rec.autos.simulators

>Sometimes I have a problem when I join the race. When the
>race rule screen appears, there's no mouse cursor, escape
>does not work either, however GPL seems to be running, at
>least timer is running and the screen is updated. The only
>way out of this situation I know is to reset computer.

>Following attempts to join the same race on the same server
>may succeed.

>Any ideas?

>Thanks in advance,
>Alex
>(alexti)

>>Hi all,

>>Sometimes I have a problem when I join the race. When the
>>race rule screen appears, there's no mouse cursor, escape
>>does not work either, however GPL seems to be running, at
>>least timer is running and the screen is updated. The only
>>way out of this situation I know is to reset computer.

>>Following attempts to join the same race on the same server
>>may succeed.

>>Any ideas?

>>Thanks in advance,
>>Alex
>>(alexti)

> 2 questions:
> 1. do you have ZoneAlarm(or any other firewall) running?
> 2. do you have another 'window' open somewhere?

> Eldred

>I will try to disable mouse driver and the dialer. Also I
>can try to shutdown systray.exe and explorer.exe, but I
>guess almost everybody has them running.

> >2. I don't think so, I don't have much staff running in
> >the background and I've not noticed any popup windows
> >from what I run. Here is my list:
> >+ Idle
> >+ kernel32.dll
> >+ msgsrv32.exe
> >+ mprexe.exe
> >+ mmtask.tsk
> >= explorer.exe
> >= systray.exe
> >= em_exec.exe (logitech mouse driver)
> >= ccminfo.exe (software that my ISP uses as a dialer etc)

> >I will try to disable mouse driver and the dialer. Also I
> >can try to shutdown systray.exe and explorer.exe, but I
> >guess almost everybody has them running.

> I meant another program window.  I've had instances where I'd accidentally
left
> Windows Explorer looking at a directory.  When I tried to join a race, it
got
> to the race screen, but I didn't have a mouse cursor to click the green
button.
>  So, I couldn't enter the race.  I thought you might have done the same
thing.
> Can you temporarily disable the logitech driver and use the Windows
driver?
> What's "idle", by the way?  I've never seen that in a tasklist...

> Eldred
> --
> Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59...

> Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats
you
> with experience...
> Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

> --
> Biz

> "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> the....." - Ash

> > >2. I don't think so, I don't have much staff running in
> > >the background and I've not noticed any popup windows
> > >from what I run. Here is my list:
> > >+ Idle
> > >+ kernel32.dll
> > >+ msgsrv32.exe
> > >+ mprexe.exe
> > >+ mmtask.tsk
> > >= explorer.exe
> > >= systray.exe
> > >= em_exec.exe (logitech mouse driver)
> > >= ccminfo.exe (software that my ISP uses as a dialer etc)

> > >I will try to disable mouse driver and the dialer. Also I
> > >can try to shutdown systray.exe and explorer.exe, but I
> > >guess almost everybody has them running.

> > I meant another program window.  I've had instances where I'd
accidentally
> left
> > Windows Explorer looking at a directory.  When I tried to join a race,
it
> got
> > to the race screen, but I didn't have a mouse cursor to click the green
> button.
> >  So, I couldn't enter the race.  I thought you might have done the same
> thing.
> > Can you temporarily disable the logitech driver and use the Windows
> driver?
> > What's "idle", by the way?  I've never seen that in a tasklist...

> > Eldred
> > --
> > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> > F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59...

> > Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats
> you
> > with experience...
> > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>>2. I don't think so, I don't have much staff running in
>>the background and I've not noticed any popup windows
>>from what I run. Here is my list:
>>+ Idle
>>+ kernel32.dll
>>+ msgsrv32.exe
>>+ mprexe.exe
>>+ mmtask.tsk
>>= explorer.exe
>>= systray.exe
>>= em_exec.exe (logitech mouse driver)
>>= ccminfo.exe (software that my ISP uses as a dialer etc)

>>I will try to disable mouse driver and the dialer. Also I
>>can try to shutdown systray.exe and explorer.exe, but I
>>guess almost everybody has them running.

> I meant another program window.  I've had instances where I'd
> accidentally left Windows Explorer looking at a directory.  When I
> tried to join a race, it got to the race screen, but I didn't have a
> mouse cursor to click the green button.
>  So, I couldn't enter the race.  I thought you might have done the same
>  thing.