Virtual Earth and Screen Flashing

After going to Virtual Earth, the page is in 2D initially...then I click on the 3D. That's when the map window starts flashing. If I move my mouse a bit it may stop flashing for a moment and when I do not move the mouse the map window flashes. I looked at my screen refresh rate and it is at the max, in fact, the only refresh rate I can go to without getting a warning that I could damage the monitor if I go any higher than the default setting of 60Hz. It a Dell 1801 Flat Panel. I also got the lates BIOS and flashed the bios, however, my BIOS was already the latest version available.

Hmmmm....well first off, Refresh Rate does not have the same application to LCD panels as it does to CRT monitors, so I wouldn't think that's the problem. The Hardware Acceleration setting is a good point, and please post back if that fixes your issue. Some other things to consider checking and/or posting here:

- what operating system you have installed

- what browser and version you are using

- what, if any, plugins / toolbars / addons are installed with the browser

- what display adapter you have installed and what's the date on the driver package

- what is your current display setup? (i.e., do you use multiple monitors or just the 1801 Flat Panel)

- are you behind any kind of firewall

- when did you install the 3D control

- when you click on the 3D button, do you get the ActiveX "Loading" screen with the progress circle

- did it ever render any of the 3D objects regardless of the flashing

I certainly sounds like you have "enough" machine to run the 3D aspect of VE just fine, so it's curious you're getting this behavior. Hopefully we can help you find a solution!

Also to note is that there were a couple of bad MSI's (I recall one that was fixed off of the Interactive SDK) that may have been passed around online so if your not installing from local.live.com you can try removing and re-installing another copy of the VE MSI