Fix restarting computer or stop the game when you start or play a game

Filed Under (General errors, Technology tips, Windows error) by Ezu on 21-07-2009

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THE GAME has encountered a problem and needs to close.

Games are programs that use your computer components on maximum and this error can appear when one or more hardware component doesn’t have a good functionality. Also the error can appear because the drivers of your components are not the latest versions. It is good to update to a period of time the drivers and for this you should contact your computer manufacturer.

The symptoms for this error are following:

• The game stops responding.
• The game closes unexpectedly.
• The computer restarts unexpectedly.
• The game window is minimized to the taskbar and cannot be restored.

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To help you to find a good solution for your error I will describe here how to view the error message details.

For Windows XP:

Step 1: Right click on My Computer
Step 2: Click Properties
Step 3: Click on Advanced tab
Step 4: Startup and Recovery click on Settings
Step 5: At System failure clear the “Automatically restart checkbox
Step 6: Try to reproduce the error message.

Fox Windows Vista:

Step 1: Start -> go to Control Panel -> go to System and Maintenance, and then click System
Step 2: Click Advanced System Settings.
Step 3: Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
Step 4: Under System failure, click to clear the Automatically restart check box.
Step 5 : Click OK, and then click OK.
Step 6: Try to reproduce the error message.

How to fix the error: “THE GAME has encountered a problem and needs to close.”

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