Thanks Justin for replying. I have messed about with the monitor controls but
there is nothing to turn off the warnings. The monitor is a Philips 42"PDP
Monitor. Just to let you know, the colour changes to Vista basic auotmaticaly
on starting the simulator.
Martine

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> It is because the monitor is displaying the message. You can usually find a
> place in the monitor controls (on the monitor itself) to turn off those
> warnings.
>
> You might also check to see if you can run FS at the monitors native
> resolution.
>
> How to do it is dependant on the monitor. If you can't figure it out, let us
> know what model of monitor, and we can find either how to turn off the
> warnings or set FS to run at the correct resolution for the monitor.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
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> "Martine" <Martine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2C109203-20E0-4603-8386-F0751AFB3BEF@microsoft.com...
> > Can anyone help with this please. I am running Vista HP. When my son plays
> > his microsoft flight simulator a message appears on the screen. It is a
> > box
> > in the middle of the screen ( I think its something to do with the
> > monitor)
> > which says message, then in the middle of the box it says 'mode not
> > supported' and at the bottom in a red bit are some frequency numbers. The
> > simulator plays completely normally behind this box but am unable to get
> > rid
> > of it. It has only appeared in the last two days and was not there in the
> > past? Help, he is nagging me
>