 | CMSF won't launch |  |
 | Symptoms - Clicking on the game shortcut does not seem to do anything or the screen goes blank for a moment and then goes back to the desktop. People Affected - nobody specific Solution - |
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| Multiple Video Cards (SLI) Disappointingly Slow | |
| Symptoms - game speed is absolutely not what it should be, some problems with input registering.People Affected - people with multiple nVidia video cards running in SLI mode.Solution - download the latest Forceware drivers (169.21 or high |
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| Mildly poor performance in CMSF | |
| Symptoms - slightly worse frame rate than others experience, but no other symptomsPeople Affected - nobody specificSolution - make sure drivers are up to date!!! Adjust the games video options settings as well as those of the video card. |
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| Random freezes or crashes when running internet security software | |
| Symptoms - freezes and other unknown issuesPeople Affected - those running various anti-virus and other internet security software packages, such as Norton Internet Security software.Solution - Disable the Internet Security software and s |
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| No infantry or crews are shown on screen when "shadows" are enabled (Alt-W hotkey) | |
| Symptoms - When shadows are enabled with the Alt-W hotkey, all infantry and crew units seem to disapear from the screen People Affected - people with certain combination of newer (8x00 series) GeForce cards and various OS and video driver combin |
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| A required security module cannot be activated. This program cannot be executed (7001) | |
| Symptoms - You get this error message when you try and run the game.Background - This error indicates a incompatability between your system and the SecuROM protection system utilized by Paradox on their CD's. Sony (the makers of SecuROM) is awar |
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| I have patched to v1.21 (or later) and am asked to relicense / 501 or 11 error | |
| A correctly installed patch will never ask you to relicense. If you are being asked to relicense, that is a strong indication that you have installed the wrong patch or have installed a patch incorrectly.
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