Article ID: 176297
Article Last Modified on 6/20/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series
- Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q176297
SYMPTOMS
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:
When you play Combat Flight Simulator 2, you may receive the following error message:
An Exception OE has occurred @0028:c002b27a in vxd ntkern(01)+0000b16a.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if a Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE 64 sound card is installed in your computer, and the version of the sound driver is older than version 4.38.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, download and install the latest version of the sound driver for your sound card from the following Creative Labs Web site:
MORE INFORMATION
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