FFXI crashes upon loading windowed mode.

[orodruin]

I have been having issues with this ever since I got my Alienware laptop. Any time I run FFXI in windowed mode (SE config or Windower) it crashes. It runs perfectly fine in full screen. When FFXI starts to load after POL the window comes up, my screen goes black and it gives me error.

Error log here:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: pol.exe
Application Version: 1.18.13.0
Application Timestamp: 4e3bcddc
Fault Module Name: d3d8.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bd9a7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00058eac
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 4105
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

My system specs are as follows:

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Alienware
System Model: M17xR4
BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 03.72.07A05
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16354MB RAM
Page File: 3106MB used, 29600MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode
Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 675M
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1212&SUBSYS_057B1028&REV_A1
Display Memory: 4047 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1999 MB
Shared Memory: 2048 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,n vwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 9.18.0013.0623 (English)
Driver Version: 9.18.13.623
DDI Version: 11
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/30/2012 15:14:00, 18229096 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-5152-11CF-F771-76251CC2C435}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x1212
SubSys ID: 0x057B1028
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: oem84.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section2 07:9.18.13.623ci\ven_10de&dev_1212&subsys_057b1028
Rank Of Driver: 00E00001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I have the Steam version of FFXI if that is important.

[xerodok]

Uninstall PlayOnline and follow the installation guide here.

[orodruin]

Figured it out, did not need to re-install everything. I had it working before and something was interfering. Discovered that it was Microsoft Security Essentials. Thank you for the reply.