Fighter Ace: Slow Video Frame Rate During Game Play
  
PSS ID Number: Q178464
Article last modified on 05-25-1999
 
WINDOWS:1.5
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Fighter Ace version 1.5 for MSN Gaming Zone 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you play Microsoft Fighter Ace, the game may occasionally pause or the
video frame rate may slow down.
 
CAUSE
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You may be running background tasks or other programs that are interfering with
game play.
 
RESOLUTION
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To resolve this behavior, quit all unnecessary programs that are running before
you start Fighter Ace. To do so, use the following steps:
 
1. Restart the computer at a command prompt. To do so, follow the steps in the
   appropriate section below:
 
   Microsoft Windows 95
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   Restart your computer. When you see the Starting Windows 95 message, press the
   F8 key, and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.
 
   Microsoft Windows 98
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   Restart your computer, press and hold down the CTRL key after your computer
   completes the Power On Self Test (POST), and then choose Command Prompt Only
   from the Startup menu.
 
2. Start Windows by typing "win" (without the quotation marks) and holding down
   the SHIFT key for the duration of Windows startup. This prevents any programs
   from loading automatically at startup.
 
3. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Close Program dialog box.
 
4. Quit all programs except Explorer and Systray (which are parts of Windows).
   To quit a program, click the program, and then click End Task.
 
5. Repeat steps 3-4 until you have quit all programs except Explorer and
   Systray.
 
6. Disable any anti-virus or disk tool programs installed on the computer. For
   information about how to disable these programs, see the printed or online
   documentation for the program.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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For more information about how to improve the video frame rate in Fighter Ace,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   Q176843 Fighter Ace: Frame Rate Is Slow When ID Tags Are Displayed
 
Additional query words: 1.50 1.00 igz MSN Gaming Zone z4 fa fighterace pausing framerate
 
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Keywords          : kbdisplay kbenv 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.5
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.