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Q211057: Computer Stops Responding When Your Plane Stalls

Article: Q211057
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator for MS-DOS, version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When your airplane stalls, your computer may seem to stop responding (hang) for
several minutes before it continues to respond.

CAUSE
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This problem can occur because this version of Flight Simulator for MS-DOS does
not work correctly due to it's high timer rate when generating digitized
sounds.


RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, disable all sound options in Flight Simulator 5.0
for MS-DOS.

To resolve this problem, upgrade to a version of Microsoft Flight Simulator for
Windows.

Additional query words: 5.00 win2000

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim500DOS kbSimSearch
Version           : MS-DOS:5.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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