No clue

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Christian "Bargib" Koerner
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I have had the same problem, the bad boy(s) causing this were DirectX9.0a and the latest Windows Messenger version (update).

i had simalar,on machine i play on. not the host machine. i droped all s/ware. from the `pute, installed game. still locked,. so i did a clean install of windows xp pro, plus sp1, then game,. same result complete pute freeze,(lockout, num lock, and caps lock, wont even light up), so i did another clean install,. but this time left off ALL updates, and sp1,. and went basic.. insalled game. after 3 installs of winxp pro, and 2 service packs. cos i left the last one off. (not a quick job btw) it seems to be preaty solid again... hmmm. i aint pointing no fingers. but u i wonder what is was ?

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I'm getting the same problem. I'd like an easier fix than the one described above, it may be annoying but it's not worth THAT much trouble, plus I'm too lazy to do that

I get the same thing. Have to hard reboot the pc. Becoming VERY frustrating. Luckily Freelancer runs without incident on my mums laptop or id be insane by now and my pc would be in the swimming pool.
I was assuming that it was a problem with my pc, particularly heat related, because I put in a GeForce FX 5200 and it came without a fan on the heatsink. But i installed a fan, and then a better heatsink and fan from Thermal Take and had the same result. In fact it seemed worse. I could expect a crash every half hour to an hour. But now and then the thing would go for a whole day and not sieze once. I also had the problem with the sound Fraun codec thingy and just fixed that. I havent experimented since fixing it tho. I was so convinced that something was overheating that I reset my entire system to its defaults in an attempt to make it more stable, even tho it was rock solid stable and runs happily for months without a hiccup when running other apps including other 3d games, even when it was overclocked. I have only encountered this problem with Freelancer and C&C Generals.
I also decked out the processor and the hard disk with s****y cooling from TT.
I would LOVE to know the REAL solution to this problem, as I feel its not my hardware, or my setup.