I am using FMS Alpha 8.5 with SmartProPlus interface to a Futaba T6XA. It runs on a Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop with WinXP SP2. Everything works well except for this one problem. Whenever I select "Thermal options", "wind options" or "Options" under the "Simulation" menu, all the menu options and the top bar on the window go gray and I can not communicate with the program at all. This also happens with the "Options" menu choice under the "Graphics" menu. If I use Windows Task Manager to end the task, I get a message that the program (FMS) is waiting for a response from me. If I select "End Now" it will shut down.
I've looked through a lot of posts here but have not been able to find any that relate to this problem. Does anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong here?