FS9 and Vista problem?

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fmpjb Trainee
Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 49
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:40 pm

Hello Everyone

I seem to be having a strange problem with FS9 and Vista premium.

whenever i run FS9 in the non-full screen mode it literally shuts down my system (my computer just turns off). when i run it in full screen mode, it does not shut down my system, but i get decreased FPS. it has worked perfectly in non-full screen mode for about 2 month, then all of a sudden this mess. I haven't installed any new software or anything. i do have the latest graphics cards drivers as well

my specs are:
intel core 2 Duo E6400, dual 2.13 Ghz 2 MBL2Cache
2048 MB corsair DDR2 ram
512 MB evga NVIDIA Geforce 7600 GS video card
Windows Vista Premium

any help would be greatly appreciated!

thanks,
Michael

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fmpjb Trainee
Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 49
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:47 pm

ok, now i'm getting crashes in full screen mode as well!

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:48 pm

If there are new video drivers for Vista try them.
The first ones out were betas.

Put some of your settings lower, with 2 gigs ram Vista is eating more than the 1 they claim.

Radar

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Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:49 pm

here is another observation,

when I disconnect the ethernet connection (no internet connection) fs9 does not crash,

as soon as the ethernet is connected and i try to load an aircraft, boom! the computer shuts off.

fs9 + vista has been runnning on this machine for a month without a problem

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:07 pm

I understand from a friend that Vista keeps a log highlighting the program that caused the problem.
You might check that feature out.

Radar

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Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:38 pm

i just got finished talking with msoft and he said it was windows conflicting with the internet connection. now contacting computer manufacturer to see how to make it not conflict 🙂

anymore ideas would be great 🙂

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