https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/246510/v8i-ss3-microstation-with-v8i-descartes-ss5-crash-errorV8i MicroStation 08.11.09.608 V8i Bentley Descartes for MicroStation 08.11.09.601 Operating System - Windows 10 Enterpise - 20H2 - 19042.2965, Windows Feature Experience Pack - 1000.19041.1000.0 CPU - 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1145G7 @ 2.60 Ghzen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/770776?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:02:02 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5cf28761-041f-4b4a-b12b-06fd4623d988Mike<p>Andrew, I would like to upgrade however there are times when work has to be done using a stand alone client for Safeguarded purposes.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/770774?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:48:26 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:cae9fcd0-f398-413d-b761-5ace2fc9dc62Mike<p>Thank you Oto.&nbsp; I appreciate your response and solution which has resolved the crashing of the software.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/770126?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:12:44 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8ea3de21-e52c-424c-96f0-cfc3b32821adOto<p>If possible install Nvidia or AMD video card. Intel cards have issues.</p> <p>As alternative try&nbsp;s<span>et the variable MS_FORCE_SOFTWARE_RENDERING to 1.</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/769898?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 16 Jun 2023 03:44:34 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a8b2a6d2-2230-4257-b699-eb2cf36b2986Andrew Bell<p>Just to note that V8i versions of Bentley are no longer supported and you should be considering upgrading to the latest versions of MicroStation / Descartes CONNECT Edition.</p> <p><a href="https://www.bentley.com/support/bentley-lifecycle-policy/">Bentley Lifecycle Policy</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bentley.com/wp-content/uploads/desktop-applications-support-policy-v1.0.pdf">desktop-applications-support-policy-v1.0.pdf (bentley.com)</a></p> <p>It may be useful to provide crash / hang dump logs to ascertain what might be happening on your system to cause this problem.</p> <p><a href="/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/53439/generate-crash-logs-with-adplus" data-uw-rm-brl="false">Generate crash logs with ADPlus</a></p> <p>It may also be helpful to obtain system information.</p> <p><a href="/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/8740/how-to-create-a-windows-system-information-file" data-uw-rm-brl="false">How to Create a Windows System Information File</a></p> <p>You may find it useful to raise this issue directly with Bentley Technical Support to investigate.</p> <p><a href="https://bentleysystems.service-now.com/csp?id=csm_sc_cat_item&amp;sys_id=0a2342ef1b10c1103eeeeb53604bcb0b" data-uw-rm-brl="false">CSM Service Catalog - Customer Service (service-now.com)</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>