Windows 10: Fallout 3 and PUBG blackscreen my PC, forcing hard reboot

This is my first time posting here and I rarely use forums so sorry in advance for the mistakes I will make.

My PC is an i5-8600k on an MSI MS-7B22, it has 16GB DDR4, a GTX 960, and runs Windows 10 Pro 64-bit build 16299. My NVIDIA driver is currently rolled back to version 399.24.

I have been trying to figure out what is going on with these crashes for 13 hours straight but I can't seem to pin it down, here is what I have done/know so far

Initially my troubleshooting was focused on Fallout 3 but after a number of unsuccessful attempts at fixing this by modifying the game and messing with .ini files, I realized I forgot to check the event log. The following error was being logged most of the times that these crashes were happening, but not every time.

Faulting application name: dwm.exe, version: 10.0.16299.15, time stamp: 0x7f22d77c
Faulting module name: dwmcore.dll, version: 10.0.16299.522, time stamp: 0x9486cd9f
Exception code: 0x8898008d
Fault offset: 0x000000000001820d
Faulting process id: 0x2054
Faulting application start time: 0x01d4952e800d2a60
Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\dwm.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\dwmcore.dll
Report Id: a25abf9f-bd4d-4266-b14d-e0e41d453684
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

So, once I saw that, it seemed to me there was some issue either with a recent Windows update or a recent NVIDIA driver update. I tested it by trying to play PUBG and was then met with the same symptoms I saw with Fallout 3. I wound up running an sfc /scannow (clean), DISM (clean), changed my performance settings, rolled back my windows updates by a few months so that NVIDIA would let me roll back my video card driver a few months, then I tried it again.

This too, failed, so next I decided that since every time the crashes happen, I am either moving or clicking the mouse/entering a keystroke, maybe the issue is with my USB hub or the USB slot the hub is plugged into. So I unhooked both, plugged my input devices in to the slots the hub was NOT plugged into, and tried again, but it was no good.

Shy of a repair install of Windows 10 which I definitely don't want to do, I am basically out of ideas. Attached is the log-rip.

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running Fallout 3 from disk on windows 10

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We sincerely regret for the inconvenience caused.

• What happens when the disk is inserted?
• Do you receive any error message\code?

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if it helps.

Fallout 3 not running on win10

Fallout 3 not running on win10

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Fallout 3 on Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are unable to play Fallout 3. We will assist you to resolve the issue.

To assist you better, I would like to know whether you receive any error message.

This issue may arise due to the compatibility issue.

I suggest you to run the game in compatibility mode and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

Run the program in Compatibility mode, please follow the below steps:

1) Right click on the Program

2) Click on Properties

3) Click on Compatibility tab

4) Select Run this program in compatibility mode and select the operating system as Windows 8 or accordingly from the drop down list.

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