Most games crash on launch, please help

[OtterlyDumb]

One by one, my games won't start. I know it's not a graphics card issue, since I replaced it for other reasons after the issue started.

Most games start, then either show a black screen or crash. I have my main drive copied over to my secondary, and steam runs games off of either. That's all I can really say, other than I can't update my drivers because my internet is way too slow to download new drivers.

[emosun]

11 minutes ago, OtterlyDumb said:

I can't update my drivers because my internet is way too slow to download new drivers.

But it's not too slow to download games from steam?

[OtterlyDumb]

Just now, emosun said:

But it's not too slow to download games from steam?

It takes me about a week to download a steam game.

[emosun]

1 minute ago, OtterlyDumb said:

It takes me about a week to download a steam game.

does this machine then not have anything updated besides the drivers? Becuase windows updates are larger than drivers

[OtterlyDumb]

Just now, emosun said:

does this machine then not have anything updated besides the drivers? Becuase windows updates are larger than drivers

I've never had to update Windows
And about half of my steam games need an update.

[Cypher-Jackson]

How can your internet possibly be that slow? Get that fixed and get the drivers. 

[OtterlyDumb]

Just now, Cypher-Jackson said:

How can your internet possibly be that slow? Get that fixed and get the drivers. 

OK, I'll find a way to download the drivers elsewhere
And I can't really get better internet, we have the fastest plan we can get.

[emosun]

7 minutes ago, OtterlyDumb said:

I've never had to update Windows

Then you basically will have absolutely no way to diagnose software issues this machine has

With the machine so incredibly far out of date theres no way to determine what the issue would be

[Findiculous]

You really are going have to update your system because running outdated software creates a slew of issues over time. 

 

If your internet is "the fastest you can get" then im shocked at the service. Nevertheless, if you have a 4G signal you might have to bite the bullet and tether a connection to your mobile and suffer the high phone bill costs associated with all the updating you're going to have to do.

 

If you dont have a 4G network (or just cant tether your connection), then you will have to prepare for months of downloads before we can really give any advice here.

[LogicalDrm]

4 hours ago, OtterlyDumb said:

OK, I'll find a way to download the drivers elsewhere
And I can't really get better internet, we have the fastest plan we can get.

If you have 1-2Mb download, thats enough. Leave PC open for night to download and update Windows. Then go for GPU. We can't troubleshoot further as first step of troubleshooting software issues is to get latest drivers and updates to eliminate that. Next would be GPU temps and any drive/memory usage issues.

[OtterlyDumb]

3 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

If you have 1-2Mb download, thats enough. Leave PC open for night to download and update Windows. Then go for GPU. We can't troubleshoot further as first step of troubleshooting software issues is to get latest drivers and updates to eliminate that. Next would be GPU temps and any drive/memory usage issues.

How would I update windows?

[Giganthrax]

Seriously though, what kind of internet is it? 

 

Is it maybe possible for you to take your computer to a friend's home, or to your work, or anywhere where there's a decent wifi, and download the updates there?

[OtterlyDumb]

2 minutes ago, Giganthrax said:

Seriously though, what kind of internet is it? 

 

Is it maybe possible for you to take your computer to a friend's home, or to your work, or anywhere where there's a decent wifi, and download the updates there?

I live in the middle of the woods, It would work great in theory, but trees and stuff.

And I do plan to have someone download whatever I need on a thumb drive at a place with faster internet.

[LogicalDrm]

6 hours ago, OtterlyDumb said:

How would I update windows?

I just told you. Leave it download and install during night and day when you are at school/work.

[xAcid9]

17 hours ago, OtterlyDumb said:

One by one, my games won't start. I know it's not a graphics card issue, since I replaced it for other reasons after the issue started.

Check event viewer for error log.