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Q141387: Ball Hesitates with Flipper Movement Playing 3D Pinball

Article: Q141387
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win95
Last Modified: 18-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you play 3D Pinball, the ball may hesitate each time you move a flipper.

CAUSE
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This behavior can be caused by low resources or sound conflicts within 3D
Pinball.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this situation, try the following methods:

- Close any other running program while you play 3D Pinball.

- Disable sounds in 3D Pinball by clicking Sounds or Music on the Options menu.

- Adjust the sound by running the Wmconfig tool. For information about using
  this tool, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q140081 Purpose of the Wmconfig.exe and Wavemix.inf Files


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Plus! version 1.0 for
Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Keywords          : win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbGamesSearch kbPlusSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbPlus95
Version           : 95

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