Microsoft KB Archive/178464

Fighter Ace: Slow Video Frame Rate During Game Play

PSS ID Number: Q178464 Article last modified on 05-25-1999

WINDOWS:1.5

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Fighter Ace version 1.5 for MSN Gaming Zone == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you play Microsoft Fighter Ace, the game may occasionally pause or the video frame rate may slow down.

= CAUSE =

You may be running background tasks or other programs that are interfering with game play.

= RESOLUTION =

To resolve this behavior, quit all unnecessary programs that are running before you start Fighter Ace. To do so, use the following steps:

  Restart the computer at a command prompt. To do so, follow the steps in the appropriate section below:

Microsoft Windows 95
Restart your computer. When you see the Starting Windows 95 message, press the F8 key, and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.

Microsoft Windows 98
Restart your computer, press and hold down the CTRL key after your computer completes the Power On Self Test (POST), and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.   Start Windows by typing “win” (without the quotation marks) and holding down the SHIFT key for the duration of Windows startup. This prevents any programs from loading automatically at startup.   Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Close Program dialog box.   Quit all programs except Explorer and Systray (which are parts of Windows). To quit a program, click the program, and then click End Task.   Repeat steps 3-4 until you have quit all programs except Explorer and Systray.   Disable any anti-virus or disk tool programs installed on the computer. For information about how to disable these programs, see the printed or online documentation for the program. </li></ol>

= MORE INFORMATION =

For more information about how to improve the video frame rate in Fighter Ace, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q176843 Fighter Ace: Frame Rate Is Slow When ID Tags Are Displayed

Additional query words: 1.50 1.00 igz MSN Gaming Zone z4 fa fighterace pausing framerate

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========================================================= Keywords : kbdisplay kbenv Version : WINDOWS:1.5 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.