ello mr fix here to help!! i hope???
same problem... fixed ages ago...
1s try puttin you grapic acceleration (contol panel/display/advance/trouble shooting) ryte on where u disable directX applications then start gp4.exe
it shud no work! try pressin ecape which eventually goes back to yur desktop
go back again and put the bar one higher and start gp4.exe.... this time it shud work.
it worked for me
win2000
256 ddr ram
pentium 4 1.7ghz
64mb geforce 4 ti 4600