I got this issue when I installed fallout 1 on my Vista x64 rig with an 8800GTX. I fixed it by running the program in Windows XP compatibility mode with none of the other boxes checked (running in win 98 mode gave me the blackout problem). I still get the odd colors every once in a while when I...
This is a problem with the mouse driver that is installed with VMWare Tools. Just uninstall the VMWare mouse driver and use the default Microsoft one instead. I had the same problem running Fallout on a WinXP VM, but uninstalling the VMWare mouse driver made everything work fine. You still have...