[Noah Vaile]

After several years of no problems my faithful Inspiron 8000, Me O/S has started to crash SPWW2v7, only. Other games that are downloaded (PG2, SPWAW) play just fine. I am having a video problem that requires me to re-set the video settings to "Use display adapter scaling" every time it shuts down or sleeps.

When I open the game I get a small DOS window that says "Drive not ready error reading drive D" even though there is no disc in the drive; but by hitting "f" (fail) two times the game starts right up. It has been doing that for years. When I put the 'game disc' in the d-drive it starts right up without the small DOS window, going directly into the game. However in both cases the game freezes after only a few moves.

Right now it is (I am) trying to get through the AI turn but freezes in a few seconds. Then I have yo alt-con-del.

I have erased and reloaded the game without effect.

Unfortunately this I-8000 has no virus protections and no internet capability. I use it solely to play Steel Panthers.