Games Crash/ Windows XP

[mr.me123]

Hello everyone!

I just bought a Dell Dimension 4600 with Windows XP Pro. The computer just arrived today and I hooked it up. The computer specs are:
P4 2.66ghz
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Sound Blaster Live 5.1
1gb of PC2700 RAM
80gb hard drive

I installed the great Battlefield 1942 and when i went to run the game, it crashed. The computer has been consistently restarting and the game has crashed about every 5 minutes that I run it. I also installed UT2003, and that game crashed as well.

I was wondering if anyone knows if there are any known errors or conflicts between Windows XP and video games, and also if anyone knows how to fix this probelm. Thanks!

[reboot]

Start with motherboard chipset drivers. Then look at updated video drivers. Shut off un-needed services. Update DirectX.

[DragonNOA1]

This may be a double post, but if the computer is new check with DELL since you just bought it. They could prolly help you out.

[halo]

try window update....
it has a fix on game crash under winxp...
used to happen to me and it fixed the problem.