ShadowWalker

Well, nevermind I guess... I'll find somewhere else that's willing to at least try and help without asking me really stupid things like what size is my monitor.

Well, that would make sense if it was an old monitor... This is a Gateway FPD1760 17" Flat Panel monitor... If a monitor like this can't handle higher resolution, then they need to stop making flatpanels. Besides... I can change the resolution in any other game just fine... I'm constantly playing higher-end games like Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, Homeworld, C&C Generals, etc. with no problems. All of them are set to 1024x768x32 (or at least 1024x768x16, as some games don't allow a color depth change.) I should also mention that I've recently discovered... if I try and ALT+TAB out of GTA:VC I get the same error, if another window tries to take focus away from GTA:VC I get the error, and everytime I shut down GTA:VC it won't close, it just sits there with the error in the background. I have taken time to fight with the computer enough to get it to show me the exception errors and it's probably not very helpful, but here they are: This is the error I get when I try to change resolution. It is also the error I receive if I attempt to change the focus of GTA:VC to another window: Unhandled Exception: c0000005 At Address: 01fd1e00 Actually... it gives that error for everything, so like I said... not helpful... This really doesn't make any sense to me... I've never encountered anyone with this problem on any of the forums, and not even Rockstar knows what to do about this. If it helps at all: Pentium 4 3.06GHz 512MB Ram ATI Radeon Xpress 200 with 256MB reserved graphics memory Realtek HD Audio DirectX 9.0c Windows XP SP2

Oh yes... It is a legal copy. I have the old book/map that go with it somewhere, but I haven't had to use it in forever so who knows. Either way... I have updated DirectX, as well as the drivers for my video card, monitor, and sound card (not that this is part of the issue.) I'd have to say there are a lot of changes in this computer versus the previous... Basically everything... The comp I'm on now is a P4, w/ ATI Radeon Xpress 200, 256MB of ram... not sure about the onboard ram on the video card, but I know it has something... The card I was using before was an ATI Rage though, so I don't see why the newer card would be having problems... Like I said... It's just an aggrivating thing because I can't get a higher resolution... The game is perfect... Unlike my previous computer, the graphics are completely in sync with audio during videos, and the game runs smooth with no jerks/hangups... I don't get it.

Bought from an electronics store... Not even sure which one now... It's the same disc I've had since it first came out. Bought it then, have it now. Never had this problem with it before.

I have just installed GTA:VC on this computer for the first time. It is a new computer and I have never played this game on here before. This disc and game work on my other computer, but I have a continuous problem with this one. Whenever I try to change resolution in the options menu I get an Unhandled Exception. It happens every single time. I can play the game fine, everything works and no matter how long I play it works just fine. The only time I ever have a problem is when I try to change resolution. I have followed multiple instructions (In other words, multiple forums have already said to uninstall and reinstall the game.) I did and no luck. I tried a solution that Rockstar provided, which was to uninstall the game, remove all the folders, clean the registry of GTA:VC data, scandisc and defrag before doing a complete reinstall. Same problem... Now, I would love to post the Unhandled Exception I have been having, but I have the unique problem of when I do get the Unhandled Exception window, it will not come to focus... No matter what GTA:VC remains in the foreground and only CTRL+ALT+DEL will bring up the Windows Task Manager. From there I can only see the Task Manager and Start Menu/taskbar... If I click on the Unhandled Exception it will not come to focus. I decided that maybe the Unhandled Exception assistant tool. (I must admit, can't remember what it's called but I downloaded it from this site.) After doing that I no longer even receive an Unhandled Exception... Now when I try to change resolutions I just get the usual Windows XP program shutdown message. I have tried changing the resolution both by dimensions and by color depth... Basically, I'm in 640x480x16, cannot change to either 800x600x16 nor 640x480x32. Does anyone have any ideas? I have uninstalled and reinstalled again to remove the Unhandled Exception error assistant and am once again receiving the Unhandled Exception. I still can't see what error it is, and I still can't change resolution. Obviously, if your answer is uninstall and reinstall that isn't going to work... TIA