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>I recently received the UK version of MGPRS2.  Upon trying to install it, I got
>a GPF when the install routine was scanning for DirectX drivers.  So, I ran the
>uninstall for MGPRS2, opened up my Close Program menu, and closed EVERYTHING
>except Explorer.  Tried to reinstall MGPRS2.  Same problem.  The third time was
>the charm -- the full 3Dfx install worked successfuly, and DirectX6 was
>installed successfully as well.

>Now I'm all ready to run the game!  I hit the desktop icon, my screen goes
>black, I see the 3Dfx splash logo on my screen, then back to the desktop with
>the following:

>MGPRS_V caused an invalid page fault in
>module MGPRS_V.EXE at 024f:0056b9e1.

>Followed by register contents, and so on.  I did some research on the forum at
>http://f1racingsim.com/f1rs2 and found several other people were experiencing
>the same issues, and they all seemed to be running the MS FF wheel (which I am
>running).  Ubisoft has been very sluggish in their responses via e-mail for
>tech support, so I'm hoping someone on RAS can possibly help.  I did try
>uninstalling both MGPRS2 and the Sidewinder software, re-installing MGPRS2, but
>to no avail.  I did read a post stating that this problem does not seem to
>occur under Win98, so I am contemplating that avenue as well.  

>Hardware List:
>Dell PII 300mHz
>96MB RAM
>Creative AWE64 sound card
>Matrox MilleniumII 8MB 2D video card
>Diamond Monster 3D 8MB 3D video card
>MS FF wheel through Creative port

>Software:
>Win95
>IE 4.0 SP1
>DirectX6 (I did try MGPRS2 with DirectX5, but same results)
>Latest drivers from Creative, Matrox, and DiamondMM for devices above

>>This is probably not much help, but I am running MGPRS2 with an MS FF
>>wheel with no problems. I am running it in Win 98, and I had MGPRS2
>>installed for a while before the MS FF if this makes any difference.

>It might be -- my next move was to install 98 over top, reinstall MGPRS2, and
>then the FF software -- I'll let you know if it works.........

>I recently received the UK version of MGPRS2.  Upon trying to install it, I
got
>a GPF when the install routine was scanning for DirectX drivers.  So, I ran
the
>uninstall for MGPRS2, opened up my Close Program menu, and closed
EVERYTHING
>except Explorer.  Tried to reinstall MGPRS2.  Same problem.  The third time
was
>the charm -- the full 3Dfx install worked successfuly, and DirectX6 was
>installed successfully as well.

>Now I'm all ready to run the game!  I hit the desktop icon, my screen goes
>black, I see the 3Dfx splash logo on my screen, then back to the desktop
with
>the following:

>MGPRS_V caused an invalid page fault in
>module MGPRS_V.EXE at 024f:0056b9e1.