If you don't think you did anything wrong and don't understand why your IP was banned.Īre you using a proxy server or running a browser add-on for "privacy", "being anonymous", or "changing your region" or to view country-specific content, such as Tor or Zenmate? Unfortunately, so do spammers and hackers. IP bans will be reconsidered on a case-by-case basis if you were running a bot and did not understand the consequences, but typically not for spamming, hacking, or other abuse. If you are responsible for one of the above issues. Having an excessive number of banned accounts in a very short timeframe.Running a web bot/spider that downloaded a very large number of pages - more than could possibly justified as "personal use".Automated spam (advertising) or intrustion attempts (hacking).If this didn't help, try searching Tech Support Guy.Your current IP address has been blocked due to bad behavior, which generally means one of the following: I got this from the Tech Support Guy website ( ). It took days to track down and solve this problem. I really REALLY hope this isn't your problem, because having to do this truly sucked. It should work just fine, and your sound will play better than ever. If the options are all selectable and you can set your volume, you're ready to go.ġ0. Go to the Control Panel and choose Sounds and Audio Devices. It can also be located under c:\Windows\inf.ĩ. If it asks you to locate a file called "machine", look on the Windows CD in the i386 folder. It might require you to have your original Windows CD on hand.
Then reinstall the Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator by going to the Control Panel and choosing "Add Hardware".
If you don't know where they are, go to the website of the manufacturer of your computer or laptop, search for your computer's model, and download the drivers.Ĩ.
When you reinstall your drivers, it'll install a fresh one.ħ. Type in SWENUM and let it find each instance for you. This is scary: delete every instance of SWENUM (i.e., software enumerator) that you can find.
Type "regedit" to open your registry editorĥ. Uninstall the Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator by right-clicking on and and choosing "Uninstall".Ĥ. If this has happened to you, do the following:Ģ. When I checked my Device Manager (right-click on My Computer and choose the Hardware tab), I looked under System Devices and found that my Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator had a big question mark by it.
I repaired it, but the sound drivers didn't recover.Īs it turns out, Rush Hour will not load when it can't find your sound card. Rush Hour was working fine until my sound card drivers suddenly died. It took me days to figure out what it was.īy any chance, is your sound card acting funny? If you're playing SC4 the problem might be something else, but if you're playing Rush Hour and you've been having trouble with your sound, your sound card might be the culprit. I reinstalled the game from scratch and it still did the same thing, even with no plugins loaded. Before that can happen, the program abruptly stops and kicks you out to the desktop. Let me gets all the way to the EA Games logo, but doesn't play the sound. System memory: 1016 Megabytes total, 512 Megabytes free.Įxception module: C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe.Įxception address: 0x008768cf. I'd really appreciate any advice anyone has! Thanks.Įxception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.Īpplication/module path: C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exeĪpplication/module version name: SimCity 4 I've copied the header of the most recent one below, if that will help. Looking in the Sim City folder, I noticed a new folder called Exception Reports. Today, when I tried to start the game, every time I got to the EA games logo it stopped playing and returned me to my desktop. I've been playing SimCity 4 on this computer for the past few weeks, and haven't had any problems.