Combat flight simulator 3 keeps crashing xp home

Just thought some one might be able to help me with this,
I just got ms combat flight simulator 3. Installed every thing ok no errors
while i am playing the screen goes blank then the computer reboots it
happens online as well as play alone my pc is all up to date and all my
drivers are up to date to
my spec is as follows.

WINDOWS XP HOME
P4 3.6 GHz
1 GB DDR MEMORY
GEFORCE 4 MX440 128MB DDR / TV OUT
200GB HARD DRIVE

JOYSTICK IS SAITEK CYBORG EVO

many thanks for any help : = )

James,

Have you installed the CFS3 update patch?
http://download.zone.com/MGS/CFSIns...S3UpdateEng.exe.

If so, the next thing to try is to see if your system is set to auto-restart
and disable this if it is set.

To disable auto-restart:
Click on START->CONTROL PANEL->SYSTEM, click the ADVANCED tab on the System
Properties window, then click the SETTINGS button in the STARTUP AND
RECOVERY section.
In the Startup And Recovery window, there is a check-box in the SYSTEM
FAILURE section that reads AUTOMATICALLY RESTART. Uncheck that box, then
close the windows back to your desktop.

Once auto-restart is disabled, run CFS3 again and try to get it to fail.
This time you should get a blue-screen error that can point you in the right
direction to solving this issue.

If you get a blue-screen error, write down what the error says, restart your
system and post a reply to this thread with the error message contents.
Also include a copy of your DXDiag text.

To reply with a dxdiag text:
Click on Start -> Run and type 'dxdiag' in the run box, then click 'Ok'.
When the DirectX Diagnostic Tool window appears you will see tabs across the
top click each tab and run the diagnostic tests on each. Then click the
'Save All Information' button, which will create a text file on your system
where you specify, as in My Documents or Desktop. Open that text file, copy
the contents and paste it to a reply.
--
Thanks,
Nick Kritselis [MS]
--
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"James Walker" <AHUGHA@.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bvdpl1$eig$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Just thought some one might be able to help me with this,
> I just got ms combat flight simulator 3. Installed every thing ok no
errors
> while i am playing the screen goes blank then the computer reboots it
> happens online as well as play alone my pc is all up to date and all my
> drivers are up to date to
> my spec is as follows.
>
> WINDOWS XP HOME
> P4 3.6 GHz
> 1 GB DDR MEMORY
> GEFORCE 4 MX440 128MB DDR / TV OUT
> 200GB HARD DRIVE
>
> JOYSTICK IS SAITEK CYBORG EVO
>
> many thanks for any help : = )
>
>

THANKS I`LL TRY THANT AND POST THE INFO WHEN IT HAPPENS


"James Walker" <AHUGHA@.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bvdpl1$eig$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Just thought some one might be able to help me with this,
> I just got ms combat flight simulator 3. Installed every thing ok no
errors
> while i am playing the screen goes blank then the computer reboots it
> happens online as well as play alone my pc is all up to date and all my
> drivers are up to date to
> my spec is as follows.
>
> WINDOWS XP HOME
> P4 3.6 GHz
> 1 GB DDR MEMORY
> GEFORCE 4 MX440 128MB DDR / TV OUT
> 200GB HARD DRIVE
>
> JOYSTICK IS SAITEK CYBORG EVO
>
> many thanks for any help : = )
>
>