Duck and Cover

I had some of this shit last time I tried to install Fallout, too. First time I tried it, I just got the random blackouts thing, which I put up with. Then suddenly it refused to play, so I deleted it and played other stuff. Then I installed it again, and it just plain refused to start. And now I'm t...

I don't have any Symantic stuff running, thank God. ZoneAlarm for firewall and AVG for antivirus. So I doubt that's it, but thanks for the advice.

Is there any way to do it only for that particular program, or do I need to do it for the entire computer whenever I want to play Fallout? Because from just a quick bit of reading, it reads like I need to reboot every time I change the settings? And having to reboot after every session of Fallout, a...

I looked in there and didn't find my problem, only changes in there which might work and which I haven't tried would be some video card related ones. But if that was the problem, I should still be able to exit the program, just not be able to see anything right.

Question: Have you installed the bastard? Answer: Yes, I got that part working on my own, huge install. Question: So what happens? Answer: I try to run it and... Black screen, with normal windows cursor, NOTHING works. Alt-TAB: Nada. Alt-F4: Nada. Escape: Nada. Ctrl+Alt+Del: Nada. Enter: Nada. Frant...