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bf3 issue? virus? confused :(

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Hi all I wasnt really sure where to post this but here goes... sometimes... not everytime I play battlefied 3 on my sig pc.

The game will minimze to a large window on the desktop. It carries on running but I have no control (so usually I get shot) its driving me crazy! I have to click on the window to go full screen again then it will happen maybe 20-30 seconds later again, I have to restart computer, try again and sometimes it works fine then I can play for hours, other times it just keeps on doing it ..

Im using the latest drivers from nvidia..

I dont know why this keeps happening and why it only happens sometimes.

any help would be most apprieciated
 
try lowering your gfx settings, see if that helps, sometimes if your settings are too high windows minimises, though it normally then asks if you want to turn off aero, worth a go anyway
 
try lowering your gfx settings, see if that helps, sometimes if your settings are too high windows minimises, though it normally then asks if you want to turn off aero, worth a go anyway


Ill try that, i did turn down to High.. and ill try vsync off but my set up is capable ofof high and ultra textures .. im only gaming at 1440x900
 
Could try pushing a few more volts through that 580,i know my card sometimes drops me out of the game if i forget to manually up the volts to about 1085,something about these factory over-clocked cards not pushing enough volts through on dx11 titles,i blame the drivers mainly but i know if i up the volts or drop the over-clock i can run bf3 all day with no problems,forget to up the voltage and i usually drop out within 15 mins..
 
I am getting this also, complaining that windows aero should be switched off. Running a 580gtx with 1.5gb vram @ 1680x1050, I've tried lowering texture quality to "high" and it still does it. I don't know yet whether it is to do with certain maps or whether it is random, as it certainly doesn't do it on every map. Odd thing is if I just press escape or click the window, without turing off aero, it goes back to the game with no apparent slow down in graphics.

I get occasional CTD as well with the BF3 icon still in the task bar but unable to return to the game. Hoping these are just bugs tbh.
 
Are either of you using multi monitor set ups? Between levels, BF3 "unlocks" the mouse so you can move your pointer out of your main display. Clicking outside of the "main" display will result in BF3 switching to windowed mode. Unlikely I know as it sounds like this is happening to you whilst playing. You could try pressing ALT-ENTER (toggles between full and windows mode) to see if it will switch back into full screen.
 
I have multi monitors but I don't recall actually clicking on the second screen whilst changing maps. With me the "windows aero=no" dialog box usually pops up just after starting a round, but as I say not every round. And I don't think its a simple dropping to windowed mode, as its the appearance of this dialog box which makes it do this. I will keep a record on which maps it does this for now, may even start disabling aero before a session anyway if the game is that bothered about it.
 
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