| 31470 | Fixes a problem with the DV driver to correct PAL DV cameras that are accidently detected as NTSC. |
| 31471 | Discusses a fix to DSHOW that changes the way that synchronization is maintained for playback. |
| 31472 | Discusses an update to the DVD control that permits playback of CPRM-type media on Windows 2000. |
| 31473 | Discusses a hotfix for a problem where the client application experiences an error trying to playback WAV files greater than 2 GB in size. |
| 31474 | This article describes the known multiplayer issues and workarounds in Halo: Combat Evolved. |
| 31475 | When you play Microsoft JezzBall, the motion of the balls may hesitate. |
| 31476 | Zip (.zip) files are files that are compressed to decrease the total file size. Files are compressed to reduce the amount of disk space needed for storage, to reduce download times, and so on. Note that after you obtain a .zip file, to view or use the... |
| 31477 | When you use the Organic Art or Science Fiction screen savers included in Microsoft Plus! 98, you may experience any of the following symptoms: Your computer may stop responding (hang) or the screen may turn black when the screen saver starts. Full... |
| 31478 | When you run a Winsock application (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer), your Internet provider (such as The Microsoft Network) sign-in screen may appear. |
| 31479 | Describes a troubleshooting error message that you receive with ZoneMatch games. You may also receive the The connection to the server has been lost. The server may have quit. error message. |
| 31480 | Describes how to obtain and use Puzzle Pack 1 for Wheel of Fortune Deluxe and Jeopardy! Deluxe. |
| 31481 | Describes how to troubleshoot an error message that you receive when you try to open saved games. |
| 31482 | Resolves an issue with registry settings that cause an error message when you install Microsoft Plus! |
| 31483 | Provides a resolution for an issue where the videos do not play as expected when you start Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight. |
| 31484 | Describes a problem that occurs when you start Golf for Windows 3.0 where you may not be able to change the preferences for a character that you select. |
| 31485 | Discusses a problem in multiplayer games where you are disconnected from games or you receive an error message after you select a character from a saved game. |
| 31486 | Describes a video problem in Combat Flight Simulator: Battle for Europe. The aircraft and the scenery have no features or texture. The ground and the sky are blue, and the aircrafts are all white. |
| 31487 | Describes an error message that you receive when you start a multiplayer DirectIP game or a LAN game. Requires that you install the latest update to the game. |
| 31488 | Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved uses a self-contained set of codices to play back both video and sound. Halo does not install any codices nor does it use any codices from the Microsoft Windows system directories. A codec (compression/decompression) is... |
| 31489 | Describes a problem extending the tail hook for an aircraft carrier landing in Combat Flight Simulator 2. Every approach is waved off without the tail hook extended. |
| 31491 | Describes a situation where inserting the Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs disc into the CD-ROM or the DVD-ROM drive does not start the installation program. |
| 31492 | Describes a problem where the simulation is not accurate, this includes no other planes flying when the Traffic Percent setting is set to 100 percent. |
| 31493 | Describes how to use and how to print the logbook in Flight Simulator 2002. |
| 31494 | Describes a problem playing a video in Flight Simulator 2002 Help. The video plays without sound. |
| 31495 | Describes a problem with camera panning. The camera does not respond to movement in the mouse. |
| 31496 | Describes an error message that you may receive when you start Halo: Combat Evolved. Describes how to see dismissible error messages after they have been dismissed. |
| 31497 | Describes a problem that occurs when you start Links 2001 on a Windows XP-based computer. |
| 31498 | Describes common problems and solutions for weather features in Flight Simulator. |
| 31499 | Describes the update to Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe. |
| 31500 | Describes how you can pick the expansion packs that you want to use in a zoo. |
| 31501 | Describes how the sensitivities settings can be adjusted for joysticks. If you are having trouble controlling your aircraft by using a joystick, these settings may have to be adjusted. |
| 31502 | Describes problems with missing text or text that is not visible text in multiplayer games of Halo: Combat Evolved. This includes not seeing the text You killed above other player's name when you kill another player in the game. |
| 31503 | Describes the problem where the version number does not change after you update Train Simulator. Some new content may also not appear as expected. |
| 31504 | When you try to play Jeopardy! Deluxe or Wheel of Fortune Deluxe you receive an error message and the game will not start. |
| 31505 | Describes how to print a new copy of the quick reference guide, and includes the information about the quick reference guide. |
| 31506 | To install The Conquerors Expansion, you must have Age of Empires II, Age of Kings installed. |
| 31507 | Describes how to verify that the .NET Passport servers are online. If you are trying to play a game on Zone.com or if you are trying to play an online game of Age of Mythology, you must use .NET Passport services. |
| 31508 | When you try to play Microsoft Rise of Nations, the game performance may be unexpectedly slow. |
| 31509 | This article describes known sound-related issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Rise of Nations. The information in this article first describes general issues, and then describes issues that have only been known to occur on specific... |
| 31510 | Describes how to troubleshoot error codes in the downloaded versions of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. |
| 31511 | Describes a limitation of the helicopter in Flight Simulator when you fly by using a force-feedback joystick. |
| 31512 | Describes how to troubleshoot an issue that occurs where your guests are not using benches, tables, restrooms, or buying food. |
| 31513 | Describes how to troubleshoot a behavior where some text in Freelancer appears with loc=center or ?xml version=1.0 before the expected text in buttons and descriptions. |
| 31514 | Describes an error message that you receive when you upload statistics to the server after you win an online game. You do not receive this error message after you lose a game. |
| 31515 | Describes two error messages that you receive when you start Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna. The first error message that appears starts with the following text: Error Code: 2 Couldn't register. |
| 31516 | Discusses an issue where a flight in Flight Simulator 2002 ends unexpectedly after you receive an air traffic control message that states that you are 300 feet below your assigned flight level. |
| 31517 | Explains how to control aircraft engines on a multi-engine aircraft. By default, engine commands will affect all engines on a multi-engine aircraft. |
| 31518 | Describes how to troubleshoot the engine becoming uncoupled from the cars. |
| 31519 | Describes how to remove a character or a mule from your party. |
| 31520 | Describes how to troubleshoot the No continuable game available error message when you click the Load Game button. |
| 31521 | Describes how to move saved games. |
| 31522 | Describes how to troubleshoot this error message that you receive when you try to connect to an online game. |
| 31523 | Describes how to troubleshoot coupling problems. Trains uncouple or couple unexpectedly. |
| 31524 | Explains how to use the radio stack to manually tune to a control tower. |
| 31525 | Describes the symptoms that you will see on the Electronic Flight Information System screen if you are not tuned to the correct radio navigation frequency. |
| 31526 | Provides a step-by-step description of how to save flight videos. Also explains where the video files are stored on your computer. |
| 31527 | Describes an error message that you receive when you try to start Motocross Madness 2 on Windows 2000-based and Windows XP-based computers. |
| 31528 | Describes how to use the Undock View feature and how to configure multiple monitors in Flight Simulator 2004. |
| 31529 | Describes how to resolve a problem selecting your country while you are creating online accounts on the Ensemble Studios Online multiplayer site. |
| 31530 | Describes how to troubleshoot error messages that you receive when you do not have sufficient memory on your computer. |
| 31531 | Describes how to troubleshoot game controllers in Microsoft games, both in the game and in Microsoft Windows. |
| 31532 | Describes how to use slew mode or switching aircraft to take off in a sailplane. |
| 31533 | Describes how to troubleshoot problems with Flight Simulator 2004 when it quits unexpectedly or stops responding on startup. |
| 31534 | Describes troubleshooting network problems in Dungeon Siege. |
| 31535 | This article lists the known game play issues with Microsoft Zoo Tycoon. |
| 31537 | When you run Microsoft Midtown Madness 2, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: The game controller may behave erratically. The game controller may not respond. The pedals do not respond correctly. This article is part 1 of a... |
| 31538 | This article is part 2 of a series of two Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that present a systematic approach to troubleshooting game controller problems. 279858 Midtown Madness 2: Game Controller Problems Troubleshooting (Part 1) 279858 Midtown... |
| 31539 | Describes how to troubleshoot the Missing or invalid registry\ini entry error message and the Old File not found error message while you are updating Links. |
| 31540 | Describes how to convert Links courses from earlier versions of Links. |
| 31541 | Describes how to troubleshoot incorrect weather data and error messages such as Server name or address could not be resolved and A connection with the server could not be established when you try to retreive weather information. |
| 31542 | Describes how to resolve an error message that you receive when you start Combat Flight Simulator 3 on a Windows 98-based computer. |
| 31543 | Describes a problem with sliders and options that are hard to move. If you change a slider or option, the control resets to the left or to the default value when you exit the settings dialog box. |
| 31544 | This article contains a list of video-related issues that you may experience in Microsoft Bicycle Games. |
| 31545 | When you are playing Microsoft Freelancer, you may experience any one of the following symptoms in mission 3: The Rheinland ships stop moving. If you shoot at the Rheinland ships, you receive a message that states that the mission failed. You cannot... |
| 31546 | This article describes the known multiplayer issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Rise of Nations. |
| 31547 | When you try to play Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer or run the HaloUpdate.exe file, you may see that an update is downloaded, and then installed. You may see one or more of the following symptoms: When you view the version number for Halo,... |
| 31548 | Describes a problem starting some games and Encarta programs on Windows XP and Windows 2000. When you try starting these programs, the program unexpectedly quits with the error that the program has encountered a problem and needs to close. |
| 31549 | Describes how to handle the error message. If the video card meets the minimum requirements and hardware acceleration is enabled, the likely solutions are to try a new user profile and to update the video drivers. |
| 31550 | Discusses using golfer animations from one version of Links in other versions. Animation files can be moved between earlier versions of Links. You cannot import or export Links 2001 and Links 2003 animations. |
| 31551 | Describes how to troubleshoot problems downloading and installing the update. The files that are downloading are large and may take time to download, or you may have to update the Windows Installer. |
| 31552 | When you attempt to play a round of golf on one of the courses in the Links LS 2000 10-Course Library Pack in one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, the program may stop responding (hang) or quit unexpectedly without returning an... |
| 31553 | When you attempt to import a custom wave audio (.wav) file into the Sound Script Editor, you may receive the following error message: Filename is not a valid WAV file. |
| 31554 | This article describes how to change the Auto Grid and Grid Size settings in Links LS. |
| 31556 | This article describes the known video-related issues that may occur when you play Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved. |
| 31557 | When you start Microsoft Freelancer, the screen may turn black or the game may unexpectedly quit. |
| 31558 | You can use command line parameters to customize the startup process for Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved and to resolve or to diagnose certain problems that may occur when you try to start or to play the game. This article lists the command line... |
| 31559 | You may experience any one of the following symptoms while you are playing Microsoft Freelancer: You have a higher net worth than you need to level up, and you do not level up. You have completed a mission that you need to level up, and you do not... |
| 31560 | When you update Microsoft Rise of Nations, you may receive the following error message or an error message that is similar to the following: Invalid patch file error Patch Error Return Code Positive 32769 |
| 31561 | This article describes where saved games are located in Microsoft Freelancer. |
| 31562 | When you restart your computer after you install Microsoft Age of Empires II or Age of Mythology, you experience one of the following symptoms: You receive an error message that is similar to the following: Fatal Exception 0E at 015f: address Fatal... |
| 31563 | After you install Microsoft Zoo Tycoon Dinosaur Digs and then insert the Microsoft Zoo Tycoon disc to start the program, you receive the following error message: Please insert your Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs CD After you install Microsoft Zoo Tycoon... |
| 31564 | When you press ALT+TAB to return to the Microsoft Casino game screen, the screen may turn black. |
| 31565 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Motocross Madness 2, you may experience one of the following symptoms: Your computer may stop responding (hang). You may receive a Fatal Exception error message on a blue screen. |
| 31566 | When you play Motocross Madness on a Microsoft Windows 98-based computer, motorcycles, riders, and stadium walls may not be displayed correctly. |
| 31567 | When you attempt to start any race in Microsoft Motocross Madness 2, the game may quit unexpectedly. |
| 31568 | When you play Microsoft Motocross Madness 2, you may experience any of the following symptoms: You may see a black screen when you start the program. Textures on the motorcycles and riders may be distorted. |
| 31569 | After you install Internet Explorer (the browser-only installation), the contents of windows may be displayed when you drag them. |
| 31570 | This article describes the known video-related issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Age of Empires II. The article is divided into the following two sections: General Video Issues Issues That Occur Only on Specific Video Hardware |
| 31571 | This article lists the minimum system requirements that a computer must have to run Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved. Note You can increase the overall performance of your computer and therefore the game if you exceed these requirements. |
| 31572 | This article describes the ports that must be open to play Microsoft RalliSport Challenge (PC) as a multiplayer game through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, Network Address Translation (NAT), or Internet Connection Sharing. |
| 31573 | In Microsoft Freelancer, when you click Connect to try to play a multiplayer session, one or more of the following symptoms may occur in the Freelancer Servers dialog box. Note Each of these symptoms indicates that Freelancer cannot connect to a... |
| 31574 | When you attempt to reinstall a sound driver for your sound card, you may receive the following message: Insert Disk The disk labeled 'DirectSound Drivers' is now required This disk is provided by your computer manufacturer. Click OK to continue. When... |
| 31575 | After you exit Age Of Empires II, the desktop wallpaper may shrink and appear in the upper left corner of the Windows desktop instead of appearing in its original size and orientation (like before you started the game). Additionally, some or all... |
| 31576 | When you attempt to control your aircraft by using the numeric keypad in one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, the view from the aircraft may change when you press a key. NOTE : In addition, pressing the numeric keypad no longer... |
| 31577 | When you attempt to start one of the games listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: Error: 5 |
| 31578 | When you attempt to start any of the games listed at the top of this article, the screen may turn black and the computer may stop responding (hang). In addition, if you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to quit the program, the Close Program dialog box does not... |
| 31580 | When you attempt to start a multiplayer game of Microsoft Links, you may receive an error message similar to the following: One of the other players does not have this course. |
| 31581 | When you start or play Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, you may receive the following error message: STOP:Invalid Allocation, 0 bytes |
| 31582 | When you attempt to play a network round between two computers in Microsoft Links LS 1999 Edition, you may receive an error message stating that the client is not playing the same course as the host, even if both the host and the client have selected... |
| 31583 | During some animation sequences in The Neverhood, especially the longer animations, the System Agent included with Microsoft Plus! may detect the computer is idle and start Scandisk. For example, this may occur with animations such as the weasel chase... |
| 31585 | If you are experiencing problems when you play the opening videos or audio portion of Close Combat, you can turn the videos and sound off before you start the game by opening the Close Combat Options dialog box and changing the settings. |
| 31586 | When you attempt to use the voice chat feature in one of the games listed at the beginning of this article on a Windows NT 4.0-based computer, you receive the following error message: Audio chat Audio chat does not work on this version of DirectX. |
| 31587 | When you attempt to connect to the Real World Weather service, you may receive the following error message: Dlgalert.bmp Cannot Be Loaded After the initial error message, you may receive the following additional error message Filename Cannot be loaded... |
| 31588 | While you play Age of Empires or Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far, sound playback in the game may start and stop intermittently or stop unexpectedly after the first few seconds or minutes of game play. |
| 31589 | When you start one of the games listed above, you may receive the following error message: Unable to load VGA palette |
| 31590 | When you install one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message during installation of the DirectDraw drivers: Installation Error: Invalid Page Fault In Kernel32.dll |
| 31591 | When you play any of the Microsoft games that is listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. When you click Details , you receive one of... |
| 31593 | When you try to start one of the Microsoft games that is listed in the Applies to section of this article, the game window may minimize, and you may not be able to restore it. |
| 31594 | When you run an early version of a game on Windows XP, your Microsoft Sidewinder device may not appear to be selectable in the game. |
| 31595 | Although you are unable to pause any of the games included in Microsoft Revenge of Arcade, the games are paused when they are minimized. This article discusses how to program a game controller button to minimize and pause the games included in Revenge... |
| 31596 | When you attempt to start any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, the program may not start after the opening video clip is played. |
| 31597 | When you start one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive one of the following error messages: Your video display must be in 16-bit color mode or higher for Flight Simulator to run. Flight Simulator will now exit.... |
| 31598 | When you attempt to start one of the programs listed earlier in this article, you may receive one of the following error messages: MMSYSTEM007: There is not enough memory available for this task. Quit one or more programs then try again. MMSYSTEM264:... |
| 31599 | When you are flying in Flight Simulator 2000, Combat Flight Simulator, or Flight Simulator 98, you may experience the following symptoms: When you are in Cockpit view, your view direction may pan constantly around your aircraft. When you are in Spot... |
| 31600 | When you start Combat Flight Simulator, Flight Simulator 98, or Flight Simulator 2000, the computer may stop responding (hang), or you may receive one of the following error messages: An Exception 0D has occurrence at 0020c104DE in vxd vip... A fatal... |
| 31601 | When you start a flight in any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may be unable to see the runway. NOTE : When you press the ALT key or switch to Windows mode, you may be able to see the game menus at the top of the screen. |
| 31603 | When you start one of the Microsoft programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: The Filename .icd file is linked to missing export Dinput.dll:DirectInputCreateEx Mprofile.exe is linked to missing... |
| 31604 | This article describes how to use the trim controls in the Microsoft Flight Simulator programs listed at the beginning of this article. The trim controls can be used to correct the following aircraft control problems: You experience difficulty keeping... |
| 31605 | When you try to start one of the programs listed at the top of this article, you may receive one of the following error messages: Ddhelp.exe caused a page fault in module Wstream.dll at 001 Error in Microsoft Program . |
| 31606 | This article describes how to install the PocketPC PocketPaks. The PocketPaks do not install on Handheld PCs or palm-size PCs. The requirements are: A Pocket PC A computer running ActiveSync ActiveSync is used to install the downloaded PocketPak... |
| 31607 | When you try to run one of the programs listed at the top of this article on a Windows 95 computer with an STB Powergraph 64 video card or an S3 Vision 968 PCI video card, you may receive the following error message: Your program is making an invalid... |
| 31608 | When you assign the accelerate function in Microsoft Motocross Madness or Microsoft Motocross Madness 2 to the throttle control on any of the Microsoft SideWinder game controllers listed at the beginning of this article, the throttle control does not... |
| 31609 | When you try to use a Microsoft Universal Serial Bus (USB) game controller in a game on Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Windows Millennium Edition (Me), or Microsoft Windows XP, the game may not detect the joystick, even though you can... |
| 31610 | This article describes the differences in functionality between the Auto-rudder feature in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, the Auto-coordination feature in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98, and the Auto-coordination feature in Microsoft Flight Simulator... |
| 31612 | When you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may be unable to kill the engine(s) in your aircraft by switching the Fuel Tank Selector control to OFF . |
| 31615 | WARNING: The information in this article has not been confirmed or tested by Microsoft. Some or all of the information in this article has been taken from unconfirmed customer reports. ANY USE BY YOU OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT... |
| 31616 | When you install or remove any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: This program is set to run in MS-DOS mode and cannot run while other programs are running. All other programs will... |
| 31617 | This article describes how to start Windows 95 without loading any unnecessary terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs or device drivers (this is called a clean boot). You can clean boot Windows to troubleshoot problems you may experience with... |
| 31618 | When you use one of the programs listed at the top of this article over a network, you may experience some of the following behaviors: Error messages requesting that a CD-ROM to be inserted. Computer stops responding (Hangs) |
| 31619 | When you attempt to install one of the programs listed in the applies to section of this article, you may receive the following error message: Program Setup was not completed successfully where program is the name of the program you are attempting... |
| 31620 | The Microsoft programs listed at the top of this article provide the user with command lines to run executable files. If your system is configured to place security restrictions on running certain programs, this could potentially provide the user with... |
| 31621 | When you attempt to start Flight Simulator 98 or Flight Simulator for Windows 95, you may receive the following error message: FLTSIM98 caused an invalid page fault in module FLTSIM98.exe |
| 31622 | When you insert a compact disc into your CD-ROM drive, or attempt to run a CD-ROM based program, you may receive one of the following error messages: CDR-101 where CD-ROM is the letter of the CD-ROM drive. |
| 31623 | This article discusses troubleshooting steps you can try when you have sound problems with any of the products listed at the beginning of this article. |
| 31624 | When you start one of the programs listed at the top of this article, the displayed text is replaced by symbols or appears in another language. |
| 31625 | The Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client allows you to send messages through the Microsoft Exchange Internet Provider in rich-text format. To view rich-text attributes, the recipient must also use Microsoft Exchange or another messaging system that... |
| 31626 | When you enable the Stretch desktop wallpaper to fit the screen option, the desktop wallpaper may not be stretched. |
| 31627 | If you have installed Microsoft Plus!, System properties no longer shows that Microsoft Plus! is installed after you install Internet Explorer 4.0. The information line no longer shows: Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 Instead, this line reads: IE 4.0... |
| 31630 | When you start Microsoft Dungeon Siege or try to switch from one window back to Dungeon Siege, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Dungeon Siege has encountered an error and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.... |
| 31631 | You may receive one or more instances of the following error message when you start Windows: Desktop! Could not load or run program name specified in the Win.ini file. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the... |
| 31632 | When you log on to Windows, there may be no Settings command on the Start menu. As a result, the Control Panel, Printers, and Taskbar commands may be unavailable. |
| 31633 | To start or run a program that is not designed for Microsoft Windows 2000 on a Windows 2000-based computer, you must log on to the computer as a member of the Administrators group or the Power Users group. NOTE : If you are unable to run the program... |
| 31634 | When you try to install an update (patch) to Microsoft MechWarrior 4, the installation program may unexpectedly quit with the following (or similar) error message: Error 0036: Old file not found A file with that name exists, but the update is not... |
| 31635 | When you exit a multiplayer game in Microsoft Dungeon Siege, version 1.0, you do not have a choice to save the state of the world. After you exit the game, you cannot resume the game. However, your character and the items in your character's inventory... |
| 31636 | When you attempt to load a course in Microsoft Links 2001, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Exception access violation in LS interface;; ls Japanese version []+0X43705 0X0044e7c5 location ls interface is japanese version... |
| 31637 | You may experience either of the following situations: When you use Microsoft Exchange and you receive an e-mail message that includes a BINHEX-encoded attachment, the contents of the encoded attachment may appear as encoded text within the body of... |
| 31638 | When you play a multiplayer game, you may see a turtle, a yellow dot, or a red dot next to a player's name in the Scores window. |
| 31639 | When you attempt to start Pandora's Box, you may receive an error message similar to one of the following: This application is not compatible with Windows XP. Please contact Microsoft for a update. -or- Pandora's Box has a known compatibility issue... |
| 31640 | This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements that you need to play Microsoft Dungeon Siege, version 1.0. |
| 31641 | This article describes known sound-related issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Freelancer 1.0. The information in this article first describes general issues, and then describes issues that have only been known to occur on specific... |
| 31642 | You may experience problems installing the Internet components (Internet JumpStart Kit) in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 or the Microsoft Internet Startup Kit, version 3.0, if one of the following conditions exist: An OEM (original equipment... |
| 31643 | You can use command line parameters to customize the startup process for Age of Empires II and to resolve certain problems you may encounter when you attempt to start or play the game. Microsoft Product Support has created a number of shortcuts that... |
| 31644 | When you try to join a multiplayer game of Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe, you may receive the following error message or an error message that is similar to the following: Your game version is incompatible with the server's... |
| 31645 | This article describes how to use the point-of-view (POV) controls assigned to the hat switch on your joystick or to certain keys on the keyboard. In Flight Simulator 98, you can use the hat switch on your joystick to rotate the view in a 360-degree... |
| 31646 | This article describes how to enable Direct3D hardware acceleration in Flight Simulator 2000 or Flight Simulator 98. Flight Simulator is not configured to run in Direct3D mode automatically, even if a DirectX-enabled 3D video adapter or accelerator... |
| 31647 | This article describes how to find detailed preflight briefing information in the Flight Simulator online Help file. Some lessons and adventures in Flight Simulator 98/2000 refer you to the Preflight Briefings topic in the online Help file, or they... |
| 31648 | When you attempt to save a game or type a name for a multiplayer game session in Age of Empires, you may experience any of the following issues: The keyboard stops responding. The computer stops responding (hangs). The program closes when you attempt... |
| 31649 | When you play one of the games listed in the Applies to section of this article on a computer that uses a motherboard based on the VIA Technologies chip set, you may experience one or more of the following behaviors: The game may not be able to... |
| 31650 | When you attempt to start any of the above programs, you may receive an error message similar to one of the following: Ddraw.dll cannot start. -or- Failed to open ddraw.dll. |
| 31651 | This article contains some helpful tips and suggestions for how to fly Lessons and Adventures in Flight Simulator 2000 and Flight Simulator 98. Please follow these tips as closely as possible. It is important to realize that even a slight deviation... |
| 31652 | When you play Microsoft Links, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: Your computer stops responding (hangs). The game runs very slowly. |
| 31653 | When you start Flight Simulator 2000, or fly an Adventure in Flight Simulator 98, you may receive an error message similar to the following: FLTSIM98 CD-US South Central This performance booster source directory was not found. Insert the Flight... |
| 31654 | You can use GOS switches to customize the startup process for the game and to resolve certain issues you may encounter when you attempt to start or play the game. For example, the game may stop responding (hang), quit unexpectedly (crash) or generate... |
| 31655 | When you start Flight Simulator 98 or Flight Simulator 2000 for the first time, the computer may appear to stop responding (hang) when the following message is displayed: Building database for new scenery files. This process may take a few minutes. |
| 31656 | While you play Microsoft Dungeon Siege, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: Fatal Error has occurred and the application must be shut down. Decoding error - compressed data is corrupt or unreadable. -or- Unable to open... |
| 31657 | When you play MechWarrior 4 in multiplayer mode, players and factions use insignia graphics to identify their equipment. You can use custom decals for this purpose. This article describes how to use custom decals in MechWarrior 4. Microsoft Product... |
| 31658 | This article explains how to troubleshoot the following video related issues in the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article: Poor video performance in the game. Poor game performance (choppy game play). Graphics in the game are... |
| 31659 | When you start Microsoft Dungeon Siege, the screen resolution and color depth are set according to the capability of your system. You can change the screen resolution and color depth in the Options Menu dialog box, but some resolutions may not be... |
| 31660 | After you install Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater, the forces in one of the game controllers listed at the beginning of this article may not work. |
| 31661 | When you load a saved game in Microsoft Dungeon Siege, you may receive the following error message: Dungeon Siege has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you click Click Here , the following details appear:... |
| 31662 | When you attempt to start Midtown Madness 2 on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, the game may be excessively slow to start. The program may appear to stop responding (hang), although it will likely start if you wait approximately 10 minutes. |
| 31663 | This article describes how to resurrect a dead character in Microsoft Dungeon Siege, version 1.0. |
| 31664 | This article lists the keyboard assignments for the basic aircraft controls in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98. Note that the Number Lock keyboard feature should be turned off when you use these keyboard commands. Flight Controls Control Key(s) -------... |
| 31665 | This article describes the ports required to play Microsoft Dungeon Siege as a multiplayer game through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, Network Address Translation (NAT), or Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). |
| 31666 | When you play Microsoft Dungeon Siege, game performance may be slower than you expect. |
| 31668 | When you play Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, the instrument panel in the cockpit may appear blurred or difficult to read. |
| 31670 | When you try to start Microsoft Dungeon Siege, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: Microsoft Dungeon Siege has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you click Click Here , you... |
| 31673 | When you play Microsoft Starlancer on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based or Windows XP-based computer, you may feel no force feedback effects. WORKAROUND There is no workaround for Force Feedback 1.0. To work around this issue with Force Feedback 2.0,... |
| 31674 | When you attempt to search for a particular airport in the Go To Airport dialog box in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, there may be a limited number of airports, countries, regions, states or provinces, or cities... |
| 31675 | This article describes VOR functionality in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 98. The way in which Navaids, and specifically VORs, are received by the aircraft is somewhat different in Flight Simulator 98 than in earlier... |
| 31676 | This article describes how to transfer a multiplayer character from the trial version of Microsoft Dungeon Siege 1.0 to the retail version of Dungeon Siege. Single-player games that were saved in the trial version of Dungeon Siege are not compatible... |
| 31677 | This article discusses how to start and shut down jet engines in Microsoft Flight Simulator. |
| 31678 | When you play Microsoft Links with other players, your caddy may offer your player an inappropriate club for a given shot. For example, your caddy may offer your player a long distance wood club instead of a short distance iron when you are positioned... |
| 31679 | This article describes the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) and transponder features that are available in both Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 and in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. Some of the aircraft that are included in Flight Simulator 98 and Flight... |
| 31680 | When you attempt to install Microsoft Links LS 2000, Microsoft Links LS Classic, or Microsoft Golf 2001, you may receive an error message similar to the following: This drive cannot be accessed at this time. |
| 31681 | When you play Microsoft Midtown Madness 2, the Force Feedback check box may be unavailable and there may be no forces in the game. |
| 31682 | When you play Microsoft Dungeon Siege, you cannot move items in your inventory. |
| 31684 | This article describes the minimum system requirements to play Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Black Knight and MechWarrior 4: Mech Paks. |
| 31685 | When you use the Microsoft SideWinder Precision Racing Wheel to drive in Microsoft Midtown Madness or Microsoft Midtown Madness 2, you may experience any of the following symptoms: The accelerator may not work. Your vehicle's transmission may be stuck... |
| 31686 | When you start Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 from the Start menu, Flight Simulator may start as a minimized program (appearing as a button on the taskbar). In addition, Flight Simulator may stop responding (hang)... |
| 31687 | When you open the Select Flight dialog box in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 and then click a flight, the Delete button may be unavailable. |
| 31688 | In Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, when you click Learn to Fly and then click Lessons , no lessons may be displayed in the Lessons list. |
| 31689 | When you host a multiplayer game in Microsoft Links LS 2000, Microsoft Links LS Classic, or Microsoft Golf 2001, only one Golfer Appearance may be applied to all of the golfers in the game. For example, all of the golfers in the game may appear as... |
| 31690 | When you attempt to install an add-on course in Microsoft Links LS 2000, Microsoft Links LS Classic, or Microsoft Golf 2001, you cannot install a course from Microsoft Golf 98 or Microsoft Golf 99. |
| 31691 | After you install the Microsoft IntelliType software in Windows 95, the hot corners you have defined for your screen savers may no longer work. |
| 31692 | When you attempt to install Microsoft Casino, you may receive the following error message: Microsoft Casino requires 32 MB of RAM. Your computer does not appear to have sufficient memory. When you click OK , you continue to the next installation... |
| 31693 | This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements for Microsoft Hexic Deluxe. |
| 31694 | If you change the crowd size while you are playing a Virtual Tournament in Microsoft Links LS 2000, the crowd may disappear completely when you resume play. If you change the crowd size after the crowd has disappeared, the crowd does not reappear for... |
| 31695 | After you install Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Inner Sphere 'Mech Pak or Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Clan 'Mech Pak, you may see that none of the new mechs are available when you play MechWarrior 4 games. Also, when you start MechWarrior 4, on the main menu... |
| 31698 | When you play Microsoft Links 2001, the view of where the ball lands may be blocked by trees or other objects on the golf course. You may not be able to determine where the ball landed until you accept the shot. |
| 31699 | When you play Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved, the game's performance may be slower than you expect. |
| 31700 | When you start Microsoft Links, you may receive a message a that is similar to the following: Please complete EULA verification before running the game You may receive this message even though you already accepted the End-User License Agreement (EULA)... |
| 31701 | When you start Microsoft Train Simulator, one of the following may happen: Sounds may not be played. Sounds may be played quietly or too fast. Sounds may be distorted. Or you may receive the following error message: Train Simulator has detected a... |
| 31702 | This article describes how to import an aircraft from Combat Flight Simulator 2 to Flight Simulator 2002. |
| 31703 | When you fly a mission in Combat Flight Simulator, you may not hear any radio communications. |
| 31704 | This article describes how to import Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 scenery to use in Combat Flight Simulator. Note The procedure that you use to import scenery in Combat Flight Simulator is different than the procedure that you use to import scenery... |
| 31705 | This article describes how to import Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator scenery into Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2. |
| 31706 | This article describes how to use aircraft from Flight Shop and Microsoft Flight Simulator in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series 1.0. |
| 31707 | This article describes how to integrate aircraft and adventures from earlier versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator with Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. |
| 31708 | This article describes how to import scenery into Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 from the following versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator: Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.x for MS-DOS Microsoft Flight Simulator 95 Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 Note... |
| 31709 | You can configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use a proxy server to connect to the Internet. A proxy server acts as a security barrier between your internal network and the Internet, keeping others on the Internet from accessing information on your... |
| 31710 | After you set the Microsoft Internet Explorer cache to zero percent, pages are still cached. When you set the History setting to 0, sites are still cached in the History folder. |
| 31711 | When you view a flight in Instant Replay or Flight Video mode, the gauges on the instrument panel may not function correctly. The gauges may display incorrect data, appear to move rapidly, or may not function at all. |
| 31712 | This article describes how to troubleshoot joystick issues in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series and Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater. When you play one of the games listed at the beginning of this article,... |
| 31713 | When you run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: The joystick behaves erratically. The joystick does not respond. The rudder or throttle does not respond. |
| 31714 | When you use the rudder control on your game controller in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, it may not function properly. This behavior can occur even if the rudder control functions properly when you calibrate and test the game controller in the... |
| 31715 | This article describes how to troubleshoot joystick issues in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series and Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater. NOTE : This article is the second article in a two-part series. To view... |
| 31716 | This article contains a list of video-related issues that you may experience in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. |
| 31717 | This article provides a summary of the minimum system requirements to play Microsoft Bicycle Games programs listed at the beginning of this article. |
| 31718 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Crimson Skies, you may receive the following error message: Failed to initialize video. |
| 31719 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may receive the following error message: System error. |
| 31720 | This article describes how to import Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series missions into Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater. NOTE : Microsoft does not provide technical support for importing missions into Combat... |
| 31721 | When you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator or Microsoft Flight Simulator 98, your aircraft may unexpectedly stop in midair with the aircraft nose pointed straight down. However, you can still fire your guns, and other aircraft in the game... |
| 31723 | While you are downloading files using File Transfer Protocol (FTP), other similar Internet tools, or a 16-bit Windows sockets program, the Auto Disconnect feature of MSN, The Microsoft Network, or Microsoft Plus! may detect the connection as idle and... |
| 31724 | When you play a multiplayer game in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 on a Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)-based computer, you may lose game controller forces in the game. |
| 31725 | When you attempt to install Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may receive an error message similar to the following: FS5WTEST.exe couldn't load language resources dll error C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\fs2000\English.fll Error Code 0x485 (1157) |
| 31726 | When you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator or Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, white horizontal lines may flash on the screen. |
| 31727 | When you use the Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 game controller in Microsoft Motocross Madness, you cannot feel force-feedback effects in the game, even if you click the Force Feedback button on the Control Options screen in the game. |
| 31728 | This article lists the minimum system requirements needed to run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional. |
| 31729 | This article describes the ports that you must have open to play Halo: Combat Evolved as a multiplayer game through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, a Network Address Translation (NAT) device, or Internet Connection Sharing. |
| 31730 | When you start Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: Cannot allocate required memory. Some application has loaded where Halo wants to be located. The title of this error message varies... |
| 31731 | When you try to save an Age of Empires game, or you try to open and play a previously saved game, you may experience one or more of the following behaviors: You may receive the following error message: The game could not be saved. Free some disk... |
| 31732 | When you play one of the programs listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may receive any of the following error messages: EXCEPTION: Access violation in PopupMsg::ONMBDOWN() STOP: Cannot create Resource\pilots\ username \games\... |
| 31733 | When you try to start any of the games that are listed at the beginning of this article, the computer may stop responding (hang) with a black screen and a blue title bar. |
| 31735 | When you try to start one of the games that is listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may receive an error message that is similar to one of the following: Asheron's Call 2 Can't open the data files. Check that they exist and that you... |
| 31736 | When you start any of the programs listed in the Applies to section of this article, the program may quit unexpectedly without an error message. |
| 31737 | When you play a multiplayer game on one of the Microsoft Age of Empires games listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may receive one of the following error messages: Game stopped because it was out of sync! -OR- You were dropped from... |
| 31739 | When you attempt to start or while you are running Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may receive the following error message: Cache File Open Error. File Missing On Open cache\XXXX\XXXX\XXXX |
| 31740 | When you try to use a Direct Cable Connection to play a multiplayer game of Microsoft Age of Empires II, The Age of Kings, you may receive an error message, stating that you cannot connect. |
| 31741 | When you try to install or start Microsoft Zoo Tycoon, you may receive one of the following error messages: Cannot locate file WS2_32.dll or WS2HELP.dll. -or- A required .DLL file, WS2_32.DLL was not found. |
| 31742 | While you play a random map game or a scenario in a campaign in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, the game may slow down or run irregularly after you play for several minutes. |
| 31743 | This article describes the command line parameters that you can use when you start Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors. |
| 31744 | When you play Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, some units or technologies may not be available. |
| 31745 | When you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, you may be unable to open any of the dialog boxes in the program. |
| 31746 | This article is part 2 of the Flight Simulator 2000: Troubleshooting Joystick Problems (Part 1) article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. To view part 1 of this article, click the article number below: 243981 Flight Simulator 2000: Troubleshooting... |
| 31747 | When you start Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, the program may quit unexpectedly after playing the opening movie. |
| 31748 | Your game controller may not appear in the Control Devices list on the Customize Controls screen in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Where your game controller should appear in the list, you see an empty line or a string of illegible characters. |
| 31749 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, the game may not start as expected. Additionally, you may receive a stop error message. |
| 31750 | When you upgrade a Microsoft Windows 98-based computer with Microsoft Plus! 98 installed to Windows 98 Second Edition, the Plus! 98 startup screen is replaced with the default Windows 98 Second Edition startup screen. This article describes how to... |
| 31751 | This article describes how to place natural resources using Scenario Builder in Microsoft Age of Empires and Microsoft Age of Empires Expansion: The Rise of Rome. |
| 31752 | When you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator or Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, textures in the cockpit may flicker. |
| 31753 | When the host of a Microsoft SideWinder Game Voice session attempts to start a multiplayer game of Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, the game may not start. |
| 31754 | This article describes how to capture a screen shot in the Microsoft Age of Empires titles listed at the beginning of the article. |
| 31755 | When you try to start Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings or Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, you may receive the following error message: Could not initialize graphics system. Make sure that your video card and driver... |
| 31756 | When you try to host an Internet multiplayer game of Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, other players may be unable to join the game. |
| 31758 | When you install Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, the files may occupy more hard disk space than you expect. |
| 31763 | When you start one of the games listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: Your program is making an invalid dynamic link call to a .dll file. Also, if you attempt to preview an .avi file, you may receive the... |
| 31764 | This article describes how to use the Map Editor in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings to place natural resources on a map. |
| 31765 | The Disband and Wheel commands are not available in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, even though the Age of Kings manual discusses these commands on page 43. |
| 31766 | When you start a new game in Microsoft Age of Empires II, the game may quit unexpectedly. |
| 31767 | When you select a unit or a building in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings or Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, some of the command buttons for that unit or building may not appear in the bottom left corner of the... |
| 31768 | When you start or play one of the games listed at the beginning of this article on a computer running Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Microsoft Windows 98, you may receive the following error message: In Microsoft Windows Millennium... |
| 31769 | This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements needed to play both Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, and Microsoft Age of Empires II: Gold Edition. Note To play The Age of Empires II: The Conquerors you must have... |
| 31770 | When you use the Microsoft SideWinder Game Voice software in a multiplayer game of Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, the Game Voice chat session and the game may stop responding (hang). |
| 31771 | If you press a hot key on the Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro or the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro during the playback of the introductory movie in one of the games listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience any of the following... |
| 31772 | When you install Microsoft Train Simulator on a Microsoft Windows 95-based system that has Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or earlier installed, you may receive a message to restart the system, followed by a message that you should not shut down... |
| 31774 | To use the high-resolution golf courses when you play Microsoft Golf , you must install a display adapter that supports 16-bit color (High Color) in your computer. |
| 31775 | When you start one of the products listed above, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Application Error: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Urban Assualt\Ua.exe The instruction at 00000009 referenced memory at xxxx:xxxxxxxx . The... |
| 31776 | If you remove the Microsoft Golf CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive while you are playing the game, you may experience problems playing sounds in the game. |
| 31779 | When you play any of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article, CD Audio may not be played in the game. As a result, you may not hear certain sounds, such as background music, in the game. |
| 31781 | When you start Microsoft Links 2003, you may receive the following error message: Links 2003 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. When you click click here on the error message to view the data in the error... |
| 31782 | When you try to open a file in Internet Explorer, you may receive the following error message: Unable to open C:\cache folder\filename where cache folder is the location of the cache, and filename is the file you tried to open. |
| 31783 | This article describes the known game controller related issues that you may experience when you play Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight. |
| 31784 | This article describes the known video-related issues that you may experience when you play Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight. This article is divided into general video issues and issues that occur only on specific video hardware. back to... |
| 31785 | If you try to use SideWinder Precision 2 to play Flight Simulator 2000, the joystick may not control the airplane. In Control Panel, the description of the joystick may appear in non-English characters, which look similar to the Wingdings font. |
| 31788 | When you run any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Filename caused an invalid page fault in module unknown@ xxxx:xxxxxxxx where Filename is the executable file of the... |
| 31789 | When you click Continue on the Product ID screen while you are installing one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.... |
| 31791 | In Flight Simulator 98 the Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) is either turned on automatically or you can turn it on using the ADF switch. In Flight Simulator 95, you can press the SHIFT+TAB key combination on your keyboard to turn on the ADF. |
| 31792 | When you attempt to play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, you may experience any of the following issues if you use a CH Flight Yoke or CH Virtual Pilot Pro: When you launch a new flight, the plane pulls to right or left immediately after the cockpit... |
| 31793 | This article provides a summary of video-related issues that you may experience in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002. |
| 31794 | When you run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or Flight Simulator 2004, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: The joystick behaves erratically. The joystick does not respond. The rudder or throttle does not respond. |
| 31795 | When you try to start a flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may receive an error message that is similar to one of the following: The file scenery.cfg is missing or damaged. Please reinstall Flight Simulator 2000 to restore or repair the... |
| 31796 | When you start any of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive an error message similar to one of the following: game.exe is Not a Valid Win32 Application. -or- A black command prompt box flashes on the screen.... |
| 31797 | When you try to start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, it may start only in Safe mode. You may receive the following error message: Safe mode has been enabled because your system is currently unable to use hardware acceleration. While in Safe mode,... |
| 31798 | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 is designed to give you the best simulated flying experience. One way to experience the simulation program is with yokes and pedals. This article discusses how to configure the hardware by CH Products within the... |
| 31799 | When you attempt to host a multiplayer game of Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, you may experience the following symptoms: Other players may be unable to find your game session. When you click Get IP on the Ready Room screen, Combat Flight Simulator... |
| 31800 | When you attempt to start one of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive one of the following error messages: Combatfs caused an invalid page fault in module Winmm.dll. Fltsim98 caused an invalid page fault in... |
| 31801 | When you land a Boeing 737-400 or Boeing 777-300 in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, the speed brakes may remain in the Arm position when you touch down. When you arm the speed brakes and then land the aircraft, the speed brakes should move to the Up... |
| 31802 | When you start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may receive the following error message Flight Simulator has detected that the following video card/driver combination may cause your computer to stop responding: VideoAdapter You should contact your... |
| 31803 | This article describes how to add and remove the interior cockpit views in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. |
| 31804 | When you attempt to remove a game controller in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may receive the following error message: Fs2000 caused an invalid page fault in module Joy.cpl. |
| 31805 | Communication between Control Tower and pilot is not available in Flight Simulator for Windows 95 (FS95). The Communications dialog box, accessible from the Aircraft menu gives you the option to Listen to Air Traffic Control, but this does not... |
| 31806 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Train Simulator, you may receive an error message similar to the following MPEG16: Create MPEG32 Task_CMD is not successfull. (This will repeat up to three times after clicking OK) followed by Video not available.... |
| 31807 | When you press the ACCENT key (`) to gain access to the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) feature while you play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, the Air Traffic Controller window may not displayed as expected. |
| 31808 | When you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, terrain or planes have missing textures. |
| 31809 | After you lock and then log back on to your computer with Microsoft Train Simulator at the opening screen, the following behavior may occur: The display becomes completely black. -or- The display flickers. After you lock and then log back on to your... |
| 31810 | This article contains a list of video-related issues that you may experience in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. |
| 31811 | This article discusses how to optimize game performance in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. |
| 31812 | Before you begin flying, before you take off, or when you fly in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, your aircraft may unexpectedly bank to the left or to the right after being airborne for about five minutes. |
| 31813 | When you fly the Concorde aircraft at low altitudes in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, the scenery may appear to shudder violently if you look out of the side windows. |
| 31814 | The colors and markings (Aircraft Texture) on the default Aircraft in Flight Simulator for Windows 95 (FS95) can be turned off or on, as desired. To turn the markings off or on, do the following: From the Options menu, click Preferences . Click the... |
| 31815 | When you install the Expansion Pack for Flight Simulator for Windows 95, it will disable the ground scenery for the default USA-Los Angeles area. The Expansion Pack scenery will override the Los Angeles area airports. |
| 31816 | When your screen saver ends in Microsoft Windows XP, your desktop background may be missing. |
| 31817 | When you use a zipped file (a file that has a .zip file name extension), files are compressed in this zipped file so that the file uses less space on a hard disk. In Windows 98 with Plus! 98, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), and Windows XP, the... |
| 31837 | When you try to use the Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 game controller, or the Logitech WingMan Strike Force 3D USB game controller to play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe, you may notice that the force on the game controller is... |
| 31839 | When you start one of the games that is listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may receive an error message that is similar to one of the following: Intel Indeo not installed. -or- Stop: You do not have the correct video codecs... |
| 31840 | When you attempt to play a video clip in one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience any of the following symptoms: Nothing may happen. A black window may be displayed. A white window may be displayed. You may... |
| 31841 | When you drag an Internet shortcut with a number sign (#) in its file name to the Microsoft Internet Explorer's client area, you receive the following error message: 'file:C:\internet\Favorites\filename' could not be found. The attempt to open... |
| 31842 | After installing Microsoft Golf version 2.0 on a computer that is running the Windows 3.X opertaing system with Visual FoxPro already installed, running Visual FoxPro causes the following Win32s error: Missing Numeric co-processor virtual device... |
| 31843 | When you are using an International Business Machines (IBM) ThinkPad 755- series notebook computer with a MWave DSP (digital signal processor) device that functions as both a modem and a sound card, and you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to download... |
| 31844 | This article describes the ports that you must open to play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe as a multiplayer game through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, Network Address Translation (NAT), or Internet Connection Sharing. |
| 31845 | When you start The Puzzle Collection in one of the Microsoft programs listed at the beginning of this article and then click a button on the toolbar to start a game, nothing may happen. In addition, you may be unable to uninstall either of the... |
| 31846 | This article contains a list of the minimum and recommended system requirements for Microsoft Freelancer, version 1.0. |
| 31847 | This article describes the minimum system requirements that are needed to successfully run Microsoft RalliSport Challenge (PC). |
| 31848 | When you try to start Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator on a computer running the Microsoft Windows XP operating system , you may receive an error message similar to the following: Combat Flight Simulator 2 has encountered a problem and needs to... |
| 31849 | When you start Microsoft Rise of Nations, the game may unexpectedly quit or the screen may turn black. |
| 31850 | When you start Flight Simulator 2002 on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP, you may receive the following error message or an error message that is similar to the following: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 has detected 3rd Party software... |
| 31851 | When you play Microsoft MechWarrior 4, or when you complete a MechWarrior 4 campaign, you may receive an error message similar to the following: EXCEPTION: Access violation in MW4 0x72446 mw4.exe This error message may also reference the following... |
| 31852 | When you have Microsoft Flight Simulator set to use system time, the simulation may not use the correct date and time. |
| 31854 | This article explains how to import aircraft (such as the Concorde) and aircraft gauges from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 into Flight Simulator 2004. |
| 31858 | When you are running Microsoft Train Simulator, the keyboard may stop responding. |
| 31859 | This article describes how to import your Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Adventures to make them available in Flight Simulator 2002. |
| 31860 | Microsoft Zoo Tycoon has an update available to download. The update enhances performance in the area of zoo scalability and maintenance worker artificial intelligence (AI). NOTE : You do not need to install the update if you have installed Microsoft... |
| 31861 | The autopilot feature in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 is different from that in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. This article explains the differences and the steps to use to emulate Flight Simulator 2000 autopilot functionality. A single-axis... |
| 31862 | When you play Microsoft Links 2001, the message No 3D Acceleration may be displayed at the bottom of the screen. |
| 31863 | When you play an online multiplayer game of Microsoft Links 2001, you may notice that the game intermittently slows down, or appears to stop responding, while you wait for a remote player to swing. |
| 31864 | When you fly an aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 north of 67 degrees north latitude, you may receive the following error message: Your computer has run out of available memory. Flight Simulator will now Exit. |
| 31866 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, the program's Loading screen appears, after which the screen may turn black, and then the Microsoft Windows desktop appears. The pre-game cinematic sequence is not displayed as... |
| 31867 | When starting Microsoft Motocross Madness 2 or starting a race in the program, the program stops responding (hangs). |
| 31868 | When you install Microsoft Links 2001 on your computer, the following golfer animations appear in the list of animations in the Golfer Animation Manager tool: Annika Arnold Sergio When you reinstall Links 2001 on the same computer, the following... |
| 31869 | When you play one of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article on a Windows 2000-based computer, the computer may restart unexpectedly or you may receive one of the following error messages: PFN_List_Corrupt (Blue Screen STOP Error)... |
| 31870 | When you start Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, you may receive the following error message: STOP:FAILED - (WINERR_one or more arguments are invalid) - Create Sound Buffer When you attempt to start Microsoft Links 2001, you may receive the... |
| 31871 | When you play a multiplayer game of Microsoft Links 2001, you may not be able to send a voice chat message to another player. |
| 31872 | When you use the classic (two-click) swing in Microsoft Links 2001, the game may not respond to the second click. |
| 31873 | You cannot increase the population limit when you play a custom scenario in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. The population limit is set to 75, and there is no option to change this limit to a higher number. |
| 31874 | This article describes how to individually control engines when you use a multiple engine aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. |
| 31875 | When you start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, the Flying Lessons may not be available on the startup screen. |
| 31876 | When you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, the engines may shut down unexpectedly after you press X to jump to the next mission. |
| 31877 | This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements needed to play Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. |
| 31878 | When you use the PowerStroke swing in Microsoft Links 2001, the Swing Plane , Ball Position , and Clubface settings on the Advanced Shot Setup screen have no effect on your swing. |
| 31879 | When you run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, sounds in the program may be cut off, break up, or be played inconsistently. |
| 31880 | In previous versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator, you can request clearance for takeoffs and landings. These basic control tower clearance requests are not available in Flight Simulator 2000, except in certain lessons and adventures. |
| 31882 | When you fly a Tutorial flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, vocal instuctions are not available. |
| 31885 | This article describes how to add or remove a golf course in Microsoft Links LS 2000. |
| 31886 | When you start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, Lessons and Adventures may not be available. |
| 31887 | When you attempt to select a tutorial flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, Tutorials 12 and 13 are missing from the list. |
| 31888 | When you fly in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you do not land automatically when you press the X key. In addition, when you configure your controls in Flight Simulator 2000, the Land Me command is not in the list of commands that you can assign to... |
| 31889 | This article describes how to print the navigation log for a flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. |
| 31891 | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 does not include landing gear to surface interaction sounds when the plane lands on the runway. |
| 31892 | When you try to start Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings or Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, you may receive the following error message: A required .dll file, Dplayx.dll, was not found. |
| 31893 | This article lists the minimum system requirements needed to run Microsoft Links LS 2000. |
| 31895 | When you play a multiplayer game in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, the plane of another player may disappear unexpectedly, yet the player ID next to that plane may still be displayed on the screen. |
| 31896 | When you fly in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may experience the following symptoms: You are unable to see the landing lights from the cockpit. You are able to see the landing lights from one of the external views. |
| 31898 | When you play a round of golf in Microsoft Links LS 2000, the hot air balloon that occasionally sails across the sky may vanish when the golfer's club hits the ball. |
| 31900 | This article describes the difference in the Scramble Stroke game between the demo version of Microsoft Links LS 2000 and the retail version of the game. |
| 31903 | When you start a lesson, adventure, or flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, the Instructor, Pilot, or Air Traffic Controller (ATC) voices may not be played, or the engine sounds... |
| 31904 | When you insert the Microsoft Golf CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, Golf Setup may not start automatically. |
| 31905 | When you play a mission in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, the color palette of the map on the Mission Briefing screen may be distorted. |
| 31906 | This article describes how to change the simulation rate used in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. |
| 31907 | This article describes how to adjust the game volume in the products listed at the beginning of this article on a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based computer. |
| 31908 | If you play Microsoft Links LS 2000 with other players, the swing types of remote players who join the game as Computer Opponents are not listed on the Player Settings screen on the host computer. |
| 31912 | When you play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 and use a Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 game controller, you may be unable to control the throttle as expected. When you test the game controller throttle in the Gaming Options dialog box, the... |
| 31913 | When you play Microsoft Links 2001, the running speed of the golfer animations may be far too fast. Other game elements, such as the swing gauge, sounds, and so on, run at normal speed and otherwise behave normally. When you play Microsoft Crimson... |
| 31914 | When you attempt to import an aircraft or a piece of scenery from a newer version of a Microsoft Flight Simulator or Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator into an older version, one of the following may occur: You may receive errors indicating that this... |
| 31915 | When you issue a voice command in Microsoft Plus! Voice Command for Windows Media Player that instructs Microsoft Windows Media Player to play a playlist, a song by a particular artist, or songs from a particular genre, you may receive one of the... |
| 31916 | When you start Microsoft Links or Microsoft MechWarrior 4, you may receive the following error message: STOP : FAILED (0xc29b8d10 - WINERR_) - Set(EAX_ReverbProperties, EAX_ENVIRONMENT) Address: 0x00571929 Location:... |
| 31917 | In Microsoft Plus! Voice Command for Windows Media Player, when you use the following command to instruct Microsoft Windows Media Player to play a song by a particular artist Media Player, play artist artist name you may receive the following error... |
| 31918 | Microsoft has released a new update to Microsoft Age of Empires and to Microsoft Age of Empires Expansion: The Rise of Rome. This update includes several new enhancements and bug fixes, as well as the enchancements and bug fixes that are included in... |
| 31919 | This is a master list of all the courses that are available for Microsoft Links and Links LS from Links: The Challenge of Golf to Microsoft Links 2003. |
| 31920 | When you play Microsoft NFL Fever 2000 with the Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad Pro game controller, the players in the game may move erratically or in an unexpected direction. |
| 31921 | When you play Microsoft Baseball 2000 with the Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad Pro game controller, the players in the game may move erratically or in an unexpected direction. |
| 31922 | When you attempt to install game included in Microsoft Windows Entertainment Pack, volume 2, or Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows CE version 2.0, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Game does not support the connected... |
| 31923 | If you have Microsoft Plus! For Kids and Microsoft Plus! For Windows 95, all of your Plus! Themes are not available in the Desktop Themes drop-down list. |
| 31924 | This article describes how to change the coordinate display format in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator or Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 to degrees, minutes, and seconds. By default, Combat Flight Simulator and Combat Flight Simulator 2 display... |
| 31925 | The Microsoft SideWinder USB game controllers listed at the beginning of this article do not work with any of the games included in Microsoft Return of Arcade. The following games are included in Return of Arcade: Dig Dug Galaxian Ms. Pac Man* Pac Man... |
| 31926 | When you play a game in Microsoft Return of Arcade or Microsoft Revenge of Arcade, you may experience either of the following symptoms: The game may stop responding (hang). The game may quit unexpectedly and you may be returned to the Windows desktop. |
| 31927 | When you use the Microsoft Force Feedback Pro joystick with any of the Microsoft programs listed at the beginning of this article, the Return To Center force is disabled. However, the Return To Center force functions properly on the Test Forces tab in... |
| 31928 | When you attempt to play a flyby or a multimedia video tour in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic, you may experience the following symptoms: The flyby or multimedia video tour may be unavailable. You may be prompted to insert a... |
| 31929 | When you try to start Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3 on a Microsoft Windows 98-based computer, you may receive an error message similar to the following: A required .dll file C:\Windows\System\Imagehlp.dll was not found. |
| 31930 | As a valued member of Costco and Sam's Club you received a bonus CD with your purchase of Microsoft Zoo Tycoon. The bonus CD included a unique animal (sable antelope) and scenario (arctic zoo scenario). Microsoft is aware that people are experiencing... |
| 31932 | This article describes how to import aircraft from Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 into Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater. |
| 31933 | If you play the game on a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Window Millennium Edition-based computer and you experience poor performance and instability, make sure direct memory access (DMA) is enabled. When you enable DMA on your computer, you... |
| 31934 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Age of Empires II THE AGE OF KINGS, Microsoft Windows may stop responding (hang) when the Age of Empires II THE AGE OF KINGS Loading screen appears. As a result, you are unable to start Age of Empires II. |
| 31935 | When you are trying to install Microsoft Train Simulator, you may receive the following error message: Train Simulator Setup encountered a disk error while writing to the file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\dialog.dll. Make sure your... |
| 31936 | When you play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, the sound volume may increase or become distorted (crackle) when you change the cockpit view. |
| 31937 | When you try to install the Microsoft Links 2001 Expansion Pack with Microsoft Links 2001 Championship Edition, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Links 2001 was not found on this computer. The Links Expansion pack cannot be... |
| 31938 | This article describes how to manually back up saved games, saved shots, player information, recorded games, and course statistics in Microsoft Links LS 2000 and Microsoft Links LS Classic. |
| 31939 | This article describes the automatic save game feature in Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition and Microsoft Links 2001. |
| 31940 | If you attempt to add the Abacus Pacific Theater Add-On for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator to Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, you may experience some or all of the following symptoms: Some tarmacs may not be displayed or may be displayed... |
| 31941 | When you host a multiplayer game of Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, you may be the only player in the game. |
| 31942 | When you fly in the Hairy Carrier Adventure in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition, the interior views may be distorted. |
| 31943 | This article lists the aircraft that are included in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series and Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater. NOTE : You cannot view the cockpit of certain aircraft that are included in... |
| 31944 | This article describes how to play a practice round in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic. |
| 31945 | If you select a golfer animation in the Golfer Catalog in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic with the sound set to Yes and the golfer animation set to Medium , Large , or Jumbo , the next time you view the Properties information in... |
| 31946 | When you press a button on a Microsoft SideWinder game controller while you are playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, an unexpected action may occur. |
| 31947 | In Microsoft Links LS 2000 and Microsoft Links LS Classic, you cannot print the digital scorecard. |
| 31948 | When you hit a ball into a hazard in practice mode in any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you do not receive a penalty, but you must hit the ball out of the hazard. In Microsoft Links 2001, Microsoft Links LS 2000 and Links LS... |
| 31949 | This article describes how to transfer players and player profiles from Golf 1998 Lite, included with Microsoft Plus! 98, to Microsoft Golf 1999 Edition. |
| 31950 | When you play a round of golf in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic, you can hear only the crowd noise or the commentary. You cannot hear both. |
| 31951 | When you play Microsoft NBA Inside Drive 2000 or Microsoft NFL Fever 2000, you may be unable to hear sound in the game. |
| 31952 | When you play Microsoft NBA Inside Drive 2000 or Microsoft NFL Fever 2000, 3D hardware rendering may be unavailable. |
| 31953 | When you play Microsoft NBA Inside Drive 2000 or Microsoft NFL Fever 2000, you may experience the following symptoms: You are only able to play the game in software mode. The video adapter installed in your computer may not appear in the list of... |
| 31955 | When you start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may experience the following symptoms: The Flight Simulator 2000 may be minimized when it plays the Microsoft logo animation. However, the animation sounds are still played. When you click Fly Now on... |
| 31956 | When you start Microsoft Golf 1998 Edition, you may receive the following error message: Microsoft Golf 1998 requires Windows 95 with DirectX 5.0 or higher. When you start Microsoft Golf 1999 Edition, you may receive the following error message:... |
| 31958 | When you install the Microsoft Digital Sound System 80 hardware in your computer, the volume control knob may no longer adjust the volume level properly when you use the Deluxe CD Player utility included in Microsoft Plus! 98. |
| 31959 | When you attempt to convert Microsoft Flight Simulator 95 adventures by using the Aircraft and Adventure Converter (Aafconv.exe) that is provided with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, the situation (.stn) files and wave audio (.wav) files associated... |
| 31960 | When you play Microsoft Baseball 2000, you may be unable to use the directional pad on the Microsoft SideWinder FreeStyle Pro to control game actions and player movements. |
| 31961 | This article describes the troubleshooting shortcuts that are installed with Microsoft Midtown Madness and Microsoft Midtown Madness 2. |
| 31962 | If you use converted Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 aircraft in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator or Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, you may hear incorrect flap sounds when you raise or lower the flaps of the converted aircraft. |
| 31963 | When you click the Pro Tip in the Hole Preview window on a Microsoft Links 2000 10-Course Library Pack course that you are playing in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic, you experience the following symptoms: You are unable to hear... |
| 31964 | When you start Microsoft MechCommander 2.0 or Microsoft Links 2001 on a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)-based computer, you may receive any of the following error messages: Cannot find DirectInput functions. -or-... |
| 31965 | This article describes the minimum system requirements to play Microsoft Return of Arcade 1.0 and Microsoft Return of Arcade: Anniversary Edition. |
| 31966 | Some restrictions placed on users within Protect It!, such as restrictions to the Start Menu or Desktop items, may be lost after you install Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 installs the following new features... |
| 31967 | There are currently four products available from Microsoft that use the SMTP protocol to access Internet mail. This article outlines how these products differ and what support options are available to customers. The four products are: Microsoft... |
| 31968 | When you attempt to play a Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP visualization in Microsoft Windows Media Player, the screen remains black and the visualization is not displayed. As a result, you cannot view the Plus! for Windows XP visualization. |
| 31969 | Session Summary This session will describe Age of Empires II. You will learn some game tips and tricks, and how to troubleshoot common problems with the game. This is a Level 100 session that was recorded December 14, 1999 and presented by Steven... |
| 31970 | When you install Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic as an upgrade to Microsoft Links LS 1999, you may overwrite any previously installed animations. |
| 31972 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Flight Simulator, you receive the following error message: Microsoft Flight Simulator cannot find the default flight (Flights\Other\Fltsim.flt). This file must exist for Flight Simulator to start. |
| 31973 | After you install Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP, the following screen savers may not be listed on the Screen Saver tab: Aquarium DaVinci Nature Space Reinstalling Microsoft Plus! does not resolve the problem. |
| 31974 | When you try to start any of the programs that are listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may receive an error message that is similar to either of the following: Microsoft Audio Compression not installed. -or- Warning, audio... |
| 31975 | The manual for Microsoft Links 2001 states that you can install the game on a Microsoft Windows NT-based computer. However, you cannot play Links 2001 on any version of Microsoft Windows NT. NOTE : Links 2001 is compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000. |
| 31978 | When you install Microsoft Plus! Game Pack: Cards & Puzzles on a computer on which Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection is already installed, Setup installs a second copy of The Puzzle Collection in the Plus! Game Pack folder. |
| 31979 | This article lists the minimum system requirements needed to play Microsoft Links 2001. |
| 31980 | You cannot run the Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP screen savers, games, or visualizations on Virtual PC for Mac. |
| 31981 | When you try to copy a piece of clipart from the Picture Picker you may receive the following error message: Media Gallery couldn't find that item. If it's one of the ones that came with Media Gallery, make sure the CD is available. If it's something... |
| 31982 | This informational article describes how to save and restore a multiplayer game in Age of Mythology. |
| 31983 | When you start Age of Mythology, a black screen may appear, the game music may start to play, and then the game may stop responding (hang). |
| 31985 | This article contains information to help you improve the performance of your computer when you play any of the games that are listed at the beginning of this article. Symptoms of poor game performance may include: Intermittent playback of video clips... |
| 31986 | When you try to start any of the games listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive an error message similar to the following: A debugger has been detected: unload the debugger and try again |
| 31987 | When you start Age of Mythology, there may be no text displayed on the menus or in the dialog boxes. |
| 31988 | When you try to log on to Ensemble Studios Online (ESO) to play Age of Mythology, you may receive the following error message: Your CD key cannot currently be validated. Please wait for a few minutes and try again. |
| 31989 | When you try to start Age of Mythology, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: Initialization Failed. |
| 31990 | You may experience any of the following behavior: When you try to upgrade your computer to Windows Millennium Edition, your computer may stop responding (hang) during setup. When you try to install an Internet Explorer 5.5 service pack or Internet... |
| 31991 | This article describes known video-related issues that you may experience when you play Age of Mythology. The information covers both general video issues and issues that occur only with specific video hardware. This article also includes information... |
| 31992 | When you start or play any of the games that are listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: The game stops responding. The game quits unexpectedly. The computer restarts unexpectedly. |
| 31993 | If you try to use a game controller with one of the games that is listed in the Applies to section of this article, the game controller does not work or does not work as expected. |
| 31995 | When you play one of the games listed in the Applies to section of this article and you try to drag the game screen to another monitor, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: The second monitor is blank or black. The game did not... |
| 31997 | You may not be able to copy the program CD-ROMs, or the program may not recognize a copy of a disc. |
| 31998 | When you try to start one of the games listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience one of the following symptoms: The 3D Acceleration option may be unavailable. You may receive an error message that says your video adapter does not... |
| 31999 | When you try to start one of the programs that is listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience one of the following symptoms while the Loading... or Please wait while the program name CD is verified message is displayed on the... |
| 32001 | This article describes how to obtain a copy of the software manual for the Microsoft games that are listed in the Applies to section of this article. |
| 32002 | This article describes known multiplayer issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Age of Mythology. |
| 32003 | This article describes how to troubleshoot and resolve most of the known multiplayer issues in the Microsoft games that are listed in the Applies to section of this article. If the methods in this article do not resolve the issue, your network setup... |
| 32004 | When you play any of the Microsoft games that are listed at the beginning of this article, the game screen may not appear centered on the monitor, the game screen may be oversized so you cannot see all the menu options, or the game screen may appear... |
| 32005 | This article describes how to troubleshoot display-related problems that you may experience when you use one of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article. |
| 32006 | This article describes known sound-related issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Age of Mythology. This article lists general issues first, and then it lists issues that have only been known to occur if you use specific types of sound... |
| 32007 | When you install one of the Microsoft games that is listed in the Applies to section of this article, and you try to enter the product key number, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: The product key is not valid.... |
| 32008 | This article describes how to troubleshoot the following sound-related issues in the Microsoft games that are listed at the beginning of this article: No sound plays. Sounds are too quiet. Sounds are distorted or scratchy. The computer stops... |
| 32009 | This article discusses the ports that you must have to play Microsoft Age of Mythology as a multiplayer game through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, Network Address Translation (NAT), or Internet Connection Sharing. |
| 32010 | When you try to start one of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: ERROR starting program the MSVCP60.DLL file is linked to missing export MSVCRT.dll:_lc_collate_cp |
| 32011 | The games that are listed in the Applies to section of this article include an Error Reporting tool that you can use to report unrecoverable errors (for example, general protection faults or invalid page faults) to Microsoft over the Internet. |
| 32012 | When you try to install any of the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive an error message similar to the following: The MSIEXEC file is linked to missing export MSI.DLL:222. |
| 32013 | When you start one of the games that is listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive an error endicating that the game requires a newer version of Microsoft DirectX. |
| 32014 | This article describes how to use a clean boot to start your Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, or Microsoft Windows 98-based computer. When you use a clean boot to start your computer, Windows loads only basic devices and... |
| 32015 | This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements for Microsoft Age of Mythology and Microsoft Age of Mythology: The Titans. |
| 32016 | This article discusses the Microsoft Age of Mythology patch. The first part of this article discusses how to obtain the updated version of Age of Mythology, and the second part of this article describes the fixes that this patch provides. Microsoft... |
| 32017 | This article lists the Web sites that have additional information about how to play your Microsoft game. These are additional resources beyond the game manual, Help files, and Readme files. Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) does not provide... |
| 32019 | This article describes how to troubleshoot problems that you may experience when you install Microsoft games. Typical problems that can occur during installation is the game setup stops responding or you receive an error message. |
| 32021 | When you use one of the programs that is listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience any of the following symptoms: Fonts may not be displayed in the program. Fonts may be displayed as symbols in the program. Fonts may be distorted in... |
| 32022 | After installing Microsoft Golf version 2.0 on a computer that is running the Windows 3.X opertaing system with Visual FoxPro already installed, running Visual FoxPro causes the following Win32s error: Missing Numeric co-processor virtual device... |
| 32023 | You cannot run the Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP screen savers, games, or visualizations on Virtual PC for Mac. |
| 32024 | When you drag an Internet shortcut with a number sign (#) in its file name to the Microsoft Internet Explorer's client area, you receive the following error message: 'file:C:\internet\Favorites\filename' could not be found. The attempt to open... |
| 32025 | This article describes how to add or remove a golf course in Microsoft Links LS 2000. |
| 32026 | As a valued member of Costco and Sam's Club you received a bonus CD with your purchase of Microsoft Zoo Tycoon. The bonus CD included a unique animal (sable antelope) and scenario (arctic zoo scenario). Microsoft is aware that people are experiencing... |
| 32027 | When you fly an aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 north of 67 degrees north latitude, you may receive the following error message: Your computer has run out of available memory. Flight Simulator will now Exit. |
| 32028 | This article lists the minimum system requirements needed to run Microsoft Links LS 2000. |
| 32029 | This article describes the difference in the Scramble Stroke game between the demo version of Microsoft Links LS 2000 and the retail version of the game. |
| 32030 | If you change the crowd size while you are playing a Virtual Tournament in Microsoft Links LS 2000, the crowd may disappear completely when you resume play. If you change the crowd size after the crowd has disappeared, the crowd does not reappear for... |
| 32031 | When you play a round of golf in Microsoft Links LS 2000, the hot air balloon that occasionally sails across the sky may vanish when the golfer's club hits the ball. |
| 32032 | If you play Microsoft Links LS 2000 with other players, the swing types of remote players who join the game as Computer Opponents are not listed on the Player Settings screen on the host computer. |
| 32033 | When you attempt to start Links LS 1998 Edition or Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition, you may receive the following error message: DirectDraw Init Failed |
| 32034 | This article describes how to adjust the game volume in the products listed at the beginning of this article on a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based computer. |
| 32035 | When you attempt to play a flyby or a multimedia video tour in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic, you may experience the following symptoms: The flyby or multimedia video tour may be unavailable. You may be prompted to insert a... |
| 32036 | When you play a game in Microsoft Return of Arcade or Microsoft Revenge of Arcade, you may experience either of the following symptoms: The game may stop responding (hang). The game may quit unexpectedly and you may be returned to the Windows desktop. |
| 32037 | This article describes how to play a practice round in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic. |
| 32038 | When you play Microsoft NBA Inside Drive 2000 or Microsoft NFL Fever 2000, you may experience the following symptoms: You are only able to play the game in software mode. The video adapter installed in your computer may not appear in the list of... |
| 32039 | When you play Microsoft NBA Inside Drive 2000 or Microsoft NFL Fever 2000, you may be unable to hear sound in the game. |
| 32040 | When you play Microsoft NBA Inside Drive 2000 or Microsoft NFL Fever 2000, 3D hardware rendering may be unavailable. |
| 32041 | This article describes the troubleshooting shortcuts that are installed with Microsoft Midtown Madness and Microsoft Midtown Madness 2. |
| 32042 | This article describes how to transfer players and player profiles from Golf 1998 Lite, included with Microsoft Plus! 98, to Microsoft Golf 1999 Edition. |
| 32043 | When you click the Pro Tip in the Hole Preview window on a Microsoft Links 2000 10-Course Library Pack course that you are playing in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic, you experience the following symptoms: You are unable to hear... |
| 32044 | When you install Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic as an upgrade to Microsoft Links LS 1999, you may overwrite any previously installed animations. |
| 32045 | When you install the Microsoft Digital Sound System 80 hardware in your computer, the volume control knob may no longer adjust the volume level properly when you use the Deluxe CD Player utility included in Microsoft Plus! 98. |
| 32046 | In Microsoft Freelancer, when you click Connect to try to play a multiplayer session, one or more of the following symptoms may occur in the Freelancer Servers dialog box. Note Each of these symptoms indicates that Freelancer cannot connect to a... |
| 32047 | When you play a round of golf in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic, you can hear only the crowd noise or the commentary. You cannot hear both. |
| 32048 | If you select a golfer animation in the Golfer Catalog in Microsoft Links LS 2000 or Microsoft Links LS Classic with the sound set to Yes and the golfer animation set to Medium , Large , or Jumbo , the next time you view the Properties information in... |
| 32050 | This article describes the ports that you must have to play and host a Freelancer 1.0 multiplayer game through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, Network Address Translation (NAT), or Internet Connection Sharing. |
| 32051 | When you click Multiplayer on the main menu of Microsoft Freelancer, you may receive a message that is similar to the following: Your account ID is shown below. This ID is used to identify your characters on all of the servers on which you play... |
| 32052 | This article describes the ports that you must open to play and host a Rise of Nations multiplayer game through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, Network Address Translation (NAT), or Internet Connection Sharing. |
| 32053 | This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements for Rise of Nations. |
| 32054 | When you change to a desktop theme that uses a .jpg file for the wall- paper, you may receive the following error message: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor. |
| 32055 | This article describes how to locate Microsoft product information and how to make purchases online. |
| 32057 | When you start Microsoft Rise of Nations, the game may unexpectedly quit or the screen may turn black. |
| 32059 | This article describes the known game controller related issues that you may experience when you play Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight. |
| 32060 | This article describes the known video-related issues that you may experience when you play Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight. This article is divided into general video issues and issues that occur only on specific video hardware. back to... |
| 32061 | This article describes the ports that you must open to play and host a Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight multiplayer game through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, Network Address Translation (NAT), or Internet Connection Sharing. |
| 32062 | When you try to assign a joystick for game play in Flight Simulator 2000, the joystick description may contain non-text characters. Additionally, the joystick may not respond to movement or to button press commands during game play. |
| 32063 | When you start Flight Simulator 2002 on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP, you may receive the following error message or an error message that is similar to the following: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 has detected 3rd Party software... |
| 32064 | When your screen saver ends in Microsoft Windows XP, your desktop background may be missing. |
| 32065 | When you install one or more of the Zoo Tycoon expansion packs (Marine Mania or Dinosaur Digs), the content from the expansion packs do not appear in the game. For example, the additional animals and items to purchase do not appear in the list of... |
| 32066 | After you install Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP, the following screen savers may not be listed on the Screen Saver tab: Aquarium DaVinci Nature Space Reinstalling Microsoft Plus! does not resolve the problem. |
| 32068 | When you play one of the games listed in the Applies to section of this article and you try to drag the game screen to another monitor, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: The second monitor is blank or black. The game did not... |
| 32069 | This article describes video-related issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Freelancer 1.0. The article is divided into general video issues and issues that occur only on specific video hardware. |
| 32070 | When you play Microsoft Rise of Nations and you try to start the Conquer the World Campaign, you may receive a Runtime Error! ... abnormal program termination error message. |
| 32071 | This article describes the known video-related issues that you may experience when you play Rise of Nations. The article is divided into general video issues and issues that occur only on specific video hardware. |
| 32072 | When you start the Desktop Themes tool from either Control Panel or the Start menu, you may receive the follow error message: Desktop Themes An error occurred while accessing Task Scheduler. |
| 32073 | When you password protect your screen saver, you may be able to bypass the screen saver password if you minimize the screen saver. When you have minimized the screen saver, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Close Program dialog box, click the screen... |
| 32074 | This article contains a correction for a documentation error in Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition online Help. In the Help file, the Troubleshooting and Technical Support section states: Solution 5: Update Windows. Over time, Windows suffers file conflicts... |
| 32077 | When you try to start Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator on a computer running the Microsoft Windows XP operating system , you may receive an error message similar to the following: Combat Flight Simulator 2 has encountered a problem and needs to... |
| 32078 | When you use the classic (two-click) swing in Microsoft Links 2001, the game may not respond to the second click. |
| 32079 | When you play a multiplayer game of Microsoft Links 2001, you may not be able to send a voice chat message to another player. |
| 32080 | When you play an online multiplayer game of Microsoft Links 2001, you may notice that the game intermittently slows down, or appears to stop responding, while you wait for a remote player to swing. |
| 32081 | When you use the PowerStroke swing in Microsoft Links 2001, the Swing Plane , Ball Position , and Clubface settings on the Advanced Shot Setup screen have no effect on your swing. |
| 32082 | When you install Microsoft Links 2001 on your computer, the following golfer animations appear in the list of animations in the Golfer Animation Manager tool: Annika Arnold Sergio When you reinstall Links 2001 on the same computer, the following... |
| 32083 | The Disband and Wheel commands are not available in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, even though the Age of Kings manual discusses these commands on page 43. |
| 32084 | When you start Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, the program may quit unexpectedly after playing the opening movie. |
| 32085 | You cannot increase the population limit when you play a custom scenario in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. The population limit is set to 75, and there is no option to change this limit to a higher number. |
| 32086 | When you play Microsoft Links with other players, your caddy may offer your player an inappropriate club for a given shot. For example, your caddy may offer your player a long distance wood club instead of a short distance iron when you are positioned... |
| 32088 | When you start a new game in Microsoft Age of Empires II, the game may quit unexpectedly. |
| 32089 | After you run the Disk Cleanup utility included in Plus! 98, you may be unable to start Microsoft Windows 98 or you may receive the following error message: Error loading GDI.EXE. You must reinstall windows. |
| 32090 | This article lists the Web sites that have additional information about how to play your Microsoft game. These are additional resources beyond the game manual, Help files, and Readme files. Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) does not provide... |
| 32091 | This article describes the minimum system requirements that are needed to successfully run Microsoft RalliSport Challenge (PC). |
| 32093 | When you try to start Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3 on a Microsoft Windows 98-based computer, you may receive an error message similar to the following: A required .dll file C:\Windows\System\Imagehlp.dll was not found. |
| 32095 | When you select a unit or a building in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings or Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, some of the command buttons for that unit or building may not appear in the bottom left corner of the... |
| 32096 | This article discusses the Microsoft Age of Mythology patch. The first part of this article discusses how to obtain the updated version of Age of Mythology, and the second part of this article describes the fixes that this patch provides. Microsoft... |
| 32097 | When you hit a ball into a hazard in practice mode in any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you do not receive a penalty, but you must hit the ball out of the hazard. In Microsoft Links 2001, Microsoft Links LS 2000 and Links LS... |
| 32098 | This article describes the automatic save game feature in Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition and Microsoft Links 2001. |
| 32099 | There are currently four products available from Microsoft that use the SMTP protocol to access Internet mail. This article outlines how these products differ and what support options are available to customers. The four products are: Microsoft... |
| 32100 | If you remove an information service in Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Windows Messaging and then try to reinstall it, the information service may not appear when you click Services on the Tools menu and then click Add. |
| 32101 | The manual for Microsoft Links 2001 states that you can install the game on a Microsoft Windows NT-based computer. However, you cannot play Links 2001 on any version of Microsoft Windows NT. NOTE : Links 2001 is compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000. |
| 32102 | When you are running Microsoft Train Simulator, the keyboard may stop responding. |
| 32105 | When you try to start Microsoft Urban Assault, the game may stop responding (hang) after the introductory movie is played. You may also receive an error message similar to the following: The instruction at 0423dl0x001 reference memory at 0x00000017... |
| 32106 | When you play any of the Microsoft games that are listed at the beginning of this article, the game screen may not appear centered on the monitor, the game screen may be oversized so you cannot see all the menu options, or the game screen may appear... |
| 32108 | When you try to play Microsoft Baseball 2000, the game may not start and you may be returned to the Windows desktop. |
| 32110 | When you try to start Links 2003, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: STOP: Could Not Create Restore Surface |
| 32111 | This article describes known multiplayer issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Age of Mythology. |
| 32112 | When you play Microsoft Age of Mythology, the game's performance may be slower than you expect. |
| 32113 | This article contains a list of the minimum and recommended system requirements for Microsoft Freelancer, version 1.0. |
| 32117 | This article describes known sound-related issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Freelancer 1.0. The information in this article first describes general issues, and then describes issues that have only been known to occur on specific... |
| 32118 | When you try to use the Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 game controller, or the Logitech WingMan Strike Force 3D USB game controller to play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe, you may notice that the force on the game controller is... |
| 32119 | When you try to play Microsoft Freelancer 1.0, the game performance may be unexpectedly slow. |
| 32120 | When you start Age of Mythology, a black screen may appear, the game music may start to play, and then the game may stop responding (hang). |
| 32123 | After you exit Age Of Empires II, the desktop wallpaper may shrink and appear in the upper left corner of the Windows desktop instead of appearing in its original size and orientation (like before you started the game). Additionally, some or all... |
| 32124 | This article describes the ports that you must have open to play Impossible Creatures through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, Network Address Translation (NAT), or Internet Connection Sharing. |
| 32125 | When you try to start Microsoft Age of Mythology for the first time, you may receive an error message box that contains only a white X that is inside a red circle. |
| 32126 | When you try to start Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania, or after you run the product for few minutes, you may receive the following error message before the program quits: Microsoft Zoo Tycoon has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the... |
| 32129 | When you play a multiple-player game of Microsoft Links 2003, players in the game may receive the following message in the Chat Camera, where player is the name of a player, and xx is a number: Slow swing meter on player at xx % of normal |
| 32130 | This article describes how to improve the game performance of Microsoft Combat Simulator 3: Battle for Europe. |
| 32131 | When you try to play Impossible Creatures, game performance may be slower than expected. |
| 32132 | Combat Flight Simulator 3: Minimum System Requirements |
| 32133 | This article describes how to troubleshoot joystick issues in Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe. This article describes how to troubleshoot joystick issues in Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe. MORE INFORMATION Check the Game Controller Connection to the ComputerCheck |
| 32134 | This article describes the known issues with the RalliSport Challenge (PC) game documentation and Help files. MORE INFORMATION Viewing the Online Manual You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the online version of the RalliSport |
| 32135 | This article describes how to configure your computer for optimum performance of RalliSport Challenge (PC). MORE INFORMATION General RecommendationsMake sure that you have the latest drivers and updates that are available for you video card, sound |
| 32136 | This article describes known sound-related issues that you may experience when you play Combat Flight Simulator 3. MORE INFORMATION The following list describes known sound-related issues in Combat Flight Simulator 3. Crystal Audio Sound Cards The |
| 32137 | This article discusses the ports that you must have to play Microsoft Age of Mythology as a multiplayer game through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, Network Address Translation (NAT), or Internet Connection Sharing. |
| 32138 | When you attempt to play (or replay) a mission while in a campaign in Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Black Knight or MechWarrier 4: Mercenaries the program may stop responding (hang), and then you receive an error message that is similar to the following: Exception: Attempt to read from |
| 32139 | This article describes known video-related issues that you may experience when you play Age of Mythology. The information covers both general video issues and issues that occur only with specific video hardware. This article also includes information... |
| 32140 | When you install one of the Microsoft games that is listed in the Applies to section of this article, and you try to enter the product key number, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: The product key is not valid.... |
| 32142 | When you try to start any of the games listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive an error message similar to the following: A debugger has been detected: unload the debugger and try again |
| 32143 | When you try to start Combat Flight Simulator 3, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Error: CFS3 configuration could not detect any DirectX 8 compatible video cards. CFS3 requires a DirectX 8 compatible video card. |
| 32144 | This article discusses known video card issues with Microsoft MechCommander 2.0. |
| 32145 | When play Microsoft Age of Mythology, you may experience graphical corruption of your mouse pointer, such as a black box around the pointer, a blinking pointer, jerky pointer movement, or the pointer may not appear at all. |
| 32146 | When you try to start Zoo Tycoon the screen may turn black, and you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: The program you are trying to run requires a current Indeo Codec. |
| 32147 | This article describes known sound-related issues that you may experience when you play Impossible Creatures. |
| 32148 | This article describes video-related issues that you may experience when you play Impossible Creatures. |
| 32149 | This article describes the known video issues that may occur with Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries. In this Article General Graphics Issues 3D Card Issues Minimum System Requirements Hardware-Specific Video Issues 3Dfx Voodoo 3DLabs Aopen Asus ATI... |
| 32150 | This article describes how to troubleshoot the following sound-related issues in the Microsoft games that are listed at the beginning of this article: No sound plays. Sounds are too quiet. Sounds are distorted or scratchy. The computer stops... |
| 32151 | When you play Microsoft Midtown Madness 2, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: Sounds may not be played. Sounds may play quietly. Sounds may play incorrectly. |
| 32152 | When you try to log on to Ensemble Studios Online (ESO) to play Age of Mythology, you may receive the following error message: Your CD key cannot currently be validated. Please wait for a few minutes and try again. |
| 32153 | This article describes the known game controller-related issues with Microsoft RalliSport Challenge (PC). |
| 32154 | This article describes known sound-related issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Age of Mythology. This article lists general issues first, and then it lists issues that have only been known to occur if you use specific types of sound... |
| 32155 | This article lists the known documentation errors that are in the Age of Mythology Help files and in the game manual. |
| 32156 | This article lists the minimum system requirements for MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries. |
| 32157 | This article describes the known graphic-related issues with Microsoft RalliSport Challenge. |
| 32158 | This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements for Microsoft Age of Mythology and Microsoft Age of Mythology: The Titans. |
| 32159 | This article describes known third-party software issues that you may experience when you play Combat Flight Simulator 3. |
| 32160 | When you try to start Age of Mythology, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: Initialization Failed. |
| 32163 | When you start Age of Mythology, there may be no text displayed on the menus or in the dialog boxes. |
| 32165 | After you upgrade DirectX to version 8.2, you may experience any of the following symptoms when you participate in multiple-player games: You cannot see other players. Other players cannot see you. Other players cannot see one another. You cannot... |
| 32166 | When you try to install Microsoft Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Zoo Tycoon was not installed. We could not install this product. |
| 32167 | After you lock and then log back on to your computer with Microsoft Train Simulator at the opening screen, the following behavior may occur: The display becomes completely black. -or- The display flickers. After you lock and then log back on to your... |
| 32168 | This article describes the minimum system requirements for running Microsoft Impossible Creatures. |
| 32170 | This article describes the known sound-related issues that may occur with Microsoft RalliSport Challenge (PC). |
| 32171 | When you select the TV Out video adapter when you start Microsoft Motocross Madness 2, you may experience the following symptoms: You may be unable to change the display resolution on the Graphics Options screen. Motocross Madness 2 may stop... |
| 32172 | This article describes the ports you must use to play Links 2003 as a multiplayer game through a firewall, a proxy server, a router, Network Address Translation (NAT), or Internet Connection Sharing. |
| 32174 | This article describes known video-related issues that you may experience when you play Links 2003. This article first describes general video-related issues, and then describes issues that have only been known to occur with specific types of video... |
| 32175 | When you try to connect to the Links Tour Web site from Microsoft Links, you may receive the following error message: A connection could not be made to the Internet. Please check your Internet connection and try again. |
| 32176 | When you attempt to install one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message ISSET_SE caused a general protection fault in module filename where filename is the name of the executable file of... |
| 32177 | When you play Microsoft Links 2001, and a player hits the ball, the animation speed may proceed in slow motion during the entire flight of the ball. After the ball lands the animation speed returns to normal. |
| 32178 | This article describes how to configure your computer to optimize game performance for Microsoft Links 2003. |
| 32179 | This article describes several methods you can use to improve game performance in Microsoft Midtown Madness. |
| 32180 | When you start Microsoft Links 2003, you may receive an error message similar to the following after the introductory video clip plays: Stop Error: WACMStreamSize Failed (0x5- Winerr-Access Is Denied-est dst Size=0 bytes) |
| 32182 | When you start Microsoft Links, you may receive a message a that is similar to the following: Please complete EULA verification before running the game You may receive this message even though you already accepted the End-User License Agreement (EULA)... |
| 32183 | This article describes known graphics issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3. |
| 32184 | When you play Microsoft Links, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: Your computer stops responding (hangs). The game runs very slowly. |
| 32185 | The following are known issues in the documentation and Help files in Combat Flight Simulator 3: Quick Reference Card The Quick Reference Card incorrectly assigns the yaw right (rudder) action to the ENTER key on the numeric keypad. To yaw right,... |
| 32186 | This article describes known issues that you may experience when you play a multiple-player game of Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3. This article also describes the quick chat and host commands that you can use during a game. |
| 32187 | This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements needed to play Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Vengeance. |
| 32188 | This article discusses known video issues with Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Black Knight and Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries. |
| 32189 | This article describes the known hardware-related issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3. |
| 32190 | This is a master list of all the courses that are available for Microsoft Links and Links LS from Links: The Challenge of Golf to Microsoft Links 2003. |
| 32191 | When you play Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Vengeance or MechWarior 4: Mercenaries, you may receive an error similar to the following.: STOP: FAILED (DDERR_CANNOTATTACHSURFACE) On Microsoft Windows 2000-based systems, you may experience system instability,... |
| 32192 | When you attempt to start any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: DirectDraw Init Failed |
| 32193 | This article describes how to troubleshoot video problems in Links LS 1998 Edition. |
| 32195 | When you attempt to uninstall Microsoft Plus!, you may receive the following error message: Custom Action Error The system cannot find the file specified. You then receive the following message: Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 Setup Microsoft Plus! for... |
| 32196 | After you install and run Microsoft Motocross Madness 2 for the first time, the game may quit before the startup screen is displayed. |
| 32197 | When you use a zipped file (a file that has a .zip file name extension), files are compressed in this zipped file so that the file uses less space on a hard disk. In Windows 98 with Plus! 98, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), and Windows XP, the... |
| 32198 | If you have installed Microsoft Plus!, System properties no longer shows that Microsoft Plus! is installed after you install Internet Explorer 4.0. The information line no longer shows: Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 Instead, this line reads: IE 4.0... |
| 32199 | When you enable the Stretch desktop wallpaper to fit the screen option, the desktop wallpaper may not be stretched. |
| 32200 | When you use the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel to remove a program, and then try to start Age of Mythology or Asheron's Call 2, the game may stop responding. You may receive an error message that is similar to the following: Microsoft... |
| 32201 | This article describes how to obtain a copy of the software manual for the Microsoft games that are listed in the Applies to section of this article. |
| 32202 | When you try to use a Direct Cable Connection to play a multiplayer game of Microsoft Age of Empires II, The Age of Kings, you may receive an error message, stating that you cannot connect. |
| 32204 | SYMPTOMS If you have the Show Window Contents While Dragging option enabled, you may experience problems with Avantos ManagePro 3.1. For example, you may be unable to resize the ManagePro window. |
| 32206 | After you install Internet Explorer (the browser-only installation), the contents of windows may be displayed when you drag them. |
| 32207 | This article describes some general steps you can use to troubleshoot performance issues in Zoo Tycoon and the Dinosaur Digs Expansion Pack. |
| 32208 | While playing Bicycle Casino, the dealer misreads your hand, and a losing hand unexpectedly wins. The known variations of this issue are: |
| 32209 | When you try to access train controls in Microsoft Train Simulator, your mouse pointer may become sluggish, unresponsive, or flicker on your screen. |
| 32210 | When you try to create a flight or fly into a specific area, you receive the following error message: Scenery library object not found. This may cause some scenery, such as some buildings, to not display. After you click OK, Flight Simulator continues... |
| 32211 | When you are playing Microsoft Casino, the game closes unexpectedly when you try to accept a comp. |
| 32212 | When you play MechWarrior 4 in multiplayer mode, players and factions use insignia graphics to identify their equipment. You can use custom decals for this purpose. This article describes how to use custom decals in MechWarrior 4. Microsoft Product... |
| 32213 | When you start Microsoft Motocross Madness 2, you may receive the following error message on a blue screen A Fatal Exception 0D has occurred at xxxx:xxxxxx in VxD APIX(01) where xxxx:xxxxxx is a string of random characters. |
| 32214 | When you try to start one of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: ERROR starting program the MSVCP60.DLL file is linked to missing export MSVCRT.dll:_lc_collate_cp |
| 32215 | While you play a random map game or a scenario in a campaign in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, the game may slow down or run irregularly after you play for several minutes. |
| 32216 | This article describes how to move your saved Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings games, campaigns, and scenarios to a different computer. |
| 32217 | When you try to start Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings or Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, you may receive the following error message: A required .dll file, Dplayx.dll, was not found. |
| 32218 | After you install Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Inner Sphere 'Mech Pak or Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Clan 'Mech Pak, you may see that none of the new mechs are available when you play MechWarrior 4 games. Also, when you start MechWarrior 4, on the main menu... |
| 32219 | If you try to use keyboard commands to control throttle or reverse thrusters in Flight Simulator, the intended function may not respond, or it may respond only intermittently. |
| 32220 | When you start a new game of Zoo Tycoon, there are fewer animals and buildings available than you expected. |
| 32222 | When you start Train Simulator, you receive an error message similar to the following: Microsoft Train Simulator has detected that your graphics hardware may be lacking essential features that it needs to run. Please ensure that you have the latest... |
| 32223 | When you try to start MechWarrior 4: Black Knight, the program may stop responding (freeze) on a black screen that displays an hourglass, or you may receive an error message similar to the following: AppName: mw4.icd AppVer: 1.6.11.220 ModName:... |
| 32224 | This article discusses the Microsoft Dungeon Siege 1.1 update. The first part of this article discusses how to obtain the updated version of Dungeon Siege, and the second part of this article lists the fixes that this update provides. Microsoft... |
| 32225 | When you try to start Microsoft Links LS 1998 Edition on a Windows XP-based computer, your computer stops responding (hangs). |
| 32227 | When you play Train Simulator and click on the bell, the bell produces no sound. |
| 32228 | When you use one of the Microsoft Flight Simulator products listed at the beginning of this article, you may not notice aircraft on the ground or in the air. |
| 32229 | While using Train Simulator, you may not be able to see the windshield wipers from inside the cab. |
| 32230 | While using Train Simulator, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32232 | You can use command-line parameters to customize the Dungeon Siege startup process and to resolve certain problems that may occur when you try to start or play the game. This article lists the command-line parameters and explains how they w |
| 32233 | Session Summary This session will describe Age of Empires II. You will learn some game tips and tricks, and how to troubleshoot common problems with the game. This is a Level 100 session that was recorded December 14, 1999 and presented by Steven... |
| 32234 | Microsoft Zoo Tycoon has an update available to download. The update enhances performance in the area of zoo scalability and maintenance worker artificial intelligence (AI). NOTE : You do not need to install the update if you have installed Microsoft... |
| 32235 | When you use Microsoft Zoo Tycoon Dinosaur Digs Expansion Pack after you install third-party content, guests in your game may appear to be attached and stuck to objects in the zoo. |
| 32236 | When you try to play Microsoft Links 2001, the game may stop responding or you may receive the following error message: No courses have been installed. You may not start a game until at least one course has been installed. |
| 32237 | This article explains how to troubleshoot the following video related issues in the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article: Poor video performance in the game. Poor game performance (choppy game play). Graphics in the game are... |
| 32238 | This article describes some known video-related issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Vengeance. |
| 32239 | When you try to connect to a multiplayer game of Dungeon Siege 1.0 by using the ZoneMatch server, you may receive an error message similar to the following: |
| 32240 | If you try to fight (by clicking) the character Gom in Microsoft Dungeon Siege 1.0, Gom may not move to fight back, and the following balloon may appear: |
| 32241 | After you upgrade your display adapter to one that has 16 megabytes (MB) or more of video memory, you remain unable to use the Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP features that require this upgraded display adapter. |
| 32242 | This article describes how to transfer a multiplayer character from the trial version of Microsoft Dungeon Siege 1.0 to the retail version of Dungeon Siege. Single-player games that were saved in the trial version of Dungeon Siege are not compatible... |
| 32243 | This article explains how to start playing a custom course that was created by using the Arnold Palmer Course Designer that is included with Microsoft Links 2001. By default, if you create a custom course with the Arnold Palmer Course Designer and... |
| 32244 | When you try to start any of the games mentioned at the beginning of this article on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32245 | When you try to open a map during a multiplayer game of Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Black Knight, the maps that you previously downloaded may not appear in the map list. |
| 32246 | This article describes how to resurrect a dead character in Microsoft Dungeon Siege, version 1.0. |
| 32248 | When you switch the Microsoft Flight Simulator window to full-screen mode, a black border may appear to surround the screen. (To switch to full-screen mode, press ALT+ENTER.) |
| 32249 | This article explains how to import aircraft (such as the Concorde) and aircraft gauges from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 into Flight Simulator 2004. |
| 32250 | When you exit a multiplayer game in Microsoft Dungeon Siege, version 1.0, you do not have a choice to save the state of the world. After you exit the game, you cannot resume the game. However, your character and the items in your character's inventory... |
| 32251 | After you use the Scheduled Tasks tool to run the Disk Cleanup tool (Cleanmgr.exe), the following entry may be added to the Scheduled Tasks log file (Schedlog.txt): |
| 32252 | When you start a Dino Digs game, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32253 | When you use one of the Organic Art screen savers included in Plus! 98 on a computer configured to use multiple monitors, the computer may stop responding (hang). You may also see two red horizontal lines on the secondary display. |
| 32254 | When you click to play a movie in the Picture It! Express online Help file, you may receive the following error message, even if the Microsoft Plus! 98 CD-ROM is inserted in the CD-ROM drive: |
| 32255 | When you play Microsoft Links 2001, the view of where the ball lands may be blocked by trees or other objects on the golf course. You may not be able to determine where the ball landed until you accept the shot. |
| 32257 | When you attempt to play one of the video clips in Microsoft Picture It! Express Help, you may be prompted to insert the Plus! 98 CD-ROM when the Plus! 98 CD-ROM is already in the CD-ROM drive. |
| 32258 | This article describes how to change the path from which Windows Setup obtains source files. If, for example, you originally installed Windows from floppy disks, but later obtained a Windows CD-ROM, you might want to change the Setup source |
| 32259 | When you attempt to install Links LS 1998 Edition or Links LS 1999 Edition, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32260 | When you start Microsoft Baseball 2001, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32261 | When you try to install or start Microsoft Zoo Tycoon, you may receive one of the following error messages: Cannot locate file WS2_32.dll or WS2HELP.dll. -or- A required .DLL file, WS2_32.DLL was not found. |
| 32262 | When you play Microsoft Dungeon Siege, game performance may be slower than you expect. |
| 32264 | When you try to install the Microsoft Links 2001 Update v1.21, you may receive an error message similar to the following: |
| 32265 | When you try to play Microsoft Links or start Arnold Palmer Course Designer, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: You may receive an access violation. You may receive a fatal exception 0E or a fatal exception 28 error message. You... |
| 32266 | You can use GOS switches to customize the startup process for the game and to resolve certain issues you may encounter when you attempt to start or play the game. For example, the game may stop responding (hang), quit unexpectedly (crash) or generate... |
| 32267 | This article describes some of the known video related issues in Microsoft Motocross Madness 2. |
| 32268 | The autopilot feature in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 is different from that in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. This article explains the differences and the steps to use to emulate Flight Simulator 2000 autopilot functionality. A single-axis... |
| 32269 | When you try to play a virtual tour in Links 2001, you may receive an error message similar to the following: |
| 32270 | When you try to install any of the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive an error message similar to the following: The MSIEXEC file is linked to missing export MSI.DLL:222. |
| 32271 | When you play Links, you may receive an error message similar to the following: |
| 32272 | If you play the game on a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Window Millennium Edition-based computer and you experience poor performance and instability, make sure direct memory access (DMA) is enabled. When you enable DMA on your computer, you... |
| 32274 | This article describes how to change to a 3D mouse cursor in Zoo Tycoon. |
| 32275 | This article lists the known documentation errors in Flight Simulator 2002 Help. |
| 32276 | You may receive an "access violation" error message when you right-click a group of different files that include MP3 files (files that have an .mp3 file extension). |
| 32277 | When you use the Microsoft SideWinder Game Voice software in a multiplayer game of Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, the Game Voice chat session and the game may stop responding (hang). |
| 32278 | When you try to start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may receive one of the following error messages: FS2000 caused an invalid page fault in module Kernel32.dll. -or- FS2000 caused an exception in module Panels.dll. |
| 32279 | This article tells you how to configure Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 and your computer for optimal game performance. |
| 32281 | To start or run a program that is not designed for Microsoft Windows 2000 on a Windows 2000-based computer, you must log on to the computer as a member of the Administrators group or the Power Users group. NOTE : If you are unable to run the program... |
| 32282 | When you start Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater or Mission Builder (included with Combat Flight Simulator 2), the screen may turn black, and your computer may stop responding (hang). |
| 32283 | When you press the X key in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator to proceed to the next waypoint or action sequence, you may lose an unexpected amount of fuel, and you may be unable to complete the mission. |
| 32284 | When you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, your computer may stop responding (hang) when your airplane crashes or when you press |
| 32285 | While you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, the frame rate (the speed at which images are displayed on the screen, usually measured in frames per second) may be very slow. |
| 32287 | When you try to start Dungeon Siege, the opening movie appears, but the Startup menu does not appear. Instead, you receive an error message similar to the following: |
| 32288 | After you quit Dungeon Siege, your Windows sound setting may be reset to Desktop Stereo Speakers, even though before you played the game, the sound setting was set to Quadraphonic Speakers or another setting. |
| 32289 | When you try to start one of the games that is listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may receive an error message that is similar to one of the following: Asheron's Call 2 Can't open the data files. Check that they exist and that you... |
| 32290 | The Microsoft SideWinder USB game controllers listed at the beginning of this article do not work with any of the games included in Microsoft Return of Arcade. The following games are included in Return of Arcade: Dig Dug Galaxian Ms. Pac Man* Pac Man... |
| 32293 | You may not be able to start the Dungeon Siege. The game may stop during startup. This behavior occurs if any of the following conditions are true: |
| 32294 | When you start any of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive an error message similar to one of the following: game.exe is Not a Valid Win32 Application. -or- A black command prompt box flashes on the screen.... |
| 32295 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Flight Simulator, you receive the following error message: Microsoft Flight Simulator cannot find the default flight (Flights\Other\Fltsim.flt). This file must exist for Flight Simulator to start. |
| 32297 | When you try to install the Microsoft Links 2001 Expansion Pack with Microsoft Links 2001 Championship Edition, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Links 2001 was not found on this computer. The Links Expansion pack cannot be... |
| 32298 | This article describes some known video-related issues that you may experience when you play Microsoft Dungeon Siege. |
| 32299 | This article describes the purpose and usage of Control Panel (.cpl) files. |
| 32300 | You cannot modify the number of rings after which Dial-Up Networking Server answers incoming calls. Dial-Up Networking Server always answers incoming calls after one ring. |
| 32302 | When you try to play a Links 2001 game as a virtual tourney, you receive an error message similar to the following: |
| 32303 | If you own the full version of NBA Full Court Press, you can download the 1995-96 or 1996-97 patch to make game play more fun and realistic. |
| 32305 | When you attempt to play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, you may experience any of the following issues if you use a CH Flight Yoke or CH Virtual Pilot Pro: When you launch a new flight, the plane pulls to right or left immediately after the cockpit... |
| 32306 | Windows Millennium Edition (Me) and Plus! 98 provide a data compression feature that provides the ability to password protect a compressed file. However, under certain conditions, the password may be recorded in a file on your computer. |
| 32311 | When you attempt to start Flight Simulator 2002, the splash screen appears, a blank screen appears, and then your computer stops responding (hangs). |
| 32312 | When you try to start a flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may receive an error message that is similar to one of the following: The file scenery.cfg is missing or damaged. Please reinstall Flight Simulator 2000 to restore or repair the... |
| 32313 | When you attempt to start a multiplayer game of Microsoft Links, you may receive an error message similar to the following: One of the other players does not have this course. |
| 32314 | When you play Microsoft Train Simulator on a portable computer (laptop), the sound may be disabled after you restore the game from Standby mode. |
| 32315 | This article describes the command line parameters that you can use when you start Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors. |
| 32317 | This article discusses how to optimize game performance in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. |
| 32318 | This article describes some general steps you can use in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator to troubleshoot performance issues, such as: Distorted audio playback Intermittent playback of video clips Slow video frame rates |
| 32320 | This article describes how to capture a screen shot in the Microsoft Age of Empires titles listed at the beginning of the article. |
| 32321 | When you attempt to start one of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive one of the following error messages: Combatfs caused an invalid page fault in module Winmm.dll. Fltsim98 caused an invalid page fault in... |
| 32323 | This article describes how to configure the flight logbook in Microsoft Flight Simulator to automatically record your flight time. |
| 32324 | When you install Microsoft Train Simulator on your computer, a complete installation may require a greater amount of disk space than the disk-space requirements listed on the box for a full install. |
| 32325 | When you play one of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article on a Windows 2000-based computer, the computer may restart unexpectedly or you may receive one of the following error messages: PFN_List_Corrupt (Blue Screen STOP Error)... |
| 32326 | When you start Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, you may receive the following error message: STOP:FAILED - (WINERR_one or more arguments are invalid) - Create Sound Buffer When you attempt to start Microsoft Links 2001, you may receive the... |
| 32327 | When you play Microsoft Links 2001, the message No 3D Acceleration may be displayed at the bottom of the screen. |
| 32328 | This article contains a list of video-related issues that you may experience in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. |
| 32330 | In Microsoft Train Simulator, when you use the Goelsdorf 380 train to refuel the tender wagon with water or coal, the refueling operation does not take place as expected. |
| 32331 | This article summarizes the minimum system requirements to run Microsoft Train Simulator. |
| 32332 | This article describes how to use the Map Editor in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings to place natural resources on a map. |
| 32333 | This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements needed to play Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. |
| 32335 | When you try to host an Internet multiplayer game of Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, other players may be unable to join the game. |
| 32336 | When you attempt to play a Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP visualization in Microsoft Windows Media Player, the screen remains black and the visualization is not displayed. As a result, you cannot view the Plus! for Windows XP visualization. |
| 32337 | This article describes the Internet Multiplayer Patch for Microsoft Golf, version 3.0. |
| 32339 | When you start a lesson, adventure, or flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, the Instructor, Pilot, or Air Traffic Controller (ATC) voices may not be played, or the engine sounds... |
| 32340 | When you click Multiplayer on the Microsoft Age of Empires startup screen, the Connection Type dialog box may be empty. |
| 32341 | You can download the Flight Simulator 98 Patch Set 1.0 (Fs98pat1.exe) file from the Microsoft Download Center. |
| 32342 | When you use the Microsoft Force Feedback Pro joystick with any of the Microsoft programs listed at the beginning of this article, the Return To Center force is disabled. However, the Return To Center force functions properly on the Test Forces tab in... |
| 32343 | When you start Microsoft Links or Microsoft MechWarrior 4, you may receive the following error message: STOP : FAILED (0xc29b8d10 - WINERR_) - Set(EAX_ReverbProperties, EAX_ENVIRONMENT) Address: 0x00571929 Location:... |
| 32344 | When you use one of the programs that is listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience any of the following symptoms: Fonts may not be displayed in the program. Fonts may be displayed as symbols in the program. Fonts may be distorted in... |
| 32345 | When you are trying to install Microsoft Train Simulator, you may receive the following error message: Train Simulator Setup encountered a disk error while writing to the file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\dialog.dll. Make sure your... |
| 32346 | This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements needed to play both Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, and Microsoft Age of Empires II: Gold Edition. Note To play The Age of Empires II: The Conquerors you must have... |
| 32347 | When you host a multiplayer game of Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, you may be the only player in the game. |
| 32348 | When you start or play one of the games listed at the beginning of this article on a computer running Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Microsoft Windows 98, you may receive the following error message: In Microsoft Windows Millennium... |
| 32349 | When you start a private Allegiance Server game on your local area network (LAN), players who want to join may be unable to find the LAN game in Allegiance. |
| 32351 | When you play a multiplayer game on one of the Microsoft Age of Empires games listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may receive one of the following error messages: Game stopped because it was out of sync! -OR- You were dropped from... |
| 32352 | When you play Links LS 1998 Edition, statistics for the game may be calculated incorrectly. |
| 32354 | When you play any of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article, CD Audio may not be played in the game. As a result, you may not hear certain sounds, such as background music, in the game. |
| 32355 | When you play any of the Microsoft games that is listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. When you click Details , you receive one of... |
| 32356 | When a program performs a floating-point calculation, the result may be incorrect. |
| 32358 | When starting any of the games listed at the beginning of this article in three-dimensional (3-D) mode, the game may stop responding (hang). |
| 32359 | When you attempt to play a video clip in one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience any of the following symptoms: Nothing may happen. A black window may be displayed. A white window may be displayed. You may... |
| 32360 | When you have Microsoft Flight Simulator set to use system time, the simulation may not use the correct date and time. |
| 32361 | The games that are listed in the Applies to section of this article include an Error Reporting tool that you can use to report unrecoverable errors (for example, general protection faults or invalid page faults) to Microsoft over the Internet. |
| 32363 | When you play Microsoft Allegiance, you may receive one of the following error messages: |
| 32366 | When you play one of the games listed in the Applies to section of this article on a computer that uses a motherboard based on the VIA Technologies chip set, you may experience one or more of the following behaviors: The game may not be able to... |
| 32368 | When you click Free Games and then click Games List, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32369 | When you play a multiplayer game, you may see a turtle, a yellow dot, or a red dot next to a player's name in the Scores window. |
| 32372 | The following symptom may occur when you use Plus! Voice Command for Windows Media Player to tell Microsoft Windows Media Player to play songs in a particular genre. When you give the command, media player, play genre genre name , you may receive... |
| 32375 | When you start one of the games that is listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive an error endicating that the game requires a newer version of Microsoft DirectX. |
| 32376 | Some restrictions placed on users within Protect It!, such as restrictions to the Start Menu or Desktop items, may be lost after you install Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 installs the following new features... |
| 32377 | Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft CART Precision Racing. |
| 32378 | When you start Microsoft MechCommander 2.0 or Microsoft Links 2001 on a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)-based computer, you may receive any of the following error messages: Cannot find DirectInput functions. -or-... |
| 32379 | The Golf version 3.0 Theme Pack is now available from the Microsoft Download Center. The theme pack includes golf-related sounds, desktop backgrounds, and animated cursors for Windows users who have Microsoft Plus! installed. |
| 32381 | Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far. This update is available for Windows as an .exe file and for the Macintosh as a .bin file. |
| 32382 | If you press a hot key on the Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro or the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro during the playback of the introductory movie in one of the games listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience any of the following... |
| 32383 | This article lists the minimum system requirements needed to play Microsoft Links 2001. |
| 32384 | When you attempt to install one of the programs listed in the applies to section of this article, you may receive the following error message: Program Setup was not completed successfully where program is the name of the program you are attempting... |
| 32387 | When you start a game, you may receive an error message similar to the following: |
| 32388 | When you are using DriveSpace to compress a drive, your computer may become stuck in a reboot (or restart) loop. If you press the F8 key when your computer restarts and then choose Command Prompt Only, your computer enters the reboot loop a |
| 32389 | When you start one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience either of the following symptoms: |
| 32391 | When you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, terrain or planes have missing textures. |
| 32394 | When you start Microsoft Baseball 2000, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32395 | You can use command line parameters to customize the startup process for Age of Empires and to resolve certain problems you may encounter when you attempt to start or play the game. Microsoft Product Support has created a number of shortcut |
| 32396 | When you try to start one of the games listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience one of the following symptoms: The 3D Acceleration option may be unavailable. You may receive an error message that says your video adapter does not... |
| 32397 | When you try to start one of the programs listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may receive one of the following error messages: Empires2 has executed an invalid instruction in Empires2.icd. Empires2 has executed an invalid... |
| 32398 | When you play Microsoft StarLancer, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: |
| 32399 | When you start Microsoft StarLancer, you may experience either of the following symptoms: |
| 32400 | When you start one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience one of the following symptoms: |
| 32401 | This article describes some known video-related issues that you may experience when you play in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2. |
| 32402 | This article describes how to convert Links 386 courses to Links LS courses. |
| 32403 | This article describes how to print to a text file from the programs listed at the beginning of this article. |
| 32405 | This article describes how to play Links 386 courses in the above listed versions. |
| 32409 | When you start one of the programs that are listed at the beginning of this article on a Hewlett-Packard computer, you may receive the following error message: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. When you click... |
| 32412 | When you enable 3D hardware acceleration in Microsoft Baseball 2001, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: |
| 32414 | When you attempt to start one of the games listed at the beginning of this article, you may be able to hear the audio for the introductory movie, however the screen may be blank. |
| 32415 | Microsoft Train Simulator runs an opening movie when you start the program. Some systems may have problems running this movie. This article discusses the steps to turn off the opening movie so that it does not run when you start Train Simul |
| 32416 | You may not be able to copy the program CD-ROMs, or the program may not recognize a copy of a disc. |
| 32417 | When you click Continue on the Product ID screen while you are installing one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.... |
| 32418 | When you try to download an executable (.exe) file in Microsoft Internet Explorer, the file may be opened instead of downloaded. |
| 32420 | This article describes how to start Windows 95 without loading any unnecessary terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs or device drivers (this is called a clean boot). You can clean boot Windows to troubleshoot problems you may experience with... |
| 32422 | When you try to start Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings or Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, you may receive the following error message: Could not initialize graphics system. Make sure that your video card and driver... |
| 32425 | You can use the Dial-Up Networking Server component to share network resources with others who connect to your computer from remote locations. This article describes how to configure your computer to be a Dial-Up Networking server or client |
| 32427 | When you start any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience any of the following symptoms: |
| 32428 | When you use the keyboard to fly in any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, the game may not recognize keypad button presses. |
| 32431 | When you upgrade your computer to Windows Millennium Edition (Me) from Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, you are unable to uninstall Microsoft Plus! 98. Plus! 98 is not available as an uninstall option in the Add/ |
| 32432 | When you attempt to start Links LS 1998 edition, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32445 | This article is the second of two articles that describe how to troubleshoot "invalid page fault" and "fatal exception" error messages in the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article. This article contains troubleshooting que |
| 32446 | This article describes the version 1.21 update patch for Links LS 1999 Edition. |
| 32447 | When you play Microsoft MechWarrior 4, or when you complete a MechWarrior 4 campaign, you may receive an error message similar to the following: EXCEPTION: Access violation in MW4 0x72446 mw4.exe This error message may also reference the following... |
| 32448 | This article describes what to do if Microsoft Windows unexpectedly restarts or you receive a stop error when you play or start any of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article. |
| 32449 | When you attempt to install Microsoft MechCommander 2, the game unexpectedly quits after CD verification. |
| 32450 | This article discusses known video-related issues in the programs listed at the beginning of this article. |
| 32451 | When you attempt to install Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32452 | When you attempt to connect to a multiplayer game of Microsoft MechWarrior 4, you may receive an error message that states "Unable to Connect" or "Server Connection Failed." |
| 32454 | When you play Microsoft Train Simulator, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32455 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Train Simulator, you may receive an error message similar to the following MPEG16: Create MPEG32 Task_CMD is not successfull. (This will repeat up to three times after clicking OK) followed by Video not available.... |
| 32456 | When you play MechWarrior 4, you may see a semi-transparent gray box that is displayed over the screen. The box contains the words "Move/Turn." The box may also contain the word "Fire." |
| 32457 | When you try to install an update (patch) to Microsoft MechWarrior 4, the installation program may unexpectedly quit with the following (or similar) error message: Error 0036: Old file not found A file with that name exists, but the update is not... |
| 32458 | When you play Midtown Madness 2, the graphics may be distorted. |
| 32460 | When you attempt to load a course in Microsoft Links 2001, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Exception access violation in LS interface;; ls Japanese version []+0X43705 0X0044e7c5 location ls interface is japanese version... |
| 32461 | When you start Microsoft Links 2001, you may receive an error message similar to the following: |
| 32463 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Links 2001, after the Links 2001 title screen appears, you may receive an error message similar to the following: |
| 32464 | When you start one of the games that is listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may receive an error message that is similar to one of the following: Intel Indeo not installed. -or- Stop: You do not have the correct video codecs... |
| 32466 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Links 2001, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32467 | When you attempt to install one of the Microsoft games listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience any of the following symptoms: |
| 32469 | When you try to start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, it may start only in Safe mode. You may receive the following error message: Safe mode has been enabled because your system is currently unable to use hardware acceleration. While in Safe mode,... |
| 32470 | When you try to use the mouse as a flight yoke while you play Flight Simulator 2002, you cannot do so. The aircraft does not respond to mouse movements during the game. |
| 32471 | When you press the ACCENT key (`) to gain access to the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) feature while you play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, the Air Traffic Controller window may not displayed as expected. |
| 32472 | This article describes how to import your Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Adventures to make them available in Flight Simulator 2002. |
| 32473 | When you attempt to switch views while you are flying a plane, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 may stop responding (hang). |
| 32474 | When you use one of the products listed in the beginning of this article, the game stops responding a few minutes into the play. |
| 32475 | When you attempt to import an aircraft or a piece of scenery from a newer version of a Microsoft Flight Simulator or Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator into an older version, one of the following may occur: You may receive errors indicating that this... |
| 32476 | When you attempt to load a saved flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may receive an error message similar to one of the following: |
| 32477 | When you start one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: |
| 32478 | The Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client allows you to send messages through the Microsoft Exchange Internet Provider in rich-text format. To view rich-text attributes, the recipient must also use Microsoft Exchange or another messaging system that... |
| 32479 | You may experience any of the following behavior: When you try to upgrade your computer to Windows Millennium Edition, your computer may stop responding (hang) during setup. When you try to install an Internet Explorer 5.5 service pack or Internet... |
| 32480 | When you attempt to start Crimson Skies, you may receive an error message similar to the following: |
| 32481 | When you play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, the sound volume may increase or become distorted (crackle) when you change the cockpit view. |
| 32482 | When you play Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, you may not be able to control the throttle, the rudder, or both. |
| 32484 | When you try to start any of the games that are listed at the beginning of this article, the computer may stop responding (hang) with a black screen and a blue title bar. |
| 32486 | When you start or play any of the games that are listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: The game stops responding. The game quits unexpectedly. The computer restarts unexpectedly. |
| 32487 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Age of Empires II THE AGE OF KINGS, Microsoft Windows may stop responding (hang) when the Age of Empires II THE AGE OF KINGS Loading screen appears. As a result, you are unable to start Age of Empires II. |
| 32488 | When you attempt to start Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, the program's Loading screen appears, after which the screen may turn black, and then the Microsoft Windows desktop appears. The pre-game cinematic sequence is not displayed as... |
| 32489 | When you attempt to start one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, the game may stop responding (hang) or quit unexpectedly. |
| 32490 | Microsoft MPEG4 version 3 codec is a licensed codec and cannot be used outside of Microsoft Windows Media Technologies (WMT). For example, you cannot use this codec through Video Compression Manager (VCM) APIs to compress video data. This r |
| 32491 | In Microsoft Plus! Voice Command for Windows Media Player, when you use the following command to instruct Microsoft Windows Media Player to play a song by a particular artist Media Player, play artist artist name you may receive the following error... |
| 32492 | When you start Microsoft Train Simulator, you may receive the following error message: |
| 32493 | When you attempt to start any of the products listed above, you may receive one of the following error messages: |
| 32495 | When you issue a voice command in Microsoft Plus! Voice Command for Windows Media Player that instructs Microsoft Windows Media Player to play a playlist, a song by a particular artist, or songs from a particular genre, you may receive one of the... |
| 32496 | When you attempt to create a custom playlist in Microsoft Plus! Personal DJ for Windows XP, the playlists that are displayed under Playlists in the Choose a music category box may not match the playlists that are displayed under My Playlists in... |
| 32497 | When you try to start any of the programs that are listed in the Applies to section of this article, you may receive an error message that is similar to either of the following: Microsoft Audio Compression not installed. -or- Warning, audio... |
| 32498 | When you use the Arnold Palmer Course Design program in Microsoft Links, you may receive one of the following error messages: |
| 32499 | This article provides a summary of video-related issues that you may experience in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002. |
| 32500 | When you play Microsoft Links 2001, the running speed of the golfer animations may be far too fast. Other game elements, such as the swing gauge, sounds, and so on, run at normal speed and otherwise behave normally. When you play Microsoft Crimson... |
| 32501 | When you play one of the products listed above, you may experience one or more of the following behaviors: The game intermittently stops responding (hangs). -or- You receive an error message (blue screen) that is similar to the following: A fatal... |