Yes Sir did all that long ago but I did come up with the final step I needed to make BF4 has stopped working go away for good :] I forgot to come back to this post and post what fully fixed BF4 for me my bad sorry. This is a copy and past what I did just after I posted in this topic......EDIT.... And all my steps huge pain in the .... to do but so worth it in the end for me as I have not crashed once :]
Windows may act stable but as I learned the hard way its not always stable after a clean install and half the battle with BF4 is stable windows. Its your choice or not if you do all my steps listed you could just try the windows system file checker to start with and see if that alone fixes the issue. Like you guys I have tried every fix I could find for all errors but nothing fully fixed some of them it just slowed down my errors in BF4.I got some very good advice on this site to make BF4 stable but I just needed that last step and this one I came up and omg it works at long last lol :]
Make sure every driver is new and update bios if need be that goes with out saying.
My first advice to you is open event viewer and see how many errors you have NOT from BF4 crashes but other errors and if you have none count your blessings as it means you dont have homework like I did lol :} Event viewer is going to be your new buddy so make a short cut to it on your desk top we will come back to it.
This next part works in all windows O/S vista win 7,8 and 8.1 windows system file checker :]
...... sfc /scannow ..... ever hear of it if not your going to love this .... it will inspect all the important windows files as well as the windows DLL files. If windows system file checker finds any issues with the windows files and windows DLL files it will replace them. This little tool as well as the event viewer saved me and fully helped me fix my BF4 issues as well as saved my .... many a format since I found it. This is the best toy they ever put in windows :]
1 - Open administrator command prompt and close web pages and programs like origin
2 - Type or copy and paste in sfc /scannow and hit enter, This takes 5 min to 15 min SSD vs HD
3 - This can go one of a few ways ..... no errors ... it fixed some errors ..... could not fix all errors...... does not finish checking and errors out ....... and the last one could not fix errors at all :/
4 -After its done reboot and do it again even if you had no errors the first time or had errors, could not fix ... run sfc /scannow again and when its done a second time reboot. You need to do this a and get no errors 2 x in a row ...
5- So if you ran it 2x and no errors your safe you can stop now for now lol, If you had errors first time but not the second then run sfc /scannow again and when its done reboot. You need to get could not find any errors 2 x to be safe. If it still finds errors try and run it a few more times until it finds no errors 2x AND ALWAYS REBOOT BETWEEN RUNNING sfc /scannow
6 - If you get a message indicating that it can not be repaired and you ran sfc /scannow 2X in a row on win vista or 7 mm you need a format :/ But after format and all updates are done run sfc /scannow to make sure your windows is stable same deal 2x error free reboot between, then If your O/S is Win8 or Win 8,1 then you can run this next command / line in administrator command prompt. Sadly this does not work for win vista or 7 :/ It will restore the health of your PC and you dont lose anything
dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth <------- ONLY works for windows 8 and 8.1
7 - When its done reboot
Ok so now you know your windows is fully stable just like BF4 lol :} Over the next few days or weeks you may have to run sfc /scannow again so this command line is like event viewer your new best buddy lol. In truth I have short cuts up for both on my desktop and run sfc /scannow less now but it was daily as I was fixing errors in my event viewer. And now run it once a week just to be sure windows is still good to go.
So after all this if you still have new errors in event viewer you do need to deal with them find out what they are from to be safe and fix issues as need be. And run sfc /scannow again after you fix issues to be sure windows is still stable it will save you a format. If you need help with errors in event viewer let me know if I can help I will as I bookmarked some good pages. My event viewer now has zero errors now but I still look at it daily :] Every once in a few one shows up and I google the event id and source with my O/s and look for the fix. Sometimes the error is just from installing or uninstalling a program. This page can help you alot ......
http://www.eventid.net/display-eventid-1-source-Google%20Update-eventno-11179-phase-1.htm
Now the BF4 part this is what I did after I did all the stuff I just listed above. I wanted this game to work so bad I would not work on the game part of it all until I had zero errors in event viewer lol. I am not a big fan of repair game as it never fixed it for me lol, after all this work I wanted a fully clean install of BF4
CC Cleaner do you know it ? If you dont have it its free and safe and you need it for this next part lol It is a handy tool as well to have on your PC. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download
1- Go to tools in cc cleaner and uninstall BF4
2- Go to my Documents on my C drive and deleted the BF4 folder sitting in there, I have my BF4 installed on H drive but BF4 install still puts the BF4 screen shots and settings on your C drive my documents. And when you un install it stays even in windows add and remove programs. So the point is you want a fully clean install of BF4 delete the BF4 in my documents. Now reboot.
After Reboot
1- Open CC Cleaner again this time your going to registry dont get freaked out lol. All its going to do is remove fragments in the registry from uninstalled programs, It will give your the choice to back up do so if you wish. First time you run it you may have like 80 or more fixes but thats the normal. Empty recycle bin as well cant hurt all traces of BF4 must be gone lol.
2- Reboot
After Reboot
1- Run sfc /scannow just to be sure windows is still good to go. After it is done and if no errors or errors run it again after you reboot. You need 2x No Errors
After Reboot
1- Open CC Cleaner and clean the registry
2- Reboot
Make sure everything is good clean and stable before you install BF4. Reboot after you do each step ! And ya you may have to run them all a few times before its fully clan and stable :/
3-Now D/L BF4 lol but dont pause it or let it get cut off lol I has to be one fully clean install done at one time.
This is everything I did to get my BF4 stable I hope it helps you and others as it took me forever to find the full fix for me. All I know for sure is this is what worked for me and a few others now. Also, I do run Origin and BF4 as admin now just to be safe and I always do have origin off in game .
If you still crash after all this double check to make sure all drivers etc are fully up to date and run sfc /scannow again and see if it finds errors in your windows. And check your event viwer for errors and deal with them.
Also when I quite a game twice I did get BF4 has stopped working in the first 2 weeks my heart sank but it was only when I QUITE THE GAME NOT MID Map:/ So all I did is reboot and no issue when I went back into BF4 , And first time ever I have NEVER had to repair game or crash since I did all the steps listed above :} If all this works for you give me a XP so others know it works :}
