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MS Flight Simulator W95 error message
Flight Simulator for W95, Version 6
Installed fine in W98SE, but trying to run, get this error screen: ---- MCI Error MMSYSTEM263 This is not a registered MCI device. ---- It's installed on a Dell 700 MHZ which is offline. What does MCI, the internet provider, have to do with Flight Sim? Advice? TIA MS |
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MS Flight Simulator W95 error message
ms wrote:
Flight Simulator for W95, Version 6 Installed fine in W98SE, but trying to run, get this error screen: ---- MCI Error MMSYSTEM263 This is not a registered MCI device. ---- It's installed on a Dell 700 MHZ which is offline. What does MCI, the internet provider, have to do with Flight Sim? Advice? TIA MS You might find a larger population of persons knowledgeable about your inquiry in the multimedia forums/newsgroups like multimedia.windows.mediaplayer (on the same server or browser interface). Check you system for viruses, adware and spyware with the appropriate utilities. One page I read in a web search did indicate that at least one worm interfered with Flight Simulator's startup spash movie. Run the video and sound tests in the DirectX diagnostic (DXDIAG in the start button's "Run" dialog). Post results and system specs for others with similar hardware to make comparisons (on your case post in simulator and/or mediaplayer forums). Include CPU, Main RAM Qty, clock speed, video accelerator model and driver version, sound card/accelerator model and driver number, video accelerator RAM quantity and DirectX version. Most of this information can be copied and pasted from the text file the DirectX diagnostic can produce after you run the sound and video tests. The trouble with acronyms is that they sometimes have multiple meanings. As an example, I have several CDs that aren't optical media. The first two hits searching for MMSYSTEM263 on Google refer to MCI as Multi-Media Control Interface. I'm thinking your problem is related to the simulator attempting to play a splash movie when it starts. Microsoft Knowledgebase Article ID : 136983 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=136983 No Sound, MMSystem or MCI Errors In Windows 95/98 "• You may receive one of the following error messages: MMSYSTEM263 This is not a registered MCI device " "CAUSE This issue may occur if one of the Media Control Interface (MCI) Devices is disabled, not installed, or the line for the device is missing in the Win.ini file." ALSO: Someone in the simulation newsgroup/forum may recall how to disable the splash movie play. I don't recall the details, but may be possible with renameing the movie file OR adding/editing a line in the simulator's configuration file (probably preffered). |
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MS Flight Simulator W95 error message
mci is a set of initials not specific to a company name
http://www.just****inggoogleit.com/search?query="MCI+Error++MMSYSTEM263+This+is+not+a +registered+MCI+device." -- - Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com Panda online AntiSpyware Scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ "ms" wrote in message ... Flight Simulator for W95, Version 6 Installed fine in W98SE, but trying to run, get this error screen: ---- MCI Error MMSYSTEM263 This is not a registered MCI device. ---- It's installed on a Dell 700 MHZ which is offline. What does MCI, the internet provider, have to do with Flight Sim? Advice? TIA MS |
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MS Flight Simulator W95 error message
RobertVA wrote:
ms wrote: Flight Simulator for W95, Version 6 Installed fine in W98SE, but trying to run, get this error screen: ---- MCI Error MMSYSTEM263 This is not a registered MCI device. ---- It's installed on a Dell 700 MHZ which is offline. What does MCI, the internet provider, have to do with Flight Sim? Advice? TIA MS You might find a larger population of persons knowledgeable about your inquiry in the multimedia forums/newsgroups like multimedia.windows.mediaplayer (on the same server or browser interface). Check you system for viruses, adware and spyware with the appropriate utilities. One page I read in a web search did indicate that at least one worm interfered with Flight Simulator's startup spash movie. Run the video and sound tests in the DirectX diagnostic (DXDIAG in the start button's "Run" dialog). Post results and system specs for others with similar hardware to make comparisons (on your case post in simulator and/or mediaplayer forums). Include CPU, Main RAM Qty, clock speed, video accelerator model and driver version, sound card/accelerator model and driver number, video accelerator RAM quantity and DirectX version. Most of this information can be copied and pasted from the text file the DirectX diagnostic can produce after you run the sound and video tests. The trouble with acronyms is that they sometimes have multiple meanings. As an example, I have several CDs that aren't optical media. The first two hits searching for MMSYSTEM263 on Google refer to MCI as Multi-Media Control Interface. I'm thinking your problem is related to the simulator attempting to play a splash movie when it starts. Microsoft Knowledgebase Article ID : 136983 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=136983 No Sound, MMSystem or MCI Errors In Windows 95/98 "• You may receive one of the following error messages: MMSYSTEM263 This is not a registered MCI device " "CAUSE This issue may occur if one of the Media Control Interface (MCI) Devices is disabled, not installed, or the line for the device is missing in the Win.ini file." ALSO: Someone in the simulation newsgroup/forum may recall how to disable the splash movie play. I don't recall the details, but may be possible with renameing the movie file OR adding/editing a line in the simulator's configuration file (probably preffered). Thanks, the movie issue sounds likely. although I had just loaded Madden football 97, it certainly played a video with no trouble. MS |
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MS Flight Simulator W95 error message
ms wrote:
Flight Simulator for W95, Version 6 Installed fine in W98SE, but trying to run, get this error screen: ---- MCI Error MMSYSTEM263 This is not a registered MCI device. ---- It's installed on a Dell 700 MHZ which is offline. What does MCI, the internet provider, have to do with Flight Sim? Advice? TIA MS Further information on disableing Flight Simulator splash movie: Microsoft Knowledgebase Article ID : 194526 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194526/en-us Flight Simulators/Combat Flight Simulators: How to Disable the Opening Movie Edit the simulation's main configuration file with the Windows Notepad application. For most versions look for the file in the simulator's main folder. Note that more recent flight simulator versions have dummy configuration files for previous simulator versions so that instalation routines for third party addon software can locate the simulator's folder. Flight Simulator 2004's configuration file will be located in a subfolder under the individual user's "My Documents" folder, you may have to set windows Explorer to "show hidden files and folders" to see it. "11. When you locate the [MAIN] section ... change the number at the end of the following line to 0: ShowLogo=1" Similar procedure should work for most Combat Flight simulator and Flight Simulator versions for windows prior to FS 9.0 / FS 2004. FS 2004 has a similar entry for a static graphic spash screen. |
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MS Flight Simulator W95 error message
ms wrote:
RobertVA wrote: ms wrote: Flight Simulator for W95, Version 6 Installed fine in W98SE, but trying to run, get this error screen: ---- MCI Error MMSYSTEM263 This is not a registered MCI device. ---- It's installed on a Dell 700 MHZ which is offline. What does MCI, the internet provider, have to do with Flight Sim? Advice? TIA MS You might find a larger population of persons knowledgeable about your inquiry in the multimedia forums/newsgroups like multimedia.windows.mediaplayer (on the same server or browser interface). Check you system for viruses, adware and spyware with the appropriate utilities. One page I read in a web search did indicate that at least one worm interfered with Flight Simulator's startup spash movie. Run the video and sound tests in the DirectX diagnostic (DXDIAG in the start button's "Run" dialog). Post results and system specs for others with similar hardware to make comparisons (on your case post in simulator and/or mediaplayer forums). Include CPU, Main RAM Qty, clock speed, video accelerator model and driver version, sound card/accelerator model and driver number, video accelerator RAM quantity and DirectX version. Most of this information can be copied and pasted from the text file the DirectX diagnostic can produce after you run the sound and video tests. The trouble with acronyms is that they sometimes have multiple meanings. As an example, I have several CDs that aren't optical media. The first two hits searching for MMSYSTEM263 on Google refer to MCI as Multi-Media Control Interface. I'm thinking your problem is related to the simulator attempting to play a splash movie when it starts. Microsoft Knowledgebase Article ID : 136983 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=136983 No Sound, MMSystem or MCI Errors In Windows 95/98 "• You may receive one of the following error messages: MMSYSTEM263 This is not a registered MCI device " "CAUSE This issue may occur if one of the Media Control Interface (MCI) Devices is disabled, not installed, or the line for the device is missing in the Win.ini file." ALSO: Someone in the simulation newsgroup/forum may recall how to disable the splash movie play. I don't recall the details, but may be possible with renameing the movie file OR adding/editing a line in the simulator's configuration file (probably preffered). Thanks, the movie issue sounds likely. although I had just loaded Madden football 97, it certainly played a video with no trouble. MS There are lots of video file extensions and even multiple encription schemes that use the same extension. There COULD even be different types used for the same game's splash screen, the in game clips and the clips used by the onscreen help engine. On one computer MS Train Simulator complained of a missing file and didn't display the video portion of the splash movie (only the sound track), but Media Player would play the video fine on the same computer. |
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