I used to run FS 2004 on this computer. I upgraded it last year to an AMD 2600+ (previously a 1700+) and an Saphire ATI 9600Pro graphics. I have 512MB of RAM. I also reinstalled Windows XP (SP2)and installed the latest drivers from ATI. When I reinstall FS it locks up after all the files are transferred from the CD and the splash screen for FS (showing the DC3) appears. I have tried several times - each time deleting all the FS files from my hard drive (FS does not show up in the list of installed programs in the ADD/Remove Programs window). One time it got all the way through decompressing files and then locked up but most of the time it does't get that far. I successfully installed FS on my laptop so the CD's are good.Any ideas about what to do?

Reinstall your chipset drivers, reinstall DirectX and reinstall your driver for your GPU. Hope this helps,Pat

Thanks for the help. the program apparently installed properly after I reinstalled the dirvers you recommended. It got all the way through decompressing files and the spalsh screen (the DC-3) appeared. However after a few seconds a white box flashes on the screen and disapears too quickly to se what is in the box and the program quits. So I got furhter than I have before - any more suggestions about what might be happening? I suspect the white box is some kind of error message. Thanks,Frnak

Frank,you might want to have a look at your event viewer and see there what error causes fs to close.ps. when you start fs do you have any other programs running in the background, like antivirus etc..?