[Homsar]

I used to have the Hotu version of FS2, which worked perfectly for a while.  I took a couple months break from FS2, during which I believe a service pack for WinXP pro came out.  When I returned, FS2 wouldn't start up--it would bring up the generic Microsoft "We're sorry but an error has occured" popup.  I currently have the full retail version from this site, and it does the same thing.  Also, I tried messing with the compatibility settings in WinXP; on Win95/98, the screen res changes and it goes black like it's about to start, and then an error occurs.  I can't see what this error says because it pops under and due to screen res issues.  This is what the error log in the FS2 folder states:

FS2 caused a Privileged Instruction in module glide2x.dll at 001b:1000e414.
Exception handler called in Freespace 2 Main Thread.
2 processor(s), type 586.
512 MBytes physical memory.
(registers, stack dump, module list: names, addresses, sizes, time stamps and file times)

Can anyone help?  Also, do I need to provide more details?
Thanks

[karajorma]

No idea. Try installing FS2_Open (see the installer thread above) and see if that works for you instead

[Homsar]

Sorry, my bad.  I just failed to do the "Setup" option in the FS2 Launcher, there's some graphics card configurations that had to be made.  It works perfectly now.
Rock, rock on!

Thanks anyway   

[karajorma]

Ah. That would explain it.

My advice about trying FS2_Open still stands though. It's much better than retail.