thanks abnormal! that worked like a charm and also got my game to cover my full screen! i was already in windows XP compatibility, so i figured i'd switch it to vista compatibility and that did the trick. thanks so much!

thank you VERY much. i will try that when i get home and let you know if it worked for me!

how did you set the compatibility mode? can i have an idiot's guide to that, please? thanks in advance!

<t> I'm having the same issues now that I bought a new computer running Windows 7. Being a bit of a technophobe, could someone give me an idiot's guide to doing this....<br/>
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"2) I changed the properties of the EXE under the "Compatibility" tab to "Run this program in compatibility ...