That's exactly the problem I've been having with the game. While scouring
for answers, someone suggested that it worked when they installed it in a
different path. They said change the install path to
C:\Users\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas
so the final path would be
C:\Users\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\GTA San Andreas

That's what I did, and it has seemed to help a little bit.


"Mark" wrote:

My problem is that about 1 in 10 times going to the game menu freezes the
game with a blank screen while the music keeps playing. Luckily
ctrl+alt+delete lets me get back to Vista at least. Frequently the mouse
stops responding too, in the menu, and leaving the menu. Usually going to
the menu and back to the game fixes the mouse, but it usually ends up just
freezing the game anyway :/

I've tried it both cracked and uncracked, and by installing Take Two's "no
more hot coffee" patch (which also fixes a bunch of miscellaneous bugs),
different video drivers (PowerColor X800) ... nothing seems to help.