October 26, 200223 yr I also posted this in SB forum...(sorry for the duplication)I run fs2002 full-screen with Win98. Quite often when flying with SB and RW on Vatsim, if I am told to contact a different controller, and for whatever reason RW cannot connect to the server that is identified, my computer will freeze and requires a complete shutoff and re-boot.I think I know part of the problem. RW has a popup box when it cannot connect to a server. Because I am running in full-screen mode, I cannot switch to the RW popup box to close it. If I try alt-tab to get to windows mode everything freezes, as does ctrl-enter.Does anyone know a way around this? Perhaps a special keyboard combination (not alt-tab) that will "unfreeze" the computer or otherwise allow me to get to that RW popup box. Or, perhaps a way to stop RW from even using such a popup box?Any help would be appreciated. This is really frustrating. RW's manual and support leaves a lot to be desired.Damon
October 26, 200223 yr Did you try CRT ALT DEL and try to close RW program? I think this will force FS to minimize.Jos
October 28, 200223 yr Hi Damon,Try to use HostSB.dll. It is a small program which hosts sqkbox without the need of the fix they made for their host, and maybe preventing what is happening to your system. When this happens to a WinXP Pro with HostSB.dll, FS is automatically minimized and you can click OK in the RW message box, then maximizing back FS. I don't know if Win98 behaves differently, as WinXP Pro has a lot of preventing features against bad programs and locks.I guess you can find HostSB (13K) at AVSim or FlightSim.com. At least is something new to try.Greetings from Rio,Heron
October 28, 200223 yr I already use HostSB, but FS is not minimized in the manner you suggest when RW has problems. Also, I have tried ctrl-alt-del but that doesn't seem to work either.Any other ideas?Damon
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