Vistax32 crashes in specific zones for ffxi

[Mrdude]

Ok, before I start, I'd like to say that I am terrible when it comes to this tech stuff, and literally know nearly nothing about computers outside of how to browse the net and play games.

I'm running a Laptop with Vista 32 bit, Nvidia graphics card (honestly, I'm so bad with computers I cannot even seem to find where to check the actual full card name)

I also Use Mog Toolz to open windower, just thought I would say this incase it could effect it in any way.

In Wajoam and Bhaflau zones in ffxi I get "Playonline Viewer has stopped working" over the course of a merit party, or whatever I am doing it seems to get more frequent with each crash. I said something about this in Standard discussion about a week ago, and a guy told me to try a file check. I did this, and it seemed to help for a while (7 corrupted files) but after a couple hours, I started getting crashed again. Tonight, I went for another merit party, same shit happened, only this time when I ran a file check it came up with 5 corrupted files (same as the ones before, just 5 instead of 7), an hour later, crashes came again, exact same corrupted files. In each time the corrupted files came up, I ran a "File repair" through playonline.

Those 5 files are:

C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\ROM\27\126.DAT
C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\ROM\28\100.DAT
C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\ROM\28\97.DAT
C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\ROM\28\99.DAT
C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\ROM\29\118.DAT

Curious if anyone has a possible solution for this. I get an odd crash other than in these zones, but its not to the point of getting kicked every 10 mins, or less. Its a huge pain in the ass, because they include most of the exp spots for 54ish-merits, and I'd like to be able to merit again without the frustration of the constant crashes.

Thank you for your time and help, would really appreciate if anyone has a solution to this.

Edit:
Ok, well, after running a file check a second time without even logging back in it came up with the same 5 files, so I'm guessing the file fix isn't working properly... If anyone could take a guess as to how to fix them, it would be great. It may not even be those corrupted files, it could be something completely different.

[Kohan]

In case overwriting these with someone else's copies of the files will work for you, I made a ZIP file containing them. You'll find it here:

Download - FFXI-BackupDatsMrdude.zip - Sharebee.com, the one and only online file hosting distribution service.

To download it, simply click on any of the links listed, then hit the download link on the next page. MegaUpload is, generally, the easiest one to use. Make sure you put each of these files into the exact directories you listed above (e.g., 126.DAT goes into \ROM\27\). Make sure FFXI is completely shutdown before you do this.

If that doesn't work -- or even if it does -- you should run a thorough malware and virus scan on your computer, since some files appear to be getting corrupted repeatedly. These are a couple of good applications that'll serve those purposes:

Avast! Anti-Virus

First, you'll need to go here: Registration of avast! 4 Home Edition - free antivirus for home non-commercial use

Then you can download it: Avast Home Edition - Reviews and free Avast Home Edition downloads at Download.com

MalwareBytes

Malwarebytes.org

See if any of this stuff helps you.

[Mrdude]

Thanks! Going to download and try it now, won't get to actually test it until after work, though.