Computer help please

[Knipper]

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

Well I unplugged from t'internet and disabled ZoneAlarm and Avast, and all seems good so far..

Maybe that's a clue. I often used to get wierd things happening (though not minimizing) when attacking, which I eventually concluded were due to high cpu/memory usage, ie when there's a lot happening in terms of sound and vision. These days, I use FSAutoStart to turn absolutely everything I don't need off before I run the sim. It does mean you can't play online though. Mind you, I've never had any similar problems when playing on line, so it's not been an issue.