DOCUMENT:Q250973  07-MAY-2002  [homegame]
TITLE   :FS2000 Professional: Stops Responding When You Start Program
PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Games
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kb3rdparty kbdisplay kbimu msgame

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition,
the program may stop responding (hang).

CAUSE
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This behavior can occur if an EONtronics Michelangelo video adapter is installed
in your computer.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, disable hardware acceleration in Flight Simulator 2000
Professional Edition:

1. Start Flight Simulator 2000.

2. On the Options menu, point to Settings, and then click Display.

3. Click to clear the "Enable hardware acceleration" check box, and then click
   OK.

MORE INFORMATION
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these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: msgame flightsim fltsim fs2k fs2000 hangs freeze lock

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbdisplay kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim2000 kbSimSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbprb

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