Splash screen while LabVIEW is loading
Is there a way to create a splash screen that is displayed while LabVIEW is being called from DIAdem? It takes approx. 15-20 sec for LabVIEW to load and start my program. I would like a screen telling the user to wait and have some sort of animatin on the screen so the sees the compouter has not locked up. Once LV opens I need to close this screen or at least hide it behind the LV front panel until my VBS can close the panel.
Is this possible?
AJL
Hi AJL,
I haven't done this before, but give this a try, it should work. Create a SUDialog with the background of the splashscreen you want. Then call the LV code through ActiveX from the SUDialog. When the LabVIEW VI starts up, have it create an empty file on pre-specified path. The SUDialog will poll that file path until it exists, then execute WndShow("SHELL", "MINIMIZE").
I'm pretty sure if you try to communicate back to DIAdem from LabVIEW that the SUDialog will have reserved DIAdem's OLE Automation Server, so that any LabVIEW commands won't execute until after the SUDialog ends. That's why the low-tech file polling.
Something like that ought to work,
Brad Turpin
DIAdem Product Support Engineer
National Instruments
Similar Messages
-
Showing splash screen while loading...
Hi,
I'd like to show a splash screen while the application is loading (setting up hibernate session etc.) - here is my main method which is loading hibernate and starting up the application:
public static void main(String[] args) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
MdbCheckerApp app = new MdbCheckerApp();
app.initializeLookAndFeel();
// preload Hibernate session
HibernateUtil.getSession();
// login successful
// if (app.login()) {
new MdbChecker().setVisible(true);
HibernateUtil.closeSession();
}How do I show my splash screen while simultaneously loading the hibernate session?
Thanks in advance
- StephanHowever, I'm not quite sure on how to proceed...
public static void main(String args[]) {
final TestForm tf = new TestForm();
tf.showSplash();
tf.runInitializer(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
Thread.currentThread().sleep(3000);
} catch (Exception e) {}
tf.hideSplash();
public void runInitializer(Runnable r) {
Thread t = new Thread(r);
t.start();
public SplashScreen showSplash() {
// if a splash window was already created...
if(splash != null) {
// if it's showing, leave it; else null it
if(splash.isShowing()) {
return splash;
} else {
splash = null;
splash = new SplashScreen(null, true);
centerComponent(splash);
splash.show();
return splash;
public void hideSplash() {
if (splash != null) {
splash.dispose();
splash = null;
}I'm wondering why I do only see the splash screen (I was hoping that the splash screen would be disappearing after 3 seconds).
Here is the code of my splash screen:
public class SplashScreen extends javax.swing.JDialog {
/** Creates new form SplashScreen */
public SplashScreen(java.awt.Frame parent, boolean modal) {
super(parent, modal);
initComponents();
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
/** This method is called from within the constructor to
* initialize the form.
* WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
* always regenerated by the Form Editor.
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Code ">
private void initComponents() {
jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jProgressBar1 = new javax.swing.JProgressBar();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
setTitle(java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle("com/gigatronik/mdbchecker/ui/bundle/MdbCheckerMessages").getString("splashscreen.title"));
setModal(true);
setUndecorated(true);
jPanel1.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
jLabel1.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/com/gigatronik/mdbchecker/ui/resources/gigatronik_4c_300.jpg")));
jProgressBar1.setIndeterminate(true);
org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout jPanel1Layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(jPanel1);
jPanel1.setLayout(jPanel1Layout);
jPanel1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
.add(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.add(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.TRAILING, false)
.add(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING, jProgressBar1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.add(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING, jLabel1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
.addContainerGap(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
jPanel1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
.add(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.add(jLabel1)
.addPreferredGap(org.jdesktop.layout.LayoutStyle.RELATED)
.add(jProgressBar1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
.add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.add(jPanel1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
.add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.add(jPanel1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
pack();
}// </editor-fold>
* @param args the command line arguments
public static void main(String args[]) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new SplashScreen(new javax.swing.JFrame(), true).setVisible(true);
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
private javax.swing.JProgressBar jProgressBar1;
// End of variables declaration
}Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Stephan -
Display splash screen while downloading applet jar file
I've tried to search the forums, but most results I get are how to display a splash screen while the classes are loading. Unfortunately, the classes do not begin loading until after the jar file has been downloaded. How does one go about showing as splash screen as the jar file containing the classes is downloaded?
Thanks for the help!"Java 5 provides a capability in this area"- Unfortunately, due to circumstances out of our control we are stuck on java 1.4.x.
"How you do that is your problem."- I'm so glad I can count on the helpful java community. Thanks.
Since it appears that "warnerja" is discusted by my question (mabye had a bad day) and is leaving me out in the cold, does anyone have any ideas on how I can implement her/his suggestion. I can break my jar file into multiple seperate jars and as each one loads I can update a progress bar. Unfortunately, I do not know where to begin with this code wise nor do I know if this is the best solution to this problem. I would think this to be a common problem.
Thanks for your help! -
CS3 installs, but freezes when I attempt to load it (no splash screen... just loads forever)
I have been able to successfully INSTALL Adobe Photoshop CS3: Extended multiple times, however I have yet to actually successfully RUN the application. After installation, when I try to open the program, a window appears with "Adobe Photoshop CS3" at the top and it is simply a large grey box with nothing inside of it. My mouse cursor turns into an hourglass and that's it... I left it there for an hour and a half once just to see what it would do and it simply continued in an endless loop of nothingness.
I have a custom-built computer with an AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition, 2x2GB of OCZ 1066mhz Reaper DDR2, a Gigabyte motherboard with the GX790 chipset (SB750 southbridge), and a 2x1 Terabyte RAID 1 array.
It's running in a brand spanking new Windows XP Professional installation with Service Pack 3.
I have tried the following:
1) Uninstalling and reinstalling (same result)
2) Uninstalling all Adobe programs, Running Adobe Clean Script at level 4, running Windows Install Cleanup to remove any remaining Adobe remnants, and reinstalled. (same result)
3) Doing everything in step 2 again, then copying the CD to my hard drive, and installing from my hard drive. (same result)
4) Doing everything in step 2 again, then making a new administrative user account and reinstalling (same result...)
The adobe tech support guys I encountered came up with some pretty crazy (and flat stupid) explanations for my problems.
One guy claimed that my Serial was for CS1 and that somehow I'd gotten a CS1 disk that just happened to come in a CS3 box, with a CS3 disk label, which just happens to say "Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended" after you install it... Yeah... Right.
Another said I should reformat... Yeah right. I JUST installed XP Professional. Terrible advice.
Another said that he had tried everything and that it simply wouldn't run on my computer... and that was that (as if I should be satisfied that a program I just spent many $100s on simply refuses to work and there is nothing I can do about it).
Yet another guy (after I finally got shipped off to Indian technical support...) said that he'd seen this problem many times before and that it's linked to an instruction code error related to AMD Phenom processors and that there should be a patch out soon for it. However, I looked up threads where people with Phenom 9850 CPUs (My CPU!) claim to be running the software flawlessly.
Can anyone give me any hope here? I'm about to call Adobe again and attempt to get some kind of intelligent answer to my problem, but in the mean time I was hoping against hope that someone else out there has had this problem and managed to solve it.
Thank you for your helpHi Everyone,
Problem Solved Yeah!!!
~~~~ Problem: Adobe CS3 Master Collection Installs, but the applications don't run, but are running in a process, or displays and hangs and does not allow for Activation. ~~~~
This has been an issue for me with my dual Quad Core Xeon system for over a year. I believe that it has to do with RAID configurations and an improper pointer to the operating system for activation. I am using Vista 32 with SP1. The majority of Adobe support took me through literally weeks of pain. Unfortunately, I did not talk to Sarah!!!!
The above works and is posted again below!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1) Go to administrative tools within the control panel and go to Services. Within Services find FLEXnet Licensing Service and start it, if it is not already started.
2) Go here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401528
Install the patch (I know it says it's for Reader and for Vista only but this is false. It works for many apps within the Adobe suite and is compatible with XP). If you press CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the Processes tab you should see that FNPLicensingService.exe is now running.
3) Start up any application other than Adobe Acrobat. You should be prompted with an activation screen. Enter your serial and activate the package online. CS3 should now be functinal.
THANK YOU AGAIN "SARAH AT ADOBE" FOR ACTUALLY CARING AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE THAT GAVE YOU THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY HELP. I WISH I COULD THANK YOU PERSONALLY. I HAVE SPENT LITERALLY OVER 90 HOURS WITH OVER 15 CALLS TO ADOBE WITH NO RESULTS. -
Encore CS3 Freezing at Splash Screen
I apologize in advance if this question has already been asked and answered. I searched the forums, but I did not see this exact problem addressed. Here is my situation:
(1) I have the latest version of Encore CS3 (v3.0.1.008) installed, and it was previously working on my system (Dell/Intel Core Duo, Windows XP).
(2) Now when I try to start Encore CS3, it fails to load, freezing on the splash screen while attempting to load "DXCaptureSource.dll". However the program does not crash - it just remains frozen.
(3) I have Encore installed as a component of the CS3 Master Collection
(4) I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Encore to no avail
(5) I have already tried launching Encore with Version Cue running (both with and without the tray icon being displayed). This has had no effect on the problem.
(6) This seems like it could be a plug-in problem, but I have not added any plug-ins to Encore and do not use 3rd party plug-ins with any Adobe product.
(7) I had Nero Ultra Edition 7 installed on my PC and have since removed it. This may have been removed around the same time that Encore stopped working, but I do not know this for sure.
If anyone has an idea about what might be causing this issue or how to fix it, I would greatly appreciate the help. I am hoping to have this issue resolved quickly, as I have to work on authoring a DVD this weekend. Thanks in advance.
-JPIt's amazing, how often one small change or program install "here" makes something stop working over "there"
Now that everything is working again, you might want to think about making a full backup of your drive to an external USB drive
The program I use is mentioned at http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith/ADOBE.HTM#SmartOwn
This is not a Windoze restore point... this is a full drive image
I have had a drive fail, and the only thing I lost was a few unimportant daily files -
Blank screens while loading .swf videos
I have several .swf movies on a website I am designing. The
smaller movies load fairly quickly but the larger movies just pop
up a white screen until the movie loads and it can take up to 7
seconds. I would like something like a bar or an animated
"Loading..." to pop up until the movie loads. Anyone have any ideas
on the best way to go about this? Thanks!I have the exact same question. I have a keynote presentation
which I have converted to an .swf file and want something to appear
on the screen while it is loading. It doesn't even need to be
animated - even ome text would do. Help please!!! -
How to show a splashscreen in a FLASH AIR game while content is loading
Hi,
I've seen some games take some time to load (something completely reasonalbe and normal). So I guess it would be really interesting to have a way to show a splash screen while the content is loading.
Any common aproach to face this problem?
Thks.The solution is generally to break up the operation that is taking a long time into smaller chunks. If for example, you have a long loop executing, then AIR never gets a chance to update the screen (or respond to the OS messages).
The first step is to identify what part of the process is taking such a long time.
See http://senocular.com/flash/tutorials/asyncoperations/ for a good explanation.
And to put up a progress bar, you have to do this anyway, otherwise the progress bar will never get updated, either. -
Is it possible to have a program start with a splash screen?
Would it be possible to have a program show a splash screen while loading with Java's latest release 1.4.0 ?
If it is possible, could anybody explain me how.. and maybe show me a little example? :)
Thanks in advanceI just implemented this with one of my applications.
I wrote a class which extends JWindow and adds a JLabel icon to the contentPane.
The class containing the main method instantiates this class, makes the window visible, wait's some time and deletes the window:
Through the Dimension object I calculate the center of the screen
=> Splash screen
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
class Splash extends JWindow
JPanel pane;
public Splash()
super();
setBounds(300, 225, 300, 200);
pane = new JPanel();
ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon("logo.jpg"); //Splash logo
Dimension dim = this.getToolkit().getScreenSize();
int height = (int) dim.getHeight() / 2;
int width = (int) dim.getWidth() / 2;
int iconheight = image.getIconHeight();
int iconwidth = image.getIconWidth(); // Center of Screen
int x = width - (iconwidth / 2);
int y = height - (iconheight / 2);
setLocation(x, y);
JLabel label = new JLabel(image);
pane.add(label);
setContentPane(pane);
pack();
=> "Main Method"
import util.*;
import app.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Main
public static void main(String[] args)
Splash splash = new Splash();
splash.setVisible(true);
try
Thread.sleep(10000);
catch (InterruptedException e)
splash.setVisible(false);
splash = null; -
Splash screen when application packaged with captive runtime (Windows)
Is there any way to show your applications splash-screen while the Captive Runtime loads?
After packaging my air app with captive runtime on windows the app takes a few seconds extra before showing on the screen. The taskbar-entry appears fast, but the application main window appears much slower than when packaging as native installer without runtime included.HI DHL83,
Not that I know of but I'll ask around. I've seen at least one other report that startup is slower so I'll try to get to the bottom of this. In the meantime, would you mind opening a new bug over at bugbase.adobe.com regarding the startup performance hit? It would be great if you could also provide us with a sample application that illustrates the slower startup time. If you'd like to keep it private, please email me directly at [email protected]
Thanks,
Chris -
Custom splash screen not appearing in the Dynamic created jnlp()
Hi,
I am not able to show my custom splash screen while starting the webstart application, instead getting the "sun webstart logo". I am dynamically generating the jnlp file using jsp (struts application). Application is working perfectly except custom splash screen. Below is my jsp which will generate the jnlp on fly. The test.gif file is in place.
<% response.setContentType("application/x-java-jnlp-file");
response.setHeader( "Pragma", "no-cache");
response.setDateHeader( "Expires", 0 );%>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<%String baseURL = WebUtil.webUrlParser(request.getRequestURL().toString(),request.getContextPath(),request.getServerPort());%>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="<%=baseURL%>/cs_jnlp">
<information>
<title>Launching JNLP</title>
<vendor>Satyasai</vendor>
<icon href="/images/test1.jpg"/>
<homepage href="docs/help.html"/>
<description>test</description>
<icon kind="splash" href="images/test.gif" />
</information>
<security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.6+"/>
<jar href="<%=baseURL%>/cs_jnlp/AppLaunch.jar"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="Launch" >
<%
int roleId = (Integer)session.getAttribute(Constant.USER_TYPE);
String sessionID=(String)request.getAttribute("SELECTION_SESSION_ID");
String action=(String)request.getAttribute("action");
String userID = (String)session.getAttribute(Constant.LOGIN_ID);
String sessionType=(String)request.getAttribute("sessionType");
%>
<argument><%=sessionID%></argument>
<argument><%=action%></argument>
<argument><%=userID%></argument>
<argument><%=sessionType%></argument>
</application-desc>
</jnlp>If I use normal servlet - jsp using RequestDispatcher to forward request to a jsp which on fly creates jnlp, it shows the my custom splash screen. I am not very sure where is the difference. If I look at both generated jnlps they are almost one and the same. Can any one throw some insight on this.
Thanks & Regards,
SatyasaiHi Andrew,
Thanks for your response.
1. I have launched it number of times but no luck.
2. I have written a jsp (using servlet + jsp no struts frame work) which will create jnlp on fly, which is showing my custom splash screen. If you refer in the initial post, it is not working with struts kind of framework. See the below jsp which shows custom splash screen. It worked without href.
3. All jnlps are well formed and perfectly working in my development environment. For security purposes I have not shown some of the texts and logos.
<% response.setContentType("application/x-java-jnlp-file");
response.setHeader( "Pragma", "no-cache");
response.setDateHeader( "Expires", 0 );%>
<%@page import="java.util.ArrayList" %>
<%
String client = (String)request.getAttribute("clientLocation");
String fileNames = (String)request.getAttribute("filenames");
String url= (String)request.getAttribute("serverFilesLocation");
String baseURL = "http://"+request.getLocalAddr()+":"+request.getServerPort()+request.getContextPath();
%>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="<%=baseURL%>/sw_jnlp">
<information>
<title>Softwares Download</title>
<vendor>test</vendor>
<icon href="/images/test1.jpg"/>
<homepage href="docs/help.html"/>
<description>Software Downloads </description>
<icon kind="splash" href="images/logo_small.gif" />
</information>
<update check="timeout" policy="always"/>
<security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.6+"/>
<jar href="mod.jar"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="InstallSW">
<argument><%=client%></argument>
<argument><%=fileNames%></argument>
<argument><%=url%></argument>
</application-desc>
</jnlp>Thanks & Regards,
Satyasai -
Urgent :::Icon in the Splash Screen of WebStart !!
Hi !
Java Web Start Version : 1.2
I want to load an image in the Java Web Start's Splash Screen . I used the icon tag in the .jnlp file to do that .... but it's not getting loaded . here is the copy of my .jnlp file ....
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="file:///D:/jdk06/bin/" href="image.jnlp">
<information>
<title>Test</title>
<vendor>Self</vendor>
<homepage href="http://www.sonic.net/~star" />
<description>Demonstration of JNLP</description>
<icon href="images/cuty10.jpg"/><!-- -----------------------------------------This image is getting loaded-->
<icon kind="splash" href="icon.jpg"/><!-- ------------------------------------This image is not getting loaded-->
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.3+" />
<jar href="Baby.jar"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="MyPictures" />
</jnlp>
only the image in the Splash screen is not getting loaded but the respective (Splash.xml) is created and also the image splashxyz.jpg is also created in the ..javaws\cache\splashes .
Any Help Pls !!Thanks !
Is there any restrictions that Splash Icons can be applied only to those JNLPs accesed via webservers ?
ie .. if i have a JNLP and when i open it by double clicking , (ie the codebase in the JNLP file is reffered as file:///<system path> )the Splash Icon is not getting displayed . But when i try to open the same JNLP through weserver(tomcat)-http://localhost:8080/examples/jsp/demo/filename.jnlp ,(ie the codebase in the JNLP file is reffered as http://........) The Splash icon is appearing ...
Is there any restrictions ???? -
F.E.A.R. 2 black screen while using Soundblaster X-Fi
This is my second attempt to get some support for a problem that is plaguing many trying to play F.E.A.R 2 with a Soundblaster X-Fi. We have been on the official forums for WBGames now for the past two weeks asking for help. Many were able to find solutions by updating their codecs however there are many of us that still cannot get into the game. WBGames official response it as follows...
Dear, xxx
Regarding your sound acceleration error and the sound cards you have used, we apologize for the inconvenience you have experienced.
At the moment, we have been noticed that certain Creative sound cards (X-Fi, Sound Blaster and Audigy) and Realtek are presenting incompatibility issues with the F.E.A.R. 2 application. Unfortunately, Creative Labs have not yet released a patch to solve this situation, as other companies like Nvidia have worked on.
F.E.A.R. 2 is designed to function with Windows XP/Vista compatible graphics and sound cards. Drivers for these devices are provided by Windows itself or the respecti've card manufacturers and may occasionally result in incompatibility problems beyond our control.
If there is anything else we can do to assist you, please do not hesitate to contact us by email at [url=mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] m[/url] or by phone 080-0664-9456 (in Germany) during the hours of EST :00 pm - 0:00 pm, PST: 0am- 8pm MON-FRI.
Thank you for contacting Warner Brothers and have a great day.
Refund option
If you are not satisfied with the performance of this product on your PC, you may return it with the receipt of purchase to the store from which it was purchased within 90 days from the original purchase date for a refund.
If you purchased this product as an electronic download, please visit the following site for refund details:
[url="https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4938-WTDF-9465">https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...4938-WTDF-9465[/url]
I thought that someone with creative labs would be interested in either responding or releasing some kind of a statement in regards to this.
The current problem for us is when we try to launch the game a small animated orb runs at the bottom right of the screen while the game loads. At the end of the animation we hear a small chime and the screen goes black as though it is about to load the intro videos. But we get nothing. The screen remains black. I have exhausted all of their solutions, I have updated drivers and tried the latest beta drivers from Creative. I have removed, replaced, and updated codecs. Video card drivers are updated, etc.
Basically we are faced with the following dilema. We can disable the sound card in Windows and the game plays however with no sound. We can run the game in safe mode which manually disables the sound card and the game plays but with no sound. Leave the sound card enabled and run the game in normal mode and we get a black screen.
PLEASE, can someone with Creative Labs respond to this? We are looking for answers and would very much like to play this game.Message Edited by djdouglas on 02-20-2009 09:39 [email protected]Re: F.E.A.R. 2 black screen while using Soundblaster X-Fi?
solace wrote:
Pardon me but i'm looking your Quad SLI setup a potential culprit to your problems. Have you tried disabling SLI mode to see if the problem can be resolved?
That was my first thought when I encountered this problem. I took the steps troubleshooting video. Disabled SLI, Physically removed one video card. Updated drivers, etc. I am currently running the 82.06WHQL drivers which are suppose to be enhanced for F.E.A.R.2 and other games.
My next step was to try uninstalling codecs as their support team had suggested for people running into issues with the demo version (which btw worked perfectly for me). There were tons of reponses by the devs and community managers before the release of the game in response to people having issues (these same issues) on the demo. So they released a patch the day before the release of the game and when everyone installed the game the patch automatically installed. So for me and many others that enjoyed a smooth gameplay in the demo our rigs are now not working with the official release.
Since release we have yet to see a response or fix or suggestion from a dev. There have been many others in the community that have helped each other out by posting their solutions. For most updating their codecs using Klite or Ace Mega codec pack has fixed their problem but for a select few of us these solutions have not worked.
Basically I can launch the game successfully in safemode which disables sound. I can also disable the sound card and launch the game successfully although without sound. The codec that has seemed to be effecti've when replaced by others is the Microsoft IMA ADHCP codec. However for me I can disable that codec and get a hardware accelration error but still get a black screen. Re enable it and get black screen with no error. So I do not believe this to be the issue plaguing me. Ultimately it is coming down to a conflict with my sound board and the game. -
Adobe Illustrator CS6 Splash Screen Bug
Hello, everyone!
Sorry to bother with such a seemingly insignificant issue, but I have been Googling this for literally over a year, and it's finally come to a head, and I just need to know what the trouble is. I've never been able to find someone else who has had this issue, and it's making me feel like I'm crazy. Here's what has happened. When I was using CS5.5, I never had any issues as far as functionality, but I always l dealt with this simple, nagging bug.
For some reason, the Illustrator [ONLY ILLUSTRATOR] splash screen always displayed the loading commands with this glitched-out looking white blocky outline. I endured it for a whole generation, and just longed for the day I could upgrade and be free from this random, inexplicable aberration. Well, as luck would have it, I finally was able to upgrade this year, and I even upgraded the OS to Windows 8, but lo and behold, the white corruption is still with me.
Sigh. Has anyone else ever seen or heard of this? I've reinstalled the entire package five times or more. I've used the Adobe Cleaner Tool, I've done everything I can imagine. On the Mac side of my PC, I have no issues. Any help or insight you could offer would be much appreciated.Has no one else encountered this issue? It may just as I'd feared! Haha. Like I said, all of the other Adobe products have normal splash screens, so I don't think a driver issue really makes sense. Why would it only be affecting Illustrator and not Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc? I really hope I don't have to just chuck my computer off a bridge. Any other feedback would be much appreciated!
-
Long Windows Splash screen hang. While XP/Splash screen is halfway loaded 5mins+
OK so I have been having a problem... I recently installed my Duel Core 4200 x2 939 and everything was good did a fresh install of Windows XP I installed the windows hotfix and then the AMD dual core optimizer and it seemed to slow me down a little so I re installed windows again and decided not to install the windows hotfix nor the AMD optimizer.....so the problem I am facing is when I power on the computer shows the Platinum start up Picture then goes to next screen but before it gets to the Windows XP splash/loading screen it it Pitch black for 4/5 minutes each time(timed it) .... what is causing this? It did the same thing when I had the Dual Core optimizer and windows hot fix installed sooooo I donno..... Does the Dual core optimized and Windows Hot Fix really help ?
Point taken Richard
Anyway, as promised...
I never had any doubt that the enermax power supply wasn't working absolutely 110% perfectly. Given the price of the thing new and the figures (in sig-hope I got it all ok, I followed instructions mostly!) it had to be alright right? Wrong.
I've just swapped out the PSU from my nix box. Its only a 400w one so again scaled down this system, damn, works a treat.
Hope that helps you too gameboi or whatever you're crying ass name is.
I must thank aicjofs though for his post. It gave a starting point to try and figure out what was happening and why.
With boot.ini edited to stop the windows splash screen showing I could see that a fraction of a second before XP starts to load the drivers, the last thing to be checked is nvram (as I understand it this could be both RAM and BIOS). I just reckon that spinning 5 hdd's and 3 burners, my very power hungry RAM, with the graphics card is just about to come online and obviously the boards normal operation that the power drain at this point is incredibly high. My PSU, unlike me, just hasn't improved with age! (This is all guessing though, but I really wanted to find some reasonable explaination as to why adding one hdd has slowed startup so much). The reason the comp works ok after this is that the initial checks couples with the high power drain are done and dusted. Again just guessing.
I would be genuinely interested on anyones views on that explaination-not here obviously otherwise they'll be handbags at dawn.
Laterz..I have a hot game of Spider Solitaire with my name on it.
Hope the above helps, sincerely. Not my explaination or guess work, but just the fact that is was the age old problem of power.
Balders
PS Where should I start a rant about the appalling layout of this board Disregarding the constant reboots (PSU I'm hoping) and BIOS crashes, the badly thought out heat pipe (that does a fantastic job of heating up the GFX card though), the complete lack of 'Other boot device' in BIOS - one ide slot which has to have hdds on otherwise I suffer the 'delayed write error' (nvidia drivers, bless) so I have to swap cables over to the dvd burners so I can install windows! Not forgetting the great positioning of PCI-e 1 x16 making the first PCI-e x1 slot unusable. Flag ship MSI board? I think not. Half arsed money making venture...works a treat. Oh, I already did it! Thanks, feel much better now!! I've used MSI boards exclusively in my own and the few other peoples builds I have done. I will really have to rethink that in 4 or 5 years when I can afford another one after this abortion.
Oh, and what about Dual Core Center? Again disregarding the spelling mistake on the GUI, a sure fire way to get my comp to lock up is to leave it set on 'Silent' (the only way I found to use cool 'n' quiet - yeah right) for a few hours. -
Desktop Manager Will not Load. Hangs on splash screen when loading, then crashes
My desktop manager is not loading, and hangs whenever it is attempted to load. I have done a clean uninstall, removed rim registry entries, and did a fresh download and install 3 times with full shut downs between each attempt. I am running Windows 7 service pack 1 with an HP Laptop. It is an HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC. Product Number LY080UA. I hope that is enough information, but I will give more if asked and informed how to gather such info.
When I right click on the Desktop Manager Icon, I choose to run as Admin. Once it loads the splash screen shows. After a little bit (4-6 seconds) a small Icon appears in my systems tab at the bottom right of my screen. This stays for a little while and then goes away. After this happens the Splash screen hangs, and get a black border around it. If I click on the Splash screen it grey out and says not responding, prompting windows to ask me if I want to wait for the program or close. If I choose to wait, it will sit there and do nothing. If I close it will prompt windows to "look for an error" but has not yet been able to return an answer.
When I log into safe mode, Desktop Manager loads, but does not work well as only a bare bones set of drivers are enabled. If I turn off all but the non-essential services off using services.msc it will load, but again the services needed for it to run and the services for windows to be fully functional are not on at all.
I have attempted to turn off all but the Desktop manager in the start up, using msconfig, but that does not help either.
I am at my wits end here, and would really like some help with this. It loads up (desktop manager) on my Desktop, but I am unable to log that mammoth box around with me while I travel.
Thank you for your time and efforts, I will be very grateful for any and all help.I'm having the exact same problem here! I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64. Please help! This was posted a month ago.
Maybe you are looking for
-
Mismatch of Assigned Budget in CJ33 & Report S_ALR_87013558
Hi, I would like to inform there is an issue in mismatch of assigned budget value in CJ33 wrt hierarchical report(S_ALR_87013558). Request you to suggest to fix the issue. Thank you for your coopearation. Regards, Ranjan
-
How to Float an Object in an Application
Dear Friends , I am woking in an application , In My application , I want to pass a String in CLASS A to the constructer of another object of CLASS B. The String will dynamically change eveny after the another object of CLASS B is created . How do I
-
CR2s come into Lightroom with pink & purple color block distortion
Hopefully I am not posting after someone has already determined an answer, but I did not see one. Unlike what is happening in this discussion (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/356898), my cr2 is coming up distorted on only one of my computers running
-
I was loading X from runlevel 3 in inittab, but I recently restarted my computer and GDM loaded, and I can't figure out how to turn it off. My /etc/inittab is below: # /etc/inittab # Runlevels: # 0 Halt # 1(S) Single-user # 2 Not used # 3 Multi-user
-
How do I stop mail from automatically opening when iCal events begin?
How do I stop mail from automatically opening when iCal events begin? When an event is about to begin, the mail app opens and I'd like to turn that off since I don't use the mail app. Thanks!