Sounds like the game is changing your monitor or video settings to
something that the monitor or video card will not support.
Do you eventually get "rid" of the symptoms by changing monitor settings?
(At least until the game is run again?)

                                    Rick Glazier

From: "astrid arrias" <[log in to unmask]>


> Whenever I start playing "The Sims" (computer game) the screen
starts to tremble after a few seconds and the mouse pointer becomes
a black striped square. This continues, even when I've closed the came.

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