a difference.). Have service pack 2 and use McAfee VS v8.0.
Any more info needed just let me know or if you get lost in my babble, same applies.
Help is appreciated.
Now first up, a warning. This gets extremely messy and I will try to explain in detail and as best as I can. If you feel up to it, continue on. BUT, you have been warned...
It all started when, after a considerable time spent with other games, thought I'd have a tool around with Far Cry. It went ok. Played for about an hour and a half with no dramas whatsoever. I then thought I'd check the FC website to see if patch 1.2 was available. It wasn't but 1.3 was - I downloaded and installed it. Went to try it out. Loaded a saved checkpoint, I was in a jeep when it saved and was moving, so when it loaded I was straightaway cruising. I braked hard, parked and got out. Turned around and then my machine just froze.
There was no HD activity for about 10 minutes. Tried alt-ctrl-del to no avail. My only option was to do a hard reset. When things booted up - It went as far as the Windows loading screen and then WHAMMO - I got a really nasty BSOD that stated there was a Registry File Failure. The blue screen I got was as follows:
STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive (file):
\Windows\System32\Config\SOFTWARE
or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.
Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further assistance.
Long story shorter, I thought I fixed it using XP Repair feature and instructions I got off the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=307545) . Now, however, I can't play any games. It freezes all the time. I have tried completely uninstalling both Far Cry and Raven Shield, but they seem to no longer work. I am totally clueless.
I have the latest ATi drivers. Use a firewall (I initially thought that I had to reconfigure the firewall to allow the game to run after installing the 1.3 patch as the firewall would have noted the change and may not have let it run. It didn't make a difference.). Have service pack 2 and use McAfee VS v8.0.
Any more info needed just let me know or if you get lost in my babble, same applies.
Help is appreciated.
