BleepingComputer.com: When I Run A Game, My Computer Minimizes It.

Whenever I try to run StarCraft, Medieval Total War, C&C Generals, or WarCraft 3 my computer will either not run the program or it will let it load up to the games loading screen and minimize and when I try to restore it, the computer minimizes it again. I am running Windows XP and all of these games have played on my computer before.

have you recently added anything or changed anything on your pc including your screen resolution because i have had some problems with this aswell and i sorted mine by changing my resolution with C&C generals and when i first played freelancer i had not long added a new graphics card cant remember how i sorted that one out though sorry but im sure someone else would have an idea if its anything to do with these.

my resolution has been the same since i got this computer. And i don't believe i have changed anything. I have two games I can play and one of them has problems. When I run diablo 2 the game comes up and it does the blizzard loading but if you click drag across the screen you'll highlight the desktop icons, and after D2 loads it minimizes it, but all i have to do is restore that. Whenever D2 goes to a cutscene it'll sometime minimize or crash the game when it used to work fine.

hmmm well to be fair im not that sure then have you got the latest video card drivers? its a long shot but all i can think of.

have you tried downloading the latest patches to fix bugs but if these hames worked before that might not work.

have you run virus scans and spyware scans lately just a thought.

i do all those scans every weekend and where would i go to see if there are any new versions for my drivers?

just go to the website of your card makers or if its integrated graphics your motherboard makers and on the site there should be somewhere a list of downloads with card updates just pick whatever your card is and download their latest driver and install it.