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Q247655: FS2000 Err Msg: Flight Simulator Has Detected That…

Article: Q247655
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdisplay kberrmsg kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may receive the following
error message

  Flight Simulator has detected that the following video card/driver
  combination may cause your computer to stop responding:

  <VideoAdapter>

  You should contact your video card manufacturer for a driver update, or see
  the configuration issues section of the readme.txt file for further
  information.

  You can still use Flight Simulator with software rendering by choosing Yes, or
  by choosing No you may continue to run with your hardware accelerator at your
  own risk. Do you want to revert to software rendering?

where <VideoAdapter> is the manufacturer and model of your video adapter.

You may receive this error message even if 3D hardware acceleration is disabled
in the game.

CAUSE
=====

This behavior can occur if your video adapter and driver are listed in the
Badcfg.cfg file located in the FS2000 folder.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this issue, contact your hardware manufacturer to inquire about how
to obtain and install the latest version of the video driver for your primary
video adapter.

For information about how to contact your hardware manufacturer, click the
appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

  Q60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

  Q60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

If no updated video driver is available for your primary video adapter, you can
work around this issue by disabling 3D hardware acceleration in Flight Simulator
2000, and then renaming the Badcfg.cfg file. To do this:

1. Start a new flight in Flight Simulator 2000.

2. On the Options menu, point to Settings, and then click Display.

3. Click to clear the "Enable hardware acceleration" check box, and then click
  the green CHECK MARK.

4. Quit Flight Simulator 2000.

5. Click Start, point to Find, then click "Files or Folders."

6. In the Named box, type "badcfg.cfg" (without the quotation marks).

7. Click to select the "Include subfolders" check box.

8. In the "Look in" box, click the hard disk on which Flight Simulator 2000 is
  installed, and then click Find Now.

9. In the list of found files, right-click the Badcfg.cfg file, and then click
  Rename.

10. Type "badcfg.old" (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.

11. Close the Find: Files Named Badcfg.cfg window.

Additional query words: flightsim fsim fs fs2000 fs2k msgame errmsg

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Keywords          : kbdisplay kberrmsg kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim2000 kbSimSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbprb

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