Hi Mike,

When you said:
| I seem to already have the latest drivers and software.
| My PC is less than 4 months old.

Did you say that because you installed up to date drivers
for your system, or because you assume that a new computer
will ship with the most up to date drivers pre-installed?

If the latter, you will need to update your drivers as most
computers ship with only the basic (legacy) drivers installed.

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"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0732ED07-2BFD-43AA-9FB3-CDF876751A30@microsoft.com...
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| Mike on the south coast of the UK
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| "Jimmy S." wrote:
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| > Hi Mike,
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| > If reinstalling the game doesn't correct the issue, try this advice ...
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| Thanks Jimmy
|
| I seem to already have the lasest drivers and software.
| My PC is less than 4 months old.
| I tried the game scanner and got these results!
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| System Scan Results
| Congratulations! Your computer has sufficient performance to run Combat
| Flight Simulator 3!
| Note: The Game Advisor database does not currently contain specific graphics
| card feature requirements for this game (such as T&L support, pixel shader
| version, etc.). Please verify that your graphics card meets the requirements
| set by the publisher.
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| My System Specifications
| Processor Intel Pentium 4 3200MHz
| Display Card NVIDIA GeForce 6200
| Memory 1024MB
| Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
| Free Disk Space 182.86GB
| Display Card Memory 256MB
| Display Driver Version 7.1.2.4
| DirectX Version 9.0c
| Optical Drive CD/DVD
| Sound Card Realtek AC97 Audio
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| Why my system just stops responding I can't understand.
| I have also tried a clean boot but still the game does not start.
| Plays the video, the screen with the pilots faces comes up, the hour glass
| shows then the system locks up :-(
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| Seems a lot of fuss to get a program to run.
|
| Mike