I've noticed there are two postings of yours now where there's an extra " mark at the end of patchme. Make quintouple-sure there are *no* quote marks whatsoever if you use:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start /affinity 1 C:\progra~1\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe patchme
Also make sure you're *not* typing it in the "Start in" field. I've done that a few times.
If you're trying to test my AVG fix (which, by the way, I've confirmed works when you set it to a 'slow' scan, not only on the 'automatic' setting), you can just delete the eq shortcut and recreate it using the the same steps they have you do in the installation guide for eq emulator. After the game is opened, use the task manager to set the affinity, and that will accomplish the same thing for you. The shortcut mod just makes it so you don't have to use task manager every time you open EQ to set the processor affinity.
If you're doing this on a laptop, I will bet you anything that's why not many others have the same problems-- laptops have different ACPI (power regulation) settings than desktops, even if they have the same 'specs' on paper. This means the voltage for the cores is regulated differently for a laptop than it is for a desktop. I use a laptop, and that's the only logical reason why running an AVG scan is fixing my problem. It obviously has nothing to do with available system resources, or else an AVG scan would just make the problem worse. It's got to be a problem with how the computer thinks it's best to allocate those resources.
If you're running a desktop with these problems, it may have to do with voltage settings in the bios, so compare those against the required voltages listed by your CPU manufacturer.
I can't recall if you've done it but also be quintouple sure you've installed the AMD dual core optimizier thing. If necessary, uninstall it, restart, reinstall it, then restart again (I had to do this for it to work properly on my fiancee's computer).
Let us know what's up! I would love to know if the AVG fix works for someone else!
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