AE problem on XP

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PhilC999
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AE problem on XP

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Hi all,

Hope someone can help with this gem. All of a sudden I've just started getting the dreaded "send don't send" message the moment that I try to do anything within AE. AE appears to load normally, after that the only thing that I can do is click on the menu bar to get the drop downs, anything else produces the box we don't want to see.

I've tried the HWRenderer fix for the registry but to no avail. The only other thing that I can think of is that I updated my video card driver (nVidia GeForce MX 440) about a week before this started happening.

Any suggestions, would be greatly welcomed.

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Phil
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Post by jp4712 »

Yep, it's your video driver - the latest Nvidia drivers crash AE, especially when zooming. Try rolling back to the previous driver.

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Post by Jonnie1972 »

The Nvidia 61.77 version of the drivers works well, thats what Im using.

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Post by sg100 »

Have a look at this thread -
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic. ... 8a8cf3ba54
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Post by PhilC999 »

Thanks for your help guys. It was the video driver. I had updated to 71.xx and obviously AE doesn't like it. I've now rolled back and the problem seems to have gone. Does anyone know if nVidia are aware of this issue?

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Phil
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Post by salopiangrowler »

Yes and i think they dont care really because its only affecting MSTS and nothing else.
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Post by Lad491 »

NVidia's advice is never to update graphics drivers anyway. They told me to only ever use the ones which came with the card unless you are trying to fix a known issue which the newer driver has been tested to fix. When i got into all sorts of trouble they very kindly sent me a CD with loads of old drivers on it and the third oldest set ( about 1998 i think) have worked a treat ever since.
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Post by Sly401 »

I was having the same problem using 71.84 on GF6800U.. however if I went to 16 bit color and unchecked some of the view options (especially names and signals) in AE the problem appears to be solved...

Works for me.... hope it helps others :lol:

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AE zoom/scoll crashing

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I was going mad with AE (crash on scroll/zoom) after system had been re-installed and service-packed etc. (beyond my control). Tried Update to the latest NVIDIA drivers, but still had the problem.

Switched display/settings/properties to 16bit colour and hey presto!

Try this first as it's easier than messing with drivers (or anything else), methinks
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