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FS98: Computer Hangs When You Click Time & Season

Article ID: 179325

Article Last Modified on 5/7/2002


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SYMPTOMS

When you are using Flight Simulator 98 and you click Time & Season on the World menu, your computer may stop responding (hang).

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if Adobe Type Manager is installed. Adobe Type Manager makes the following modifications to the System.ini file:
   [Boot]
   SYSTEM.DRV=ATMSYS.DRV
   ATMSYS.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV
				

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, disable Adobe Type Manager. To do so, use the following steps:

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type system.ini, and then click OK.
  3. In the [Boot] section of the System.ini file, locate the following lines:
       SYSTEM.DRV=ATMSYS.DRV
       ATM.SYSTEM.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV
    					
  4. Type a semicolon (;) at the beginning of both lines, for example:
       ;SYSTEM.DRV=ATMSYS.DRV
       ;ATM.SYSTEM.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV
    					
  5. Type the following line in the [Boot] section of the System.ini file:
       System.drv=System.drv
    					
  6. On the File menu, click Save.
  7. On the File menu, click Exit.
  8. Restart the computer.

MORE INFORMATION

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