[flag4]

thanks all for your help. my OS is Windows xp, home edition.

i am trying Alacrity. and i am wondering do i go through 'Silent hunter3' or the 'SH3 Commander' programme: i am going through the original SH3 file in Ubisoft.

have been out on the east coast today (...six ships...) and have had a smooth'ish ride. though about every hour or so this 'thing' happens. screen starts to stagger and a weird hiss comes through the speakers, like a whistle. the red LED light burns brightly for a short time then everything settles down again. i have noticed in the Alacrity report that it can not 'stop' certain programmes, one of them is my Anti-Virus.......

any way, i think Alacrity has stoped a lot of other stuff from hogging power etc....thing is it takes about 10-15 minutes for the game to load once Alacrity has run !! (..shutting down programmes in the back ground must take some doing..)

thanks again
Flag4