Thanks guys. I changed the resolution in the game and the box has gone.
Hooray.
Thanks for your help.
Martine

"Mark" wrote:

> Martine,
>
> You might consider trying the Flight Simulator in a different resolution.
> Try different resolutions and refresh rates if the game supports it. Usually
> that is a complaint by the monitor that it does not like the screen mode
> that the game switched into.
>
> Mark
>
>
> "Martine" <Martine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BA914F68-BF86-407B-BED6-195251A581AB@microsoft.com...
> >I have tried what you said about putting the monitor into native resolution
> > but the message was still there!!
> >
> > "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
> >>
> >> --
> >> "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
> >>
>