Video problems w/GF2ddr....joystick help also

[Perle]

When in the game, and for example at the hangar or tower and I click on the help button....the game minimizes and the web help page comes up.  Then when I switch back to the game the colours of the game are all washed out and rather unplayable.

Secondly I have a Thrustmaster PFCS. It calibrates fine and the buttons all work.  Yet I cant get AH to recognise the POV hat.
For that matter, win2k wont recognise the POV hat either.
The stick does work fine and continuity checks on the hat check ok as well.

Any suggestions ?

Thanks.

[DAVENRINO]

You might try checking DISABLE PALETIZED TEXTURES if you haven't done so.  Click the video button on the first clipboard when AH launches.
DJ229

[Lephturn]

What OS are you running, and what driver version for your nVidia card?