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Whenever I start a game that runs in full screen mode The screen flickers and then the game minimizes. This happens again every time I try to maximize it again. I didn't have this problem before and the games used to work properly. The games I tried are The Simpsons Hit And Run and F-22 Lightning 3 demo.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi MirekG,

Sounds like the 3D game isn't able to grab focus. Oddly enough you may
be able to work around this issue just by clicking the screen as the game is
trying to load. Let me know if that works for you.

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| Whenever I start a game that runs in full screen mode The screen flickers and then the game minimizes. This happens again every
time I try to maximize it again. I didn't have this problem before and the games used to work properly. The games I tried are The
Simpsons Hit And Run and F-22 Lightning 3 demo.

 

[Neil Dela Osa [MS]]

I've seen some anecdotal evidence about problems with Internet ready
keyboards (ones with extra buttons for media player, IE, etc). I've seen
one person solve a problem like this by changing keyboards. I don't know if
it's the keyboard or the special keyboard software applet which is
correlated with the problem. It's a possible avenue of investigation
because there could be some kind of spurious keyboard input or being sent
which translates to "minimize window".

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Hi MirekG,

Sounds like the 3D game isn't able to grab focus. Oddly enough you may
be able to work around this issue just by clicking the screen as the game is
trying to load. Let me know if that works for you.

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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| Whenever I start a game that runs in full screen mode The screen

flickers and then the game minimizes. This happens again every

time I try to maximize it again. I didn't have this problem before and the

games used to work properly. The games I tried are The