Flight Sim Minimises?

[Mikeyman]

Hi All,
I hope someone can help me with this.
Everything seems to be working fine with my flight sim x,then all of a sudden the game minimises,as though i have minimise the program myself,everything is then locked up ,this can happen 5 mins into a flight or longer,i do a ctrl alt delete to bring up task manager and it is saying that the program is running but i have to end task as everything else is locked up.As soon as the program has let go,everything on my pc is fine.I have got the sp1 flight sim x update installed and also the duo core update but still this problem is happening.
I have dual core processors 2.40ghz,gforce 8600 gts graphics card,2048 meg ram,my graphics card drivers are up to date too.
Many many thanks in advance for any help .Mikey.

[bok269]

Welcome to the forums!

I have had this problem, but only when I recieve an IM on AIM (could that be the problem?).  I think the problem is that when the system minimizes the program, it doesnt have enough "strength" to bring it back.

[SubZer0]

[quote]Welcome to the forums!

I have had this problem, but only when I recieve an IM on AIM (could that be the problem?).

[wilki]

Hi , i've also had this problem since first installing FSX,
I found that when it minimises, if I then press the ESC key, a box will pop up asking me if I want to close the program or continue. this has always brought the program back up to full screen,
           Hope this might work in your case.

[Mikeyman]

Hey thanks guys for all your help.
The program is doing it on its own for sure,but what i found was when it minimises,if i press the map button that i programmed on my joystick it brings it all back,im guessing that it will do the same if you press any control button on a joystick or keyboard.many thanks again for all your help !!!.