Nwn and windows 7..need help

[Legacy_qwert_44643]

                             Nwn is 1 of my all time favorite games and i recently got a new pc and when i try to install it,when  its done windows defender complains bout win32 reg schedule(or something another)....ive tried installing it twice and the first time i let win32 go through and my computer was slowed down excessively and i had to restore and the second time i removed it from my pc.
               The second time when i removed win32 from my pc the game played but when i re-booted my pc it would only go as far as the main menu.
                 The first time when i let win32 go through the game played but eventually my pc was slow as moses.
If someone could help me get running id be grateful and heres my system info:


OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description  Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name JERRY-PC
System Manufacturer Gateway
System Model FX6860
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P01-B2, 8/9/2011
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Windows Directory C:\\Windows
System Directory C:\\Windows\\system32
Boot Device \\Device\\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name Jerry-PC\\Jerry
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.98 GB
Available Physical Memory 6.14 GB
Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 13.6 GB
Page File Space 7.98 GB
Page File C:\\pagefile.sys


thanks in advance.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_qwert_44643]

               I think the problem is the game installs win32 regschedule and if i leave it in the game plays but eventually bogs my pc down..if i take it out the game plays till i exit the game and then it only goes to the main menu and says nwn has stopped working.

Heres some more info on my pc:

Name   ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
PNP Device ID   PCI\\VEN_1002&DEV_68BE&SUBSYS_EA60174B&REV_00\\4&3363D276&0&0008
Adapter Type   ATI display adapter (0x68BE), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible
Adapter Description   ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Adapter RAM   1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes)
Installed Drivers   aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version   8.961.0.0
INF File   oem22.inf (ati2mtag_Evergreen section)
Color Planes   Not Available
Color Table Entries   4294967296
Resolution   1920 x 1080 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel   32
Memory Address   0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF
Memory Address   0xFE620000-0xFE63FFFF
I/O Port   0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF
IRQ Channel   IRQ 4294967287
I/O Port   0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port   0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address   0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver   c:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\atikmpag.sys (8.14.1.6261, 335.00 KB (343,040 bytes), 4/5/2012 9:10 PM)
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_qwert_44643]

               I dont know if this matters but im installing from nwn gold and the hotu expansion.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_qwert_44643]

               whats wierd is nwn2 is made for xp and installs fine and runs on my machine but i cant get nwn to run without doing something to my computer '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Skildron]

               Did you read the sticky thread: "Installing NWN1 for Win7/vista including patch links for all OS" at the top of the thread list? NWN works perfectly on my win7 system, and it installs NWN - but you could install, but not play, if I understood correctly?

And what is this win32 regschedule you wrote about? I never heard of that one.

Greetings
Skildron
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_qwert_44643]

               yeah i can install it but it doesnt want to run if i stop win32 from being installed onto my puter.yeah i read the sticky.win32 is something windows defender warns me about after its done installing...if i let it go my puter gets bogged down and is extremely slow.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_qwert_44643]

               does it matter that im using window 7 64 bit?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Skildron]

               Windows defender warns you about win32? Strange, because win32 is a core component of 64bit windows 7 systems and is needed to run 32bit software like nwn an many others. FYI, I am using win7 64bit, too - but I don't have windows defender nor any other software firewall installed because my home network has a hardware firewall.

Greetings
Skildron
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Skildron]

               According to Wikipedia (german), windows defender is outdated and has been replaced by Microsoft Security Essentials.

Greetings
Skildron
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_qwert_44643]

               All i know is that nwn is trying to put something onto my computer and action center doesnt like it,if i let go on to my computer my system gets excessivley slowed down and nwn works for a bit and if i dont put onto my computer it works for just a short period of time.
  Tomorrow il try and put nwn back onto my computer and write down exactly what is trying to go on my computer and report back.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_qwert_44643]

               all right i installed to c/nwn and at the end of installation i get a windows defender alert and it says
program:win32/powerregscheduler.....i let it go through but then i didnt want my computer slowing way down so i restored my pc...anyother ideas?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Empyre65]

               So, the problem program is powerregscheduler, and win32 is simply the folder it is in. I don't know what it does, but at least we now have the culprit's name.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_qwert_44643]

               Is there a way to play my nwn without affecting my pc?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               

qwert_44643 wrote...
Is there a way to play my nwn without affecting my pc?

Try shutting down the security program while you play NWN.  It's likely it will restart on each bootup automatically and if you want it to be running when you are not playing NWN (after shutting it off, of course...) you will need to reactivate it again.  Find where it is located (before shurtting it off via Task Manager) on your harddrive, make a shortcut and place it on your desktop. 

That's only a possible solution if the bot doesn't automatically rstart itself as soon as any other program starts.  If that's the case, it would need to uninstalled completely, possibly an alternative you may not want to accept.  The new security layers can be a real pain to manage with the older games like NWN.  Just the way it is, mate. '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_qwert_44643]

               well i dont know how to shut windows defender down and when i let the program go into my puter it slowed it down to where i had to restore...i got nwn2 installed and playing correctly and i quess im gonna have to say goodbye to nwn and that really sucks '>