rec.autos.simulators

This usually happens in the middle of a lap, whether racing or practice
-- suddenly the screen seems to freeze for a split second, then
recovers.  Sometimes it locks up completely.  This stuttering is usually
accompanied by the hard drive being accessed.

I remember reading some threads in this NG discussing this very thing,
and the recommendation was to turn off a program found in MS Office,
which loads upon bootup.  Well, I don't have MS Office on my system.  I
do have programs like Norton Utilities and Norton Anti-Virus running
though.  If they're the culprits, is there a way to boot up without
loading anything in my startup group (I've got lots of stuff in there)
for just when I want to run GPL?

If they're not the culprit, is there possibly some setting I need to
adjust in my Voodoo2 card?

My system is a Celeron 300A (o/ced to 450) with 128M RAM and a STB Black
Magic Voodoo2 card, running Win95 OSR2.

I recently changed a setting under Control
Panel--System--Performance--File System from indicating the system as a
Network Server rather than a Desktop PC, because I read that this is
supposed to speed the system up somewhat.

I'd appreciate any thoughts/suggestions on solving this screen stutter.

Thanks!

I would venture that virus scan programs would be high on the list of
suspects...

Ben

BYPASSING THE STARTUP FOLDER
If you want to quickly load Windows 95 without loading any of the
programs in the Startup folder, type your password and click OK in the
Welcome to Windows dialog box, then press and hold down the [Shift] key.
If you're on a network, type your password and click OK in the Enter
Network Password dialog box, then press and hold down the [Shift] key.
If you're not logging into Windows 95 or a network, press and hold down
the [Shift] key when you see the Windows 95 splash screen appear.

Bart

Bertram Hoenigmann heeft geschreven in bericht

Depending on the version of Windows you have, the change you made (re:
server) very well may have the opposite effect--it is a bug in the earlier
versions of Windows95.  Put it back where it was originally (which may
require a registry adjustment).  Assuming nothing else was changed, and that
your video card is not overheating due to Celeron over-clocking, I'll bet it
is the change you did.  This change will severely affect the virtual memory
page swapping (hard disk activity that will cause stuttering in GPL) during
the play of GPL.  Search for articles on the bug at the Microsoft site.

Marc.

Very informative.  I'll give each of them a shot!

Thanks again!

Bert

I have the same problem using the Hercules Rendition card. Have you resolved
this yet? If so please let me know.
Thanx,
Alan
NOTE: I've just posted my problem on the newsgroup under
'GPL: Epilepsy!?!?'

Good luck.

Michael.

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