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Hi Guests, I simply gave up on trying to find the culprit. It's just too time-consuming and cumbersome, but the solution is here. Just out of idle curiosity, can you download Autoruns from Sysinternals and paste your driver list here. You need to get a free version of sandboxie and run continuum in a sandboxed environment to prevent continuum from accessing the offending driver

[q]I have just recently started having the same problem as this and the way i managed to get it working was to right click on the continuum shortcut and click "Run-As" and ensure its being run under an administrator login. Then it seems to load fine... have no idea why it suddenly started happening.[/q] In my case, I'm always logged in as Administrator, so that won't help me. I am now 100% certain it is a kernel driver (or a combination of 2 or more) are causing the 100% CPU crash. I believe this is the same reason why it's happening to everyone else as well rootbear75, sorry. I will do that next time. InamotO, try downloading Sandboxie: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Sandboxie/1139521062/1 It's one of my Top 5 favorite apps and I'm a STICKLER when it comes to running stuff on my system If it runs in Sandboxie OK, that means you have the same problem as I do. Download autoruns (http://fileforum.betanews.com/download/Autoruns/1092024321/1) and post a list of your kernel drivers (under 'drivers' tab) for me to inspect and compare with my own.

I am really bummed out. It turns out it may not be one of those two: It's one of the following: AMONAmon monitor Eset c:\windows\system32\drivers\amon.sys AnyDVDAnyDVD Filter Driver SlySoft, Inc. c:\windows\system32\drivers\anydvd.sys DSDrv4hardware access driver d:\applications\dscaler\dsdrv4.sys ElbyCDFLElbyCDIO Filter Driver SlySoft, Inc. c:\windows\system32\drivers\elbycdfl.sys ElbyCDIOElbyCD Windows NT/2000/XP I/O driver Elaborate Bytes AG c:\windows\system32\drivers\elbycdio.sys ElbyDelayElby Delay Lower Filter Driver Elaborate Bytes AG c:\windows\system32\drivers\elbydelay.sys fanioFan I/O CD c:\windows\system32\drivers\fanio.sys hamachiHamachi Virtual Network Interface Driver LogMeIn, Inc. c:\windows\system32\drivers\hamachi.sys nhcDriverDeviceNotebook Hardware Control Device Driver pBUS-167 Software - http://www.pbus-167.com c:\windows\system32\drivers\nhcdriver.sys nod32drv c:\windows\system32\drivers\nod32drv.sys PtilinkDirect Parallel Link Driver Parallel Technologies, Inc. c:\windows\system32\drivers\ptilink.sys SecdrvSafeDisc driver Macrovision Corporation, Macrovision Europe Limited, and Macrovision Japan and Asia K.K. c:\windows\system32\drivers\secdrv.sys sptd c:\windows\system32\drivers\sptd.sys TDIMSYSWindows NT/2000 TDI Monitor Winternals, SysInternals c:\windows\system32\drivers\tdimsys.sys truecryptTrueCrypt Driver TrueCrypt Foundation c:\windows\system32\drivers\truecrypt.sys X10UIFX10 USB Control Interface X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. c:\windows\system32\drivers\x10uif.sys Might also beb these but not likely: dtscsi File not found: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\dtscsi.sys Changer File not found: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\Changer.sys i2omgmt File not found: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\i2omgmt.sys lbrtfdc File not found: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\lbrtfdc.sys RivaTuner32 File not found: D:\Applications\RivaTuner\RivaTuner32.sys VirtualFD File not found: C:\Do!@#$%^&*ents and Settings\STi Sev\Desktop\vfd21-050404\vfd.sys It is not these: RTCore32 d:\applications\rm clock\rtcore32.sys I've disabled/enabled multiples times but I need to go to sleep now. I may or may not investigate further. I know how to solve the problem (make a new sandbox in sandboxie just for continuum and disable the low level driver functionality it will work with that). I really wanted to figure out which one it was too. At any rate, I'm going to reinstall XP sometime with a drastically less "driver" software.

I believe I have found the problem: The issue is being caused by the following: SecdrvSafeDisc driver Macrovision Corporation, Macrovision Europe Limited, and Macrovision Japan and Asia K.K. c:\windows\system32\drivers\secdrv.sys or TDIM.SYS Windows NT/2000 TDI Monitor Winternals, SysInternals c:\windows\system32\drivers\tdimsys.sys I have all but ruled out TDIM.SYS. Now it got even stranger. I disabled the drivers one by one to test them out, the problem happened last with secdrv.sys Can any one of you who are experiencing the similar problem check if you have this file?

OMG OMG UPDATE! I'm narrowing it down!! *NOW I KNOW* what the difference between the two sandboxes are! sevsandbox has LOW LEVEL ACCESS ENABLED. Which means "Permit programs in the sandbox to load kernel mode drivers into the operating system[/b]. <--- THIS IS THE PROBLEM!!!!! When I turn it on/off, the problem happens/does not happen! Now I need to figure out the offending kernel mode driver !

There's no way it's Sandboxie. It's continuum that's the problem. The problem OCCURS even without running in Sandboxie!

EDIT: !!! NOW WITH VIDEO!! SEE BELOW!! PLEASE NOTE: If you're coming to this thread to bash users who are having problems, please do not post. There are many users having similar problems with Continuum[/b]. PER: http://www.ssforum.net/index.php?showtopic=21623 THE PROBLEM: Running Continuum and process explorer, the user sees continuum open and close open and close open and close, so FAST that the user has to log off or restart to get it. If you've got very very quick fingers, one can quit continuum.exe eventually by trying to kill with process explorer repeatedly, but logging off is easier. The process opening and closing takes roughly 50% (100%) of 1 core on my dual core CPU. One of my friends is also having this same problem, so it is more widespread than some people believe. I've been having this problem for years. I have now been able to reproduce the behavior using Sandboxie, but the problem has eluded me even further. I have spent countless hours trying to figure this out. I am at a loss. Until then, DEP exception has been enabled, NO antivirus, NO others programs running, NO tuning utilities, NO software firewalls, NO HARDWARE firewalls, nothing except Sandboxie (problem happens even on install without Sandboxie) Anyways, I have two "Sandboxes" 1) Sevsandbox - the problem didn't occur before and occurs now 2) ISOLAtioN - problem does not occur. Even if I delete all a) reg entries files c) EVERYTHING for sevsandbox, the problem STILL happen. I just can't figure out what the !@#$%^&* is causing this. ANYONE have any comments? Why does it work on one sandbox but not the other!? !!! VIDEO !!! Sorry for the crappy video guys. I need to invest in a tripod and public speaker http://www.sendspace.com/file/2npvh4 (MVI_2681_x264.avi 20.7MB ) No viruses, trojans guarateed - X264 format AVI container

No software FW on my comp (XP one is disabled) Network hardware firewall is irrelevant, since SS works fine in Sandboxie.

Samapico, not on my system it isn't. I've read the forum, the faq, common problems, etc. Turned off DEP for continuum (and even completely using some utilities), no AV software running on my system.

This is exactly what I'm doing. My continuum crashes 100% and then quits, then restarts with 100% CPU, then quits, then restarts, and so on. This happens so fast that I cannot kill the offending original process and I must either logoff or restart. I run it in Sandboxie and it runs fine. I believe the problem has to do with a registry entry of unknown origin

I still can't find the culprit. I'm thinking it may be a reg entry. If I run Continuum sandboxed (via Sandboxie) it works fine!

Hi guys, So I've basically confirmed that an app that I'm installing on my comp is conflicting with Continuum or vice versa. Please realize that I run a VERY clean "ship" (e.g. I run mostly open source, portable, no driver-crap software). 90-95% of my software is portable. I'm going to create a backup image of my laptop with TrueImage, reinstall XP, and then go through installing EACH program one by one, restart, then run continuum to see where the problem lies. I'll keep you guys updated!

It worked in safe mode with networking! I can't believe it. 1) CPU usage is hovering around 10% for other processes 2) When I open the game, it doesn't even show the window. When I have time a little later, I'll take a video of it. The process just starts, quits, starts quits, starts quits, starts, etc. and takes 100% of cpu while it's doing that. OC? Overclock? My laptop is not overclocked. Here are the processes working RIGHT NOW. Please note that I closed all programs when I started Continuum, but it still happened: http://ep1nephrine911.info/cm.JPG Yes, it is. Also, please remember it happens on BOTH my comps - laptop and server. Yes, 1.5GB in laptop, 1gb in server No, never, either comp. No, I don't use screen savers. I just turn my monitor off after 3 min. Believe it or not, I'm actually a minimalist when it comes to processes and stuff I'm thinking this is a driver issue somewhere. I don't think it's video card, since my server has the same problem. I use mostly portable apps, but here are the apps I INSTALLED: Altiris Software Virtualization Agent Daemon Tools Hamachi KAV Personal 6 (license expired, so I bought NOD32 instead) Office 2007 Photocopier Pro Sandboxie TrueLaunchBar Unlocker Winternals Admin Pack

Still doesn't work. Any ideas?

Tried that too. Didn't work in 95/98/ME/2000 compat. mode. I have no software firewall (XP disabled) but I do have a hardware. I'll try DMZ'ing the comp and see what happens.