I recently purchased a new new laptop with Windows 7 OS. I've been reading on Google that some folks have had issues running FS2004 after installing it on a Windows 7 machine. Have any of you had a problem with this OS and FS2004, and if you did what was done to correct it? I haven't installed the sim yet and if it appears that this going to be a can of worms I'll just stick with my desk top and Windows XP. Tom

I have had absolutely NO problems with FS2004 and windows 7. I keep reading that it is better to install out of the Program files. I did not and still had no real issues. There are security issues. You need to disable the user account control or run as an administrator. Windows 7 has proven to be very stable on my machine.There have been a number of threads on this and you might go to the Windows dedicated forum here at Avsim.

I have had absolutely NO problems with FS2004 and windows 7. I keep reading that it is better to install out of the Program files. I did not and still had no real issues. There are security issues. You need to disable the user account control or run as an administrator. Windows 7 has proven to be very stable on my machine.There have been a number of threads on this and you might go to the Windows dedicated forum here at Avsim.

Thanks Bill, I'll check the dedicated forum out, thanks again for the tips. Tom

Do what i did...reinstall it on another drive if you have 2 drives, DO NOT install on the Operating System's drive or more specifically - DO NOT install in the default location that FS9 choses on installation. Just to be safe, install in another location.Correct me if i'm wrong on this, i have heard that installing on separate drives or another location is better...

I do not install anything in the Programe Files folder with W7. It is really finicky about access to that folder.For games I made a C:\GAMES folder and everything goes in there....