yeah so i recently got a new computer, and maple story works perfectly on it.. Sure i get this compability thing when i start maple up but it still runs... No lags or whatever.. But when I'm at Horntail or Zakum.. i heard you gotta alt tab to prevent disconnection, but after the first head of HT died, i alt tabbed and my screen goes black and about 2mins later maple shuts down without giving me any kind of error message either. it just stops :/

 It makes me really pissed that I disconnect while I don't have any sort of lag...

 if anyone would like to know my comps Specs:

- Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit (Service Pack 2)

- Intel Core i7 i-920 4x 2.66 GHz 8M box

- 6 GB RAM

- 1 TB Hard Disk

- Nvidia Geforce GTS 250

On any other games I play i honestly have zero problems, only with maple and specific maple story bosses... i was thinking up downgrading to XP but I'm afraid there aren't any drivers for XP for the stuff my PC got.. Plus I don't know if 64 bit XP works with bosses =/

 If anyone could help me that'd be great because it's pissing me off that I can't enjoy a game to the fullest just because it's somehow not vista compatible >.< And I KNOW alot of other people have this problem aswell >.>

Omg i'm soooo sorry.. Posted this thread 4 times by accident because my explorer kept saying it couldnt post >.>

Have you thought simply trying to not Alt-Tab?

I did a Zakum run on Vista 32bit, and didn't lag at all using windowed mode. Never alt-tabbed, never DC'd or lagged horribly.

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Yes I did think about that.. And I'm nearly sure that was the problem too but my host was like: vista users alt tab when the first head died so I jsut did it just in case >.>

 But what if I HT/ZAK again without alt tabbing and i still d/c? =/I mean its not my computer specs or my internet.. those are good :x If it's anything it's either ms hating vista or vista being >.>

I did another HT run today and this time i did NOT alt tab. everything went fine, didn;t die or d/c at the prelim heads but when i got to the main HT and they summoned him, he stomped me and it instantly shut my maple down..

 I really don't get it because i did not lag one bit. Everything was smooth but i got hit and it just closed >.>

 I really hate nexon for not fixing this >.>

I have a Dell Studio XPS 16 with Windows Vista Ultimate 64bits and I have never had any problems with Zakum. 2.80GHz, 4GB RAM DDR3, and ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3670 - 512MB. I don't have enough level to HT, but I've never had any issues with Zak, and I have never done that alt tab thing =/

has this problem solved? what brand(Manufacturer ) is your computer? i had the same problem .. i solved it...

Nope it's not solved yet. And I have a dutch brand PC (paradigit). The store i bought it from makes the PC's themselves and they're quite good too.

 I also have the lastest service packs and drivers so that cannot be the problem either >.>

so i guess tab + alt only works for some ppl..i suggest you reformate to window xp.. cuz thats what i did..
be4 you formate to xp, make sure you have the windows xp drivers ready.. if you cant find them.. dont formate!
ya, drivers compatibility could be a problem...try look for thoes drivers that will compatibility with windows xp at the website where you bought your

computer,
if you couldnt find them.. or their website doesnt event offer "driver download" then at this point. you have to find out what kind of device(hardware)

you have, search the drivers where the product came from,

for example..you have Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 video card.simplely google Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 and you will see a list of informatetion. click in the

official sit(use your brain)..
here is the link for your Nvidia Geforce GTS 250
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gts_250_us.html
click into the link, look for the driver download button.
you have to select bunch of options, then you should able to download the driver.
here is the link for:
Product Type: Geforce
Product Series: GeForce 200 series
Product: GeForce GTS 250
Operating System: Windows XP
Language: English(US)
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_191.07_whql.html

video,audio,Lan drivers are the most important drivers that you must need..the rest device you can try look for them if you can.
to find the audio,Lan(internet)driver.

here are 2 ways you may able to find out what product(Brand) your audio device is.
1, right click your computer icon on your desktop and select manage,on the pop up box. goto Device Manager on the left side, double click it.
you should able to see a list of device..double click on the "Sound, video and game controllers" then you should able to see something.
look for the keyword that under "sound, video and game controllers" for example, i have "realtek high definition audio" under the list,
so i know my audio product is from "Realtek" so i should google "realtek high definition audio driver"
2, check the website where you bought your computer, normally they should have list of information about..cpu, video card, audio card..Ram.. look for the

keyword for audio card if you can..then google it.

about the network drivers. its pretty much same way how u looked for the audio drivers..
right click computer icon-device manager-NetWork Adapters-google it..

if you cant find the windows xp drivers ,you can try use the driver for vista..it may works..or may not...

well. thats all i can tell.. hope this will help you

oh.i forgot 2 tell you, if you have error when you runing your windows xp OS Disc. you may need to change something in the bios setting

when starting up windows. Press F2 to go to bios setting

on bios setting window
go to peripheral configuration
change Sata mode to IDE, if there is a Sata controller Mode, you will change to controller mode to IDE too. then save and exit.