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    Direct Console Crashing on Startup (G50V-A2)

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by methodfilter, Sep 28, 2008.

  1. methodfilter

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    Very frequently i'm getting the following error after Vista boots up
    Microsoft Visua C++ Runtime Library:

    Runtime Error!

    Program: ...ogram Files (x86)\ASUS\Direct Console\Direct Console.exe


    This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
    Please contact the applications's support team for more information.

    Sometimes after a restart it works fine, sometimes it doesn't at all. The LCD display just keeps the 'Republic of Gamers' slogan and logo and won't actually load what I had programmed it to do (show the battery status). I start the task manager and direct console is shown in the processes, I close it and try opening it again and nothing. I press the little Direct Console button and nothing either. I haven't installed or done anything at all to my laptop since when it worked fine until now. All I did was bring from my office to home.

    Any help is much appreciated!
     
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    Just to add to the fun, it seems everytime I restart after getting this hour my processor goes back up to 100% usage which really makes me mad as I thought I was done with that issue. I only get it to go away by turning my notebook off for 30 minutes. Then it all happens again.
     
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    Anyone have any idea. I've now reinstalled Direct Console from the Driver and Utility Disc and still the same error. I dont understand why I get it because I haven't done anything to my actual system for it to come up like this!
     
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    Alright I re-installed Microsoft C++ Runtime Library and Direct Console. The Asus tech support kept saying to download DC version 3.0 but the latest I could find on their site is 2.0.5. Anyways by doing all that I was able to load up my system without the error anymore, but could not open Direct Console with the hot key. So i tried loading it up by using the start menu and the little icon shows up in the bottom right but when i click on it, the DC screen is all garbled. But if I right click on the icon and click 'Run As Adminstrator' it loads up and after about 2 minutes the screen comes up as normal.

    So as of now all I can run Direct Console, but only if I run it from the start menu and 'as administrator' which my profile already is.

    Very odd and confusing!
     
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    Redox Notebook Enthusiast

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    how the hel do you re-installed Microsoft C++ Runtime Library? I have the same problem and i need your help.
     
    Redox, Sep 30, 2008
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    I typed it in Google and found the link, there's one set for 2005 and one for 2008
     
    methodfilter, Oct 4, 2008
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