i have had flight simulator 2004 on my system for a while now and had a small
problem with crashes but since i have just installed combat flight simulator3
my system keeps on giving me the blue screen and crashing with physical
memory dump. can somebody please help me i am going mad.

Hi

What is the Stop Code from the BSOD?

You may like to try one of the Games News Groups:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.simulators or
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

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Will Denny
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups

"blueday man" <blueday man@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8606A14C-CB30-4DE0-96A4-015C79E33FA2@microsoft.com...
>i have had flight simulator 2004 on my system for a while now and had a
>small
> problem with crashes but since i have just installed combat flight
> simulator3
> my system keeps on giving me the blue screen and crashing with physical
> memory dump. can somebody please help me i am going mad.

I suggest you Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should
help by allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click
on the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, Advanced,
StartUp and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box before
Automatically Restart.

Enable automatic restart on system failure after you have captured /
copied and pasted the message in a further post here.

There will also be Error Reports in Event Viewer. Please post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event
Viewer. Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. This will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report
complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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"blueday man" <blueday man@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8606A14C-CB30-4DE0-96A4-015C79E33FA2@microsoft.com...
>i have had flight simulator 2004 on my system for a while now and had a
>small
> problem with crashes but since i have just installed combat flight
> simulator3
> my system keeps on giving me the blue screen and crashing with physical
> memory dump. can somebody please help me i am going mad.

Reinstall latest video drivers - uninstall first, then go msconfig, General
Tab, Selective Startup, uncheck all except Load System Services and Use
Original BOOT.INI. Then go Services tab, check Hide All Microsoft Services
and Disable any non-MS Services in window - id they aren't unchecked
already. Restart and install the video drivers for your card.
Michael
"blueday man" <blueday man@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8606A14C-CB30-4DE0-96A4-015C79E33FA2@microsoft.com...
>i have had flight simulator 2004 on my system for a while now and had a
>small
> problem with crashes but since i have just installed combat flight
> simulator3
> my system keeps on giving me the blue screen and crashing with physical
> memory dump. can somebody please help me i am going mad.