Puzzling Exception Report

[sincitybaby]

Hello, just recently my game has been crashing, on one city it will load and then crash, but on another you can play for a little while but it still crashes.  Ive removed all of my recent downloads, and it still is not cooperating.   Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Exception Report:
Exception time: 12/27/2007, at 10:33:25.
Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.
Current thread ID: 2300 (0x000008fc).
Version information:
Application/module path: C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe
Application/module version name: SimCity 4
Application/module version: 1.1.640.0
System version: Windows NT 5.1
System memory: 512 Megabytes total, 56 Megabytes free.

Exception module:  C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe.
Exception address: 0x006a5b2a. Section:Offset: 0x01:0x0029eb2a.

Registers
   EAX: 00000000
   EBX: 000000be
   ECX: 0f51b094
   EDX: 13f1f494
   ESI: 22d1a540
   EDI: 21031a14
   CS:EIP: 001b:006a5b2a
   SS:ESP: 0023:0012fc68  EBP:0000002a
   DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003b  GS:0000
   Flags: 00010246

Loaded Modules
   Address          Size Module             Path
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   0x00400000    8187904 SimCity 4.exe      C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe
   0x7c900000     720896 ntdll.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
   0x7c800000    1003520 kernel32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
   0x7e410000     589824 USER32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
   0x77f10000     290816 GDI32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
   0x77dd0000     634880 ADVAPI32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
   0x77e70000     598016 RPCRT4.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
   0x77fe0000      69632 Secur32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll
   0x71ad0000      36864 WSOCK32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
   0x71ab0000      94208 WS2_32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
   0x77c10000     360448 msvcrt.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
   0x71aa0000      32768 WS2HELP.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
   0x771b0000     679936 WININET.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
   0x77a80000     606208 CRYPT32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
   0x77b20000      73728 MSASN1.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
   0x77120000     569344 OLEAUT32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
   0x774e0000    1298432 ole32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
   0x77f60000     483328 SHLWAPI.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
   0x7c9c0000    8478720 SHELL32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
   0x73f10000     376832 DSOUND.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.dll
   0x76b40000     184320 WINMM.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
   0x77c00000      32768 VERSION.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
   0x5ed00000     835584 OPENGL32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\OPENGL32.dll
   0x68b20000     131072 GLU32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\GLU32.dll
   0x73760000     299008 DDRAW.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\DDRAW.dll
   0x73bc0000      24576 DCIMAN32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
   0x75a70000     135168 MSVFW32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVFW32.dll
   0x5d090000     630784 COMCTL32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
   0x76390000     118784 IMM32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
   0x629c0000      36864 LPK.DLL            C:\WINDOWS\system32\LPK.DLL
   0x74d90000     438272 USP10.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\USP10.dll
   0x773d0000    1060864 comctl32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2982_x-ww_ac3f9c03\comctl32.dll
   0x77b40000     139264 Apphelp.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\Apphelp.dll
   0x10000000     638976 ~df394b.tmp        C:\DOCUME~1\Customer\LOCALS~1\Temp\~ef5fa3\~df394b.tmp
   0x5ad70000     229376 uxtheme.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
   0x63000000      81920 SynTPFcs.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\SynTPFcs.dll
   0x05bc0000      32768 nnview.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\nnview.dll
   0x05ce0000      40960 nvapp32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvapp32.dll
   0x76c90000     163840 IMAGEHLP.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
   0x76bf0000      45056 psapi.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\psapi.dll
   0x76ee0000     245760 rasapi32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasapi32.dll
   0x76e90000      73728 rasman.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasman.dll
   0x5b860000     344064 NETAPI32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\NETAPI32.dll
   0x76eb0000     192512 TAPI32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\TAPI32.dll
   0x76e80000      57344 rtutils.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\rtutils.dll
   0x056f0000     294912 SimCity_4_Extra_Ch C:\Documents and Settings\Customer\My Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\SimCity_4_Extra_Cheats_Plugin.dll
   0x76c30000     188416 WINTRUST.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
   0x20000000    2904064 xpsp2res.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\xpsp2res.dll
   0x0ffd0000     163840 rsaenh.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll
   0x769c0000     733184 userenv.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\userenv.dll
   0x75e60000      77824 cryptnet.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\cryptnet.dll
   0x76f60000     180224 WLDAP32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
   0x4d4f0000     360448 WINHTTP.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINHTTP.dll
   0x722b0000      20480 SensApi.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SensApi.dll
   0x73940000     851968 D3DIM700.DLL       C:\WINDOWS\system32\D3DIM700.DLL
   0x72d20000      36864 wdmaud.drv         C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
   0x72d10000      32768 msacm32.drv        C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
   0x77be0000      86016 MSACM32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
   0x77bd0000      28672 midimap.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
   0x73ee0000      16384 KsUser.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
   0x60300000      28672 idle.dll           C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\idle.dll
   0x7c340000     352256 MSVCR71.dll        C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\MSVCR71.dll
   0x6d510000     507904 DbgHelp.dll        C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\DbgHelp.dll

Call stack:
(Debug information (.pdb files) appears to be absent).
0x0001:0x0029eb2a C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe.

Stack data: (ESP is 0x0012fc68)
0x0012fae8   00000000 000000a0 01400000 00000000 000000a0 70febea5 0d400000 00000000
0x0012fb08   0000803f 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fb28   00000000 0000803f 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fb48   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 000080bf 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fb68   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000803f 00000000 00000000
0x0012fb88   00000000 00000000 00000000 74d0e000 00000000 c805917c 4092c701 40d1e000
0x0012fba8   5105917c d80a0900 6d05917c 78d1e000 d4d1e000 340000c0 e3ef907c 54d1e000
0x0012fbc8   10000000 00000000 4892c701 00000000 d634917c 78d1e000 1e000000 e0d0e000
0x0012fbe8   8f4d917c 4892c701 d0d0e000 00000000 c805917c c836c801 9cd1e000 5105917c
0x0012fc08   b80c0900 6d05917c 18000000 40000000 340000c0 00000000 92d5907c cc6bdd77
0x0012fc28   78070000 02000000 40d2e000 d043f677 ffff0000 8cd2e000 04000000 02000000
0x0012fc48   80dde000 c0939c7c dd43f677 c0939c7c 04000000 00000000 8cd2e000 78070000
0x0012fc68   141a0321 00222600 00020000 01000000 02000000 37898140 cccccc3e e0736a00
0x0012fc88   00000000 24054a0f 181a0321 d48be821 37f22500 08000000 18798212 14798212
0x0012fca8   37f22500 4800e005 03000000 2007c006 96080000 00222600 00020000 00a4807c
0x0012fcc8   4c94b400 04000000 2cfd1200 a483fa32 96080000 00000000 00000000 63946a00
0x0012fce8   08000000 181a0321 d48be821 37f22500 08000000 181a0321 902cb600 37f22500
0x0012fd08   63217000 d48be821 01000000 1476f10c 08000000 252b7000 644ab91c 1a689566
0x0012fd28   37f22500 01000000 08000000 7476f10c 74fd1200 ac77f10c 1c76f10c 18000000
0x0012fd48   08000000 14cec70a b33b7000 4827eb21 14004005 5027eb21 1c76f10c 54fd1200
0x0012fd68   3cfe1200 d0f1a600 ffffffff a0fd1200 9ca98700 19100000 3249c805 14004005
0x0012fd88   00000000 1427eb21 5027eb21 5427eb21 18cb3f05 34136105 c8fd1200 00aa8700
0x0012fda8   19100000 3249c805 14004005 f8fd1200 5d978700 dcfd1200 00000000 00000000
0x0012fdc8   f8fd1200 70978700 14004205 14004005 00e0fd7f 30021c00 00020000 00000000

Instruction data: (EIP is 0x006a5b2a)
0x006a5aaa   00 8b 74 24 10 8d 8e 10 02 00 00 c1 e1 04 03 c8 8d 54 24 20 89 4c 24 20 83 c7 1c 52 8b cf e8 d3
0x006a5aca   d5 ff ff d9 44 24 14 d8 00 c1 e6 04 81 c6 01 10 00 00 8b cf d9 18 8d 44 24 20 50 89 74 24 24 e8
0x006a5aea   b2 d5 ff ff d9 44 24 24 d8 00 5f 5e 5d d9 18 5b 83 c4 0c c2 08 00 8b 16 8b ce ff 92 a4 00 00 00
0x006a5b0a   8b 4f 3c 8b 11 50 8b 44 24 28 8b 00 50 ff 52 78 8b 4f 3c 8b 11 50 89 44 24 24 ff 92 80 00 00 00
0x006a5b2a   8b 10 8b c8 ff 52 34 8b 10 53 55 8b c8 ff 52 1c 0f bf c0 89 44 24 24 db 44 24 24 d8 0d a4 23 a8
0x006a5b4a   00 d9 54 24 24 d8 1d 54 10 a8 00 df e0 f6 c4 05 7a 0a c7 44 24 24 00 00 00 00 eb 19 d9 44 24 24
0x006a5b6a   d8 1d 28 12 a8 00 df e0 f6 c4 41 75 08 c7 44 24 24 00 00 80 3f 8b 5c 24 20 8b 16 6a 00 53 8b ce
0x006a5b8a   ff 92 c8 00 00 00 0f b7 c0 89 44 24 20 8d 4c 24 24 db 44 24 20 43 51 8d 4f 1c d8 4c 24 28 89 5c

[capo]

The wellknown CTDs (Crash to desktop) can be caused by many things. I'm no technical dude so I don't have a clue about the exception report but I have suffered a lot from this problem in the past and I followed these steps to prevent CTDs:

1) Too much custom content in your plug-in folder: How big is your plug-ins folder? I really recommend the Datpacker. I run a very powerfull pc and I still use the datpacker with only a 1 GB plug-ins folder.
2) A corrupt building/mod in your game: Some sites that offer custom content do not have the same quality demands as the LEX has (No i will not mention site names), some mods are coded wrong and some buildings do not function as they should. In a worst case scenario this could cause game crashes. Best thing to do is to temporarily remove files from your plug-in folder to check what file is causing the problem. Place about 10 files out of your plug-in folder, load the game and see if it crashes. If it does, then the problem isn't in these files, place them back to try the next 10 and so on..
3) Conflicting dependency packs or too much junk in your plug-in folder: Please use Cleanitol to clean your plug-in folder and to check if you have outdated dependencies. Please do not forget to place a shrine in your living room for wouagaine for creating the datpacker and cleanitol
4) A wrong loading order of some mods: Some mods (like the NAM, MML and MTP) have a specific loading order (check the read-me's). I've read that in a worst case scenario this could cause game crashes when the loading order isn't right.
5) PC Issues: Like I said I'm no technical dude but I've read in some topics that dual processors and very old computers can cause problems with the game, however since you mentioned that the problem only started recently I doubt that is the problem. I also read that the more memory you have, the less problems. I see you have 56 available MB, I have 2047 MB and it's been ages since I suffered a CTD. On my old PC with 1024 MB I had more problems

Well this helped me to prevent CTD's, I hope it will be of some use to you.

[jeronij]

Besides capo's excellent suggestions, I'd add:

I would pay attention to this:
0x056f0000     294912 SimCity_4_Extra_Ch C:\Documents and Settings\Customer\My Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\SimCity_4_Extra_Cheats_Plugin.dll
and this:
System memory: 512 Megabytes total, 56 Megabytes free.

[sincitybaby]

Thank you so much!!!