Hi can anyone help? The game plays fine and I am on my 3rd charachter trying to get the best for my style, however although I can use normal bows (iron, steel, silver etc) and ones that I have modded with sigil stones, I cannot buy/loot other bows such as pre-enchanted, daedric etc without the whole system crashing as soon as I equip it!! Its a full shut down followed by message saying major system failure do i want to tell microsoft.

What have you tried to do already?

I have shut down all peripheral programs etc so nothing else is running and tried equiping all kinds of different weapons and armour. It only crashes when equiping certain bows. All the normal steel, iron, silver bows are ok as well as those that I've modded. You can equip other bows but as soon as you go back out of the inventory screen to the normal 1st person view, it crashes the whole computer. Its almost as if the graphics cannot handle the picture of the new bow. I had a similar problem with silent hunter 3 which prompted me to buy a new graphics card (Radeon x550) which should handle most graphics perfectly. I'll try to add a relevent info from the dxdiag below, sorry if it makes a long post,
Thanks for helping

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System Information
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Time of this report: 9/16/2006, 14:14:43
Machine name: DESKTOP
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Compaq Presario 061
System Model: PS267AA-ABU SR1339UK GB510
BIOS: BIOS Date: 12/14/04 19:30:48 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.93GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 290MB used, 2170MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: The registry information for the DirectPlay application 'WWII Frontline Command' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall that application.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON X550
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON X550 (0x5B63)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key:
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6631 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/2/2006 23:08:06, 258048 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 8/2/2006 23:07:51, 1681920 bytes


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Sound Devices
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Description: Realtek HD Audio rear output
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID:
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RtkHDAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5028 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 7/29/2004 21:04:26, 2216128 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 192000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 33, 32
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 33, 32
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run



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DirectMusic
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DLS Path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS
DLS Version: 1.00.0016.0002
Acceleration: n/a
Ports: Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
Registry: OK
Test Result: Not run

Seems to me the patch mentioned something about
crashing with bows on some systems. Have you
patched the game?
Maybe try turning your resolution down a notch
and turning off some 'features' like AA and HDR.