F1RC & Win2K

Hi all, Tried out F1RC under Win 2000 yesterday and although installation went fine whenever I tried to start a race or training session I was bumped straight back to my desktop once the loading screen had completed. Any ideas what may be causing this and are there any others who have had the same problem and managed to find a way around it. System:- AMD Athlon 1.2ghz (VIA Apollo chipset based mb) 512mb RAM V5 5500 AGP 64mb MSFF Wheel Nascar 4 has worked fine so far but the only game I have tried has been Links 2001 which also had no problems. Regards PH

If you installed the ServicePack2 (I did) You might try running it in compatibility mode. You do this by right-clicking on the SHORTCUT, then go to properties/compatibility. If you don't want to install SP2 or dont have it, you might want to try running it in compatibility mode using the APCOMPAT.EXE tool found in your windows 2000 CD in the /support directory. Other than that, I don't know. I use win2kpro+sp2+DX8 and it does not crash for me after I get the game running, although it does crash or quit sometimes when I first start up the game before any screen shows up. On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 07:57:20 +0100, Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi all, >Tried out F1RC under Win 2000 yesterday and although installation went >fine whenever I tried to start a race or training session I was bumped >straight back to my desktop once the loading screen had completed. > >Any ideas what may be causing this and are there any others who have >had the same problem and managed to find a way around it. > >System:- > >AMD Athlon 1.2ghz (VIA Apollo chipset based mb) >512mb RAM >V5 5500 AGP 64mb >MSFF Wheel > >Nascar 4 has worked fine so far but the only game I have tried has >been Links 2001 which also had no problems. > >Regards > >PH

Thanks for that info... I installed SP2 yesterday night but even then I still didn't get this compatibility option... however, I did get F1RC running by using ACOMPAT.EXE as you suggested. Any idea why I don't get the compatibility option though... I right clicked on the shortcut and on the actual exe file but all I get is a general and shortcut tab for the shortcut and a general and version tab for the exe. At least F1RC is now running though... Cheers PH On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 07:48:13 GMT, cheemy <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>If you installed the ServicePack2 (I did) You might try running it in >compatibility mode. You do this by right-clicking on the SHORTCUT, >then go to properties/compatibility. > >If you don't want to install SP2 or dont have it, you might want to >try running it in compatibility mode using the APCOMPAT.EXE >tool found in your windows 2000 CD in the /support directory. > >Other than that, I don't know. > >I use win2kpro+sp2+DX8 and it does not crash for me after I get the >game running, although it does crash or quit sometimes when I first >start up the game before any screen shows up. > > > >On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 07:57:20 +0100, Peter Hooper ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>Hi all, >>Tried out F1RC under Win 2000 yesterday and although installation went >>fine whenever I tried to start a race or training session I was bumped >>straight back to my desktop once the loading screen had completed. >> >>Any ideas what may be causing this and are there any others who have >>had the same problem and managed to find a way around it. >> >>System:- >> >>AMD Athlon 1.2ghz (VIA Apollo chipset based mb) >>512mb RAM >>V5 5500 AGP 64mb >>MSFF Wheel >> >>Nascar 4 has worked fine so far but the only game I have tried has >>been Links 2001 which also had no problems. >> >>Regards >> >>PH