XP closing processes after action... help!

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bearnet2001

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Just got a new comp, installed XP Pro 64 on it. I have run into an odd problem with three programs now: I click to open the program and it starts up normally, but when it comes to me clicking a button or popup 'okay' within the program (which usually leads to the program starting another process) the program's process just disappears and the program closes.

Example: I try to install BF2. I click 'install' in the setup.exe GUI, it asks for the game CD to be inserted. I do so. Then I click 'okay' on the popup that said to insert the game CD. BF2 install process randomly closes.

Example2: I try to start Virtual CloneCD. It opens fine and asks me how many virtual drives I want. I say 2. I click okay (it should now boot up the program completely). The process just closes and the program disappears.

Example3: Poker database program. I boot it up, it says while opening that its found some folders where my poker hand histories might be found, but that I can search manually if I want. I click okay to that popup. Instead of the program completing its opening, it just closes. Process disappears.

What's going on? Note with at least BF2 and the poker program people have no trouble installing them on XP Pro 64. Probably same for Virtual CloneCD, haven't looked.

I have run a virus scan etc and everything is fine. I'm running all the latest updates from MS / ATI 9.1 catalyst drivers for XP 64.

Help!
 
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bearnet2001

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When I right click an exe and choose "Run as...", the "run with restricted access is already checked. Is that the same for other people, or have I somehow enabled that by default (it is checked for all exe's when I right click and choose "run as..." ?
 
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bearnet2001

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Originally posted by: techmanc
Try making a different account and see if problem is there.
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Didnt work

edit: I wasn't able to choose to make a user with limited privileges, why is that? It was just administrator privilege for new user, limited was greyed out.
 
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mechBgon

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Originally posted by: bearnet2001
Originally posted by: techmanc
Try making a different account and see if problem is there.
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Didnt work

edit: I wasn't able to choose to make a user with limited privileges, why is that? It was just administrator privilege for new user, limited was greyed out.
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Create one more user account and see if you can change that one to Limited. I suspect you heisted the system's "one true Administrator" account, which isn't supposed to be visible. Of the other user accounts, one of them must be an Administrator so you can do Admin stuff. And so far you've only got one that belongs to you, so it has no option to be a non-Admin until you create a second new one.
 
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mechBgon sorry to get off topic but
What the attraction of running Windows XP 64bit other than the ability to run some high memory usage programs?
 
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mechBgon

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Originally posted by: techmanc
mechBgon sorry to get off topic but
What the attraction of running Windows XP 64bit other than the ability to run some high memory usage programs?
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The other benefits I can think of: if you want to run software that is only available in a 64-bit version (I can't think of any), or maybe improved system security since it will reject unsigned drivers (which is what some types of rootkits effectively are).

One of the disadvantages is that it's not available in a Retail version, only OEM.
 
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zenguy

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Did you check Event Viewer?

If something is closing them, it might be logged there.............
 
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