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Age of Empires: Keyboard Stops Responding When You Save a Game

Article ID: 176886

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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SYMPTOMS

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 to type a name for the game.

CAUSE

This issue can occur if you have Adobe Type Manager installed on the computer. Adobe Type Manager makes the following modifications to the [Boot] section in the System.ini file:

SYSTEM.DRV=ATMSYS.DRV

ATMSYS.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV or ATM.SYSTEM.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, disable Adobe Type Manager by following these steps:

Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type system.ini, and then press ENTER.

In the [Boot] section, locate the following lines:

   SYSTEM.DRV=ATMSYS.DRV
   ATMSYS.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV

Place a semicolon (;) at the beginning of each line to disable them. For example:
```
   ;SYSTEM.DRV=ATMSYS.DRV
   ;ATMSYS.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV
					
```
Type the following line in the [Boot] section of the System.ini file:
```
   System.drv=System.drv
					
```
On the File menu, click Save.
On the File menu, click Exit.
Restart the computer.

MORE INFORMATION

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