Microsoft KB Archive/179325

= FS98: Computer Hangs When You Click Time & Season =

Article ID: 179325

Article Last Modified on 5/7/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q179325



SYMPTOMS
When you are using Flight Simulator 98 and you click Time & Season on the World menu, your computer may stop responding (hang).



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if Adobe Type Manager is installed. Adobe Type Manager makes the following modifications to the System.ini file:   [Boot] SYSTEM.DRV=ATMSYS.DRV ATMSYS.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, disable Adobe Type Manager. To do so, use the following steps:

 Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type system.ini, and then click OK.  In the [Boot] section of the System.ini file, locate the following lines:   SYSTEM.DRV=ATMSYS.DRV ATM.SYSTEM.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV   Type a semicolon at the beginning of both lines, for example:   ;SYSTEM.DRV=ATMSYS.DRV ;ATM.SYSTEM.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV   Type the following line in the [Boot] section of the System.ini file: <pre class="fixed_text">  System.drv=System.drv </li> On the File menu, click Save.</li> On the File menu, click Exit.</li> Restart the computer.</li></ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
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