New computer arrives, configured with the aid of the kids' inheritance as my dream machine for virtual flight. Buy fresh 2004 to go with it. Install goes fine. Double-click on icon. Up comes initial pic of DC3. It vanishes, and now comes bliss. But hey, it doesn't. Nothing happens at all. Monitor screen is blank and black. I reboot and try swapping over disc 4 to the DVD drive. No joy. Reboot again. Same result, so....[1] try launch from program list. Nope. [2] Check C drive. All files and folders where they should be.[3] Uninstall and reinstall. Same problem. [4] Aha! 9.1! I've avoided it so far, so perhaps now? It makes no difference. [5] Frustration drives me to buy the only sim I can find on Sunday, Combat 3. OK, I know it's crap - I threw it away ages ago. But let's see if it loads. WOW! It does, and perfectly. Now I'm lumbered with a hugely expensive computer which only runs crap. So what on earth isscuppering my 2004 - sorry, Fs9? If anyone out there can suggest a solution, I'd be very grateful indeed. [The computer has installed a whole bunch of other programs with no problems at all]

Video card driver incompatability possibly. Maybe try a different driver..

New PC...fails after splashscreen...it's almost certainly a video driver issue. Newest may fix, otherwise ask on the hardware forum for the best driver version for your particular video card.