Hardware & Operating Systems Discussions

Windows 11 is the newest OS release coming from Microsoft, first available to the public on 5 Oct 2021. We have opened this forum as a community venue to discuss the new OS and how it relates to use as a platform for our flight simulators. You can also post questions if you are having problems with WIN11.

WIN10 is the next OS release coming from MS. We are sure there are many questions regarding the use of FSX, P3D, FSX-SE, X-Plane and other sims in this new system. We have opened this forum for the community to focus on that OS and the impact of FS use within it. You can also post questions if you are having problems with WIN10.

As simmers experiment with and adopt WIN8, we are sure there are going to be numerous questions regarding the use of FS and other sims in this new system. We have opened this forum for the community to focus on that OS and the impact of FS use within it.

As simmers migrate to Win 7, we are sure there are going to be numerous questions regarding the use of FS and other sims in this new system. We have opened this forum for the community to focus on that OS and the impact of FS use within it.

For discussion of issues with Motherboards, RAM, CPU's, hard disks (HDD) and solid state (SSD) and respective drivers, best desktops/laptops, and other general hardware discussions. See the Video and Drivers forum and Hardware Controller Forums for discussion related to Video Cards and Driver, and Joysticks, Pedals, Yokes, etc.

Discussion forum for Video Cards and Drivers - all things related to the video system of your computer.

This is a forum to discuss issues with Joysticks, pedals, yokes, other interface hardware like panels, etc.

Discussion forum for the Networks, WIFI, Routers, their I/O boards, DSL, Ethernet, Cable Modems, etc. Sim Connect Networking is discussed in the Sim Connect Forum.