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      03-22-2008
I was running a game when suddenly the screen froze for a moment then the
desktop aoppeared. Why did that happen?
 
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      03-22-2008
Open the Event Viewer to read the error, and the filename that caused it.
it's probably the game using the video in a way the video driver can't do.

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      03-22-2008
What services must be running for event viewer to work?
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> Open the Event Viewer to read the error, and the filename that caused it.
> it's probably the game using the video in a way the video driver can't do.
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