Microsoft KB Archive/177521

= Mutant: Screen Is Black After Using ALT+TAB to Switch to Game =

Article ID: 177521

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft DreamWorks Interactive Goosebumps Attack of the Mutant

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This article was previously published under Q177521



SYMPTOMS
When you use the ALT+TAB key combination to switch to another program, the screen in Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant may be black when you switch back to the game. Additionally, you may hear the elevator door open and you may be able move normally on the floor, but the black elevator door with white lines may remain on the screen.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if you are using a Diamond Stealth 64 video card.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, do not use the ALT+TAB key combination to switch to another program when Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant is running.



STATUS
DreamWorks has confirmed this to be a problem in DreamWorks Interactive, Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant, version 1.0. DreamWorks is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: kbdw dream-works goose goose-bumps bumps clay someones klay dwi

Keywords: kbdisplay kbhardware kbprb KB177521

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