Yes. The same thing happens, black for about 5 seconds, then back to original display.

I have also tried changing my screen settings. Is there a maximum setting (800 x 600?) that can be used?

Marc,

When I said SP and SP1, I was talking about Service packs for windows.

On the second point, i tried starting the "Quick Start", and it goes black for about 5 seconds then comes back to the original starting point.

<t> I upgraded to DirectX 9.0b, unistalled SPWAW, deleted files & Directories, reinstalled 8.0 & 8.01.<br/>
Now I get the startup menu and video to play, but goes back to the menu on the screen when video finishes.<br/>
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Again, I am running Win2k on an AMD Athlon 1800, 512MB ram, etc system ...

<t> I downloaded the SP:WAW ver 8.0 with 8.01 patch. After installing both, I try to start via shortcut and get strtup screen menu. When I click on start the game - Nothing happens. I go into the directory for SP and click on "Standard Start" and get an error message that I am missing the DLL file ...

I have already tried to run the "mech.exe" directly. It blanks out my screen for around 1 second, then it comes back to the windows explorer where I clicked on it. I just created a shortcut, with the same result. Csreen goes black, monitor clicks, screen comes back to previous state.

<t>I have downloaded SPWAW ver 7.1 and am having problems installing.<br/>
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I havce installed, and when I click on the SPWAW iclon , I get the starting screen. When I click on the "Play World at War" button, the SSI and Matrix Logo comes on, then the video with all the contributors, and website ...