Re: major problems after installing flight simulator!

From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:53:36 -0500

Hi Paolo,

Don't worry about calling me Peter..
.. I'm sure I've been called worst (behind my back). :-)

Did you follow the steps in my driver update instructions to the 'T'?
Perhaps a skipped step or an overlooked troubleshooting suggestion
will solve the issue. If you're sure you did, I trust you to your word,
so we'll run a DX diagnostic to hopefully expose the problem.

In order to Create a dxdiag.txt file: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
Afterwards click the "Save All Information..." button in the bottom row.

To post the DX diagnostic information, open the file in notepad, click Edit
/ Select All / Copy and then Paste the data into your post using Ctrl+V. If
you use Outlook Express Click Insert / File Attachment. I hope this helps! 

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"Paolo" <Paolo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:388390B7-2392-4840-89CC-8C33E374F0E5@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Jimmy (sorry for getting your name wrong in my previous post BTW). As
> I said I've already tried doing what you suggested in other threads, e.g.
> unistalled and re-installed the video drivers, but no joy. I've disabled auto
> restart and I got a 0x0000008E stop message but no reference whatsoever to
> the display driver? You mentioned DX update during FS installation, what does
> that mean? Can it be reverted?
>
> "Jimmy S." wrote:
>
>> Hi Paolo,
>>
>> Your system is most likely restarting as a result of a STOP error.
>> This might have been caused by the DX update when you installed FS.
>>
>> To stop this behavior go to Control Panel / System / Advanced /
>> Click the Startup and Recovery Settings button / Uncheck the box
>> labelled "Automatically restart"  under the System Failure section.
>>
>> To analyze the error, try the steps in: http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
>>
>> If the error indicates a file name that begins with ati, or nv (nVidia)
>> the most likely solution would be to install the latest drivers using
>> the instructions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheers,                                 Windows XP MVP Shell / User
>> Jimmy S.                               http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>>
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>>
>>
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>> "Paolo" <Paolo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7F6428B3-D873-462A-A6E6-7BF05AE52765@microsoft.com...
>> > I've installed FS2002, run it a couple of times with no probs but now every
>> > time I start it it causes the pc to restart. Not only that, but since then
>> > virtually every other game installed on my pc -Halo, Myst Revelation to name
>> > a few- does the same! All these games run fine until now, but the only ones
>> > still working are Splinter Cell and Symcity4. I've tried following every tip
>> > suggested by Peter S. (unistalled and updated the display drivers in safe
>> > mode, uninstalled and reinstalled the games, which incidentally run fine
>> > immediately following installation, but only once. I repeat all my games run
>> > perfectly prior to installing FS2002, and my system -1.2GHz duron, Nvidia
>> > Geforce 2 64Mb, 384MB Ram, XP O. S. is more than capable of running these
>> > games. What the heck happened?!? Thanks for every, very much appreciated,
>> > suggestions!
>>
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