I don't see any characters on my screen.
You have to get the latest drivers for your graphics card, and if you have got the latest drivers and you have a TNT or TNT2 card, then you have to install the Detonator drivers (Nvidia Detonator Driver). You can get the right drivers from your graphic's card company's website. (often under 'Support') - Maybe you just have to turn on the 'Secure mode' under 'Options' - 'Graphics'
I get an '429' ActiveX Error.
Click on 'ActiveX' under Testing/Fixing. This should help.
The game says it is missing the 'dx7vb.dll'.
You have to install DirectX7. You can download it from www.microsoft.com/directx
There are black rectangles around the flares.
Your graphics card doesn't support alpha blending. Turn off the flares under 'Options' - 'Graphics' in the game. (set No Flares: ON)
The game runs jerky.
Turn off the 'Secure mode' under 'Options' - 'Graphics'. (set No Secure: ON)
Sometimes the game crashes while I'm just playing.
Try to turn off the sound (under 'Options' - 'Sound'), but it could also be a bug.
I get a 'MSINET.OCX file missing' (or something like that) error.
Click on 'MSINET.OCX' under Testing/Fixing. This should help.