Windows 7 & Weird Il-2 Problem

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I've posted about this else where but wanted to do it here so I can hopefully get things sorted sooner.

I'm having a hell of a time getting IL-2 to work. I've got most everything set up so I can fly now and went to test the game. It starts but the weird thing is I'm zoomed in on the upper left corner. I go to move the mouse and I see the cursor disappear. I alt tab out and back thinking this will fix the aspect ratio and it doesn't! So I decide to set it for my desktop resolution- 1600x1200. Start it up and same damn thing! Stuck up in the upper left corner and am zoomed in. Nothing I do will give me a full screen view or make the mouse work within it!

I've now done a fresh install and just testing it from the DVD without any patching causes the same problem to happen. I even started a game in Hyperlobby and launched from there and same thing. Looking at the preview from the icon on the task bar when I alt tab out shows me the entire game screen but when I click on the program to go back in I'm zoomed in on the upper left corner again and no mouse... I've already screamed and cried... running out of ideas here... I've tried various compatibility modes, running as admin, running in windowed mode, etc. and nothing changes this. I could really use some fresh ideas here as I'm supposed to have a campaign mission tonight with the squad... Thanks.