Crashes, Window Size Error

[Venji]

I play Bioshock on the PC, and I bought it and play it through Steam, this all running on Vista Home on my notebook. First off, whenever I open the game, it comes up about the size of it as if it were running in windowed mode, only the graphics options say it's running in full screen. It's an easy but annoying/repetitive fix.

Now the more serious problem. At any random time (I've noticed no correlation between the events) the game crashes. I'm given the standard error message that "bioshock.exe" has closed and do I want to look online, yadda yadda. The strange this is, whenever I open the game back up, all of my changes to graphics and controls have been reset. This is everything from graphics levels to mouse sensitivity and altered key bindings.

Can anyone give me a clue as to why this is happening? I'll post my tech specs if you want them (the notebook is downstairs atm).

[chiefboo]

Hello. I'm experiencing this very same issue.

here's my system specs:

System Manufacturer/Model NumberEdit Value
Custom
OSEdit Value
Win7 Pro (6.1, build 7600)
CPUEdit Value
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz
MotherboardEdit Value
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3p
MemoryEdit Value
CORSAIRXMS2 1GB(2x512mb)800Mhz (ToBReplaced)
Graphics Card(s)Edit Value
PowerColor AX4870 x2 (ATI Radeon HD 4870) + XFirex Enabled
Sound CardEdit Value
On-board audio via Graphics Card
Monitor(s) DisplaysEdit Value
Vizio 42" LCD HDTV
Screen ResolutionEdit Value
1280x720
Hard DrivesEdit Value
1TB 7200 RPM WD Caviar Black
PSUEdit Value
Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750Watts ATX 12volt
CaseEdit Value
COOLER MASTER Centurion 532 RC-532-SKN1 Mid-tower ATX
CoolingEdit Value
CPU: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm.

I was having some other issues before this (here).

Now i'm just glad to be able to enjoy the game with sound and all. just wish i could fix this. like the poster before me said, "its annoying to have to reset all the settings".