ericinexile Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 After months of pleasant Black Shark flying I decided to do a clean Vista reinstall as a drastic step to resolve a joystick issue (resolved). No hardware changes have been made and the OS (vista 64) is the same. Before wiping out the old install I deactivated DCS. After getting Vista and all the drivers up and running I installed a fresh download of DCS. I then started Black Shark but the "box" for the openning screen hanged. I say box because the GUI graphic never loaded, just a transparent box titled "Black Shark". I let it continue untouched for 10 minutes (oddly I could hear the GUI music) before closing and got an "Not Responding" prompt. Thinking this was an activation issue I ran the DCS "Protect" executable and reactivated. No joy. Also oddly, Multiplayer loads fine and I can get into the pit. But of course without the single-player GUI I can't set up the stick or graphics or, well, anything. Even though MP worked I still thought perhaps I DL'd a corrupted file so I deactivated again, uninstalled, and started all over with fresh Setup and Data1 files. Reactivated but have the same problem. I'm stuck on this one and grateful for any help. Regards, Smokin' Hole Vista Ultimate 64 Dual Zeon Quad 2.8 4 Gig RAM NVidia 8800GT TrackIR 4 X52 Smokin' Hole My DCS wish list: Su25, Su30, Mi24, AH1, F/A-18C, Afghanistan ...and frankly, the flight sim world should stop at 1995.
ericinexile Posted March 5, 2009 Author Posted March 5, 2009 Well you'd have thought that the working sound but locking GUI would have been an obvious clue...and it was eventually. Downloaded the latest from Nvidia and works like a charm. Flying again. Yeah! Smokin' Hole My DCS wish list: Su25, Su30, Mi24, AH1, F/A-18C, Afghanistan ...and frankly, the flight sim world should stop at 1995.
connos Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 How do you deactivate DCS? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] ASUS M4A79 Deluxe, AMD Phenom II X4 940@3.5GHz, ATI 6870 1GB, Windows 7 64bit, Kingstone HyperX 4GB, 2x Western Digital Raptor 74GB, Asus Xonar DX Sound Card, Saitek X52 PRO, TrackIR 44: Pro.
sobek Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 How do you deactivate DCS? Plz search the FAQ thread. Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
connos Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 Plz search the FAQ thread. Thanks i will do that. Didn't know it was possible. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] ASUS M4A79 Deluxe, AMD Phenom II X4 940@3.5GHz, ATI 6870 1GB, Windows 7 64bit, Kingstone HyperX 4GB, 2x Western Digital Raptor 74GB, Asus Xonar DX Sound Card, Saitek X52 PRO, TrackIR 44: Pro.
ericinexile Posted March 5, 2009 Author Posted March 5, 2009 Thanks i will do that. Didn't know it was possible. The Quick Start Manual is focused primarily on the minutia of protection, activation, and deactivation. That's the best place to go to learn more. Smokin' Hole My DCS wish list: Su25, Su30, Mi24, AH1, F/A-18C, Afghanistan ...and frankly, the flight sim world should stop at 1995.
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