Square Enix’s announcement to end support for Windows 10 in Final Fantasy XIV marks a pivotal transition not just for the game’s expansive community, but also for the broader relationship between gaming and the perpetual cycle of operating system upgrades. For some, this news is a signal to...
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Square Enix has announced that support for Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) on Windows 10 will officially end on October 14, 2025, aligning with Microsoft's termination of security updates for the operating system on the same date. This decision underscores the evolving landscape of software support...
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As Microsoft approaches the final curtain call for Windows 10, the ripples are reaching far beyond the realm of operating system updates and security patches and into the everyday experience of PC gamers. Among the earliest—and arguably the most impactful—casualties of this OS transition is...
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Square Enix has officially confirmed that support for Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) on Windows 10 will come to an end on October 14, 2025, a date synchronizing precisely with Microsoft’s own termination of security updates for the aging operating system. For millions of FFXIV players on PC, this...
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On October 14, 2025, the world of PC gaming will witness a significant shift: Square Enix is officially ending support for Final Fantasy XIV on Windows 10. This move arrives on the heels of Microsoft’s declared end of security updates and official support for the operating system, which marks...
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With Square Enix’s recent announcement that official support for Final Fantasy XIV on Windows 10 will cease after October 14, 2025, a critical inflection point looms for not just FFXIV’s passionate player base, but for a significant portion of PC gamers still tied to Microsoft’s aging operating...
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After 2 years of trying to tackle this BSoD (and getting rather close!) I've finally given up and am asking for help.
I've ran memtest, and RAMMon is unable to execute and comes up with errors.
The BSoD's primarily happen while playing games such as Planetside 2, Final Fantasy XIV, and Warframe.
I'm really sad right now, I'm playing many games but my problem 99% of the time is with Final Fantasy XIV ARR and the constants Bsod's that I get playing it. It's totally random sometimes I can play 3 or 4 days without a problem and suddendly I get BSOD 3 days in a row always caused by hall.dll...
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Hello,
I bought this computer to play games, and whenever I play MMORPG like Tera, Final Fantasy XIV, etc I get this crackling sound randomly causing 1 fps then message saying nvidia kernel mode driver has crashed and recovered successfully. I researched a lot in the internet, and I tried...