Not able to run Guild Wars on my vista 64bit. clueless right now.

Hi, I installed gw then tried to run it.
Got a black screen with the ingame cursor and sometimes an error report.
I never played it on this pc.
My graphics drivers were recently updated.
Tried running it as admistrator, in different compatibilities or with -nosound.
However when I forced -dx9 no change, forcing -dx8 I can see a vague gray picture of a pine tree instead of full black. So this might be a graphics issue.
I'm hoping someone can help me out on this, it will be much appreciated.


*--> Crash <--*
Exception: c0000005
Memory at address 03d7c000 could not be written
App: Gw.exe
ProgramId: 1
Build: 35129
When: 1/8/2012 05:01:29
Flags: 0

*--> System <--*
Name:
IpAddr:
Processors: 2 [AuthenticAMD:15:11:2]
OSVersion: 5.1

*--> Thread 0xfffffffe <--*
eax=03d7c000 ebx=1f861f8a ecx=000003e8 edx=000001f0 esi=0b713562 edi=0000180c
eip=6bde3452 esp=0372fac4 ebp=0372faf4
cs=10206 ss=0023 ds=002b es=002b fs=002b gs=0053 efl=0000002b

eax-32 03D7BFE0 1f921f92 1f8c1f94 1f8c1f89 1f8c1f94
eax-16 03D7BFF0 1f881f89 1f8b1f88 1f881f8c 1f8a1f89
esi-32 0B713540 1f921f90 1f941f92 1f891f8c 1f941f8c
esi-16 0B713550 1f891f8c 1f881f88 1f8c1f8b 1f891f88
esi +0 0B713560 1f8a1f8a 1f881f86 1f8a1f8e 1f891f89
esi+16 0B713570 1f8e1f93 1f931f94 20311f89 202f2030
esi+32 0B713580 202f202e 202f2030 202d202e 202d202c
esi+48 0B713590 202e202e 202c2029 202e2029 20302027

*--> Code <--*
6BDE3432 81e2ff07 000081ca 00100000 c1e2120b ................
6BDE3442 d7891083 c00485c9 74148bd1 8bff8b1e ........t.......
6BDE3452 891883c0 0483c604 4a75f38b 5d102bd9 ........Ju..].+.
6BDE3462 895d1075 ba8b55fc 85d2751b 837dec02 .].u..U...u..}..
6BDE3472 7515f645 dc01740f 0fb70ec7 00101804 u..E..t.........
6BDE3482 00894804 83c0088b 4df4c700 08180400 ..H.....M.......

*--> Trace <--*
Pc:6bde3452 Fr:0372faf4 Rt:6beebdeb Arg:04762200 04690800 00000870 04690800

*--> Stack <--*
0372FAC4 00000000 04690800 04762200 00007ae2 ......i.."v..z..
0372FAD4 00000003 00002be3 00002b9c 00000002 .....+...+......
0372FAE4 0000180c 0474e040 00000000 000011d9 [email protected].........
0372FAF4 0372fb30 6beebdeb 04762200 04690800 0.r....k."v...i.
0372FB04 00000870 04690800 00000000 0500fc0c p.....i.........
0372FB14 00000000 00013362 010c3360 04690800 ....b3..`3....i.
0372FB24 00000000 00007ae2 00000000 0372fb58 .....z......X.r.
0372FB34 6be71093 04690800 000028f6 0500fc0c ...k..i..(......
0372FB44 04f40040 00000000 00000030 00000000 @.......0.......
0372FB54 0000001a 0372fb80 7105657d 04690800 ......r.}e.q..i.
0372FB64 0500fc0c 033ce5a8 00000000 04f40040 ......<.....@...
0372FB74 00000000 00000000 0000f9a0 0372fba4 ..............r.
0372FB84 71055fa3 0500026c 00000000 0b6f5880 ._.ql........Xo.
0372FB94 04f40040 711107f2 0b9f4148 03857e68 @......qHA..h~..
0372FBA4 0372fbbc 7100ae4b 04f40040 0b6f5880 [email protected].
0372FBB4 03857e68 0b9f4148 0372fbd4 7100adcd h~..HA....r....q
0372FBC4 03857e68 0b9f4148 0b50fe4c 0b50fe48 h~..HA..L.P.H.P.
0372FBD4 0372fbf0 71013cd5 0372fbe4 0b50fe40 ..r..<[email protected].
0372FBE4 03857e68 0b9f4148 0b50fe4c 0372fbfc h~..HA..L.P...r.
0372FBF4 71013d44 0b50fe48 0372fc1c 7100ae9e D=.qH.P...r....q
0372FC04 00000001 0b50fe40 03835ca4 71005a9e [email protected]..\...Z.q
0372FC14 033bac00 033bac00 0372fc44 0067d31d ..;...;.D.r...g.
0372FC24 0b50fe40 033bac00 061f9264 0067dbb6 @.P...;.d.....g.
0372FC34 06fa55dc 061f9264 033ce5a8 033ce5a8 .U..d.....<...<.
0372FC44 0372fc68 0067da6b 061f9264 067b5c20 h.r.k.g.d... \{.
0372FC54 067b5020 067b5c74 067b5020 0372fca4 P{.t\{. P{...r.
0372FC64 0067ab72 0372fca4 0067ca98 00000000 r.g...r...g.....
0372FC74 062ef044 067b5020 0000004b 00000001 D... P{.K.......
0372FC84 00000002 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
0372FC94 00000400 00000300 062ef044 00600000 ........D.....`.
0372FCA4 0372fcbc 006719e4 062ef044 00000000 ..r...g.D.......
0372FCB4 067b5020 00000001 0372fce4 006716a0 P{.......r...g.
0372FCC4 062ef044 0372fcec 067981cc 06798020 D.....r...y. .y.
0372FCD4 00000001 00000200 00000001 0000000c ................
0372FCE4 0372fd00 0061f448 0000000c 06798020 ..r.H.a..... .y.
0372FCF4 06798020 00000b40 00000002 0372fd40 .y.@[email protected].
0372FD04 0061e6d6 06798020 00000000 0061f333 ..a. .y.....3.a.
0372FD14 06798020 ffffffff 00000000 553cbec2 .y...........<U
0372FD24 553cbec3 3f800000 77e1f4a2 01cccdb9 ..<U...?...w....
0372FD34 0372fda4 00000b34 00002000 0372fd70 ..r.4.... ..p.r.
0372FD44 00621f59 0372fda4 42700000 005fffb2 Y.b...r...pB.._.
0372FD54 034f5aec 0000000c 44160000 44160000 .ZO........D...D
0372FD64 033c95f0 42700000 00000000 0372fdb0 ..<...pB......r.
0372FD74 005fef74 00000002 033c9388 0372fe30 t._.......<.0.r.
0372FD84 00000002 00000002 00000004 0372fdac ..............r.
0372FD94 033c95f0 00000001 0040dcd0 005fe8bb ..<.......@..._.
0372FDA4 034f5aec 033c93b5 00000000 0372fdec .ZO...<.......r.
0372FDB4 005f9646 033c93bc 034f5ae0 00000004 F._...<..ZO.....
0372FDC4 0372fe30 033c95f0 00000001 033c9388 0.r...<.......<.
0372FDD4 00000000 033c9548 00000000 0372fde0 ....H.<.......r.
0372FDE4 0372fde1 00000002 0372fe34 005f931f ..r.....4.r..._.
0372FDF4 00000004 033c95f0 00000000 00000001 ......<.........
0372FE04 00000001 033c9388 000d276d 00000001 ......<.m'......
0372FE14 033c9388 000d276d 0372feec 00000001 ..<.m'....r.....
0372FE24 000d276d 922d10f9 00000022 000927c0 m'....-."....'..
0372FE34 0372fee4 005f8e41 0372fef0 0372feec ..r.A._...r...r.
0372FE44 ffffffff 00000001 000d276d 00000000 ........m'......
0372FE54 7546dd33 c1d9db56 00000001 00000001 3.FuV...........
0372FE64 00000000 00000024 00000001 00000000 ....$...........
0372FE74 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
0372FE84 00000000 00000000 00000138 0000013c ........8...<...
0372FE94 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
0372FEA4 c0000005 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
0372FEB4 00000102 033c9388 00000001 00000000 ......<.........

*--> LogQueue <--*

*--> DirectX Device Info <--*
VendorId = 0x10de
DeviceId = 0x0295
Version = 8.17.0012.8562
Description = NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Compat = 0x01000001
VidMem = 2040 MB

*--> DirectSound Device Info <--*
3D channels = 32
2D channels = 32
EAX support = None
Device count = 1

I really hope you went to the Guild Wars support fourm and reported this error. Link: https://forum.guildwars.com/forum/

They are going to need a bit more information about your computer: Vista 64, AMD Processor (which one?) Nvidia 7950 (only 2 MB?! GW requires 32MB). It should run fine execpte that you don't have enough memory dedicated to the video card. What kind of computer? How much RAM?

Well sorry for the bother but it appears to have been chrome that was hogging my memory because after I closed it, 1gb of ram freed up and guild wars started up with no problem at all. Thanks for the reply anyway.

just one more case of gtoogle thinking of itself before anyone else.. its why i will never use Chrome or GoogleOS.. :/

Glad to hear you fixed it. Firefox use to have a simular issue with locking up memory.