The Registry was found to be corrupted and as such, had to be re-created.
This, unfortunately meant re-loading Windows after all.
Having done that, the problem has gone away and MSTS has loaded OK and is
running now.
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Forever on a quest to learn,
Handy Andy
"Andy" wrote:
> Having been running MSTS on this Windows XP PC for months, I was required to
> reload my Windows OS (Nothing to do with MSTS). Since doing so, I have been
> unable to reload my MSTS. This always fails just as it's loaded the EULA
> files, at which point, the system seems to go looking for something (you can
> hear the drives revving up as if a search is going on) and locks itself out.
>
> Considering that I have been working with MSTS since it came out, all be it
> on differant PCs, you can imagine the frustration I'm experiencing in not
> being able to get back onto it. Not only have I got routes that have taken me
> years to evolve, but I've got most of the add-ons (British) as well, which
> has been a fairly heavy investment. Everything's backed up of course, but
> that doesn't help if I can't get the software reloaded.
>
> Any suggestions (Other than re-loading Windows) would be most helpful.
> --
> Forever on a quest to learn,
> Handy Andy
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