Hiya jonbon0 and welcome to the forums
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Firstly, you will need to register your Ship Sim '06 licence key into your forum profile, you will then have access to the Technical Support board, where a lot of the common problems have already been resolved
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If you're not sure how to register your key, please check the General FAQ's or PM a Moderator
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Regards.
DJM.