Fallout 76 Opening Page Showing Login Freezes

[Met A Demon Once]

I have tried three times today to get into Fallout 76 but when the game starts up it freezes at a page which says it is logging in. You see a window with bars in it.

I cannot get any farther than this.

[lovelln]

I have the same problem, tried three times, the only way to return the computer back to service is to reboot.

In the event logs
Service cannot be started. System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: singletonInstance
at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHost..ctor(Object singletonInstance, Uri[] baseAddresses)
at IronCity.Core.Server.CoreServer.‭‪‫‎‭‏‎‫‬‏‬‌‮‏‮‭‪‏‫‮‬‮‍‮‌‍‌‮(Object , Uri[] )
at IronCity.Core.Server.CoreServer.Start()
at XtuService.XtuService1.​​‮​‭‌‏‎‌​‎‫‎‬‏‪‎‎‎‏​‭‌‍‮(CoreServer )
at XtuService.XtuService1.OnStart(String[] args)
at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.ServiceQueuedMainCallback(Object state)

[Met A Demon Once]

I am not having any other problems with any other games. I refunded one which suddenly developed a distinct dislike to Windows 11. When I bought it I was using Windows 10 but I cut-over last week to Windows 11.

[lovelln]

I just updated my graphic drivers, I can now access this product again. The graphic drivers were updated last month, so it wasn't that it was massively out of date.

[Met A Demon Once]

I updated my graphic drivers within the last 24 hours.

I did reboot, I got into Fallout 76, lost the use of my keyboard, go figure that one out. I rebooted again. No keyboard but used the on-screen one to log into PC. Rebooted again. I have a keyboard.

Everything was fine till I touched Fallout 76. My first attempt after a reboot the program froze at the opening TV screen. It does this allot. Then I got in but my PC started falling apart. Two more reboots later I have my keyboard back.

[Met A Demon Once]

Well at least I got the goodies for today.

[zephyrillo]

Yes, this has happened to a bunch of people, all you have to do Is wait on the page that states "press any button to start" for your hard drive light to start blinking and then push any button to start the log in page.

[Met A Demon Once]

Originally posted by zephyrillo:

Yes, this has happened to a bunch of people, all you have to do Is wait on the page that states "press any button to start" for your hard drive light to start blinking and then push any button to start the log in page.

Done that does not work...

[The Dude]

Same problem with freezing up sometimes (1 in 3 tries) before logging on screen for the last year. Windows button works but Fallout 76 is blocking any actions. I can start task manager, but i can't use it since fallout 76 blocks the screen contents. Restarting computer or logging off is the only way to go forward. Using windowed screen instead of full screen seems to help also. I using highest recommended settings in Graphics.

[uni790]

Ok, just be patient with it, after a few mins the client will crash, and will start up fine the second attempt, it started doing this with the Pitt update.

[zephyrillo]

Originally posted by The Dude:

Same problem with freezing up sometimes (1 in 3 tries) before logging on screen for the last year. Windows button works but Fallout 76 is blocking any actions. I can start task manager, but i can't use it since fallout 76 blocks the screen contents. Restarting computer or logging off is the only way to go forward. Using windowed screen instead of full screen seems to help also. I using highest recommended settings in Graphics.

There should be a box to check on task manager that states "always on top" in the options menu, Fallout should not block it then. Also you could hit the windows button and at the bottom press "task view" and open the screen not running fallout. From that screen you can go to task manager and close fallout there.

[Met A Demon Once]

There are two type's of errors.

#1 starting up Fallout the game freezes at the TV screen. This is an old one, happens often, and you bring up Task Manager to kill the game and start over. Task Manager will tell you the game is frozen. You may need to try several times to get it up and running but normally the next restart gets you in..

#2 is new and you get past the TV screen, hit a any button to bring up the login, and the screen freezes but Fallout is not frozen. Task Manager will tell you that the game is operating OK but for some reason the screen has disconnected from the game. I managed to reboot several times and to get past the login screen which was freezing up.

[just ripped one]

I tried everything uninstall,reinstall, integrity checks, direct x downloads.. but in the end....It's an app that's preventing it from being launched, type startup in search bar in windows and go deselect all the applications that start up with your computer, it's most likely one of them preventing it from launching. Like for example MSI afterburner... (Mine was overwolf) after closing the apps the game launches with no problem. Hope this helps.

[Met A Demon Once]

Originally posted by noonecares.ttv:

I tried everything uninstall,reinstall, integrity checks, direct x downloads.. but in the end....It's an app that's preventing it from being launched, type startup in search bar in windows and go deselect all the applications that start up with your computer, it's most likely one of them preventing it from launching. Like for example MSI afterburner... (Mine was overwolf) after closing the apps the game launches with no problem. Hope this helps.

In my case I suspect it was a Windows 11 update combined with Nvidea update that caused the problem with #2 on my previous post. #1 has been with me for over a year...

[Met A Demon Once]

Yep, Fallout 76 froze up at "Please Stand By" TV screen. This gets tiring. Restart of the game got me past that one. I did not have any problems once I got past that PITA "Please Stand By."

[Lerch2000]

I know this happens with win 11 (bugs the hell out of me), but one thing I found that helps is disable any overlays (i.e. discords) you might have steams included