Dynratygus, I configured IE like you said. My game just crashed after less than five minutes, the fastest crash yet.

Would default privacy and security settings in Internet Explorer really cause all our games to crash in the same way? If the game is going to be dependent on IE in the background, why wouldn't they have developed the game to be compatible with default browser settings?

ArnimZola, that is an interesting thread on its own merits. Although I doubt it is related to my crash, I will look into preventing text input from engaging the GPU, because I agree something as simple as typing on the computer should not touch the GPU. Do you happen to know why MS did that, or whether there are any drawbacks to disabling that hardware parameter? Could it be related to font smoothing or rendering? How did you first notice your text input was hitting the GPU? Because you heard the fans kick on?