Hello, i bought Oblivion from Steam today, and finally i edit the settings and booted the game. After CHaracter creation it crashes, it happens if i make a new character too.
I want to add, that my DVD version ran fine on this computer before. But i vaguely rememer something about shivering isles not being compatible with VIsta.

It might have something to do with these hardware components.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/27/2011, 20:26:27
Machine name: ARCHDEMON
Operating System: Windows Vista? Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.110617-0336)
Language: Norwegian (Bokm?l) (Regional Setting: Norwegian (Bokm?l))
System Manufacturer: Compaq-Presario
System Model: VG128AA-UUW CQ5145SC
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Pentium® Dual-Core CPU E6300 @ 2.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 2435MB used, 5958MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode
DxDiag Previously: Crashed in system information (stage 4)

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68B8)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68B8&SUBSYS_29901682&REV_00
Display Memory: 2805 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1014 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: HP w2228h Wide LCD Monitor
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1103 (English)
DDI Version: 11
BGRA Supported: Yes
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/26/2011 03:04:28, 892416 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2BF8-11CF-7D71-9A09BEC2C535}

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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (ASUS Xonar DS Audio Device)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_13F6&DEV_8788&SUBSYS_838E1043&REV_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: cmudaxp.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0008 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 3/10/2011 14:44:16, 2725376 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: ASUSTeK
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0x0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: Yes
EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura™ ZoomFX™: No

Thanks in advance.

Almost all of the mods that alter character creation also require skipping the first several scenes of the tutorial segment, so if you played using those before, but forgot you had to skip ahead, or never used such mods before, that is the situation. I think that you can play the tutorial with an "ordinary" character and then arrive at the grate that leads outside, and totally remake your character at that point (save for the long term from that point), and the mods to character creation cause no big problems any more from there. It's been a good while since I last created a new character in Oblivion, myself.

I disabled all mods but still i crashes, tried loading a save and making a new. after a couple of seconds it crashes and im unable to do anything.

I tried low setting and also changed gfx settings on my card to default but still not working. I might add that i run Skyrim on ultra too... so its clearly a compatibility issue.

Ok it dosen't crash if i dont move, but the second i press any movement button (the arrows) it crashes.

Last edit: Nevermind this, Bethesda dosen't support Windows Vista, not even on steam so i guess i have to just live without Oblivion.

This perticular issue was fixed using Windows Vista Compatiblity mode set to Windows XP SP2 + run as administrator. First time this have ever worked and thats the reason i didnt try it sooner, but here we go anyways. This issue is solved anyways =) Yay.