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I've seen a couple of posts similar to this, but I havnt found a solution to this problem.
As soon as I minimize WoW, it IMMEDIATELY stops responding( it doesnt help that dell setup some stupid shortcut that minimizes WoW whenever I hit caps lock) , and I have to open task manager to close it. I'm running VISTA on a dell LAPTOP if that matters. Help would be great!
Not SURE if this is much of a help but this page contains a list of shortcut keys for Vista Keyboards http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/04/08/complete-list-of-windows-vista-keyboard-shortcuts-hot-keys-or-accelerators/

So your saying you minimize WoW using Caps Lock? Normally ALT+Tab is how I go about doing it. Have you tried that Key Combo instead?has to be a bug in teh game
most games recover from minimizingSome games will crash the system when you minimize them, I think it has something to do with memory usage.
My copy of freespace 2 crashes if I minimize but FF VII and unreal tournament don't. Freespace takes up a lot more memory on my system than the other two.
It's not a bug.ALT+TAB shouldnt make it fail
and i dont think its memory usage
i think it is screen usage
if it looses display it cant relatch onto itQuote from: smeezekitty on August 20, 2009, 11:37:31 AM

ALT+TAB shouldnt make it fail
and i dont think its memory usage
i think it is screen usage
if it looses display it cant relatch onto it

Whats screen usage?i think it bypasses windows screen and sends signals to the display driver directlyQuote from: smeezekitty on August 20, 2009, 01:39:16 PM
i think it bypasses windows screen and sends signals to the display driver directly

What? i am fairly sure that directX do not use GDI
applications that do not use GDI do not minimize properly
how can teh Caps Lock cause the game to minimize?Quote from: smeezekitty on August 20, 2009, 01:48:57 PM
how can teh Caps Lock cause the game to minimize?

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Quote from: smeezekitty on August 20, 2009, 11:37:31 AM
ALT+TAB shouldnt make it fail
and i dont think its memory usage
i think it is screen usage
if it looses display it cant relatch onto it

Quote from: smeezekitty on August 19, 2009, 07:12:47 PM
has to be a bug in teh game
most games recover from minimizing
You never even tried to answer that question. You said ALT + TAB and you said it was a bug! It's not a bug in the game, as I run WoW on two different XP systems and a Vista system and alt-tab back and forth all the time. Occasionally on one XP system, after doing it too many times, WoW will crash, but only on that one system.

Can you please post your full system specs and list everything that is running at the same time as WoW?


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