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From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I doubt it's your network, if it has network problems then it won't
be able to
log on, my bets are on a graphics driver incompatibility. Try
starting it from
the start menu using the DirectX start icon. If it still doesn't
open
successfully then change your screen colour depth, the aim is to get
the
application to open and remain open so that you can get into the
options tab
and optimise the settings to suite the particular machine. It's
worth the
effort.
I think Mike is right about the network being the obstacle. I just ran
a packet capture, and found that the app use port 1097 and 1098 for
authentication towards the Google server. It needs to log on to fetch
map graphics. Corporate/university firewall usually blocks all traffic
on high ports (>1024), so that could very well explain why the app
stalls in startup.
Jostein
