Windows 10: Change TDR value - Pros and Cons

HiI’ve recently been having issues with CTDs for Prepar3d v5.3 where I get crashes without an error log in the event logger, specifically using Aerosoft’s A330 professional add on. They are uncommon but they do happen enough to cause some concern. I’ve conversed with both Lockheed Martin and Aerosoft and followed what steps I can to resolve the issues and they are mostly gone, but it does rear it’s head occasionally. I have my own suspicions as to what is actually causing the errors, but I can’t really prove it completely.In a conversation I had a while back someone over at Aerosoft made refer

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OEM Pros/Cons

I wanted to know what people thought of the OEMs they had to deal with mostly in regards to the following subjects:

• Customer Service
• Warranty Repair
• Non-Warranty Repair
• Driver Support
• Customizing the Computer for Specific Needs
• Bloatedness of new Computers
• Inflated Price
• Sign-Me-Ups
• Technical Support
• Freebies (Software on Disks--Stuff that is preinstalled goes under Bloatness)

Fanboyism is not permitted here. Try to be focused on points that are good and bad.

I'll start with a few...
Dell
Pros

• Drivers were available when needed.
• System Restore disks (when provided) appear to be relatively clean.

Cons

• Driver disks include multiple hardware configurations so you don't know exactly which drivers are needed.
• The driver disk uses a web format which means all the shortfalls of a website (have to "save as..." everything).
• Some of their case designs are ridiculous (folding this way and that way).

HP
Cons

• Seven disks to reinstall Windows XP--bloated to the heavens.

Toshiba
Pros

• Customer Service speaks English.
• Customer Service tried their best to remedy my issues.

Cons

• No drivers available for my specific model (web or otherwise).
• Customized model shipped over a week after purchase directly from China. I got the bag long before I got the laptop.
• No disks, what-so-ever, included with laptop purchase.
• Technical Support would not lift a finger to get me a disk that "I could install Windows Vista Ultimate from after erasing the entire hard drive with DoD 5220.22 M compliant method."
• Over 80 running processes on first boot (and this was a business-class computer)--bloated with no erase means to get rid of it.

Lenovo
Pros

• Solid construction.
• Lots of features.

Cons

• Six or seven disks to reinstall windows from scratch--bloated.
• Some included software (backup or something) caused the OS to be irreversibly damaged. One tech spent three hours to clean up some of the mess. I spent another four hours erasing, installing, and deleting everything that may have originally caused the problem (Lenovo software).
• Warranty extensions are extremely expensive.
• Generally more expensive than most.

Systemax
Pros

• All systems include at least one disk: System Restore (basically a Windows disk--no extras).
• Most systems include an additional disk: Applications & Driver (is what it says).
• Solid construction.
• Most parts included in machines you could buy from Tiger Direct (obviously not the case with laptops).
• Customer Service and Tech Support speak English.
• Customer Service is very helpful.
• Every time I contacted Tech Support, I recieved a favorable outcome.
• Machine-specific bundled software (very limited). For instance, a computer with a TV Tuner may come with Cyberlink software to run record and watch TV.
• Sent CDs via phone request for software that came pre-installed (lost after erase).

Cons

• Limited selection of products and very few places to buy them from.
• Generally more expensive than the competition.
• Technology-wise, tends to be slightly behind the curve.
• Techsupport is quick to have you send it in and don't seem to be a wealth of knowledge.
• Service turn-around times are long (over a week).

Add to the list. This is a buyer-beware service. XD

 

I changed my TdrDelay and TdrDdiDelay registry values. Now it's stuck with them.

Hello,

I was recenly trying to overcome a crashing game, and I tried rising the TdrDelay (and also TdrDdiDelay) values, as suggested multiple times on the internet. I tried 20 (DEC) and the only outcome was the the game was hung up for 20 seconds before crashing.
Because it was a bug in the game, so the TDR tweak didn't make any difference.

I deleted both the keys again. But strangely enough, when I once again ran into the gamecrash, it was, again, hung for 20 seconds! Before I touched the registry, the game crashed after 2 seconds, like the default value suggests.

So I readded the keys with their default values 2 and 5, but again, the game was hung for 20 seconds on the next crash. I seriously don't know what's going on, but it seems that the TDR does not recognise the changes in the registry, and just continues with
the first ever edited values.

Of course, every time I changed the values, I rebooted my PC.

Any Ideas about what's going on?

 

Can't change value for Diagnostic and usage data

We would like to know more about this concern, kindly answer the following:

• May we know the build of the computer?
• Any changes on the computer prior to this concern?
• Aside from the suggested troubleshooting steps on this thread, what troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

We will be waiting for your response.