wiird0 Posted February 26, 2011 Member ID: 2155 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 45 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/23/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 5, 2013 Birthday: 04/06/1980 Posted February 26, 2011 Many of us playing CoD4 have received the "iw3mp.exe has stopped working" message. After some research here are my solutions (do each until it iw3mp has stopped crashing): 1.People believe that iw3mp is crashing due to an incompatibility issue with the Realtek Sound Driver. If you have a Realtek Sound Driver then do the following. If you do not have a Realtek Sound Driver continue to number 2. At the bottom right of the screen (near the clock), open the red-orange sound button (Realtek HD Audio Manager). Then click on the folder icon to the right (Connector Settings) and check the box saying "Disable front panel detection". If this does not work, continue to number 2 and keep the box checked. 2.Many forums state that iw3mp crashes from not sensing a microphone being connected and that a file inside the CoD4 folder is associated with the microphone connection. Fix: Got to "C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\miles" and change the mssmp3.asi extension to bak. File should read "mssmp3.bak". If this doesn't work, continue to number 3 and keep the extension as "bak". 3.This solution i found myself and it has worked for me. I believe that iw3mp crashes due to a registry error, but i'm not entirely sure. Fix: Go to http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/ and download Registry Mechanic. You can do research on it and you will find that registry mechanic is a legitimate software that is widely used. Press "Clean Your Registry" after the scan press "Repair". A dialog box will appear saying that it will only clean the first 6 entries if you do not register the product for $30. Lucky for you, I am providing the ID and Serial and they are: ID: Team CRD Serial:? 0VGB9A-4FF5UV-MKNQ4W-QW2H03-F00Y5U-T03JE B 4.If none of these work then i guess re-installing CoD4 is your only option. Your game save data is located in either of these places: Typically: "C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\players\profiles\[gameID]" Alternatively: "C:\Users\[name]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\players\profiles\[gameID]" Solution 3 has worked for me, and I have changed the mssmp3.bak back into a asi file and left the front panel detection disabled. If none of these work, then tough luck I hope this helps those who encounter this problem.
Scoarch Posted February 27, 2011 Member ID: 1733 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 614 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 555 Achievement Points: 5925 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 16, 2022 Birthday: 10/14/1967 Posted February 27, 2011 i also found that having a mic pluged in did the job. if my mick is unpluged then i get the error all the time Awards
wiird0 Posted February 27, 2011 Member ID: 2155 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 45 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/23/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 5, 2013 Birthday: 04/06/1980 Author Posted February 27, 2011 Yea plugging in a mic works too... but those who have built in mics (like me) encounter this problem.
Damage_inc- Posted March 1, 2011 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Posted March 1, 2011 tried to add auto defrost tday and after i had major crashes and then i couldnt get into muliplayer/deleted maps/mods and profile.made new profile.I used to get 900kb dl on maps b4 now only like 65kb.any suggestions ?or did server change its settings to clients recently>???ne one... Awards
Smurf|NL Posted March 13, 2011 Member ID: 1678 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 55 Topic Count: 82 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1469 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 1021 Achievement Points: 10373 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 09/29/1958 Device: Windows Posted March 13, 2011 Solution 2 works for me thnx Awards
Cavey Posted March 13, 2011 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Posted March 13, 2011 Could Senior Admins please remove the replies to this, lock it, and make it a sticky in the root of either computer help or COD4. It's a great tutorial, and I know dozens of members and registered users have asked this question before.
Goinbigger Posted April 19, 2011 Member ID: 2388 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 76 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 8, 2012 Birthday: 02/03/1981 Posted April 19, 2011 This must be from an older version of the registry mechanic, now it will do 15 files, but it list them differently. Can't find the one you mention.
Goinbigger Posted April 20, 2011 Member ID: 2388 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 76 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 8, 2012 Birthday: 02/03/1981 Posted April 20, 2011 Nevermind, I got the full version and just fixed everything. It works! LOL YES! Finally played all night without a single drop. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it stays that way. I had tried every single fix on the internet for this and finally after almost a week of searching every day for a way to fix this, that finally did it! Thanks!
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