Just installed clean Windows 7 professional and FSX + Acceleration, (new harddrive)Everything seems OK (Joystick, FSforce, FSUIPC etc.) but I can't install any of my scenery files using the normal "Add Sceney" option - it just doesn't work. The only way to do it is to copy the contents of the various Scenery and Texture folders into \Addon Scenery\scenery and Addon Scenery\Textures.Not a good solution, I have several hundred .BGL files, many with the same name...Incidentally performance is exactly the same as in XP, since FSX is a 32bit app why would it be any different?Not sure what the dx10 demo is supposed to do but it sure kills the framerate.System: Core 2 duo @ 3.33 GHz with 4GB Geforce 8800 GTSBut I like Windows 7 better than Vista.Geoff

Just installed clean Windows 7 professional and FSX + Acceleration, (new harddrive)Everything seems OK (Joystick, FSforce, FSUIPC etc.) but I can't install any of my scenery files using the normal "Add Sceney" option - it just doesn't work. The only way to do it is to copy the contents of the various Scenery and Texture folders into \Addon Scenery\scenery and Addon Scenery\Textures.

I am just about to do a clean install OS on a new PC. I am still running FS9 but will probably install FSX at some stage in the future. Sounds like it's XP again? The nagging problem with that is that if I decide in the future to go to Windows7 it will mean another clean install of the OS and then more installing of programs, addons etc. I find already that I spend more time running my machines than I do flying! What to do? I bought Vista Ultimate but am running scared of it after all the negatives. John

First, the solution to add scenery is: when you have selected OK to the scenery of interest you need to "right click" in the window of that scenery. By right clicking, it adds the scenery to FSX's scenery. Bit of a contorsion really, but it works.Second, if you have Vista and upgraded to SP2 and don't want to re-install, stay where you are. Vista SP2 is running well particularly if you've disabled the unnecessary services (indexing, search to name a few).But as another option, you can always install Win7 in dual-boot mode and test it with FSX or FS9 and see how it runs and then you might like the OS also.I personally use Win7 64 in a dual-boot config with XP x86 and FS9 & FSX have been ported to Win7 64 because it runs very well and I get no OOM with the complex add-ons (even though I use the 4gb sw).Pierre

But as another option, you can always install Win7 in dual-boot mode and test it with FSX or FS9 and see how it runs and then you might like the OS also.I personally use Win7 64 in a dual-boot config with XP x86 and FS9 & FSX have been ported to Win7 64 because it runs very well and I get no OOM with the complex add-ons (even though I use the 4gb sw).

Pierre, that's an interesting idea. Could you just explain your set up in more detail. I have a 'virgin' machine with two huge HDDs, 4GB fast DDR2 and Q6600 CPU. I have FS9 and FSX ready to install. I own a legal unused version of Vista Ultimate SP1 and Win7 RC1. Do you have your XP and Win 7 installed on separate drives? Similarly, on which drive(s) have you installed FS9 and FSX? What do you mean by 'ported' and how is it done?Thanks.

Pierre, that's an interesting idea. Could you just explain your set up in more detail. I have a 'virgin' machine with two huge HDDs, 4GB fast DDR2 and Q6600 CPU. I have FS9 and FSX ready to install. I own a legal unused version of Vista Ultimate SP1 and Win7 RC1. Do you have your XP and Win 7 installed on separate drives? Similarly, on which drive(s) have you installed FS9 and FSX? What do you mean by 'ported' and how is it done?Thanks.

Yes, XP & Win 7 are installed on separate drives. I have installed FS9 and FSX on my fastest drive (32meg cache). There is nothing else on that drive so it runs just FS. It is also easier to defrag (and that comes too often when you install big add-ons) (defrag space and name at least twice).As for the OS's, they are installed respectly on different drives. As to "ported", that was not the right word, they were clean install from scratch. Yes I know, they are a pain to re-install: time and patience. But, I have done so many re-installations of both FS9 and FSX, I can tell you that everytime, I gained not necessarily in performance but more in terms of visual improvements with proper patches and scenery priorities I made because I was faced with a new configuration: you relax, take a deep breath, go one step at a time etc... You know the drill.The thing is so complex, I've always managed to improved on a new installation.Pierre

First, the solution to add scenery is: when you have selected OK to the scenery of interest you need to "right click" in the window of that scenery. By right clicking, it adds the scenery to FSX's scenery. Bit of a contorsion really, but it works.Second, if you have Vista and upgraded to SP2 and don't want to re-install, stay where you are. Vista SP2 is running well particularly if you've disabled the unnecessary services (indexing, search to name a few).But as another option, you can always install Win7 in dual-boot mode and test it with FSX or FS9 and see how it runs and then you might like the OS also.I personally use Win7 64 in a dual-boot config with XP x86 and FS9 & FSX have been ported to Win7 64 because it runs very well and I get no OOM with the complex add-ons (even though I use the 4gb sw).Pierre

Ha! right - thanks, like you say a bit strange I guess I might have stumbled across that eventually...Geoff