A Bridge Too Far: Error Message: Cannot Create Any More DC's (177014)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far
This article was previously published under Q177014

SYMPTOMS

When you start Microsoft Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far, you may receive the following error message:
Cannot create any more DC's.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur for one of the following reasons:

  • You are using an STB Lightspeed display driver with Vision 95 (STB's graphics manager).
  • You are using a Hercules Dynamite 128 display driver.

RESOLUTION

You may be able to resolve this issue by reducing the graphics hardware acceleration. To do so, use the following steps:

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click System.
  3. On the Performance tab, click Graphics.
  4. Move the Hardware Acceleration slider until it is one notch to the right of None (the Basic acceleration setting).
  5. Click OK, and then click Close.
  6. When you are prompted to restart the computer, click Yes.
NOTE: If you receive a "fatal exception" error message when you restart the computer, or if the computer restarts to a black screen, restart to Safe mode, and then repeat these steps to move the Hardware Acceleration slider all the way to the right (the Full acceleration setting).
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:kbdisplay kbenv kberrmsg kbmm kbprb KB177014
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