Microsoft KB Archive/233021

Overseer: Game Hangs When You Enter Tex’s Office

PSS ID Number: Q233021 Article last modified on 05-24-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Tex Murphy: Overseer == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you play Tex Murphy: Overseer, the game may stop responding (hang) when you enter Tex’s office.

= CAUSE =

This behavior can occur if the video adapter installed in your computer is based on the Trident 9680/9685 chipset.

= RESOLUTION =

To resolve this issue, install the Trident 9680/9685 video driver located in the Ats folder on the Tex Murphy: Overseer Disc 1 CD-ROM. To do this:

  Insert the Tex Murphy: Overseer Disc 1 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Press and hold down the SHIFT key as you insert the CD-ROM to prevent Tex Murphy: Overseer from starting automatically.   Click Start, and then click Run.   In the Open box, type the following line, and then click OK : where  is the drive letter of the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.   Press 1.   Press 8. </li>  In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab. </li>  Click Advanced or Advanced Properties. </li>  On the Adapter tab, click Change. NOTE: If you are using a Microsoft Windows 98-based computer, click Next, click “Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want,” and then click Next. </li>  Click Have Disk. </li>  In the Copy Manufacturer’s Files From box, type “C:” (without the quotation marks), and then click OK. </li>  In the Models box, click the video adapter installed in your computer, and then click OK. </li>  Follow the instructions on the screen to install the video driver. If you are prompted to restart the computer, do so. </li></ol>

= MORE INFORMATION =

If a Rendition Verite-based video adapter is installed in your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q230028 Overseer: Computer Hangs When You Enter Tex’s Office

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