LFS acting up

[ChrisM]

Hi,

So recently, when playing LFS in fullscreen, I've noticed that it minimizes itself for no reason, and brings itself back to the desktop. When i click on lfs again, i need to push all triggers/axis on my xbox controller, for it to work right again.

Started playing it today in just windowed mode, now it doesn't minimize itself, but the same happens with the controller. Either 1 of the axis or triggers stay on without being pressed, and i need to push and move all again for it to work. This seems to happen randomly every 5 mins.

If anyone understands that, got any ideas? This is highly annoying. Thanks in advance

PS: Played MW2 for at least 30 mins with no problem

-Chris

[RedJohn]

Same problem with me !

[Cola]

Reinstall

[◄Chuck►]

Close all other apps in background and try again.

[ChrisM]

(2013-02-21 15:17)Chuck Wrote:  Close all other apps in background and try again.

Tried that, same problem.

(2013-02-21 15:12)Cola Wrote:  Reinstall

Reinstall what exactly?

[[TC]»Pete«]

This is an axis calibration issue.

Make sure that your controller is connected before LFS starts for the first time every time you turn on your PC. If the problem persists, open LFS, press all triggers and buttons, close LFS via the Exit button, not the 'x' and then restart LFS once again, the problem 'should' be gone.

Controller calibration issues usually arise when LFS loses focus to another program, bear that in mind.

The reason your game will be minimising is because a background application has stolen focus, a virus checker or Windows update. Be sure to close/suspend them.

[Cola]

ChrisM Wrote:

(2013-02-21 15:12)Cola Wrote:  Reinstall

Reinstall what exactly?

LFS.

[[TC]»Elmo«]

Also, make sure you lock the axes in LFS control settings after you've calibrated. LFS will then remember the calibration no matter how many times it loses focus.

[◄Chuck►]

Might be helpful to see what's actually running in background.
Run that:
http://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe

(source http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysin...s/bb896653 )

Hit File->Save As. Show us the content of that file via http://pastebin.com/

[ChrisM]

(2013-02-22 07:15)Chuck Wrote:  Hit File->Save As. Show us the content of that file via http://pastebin.com/

http://pastebin.com/GQWj4Wff

Just saved this after LFS minimized.

[◄Chuck►]

"Unknown Paste ID!" Copy&Paste mistake?

[ChrisM]

This should work : http://pastebin.com/kdiRPFDU

[[TC]»Pete«]

95 Processes. Nice...

Difficult to see what's causing the minimising from that snapshot alone unless Chuck can enlighten us all.

[ChrisM]

(2013-02-24 00:00)Lampshade Wrote:  95 Processes. Nice...

Guess that's what you get when you buy an HP Laptop these days lol.

The other thing above, about "locking" the axes, that worked for the calibration issue, so thanks for that Elmo Now just gotta work out why it minimizes

[Johan.]

Try closing IM's, Skype, things that "want your attention" sometimes. Skype or MSN used to minimize my LFS from time to time when I get messages.

[ChrisM]

(2013-02-24 01:52)Johan. Wrote:  Try closing IM's, Skype, things that "want your attention" sometimes. Skype or MSN used to minimize my LFS from time to time when I get messages.

Don't use either ^ Thanks tho

[◄Chuck►]

That looks utterly hopeless tbh.

[ChrisM]

Lol, alright well appreciate the help so far. Any more ideas?

[[TC]»Elmo«]

Had a look through the services list. These potentially don't need to be running:

(HP are the worst for pre-installed bloatware/crapware)

scary wall of text (Click to View)

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UI0Detect.exe 3,328 K 7,660 K 3760 Interactive services detection Microsoft Corporation

known to cause popup/focus stealing problems

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hpservice.exe < 0.01 2,456 K 5,252 K 1312 HpService Hewlett-Packard Company
armsvc.exe 1,332 K 3,988 K 2080 Adobe Acrobat Update Service Adobe Systems Incorporated
ouc.exe 0.01 3,540 K 6,788 K 2548

software update services. No idea why all these companies insist on these running ALL the time.

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AESTSr64.exe 1,876 K 3,484 K 2100 Andrea filters APO access service (64-bit) Andrea Electronics Corporation

mic background noise filter

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Ath_CoexAgent.exe < 0.01 2,452 K 5,596 K 2132 Atheros Coex Service Application Atheros
AdminService.exe 3,208 K 7,272 K 2168 AdminService Application Atheros Commnucations
BtvStack.exe 10,124 K 14,000 K 3620 Bluetooth Tray Atheros Commnucations
AthBtTray.exe 6,580 K 15,252 K 3636 Bluetooth Tray Atheros Commnucations

Bluetooth stuff, disable if you don't have/use it.

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RIconMan.exe < 0.01 3,192 K 6,576 K 2368 Realtek Card Reader Icon Tool. Realsil Microelectronics Inc.

not sure if this actually does anything useful (probably not). Looks like it's just for a tray icon.

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ccsvchst.exe 0.14 62,616 K 20,640 K 2448 Symantec Service Framework Symantec Corporation
ccsvchst.exe < 0.01 19,772 K 11,168 K 2516

Symantec aka Norton. Get rid using the symantec/norton tool and use some AV that sucks less

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TeamViewer_Service.exe < 0.01 4,492 K 11,912 K 2956 TeamViewer Remote Control Application TeamViewer GmbH

this doesn't need to automatically run (set it to manual start) unless you specificly want to allow remote access while you're not at the PC.

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WLIDSVC.exe 5,444 K 11,780 K 3008
WLIDSVCM.exe 2,080 K 4,040 K 1628

Windows Live ID Service - useless unless you're running MSN or similar online microsoft software

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IAStorDataMgrSvc.exe < 0.01 25,472 K 23,216 K 5176 IAStorDataSvc Intel Corporation

almost certainly not needed unless you're running RAID

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LMS.exe < 0.01 3,152 K 5,424 K 4132 Local Manageability Service Intel Corporation
UNS.exe 3,636 K 7,748 K 6484 User Notification Service Intel Corporation
jhi_service.exe 1,432 K 4,636 K 2420 Intel IPT Host Interface Service Intel Corporation

probably not needed, but unlikely to cause a problem. May as well keep it running.

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igfxtray.exe 4,384 K 8,496 K 3916 igfxTray Module Intel Corporation
hkcmd.exe 3,940 K 8,240 K 3976 hkcmd Module Intel Corporation
igfxpers.exe 5,324 K 11,312 K 4008 persistence Module Intel Corporation

intel integrated graphics stuff - as you seem to have a Radeon card, you may not need this running

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sttray64.exe 10,172 K 21,340 K 4060 IDT PC Audio IDT, Inc.

System tray for the Audio. Probably not needed unless you actively use it

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HWDeviceService64.exe 3,340 K 6,332 K 2328 DCSHOST
DCSHelper.exe 2,140 K 7,072 K 2380 DataCardMonitor MFC Application Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
DCSHelper.exe 0.18 2,536 K 7,172 K 3132 DataCardMonitor MFC Application Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

DataCard software. Third party security stuff, maybe installed by online banking?

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Optus Mobile Broadband.exe 0.19 45,564 K 58,980 K 3528

don't know what it does. If you don't use mobile BB on your laptop, it's probably safe to turn it off

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HP Stuff:

HPClientServices.exe 4,816 K 8,692 K 2208 HP Client Services Hewlett-Packard Company
seems to be yet another software update service

HPDrvMntSvc.exe 1,184 K 3,580 K 2248 HP Quick Synchronization Service Hewlett-Packard Company
disable unless you use HP quick sync software

HPAuto.exe 3,108 K 6,520 K 3064 HP Usage Improvement Tracking Hewlett-Packard
HPSA_Service.exe 24,848 K 17,936 K 5364 HP Support Assistant Service Hewlett-Packard Company
useless crap

hpqWmiEx.exe 2,608 K 7,060 K 5048 HP Software Framework WMI Service Hewlett-Packard Company
remove unless you have an HP printer

hpqwutils.exe 12,680 K 16,284 K 4888 HP QuickWeb Utilities Hewlett-Packard Company
dunno what QuickWeb is, disable unless you use it.

HPOSD.exe < 0.01 12,956 K 13,552 K 4932 HP On Screen Display Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
OSD (probably when pressing quicklaunch buttons).

HPWMISVC.exe 2,072 K 5,452 K 2276 HP Quick Launch WMI Service Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
HPMSGSVC.exe < 0.01 3,520 K 10,768 K 5004 HP Message Service Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
hp quicklaunch buttons

[ChrisM]

Awesome, totally appreciate the effort put into that post. Will get onto that ASAP, and will update the thread. Norton sucks? Keeps my computer clean. AV software is a highly debatable subject, I'll stick with Norton til the licence runs out.

With regards to the,
"intel integrated graphics stuff - as you seem to have a Radeon card, you may not need this running". My laptop apparently has both integrated and a Radeon Card. Although, to be honest, I have no idea which 1 it uses or how to set it to use the Radeon only. I'm only guessing by my crap fps rates on LFS it's the inte graphics it always uses. Anywhos, thanks for the help so far Will update