FS9 installs, update 9.1 installs, but neither will run

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I have run them in the past on this machine, and hardware.

MSFS9.1 starts, rebuilds the databases, then goes full screen and then
disappears.

Have no idea why. I have run AVG, and did an online scan from
housecall.antivirus.com.

No viruses present.

Any ideas?

Thanks
 
Stick said:
I have run them in the past on this machine, and hardware.

MSFS9.1 starts, rebuilds the databases, then goes full screen and then
disappears.

Have no idea why. I have run AVG, and did an online scan from
housecall.antivirus.com.

No viruses present.

Any ideas?

Thanks
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Note the time when the simulator shuts down and use the Windows XP Event
Viewer (look in the Administrative Tools) to see if there are any clues
there.

See if the computer still passes the video and sound tests in the
DirectX Diagnostic (type dxdiag in the Start menu's Run pop-up). the
diagnostic can also identify your sound and video acceleration hardware
and driver versions. If you post that information, others with similar
hardware can compare their driver versions to yours. On a FEW occasions
the latest driver version isn't the best.

Check FS9.CFG for the FULL_SCREEN value in the GRAPHICS section. If it
is 1, change it to 0 so you can determine if you can get the simulator
to run in a window. If it will, you can check the simulator's pop-ups
for display settings.
 
Thanks all. I found the solution on the support product pages. I had
installed a new nVidia driver along with a pesky service that doesn't play
nice. Once I disabled that per the step-by-step directions, worked like a
champ.

MS is great!!!!!!!
 
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