Microsoft KB Archive/176297

= CFS or FS: Error Message or Hang When You Start Program with Creative Sound Blaster AWE-64 =

Article ID: 176297

Article Last Modified on 6/20/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series
 * Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater
 * Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176297



SYMPTOMS
When you start Combat Flight Simulator, Flight Simulator 98, or Flight Simulator 2000, the computer may stop responding (hang), or you may receive one of the following error messages:  

An Exception 0D has occurrence at 0020c104DE in vxd vip...

A fatal Exception 30 has occured ...



When you play Combat Flight Simulator 2, you may receive the following error message:

An Exception OE has occurred @0028:c002b27a in vxd ntkern(01)+0000b16a.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if a Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE 64 sound card is installed in your computer, and the version of the sound driver is older than version 4.38.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, download and install the latest version of the sound driver for your sound card from the following Creative Labs Web site:

http://www.soundblaster.com



MORE INFORMATION
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Additional query words: flightsim fltsim flt sim fs98 fs2000 fs2k cfs sound audio performance

Keywords: kberrmsg kbhardware kbprb kbsound kbconfig KB176297

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