FS 2004 hanging when alt-tabbing to windows???

[oqvist 11]

Anyone else experience this? Alt-tab to windows and then when I want to go back to FS 2004 it has hanged. No issues in game. Never used to have this problem before so no idea what happened.

[rcbarend 37]

Did you change the driver for your Video card (may even happen when installing XP SP2).Which is the most probable cause..Rob

[oqvist 11]

Running with the 66.93 drivers. Will try the 61.77 later which I used most of the time. Though from what I remember I didn

[atc_scott 22]

I had that problem, probably still do. I don't alt-tab to windows anymore, my keyboard has a little windows symbol on it, most keyboards do, when I push mine it takes me right to the desktop, no worries about hanging.

[Guest jscharpf]

This is a shot in the dark but I had it happen to me. No other problems, etc.. same thing as you.I found out that there was some message (like maybe a warning about the real weather not being able to download, or a different plane that you would need to load, etc.) I found that if I ALT-TAB'd and found FS9 "locked", I would hit ALT ENTER to change the windowed mode.. and find a message waiting for an "OK"..maybe has nothing to do with your problem but just thought it might help.Jeff

[Guest av84fun]

I had the same problem. One smart guy here posted the fix. Use Ctrl/Alt/Del insteatd. Works like a champ.

[Guest DemolitionMan]

Try using WINDOWS+M , works a treat, I've never had problems with it. Hope this helps!BestGrahame (EDHL)

[JP_Visser 3]

or ensure you always start FS9 in windowed mode.i used to start it full screen,and then it would hang if you alt-tabbed out,now i start it windowed,then alt-tab to full screen,no problems anymore.tata.JP

[oqvist 11]

Wow awesome. 5 replies and 5 different solutions. Well will try it some of it ought to work but will try all of them ;)

[Guest Captain Barfbag]

I had a similar problem for a while, with FS2002. It wasn't really hung up, but I couldn't see anything (blank screen.) I discovered that alt-Enter would take me out of full-screen, and then things would work. Then I could alt-Enter again to get back to full screen, and all would be fine.I was playing around with other video settings, like changing anti-aliasing and such. When I was done, I went back to my original setup, and from then on I have not had this problem. I'm using an ATI card with Omega drivers.

[oqvist 11]

Ah windows key works like a charm :)

[Sonar5 3]

Mine used to do the same thing, and I multi-task all the time.Since installing the 61.77, I can alt-tab to my hearts content, no need to go to windowed mode. I think I got the 61.77 after the SP2 patch but I'm not sure, so I can't say for 100% certainty it was the driver vs. something in XP.Regards,Joe