do you get a black screen instead of the usual NF loading?
I run XP myself and I get this frequently, although it's only been since the 2 "fix" patches for HS were added.
little trick that can help with that. run something in the background (Vent, a messenger window, a game of freecell, anything really).
then, when you get the black screen (assuming it's the issue), you can use the windows key to get you to the main screen & the pop up start menu. ctrl-alt-del and you can "end program" for NF (which of course, now says "program not responding")
it may take several tries to get it to actually load properly (2 on a good day, maybe 4-6 on a bad day).
just beware if NF stop loading during the loading screens (the loading icon stops moving and you can't alt-tab or anything out of it).
then you'll have to reboot and start all over.
sometimes though, give it a few seconds and it'll click in without alt-tab/window key'ing out though.
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