What you're describing seems to be a glitch with Win ME. I have almost the identical problem and so
does my brother. Somehow another running program is grabbing 'focus' and your game is sent to the
back burner. So far, I have not found a solution to the problem, but you might get lucky if you try
what we've tried. If you have TweakUI installed, open it in your control panel and select the
'General' tab. Then, right below the list box, look for 'Prevent applications from stealing focus'
and ensure it is checked. Hit 'apply' and 'ok'. As this has not helped me,or my brother,  it
probably won't work for you, but it's worth a try. If you need TweakUI, you can get it here:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui
Good luck

Al Thompson

----- Original Message -----
From: "mark doll"
Subject: [PCSOFT] game crashes


> I run a game on line called Nascar 2002.Ive been
> running it for a couple months without any problems.
>  Recently it has started minimizing to the task
> bar(next to start button).There is no set pattern to
> this. I can hit the tab when it minimizes and it will
> come back up to full screen, but by then I have caused
> a huge wreck.
>  I have done a f-disk and complete system restore, and
> tried a different game.
>  Computer is a Hewlett Packard  8754c  Pent 3 800
> processor,30 gig hard drive with 25g free,192 ram,
> tnt2 video card.I have Win.Me.
> If anyone has any ideas, could you please explain in a
> step by step manner.Thank you
>
> =====
>
> " KEEP IT SIMPLE"

             PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download
                     visit our download web page at:
                  http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml