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I know the wiki tries to not cover things that aren't "official." However, the crashing of Fallout 3 on the newer Windows OS's is a near universal problem. I personally have spent hours scouring the internet searching for fixes before I finally got the game to work on my computer. Thus, I think it would be of benefit to many if this wiki had a page with a list of all the different fixes and their success rates. I understand it would be very patchwork in nature, but having this information in one unified place would be a smart move in my mind. We could just have a bulleted list of fixes, and then ask users to verify if they work, or maybe if they work in unison with other fixes. I'm open to ideas on how this page would be laid out and where it would be located. Regardless, I really think it would be of great help to many users out there who are trying to enjoy Fallout 3. After all, we cover fixes for minor bugs on our other articles. Thoughts? Stars and Stripes (talk) 21:53, January 25, 2014 (UTC)

I believe this would be more appropriate (and greatly welcomed) here in the forums or in a blog. But I can't see it fitting in the mainspace.
Limmiegirl Lildeneb Talk! ♪ 22:27, January 25, 2014 (UTC)
We could stiky it to the top of the FO3 forum. That way it'll stay visible for folks to find. The Gunny  UserGunny chevrons 01:33, January 26, 2014 (UTC)
I like that idea. I'll make the forum tomorrow. Stars and Stripes (talk) 05:11, January 26, 2014 (UTC)
The easiest fix on both Win7 and Win8 is to update Games for Windows. Tried and tested. Even for the GOtY from steam.--Kingclyde (talk) 00:56, March 30, 2014 (UTC)
Lucky, I had to go through a bunch of roadblocks to get it to work. I followed all the instructions on the Beth forum on what to do, run in administrator, update games for Windows, etc. and in the end I had to resort to reaching into the game files itself and changing something to get it to work.
Granted it was only two things, but I had difficulty understanding that there was more than one .INI file for me to screw around with. I had to Find the line: "bUseThreadedAI=0", change that 0 to a 1, and then add "iNumHWThreads=2" right after it all in the FALLOUT.INI file located in the Fallout 3 folder located in the documents folder for some reason.
In the end, this forum summed it all up for me: http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1465357-installing-fallout-3-with-windows-78-and-xp/
--The Ever Ruler (talk) 18:22, March 31, 2014 (UTC)
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