I have recently added some add-ons but inspite of that everything was running smoothly. When I start FSX, select location and aircraft, and click-on "fly now" everything seems to be loading fine, and I am in the cocpit looking down the runway with engine running. Then, all of a sudden, the sound shuts off, and FSX freezes. I can not change views: and in fact, can not do anything. Even CTL-ALT-DEL does nothing. The only thing I can do is turn off my computer, wait a minute, and turn it back on. This problem is repeatable. I did delete my FSX.CFG and restart FSX, but the problem persists. Please, any ideas would be greatly appreciated as I would hate to start all over again if that can be avoided. I do not think it can be any of my recent add-ons as the game was running fine with them. BTW, I have tried to use system restore, but even if I go back as far as July, my system will not restore no matter what restore point I use. Thanks again for any help. Bob K.

The last time that happened here, it was the video card going bad. Had another instance when the RAM went belly up. Other than looking at those, Im not much help.

FSX at its worst should not affect your system restore points. Using system restore points is usually not the healthiest thing to do for a gaming computer, anyway, they are better for a business-use computer. If you don't have any other options, you can try them. If your system restore points aren't working, that sounds like issues with Windows or hardware. Running a DXDIAG might point out your issue. Beyond that, it sounds like a deep and complicated problem, you have my sympathy.Jeff ShylukSenior Staff ReviewerAVSIM

Definitely a memory issue. You do have a 64bit operating system? If not, you have to employ the /3GB switch for XP 32 bit systems and the increaseuserva switch for Vista systems. If you have done this, then test your memory. If you haven't tuned your system for FSX, try this link: http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=29041.Best regards,Jim Young

I've tried some of the suggestions and tweaks along with some tinkering of my own and my whole system no longer freezes. That is the good news. Bad news is that I still can not get past "fly now". I am now getting a Micorsoft alert that tells me, "A fatal error has occurrred". I am then offered to send an error report or not, and restart FSX or not. When I chose neither I am at least back safely on my desktop. Anyone got any other ideas. Oh, I updated my graphics card. Bob K.

I've tried some of the suggestions and tweaks along with some tinkering of my own and my whole system no longer freezes. That is the good news. Bad news is that I still can not get past "fly now". I am now getting a Micorsoft alert that tells me, "A fatal error has occurrred". I am then offered to send an error report or not, and restart FSX or not. When I chose neither I am at least back safely on my desktop. Anyone got any other ideas. Oh, I updated my graphics card. Bob K.

Anytime you get an error, a fsx.cfg.txt file is generated, remove that and also remove the fsx.cfg file then start FSX again, it will rebuild.