my friend and me are trying to fly online by connecting to each others computer directly in multiplayer.Now the past month or two we had nothing else than problems :first there were connection problems :he changed OS to Windows XP and reinstalled everything.we are using teamspeak an FSHostSpy.Now his problem :when he goes online he cannot control his aircraft: it goes up and down, sinks into the ground etc... : it is like his joystick is broken.After reinstallation of FS2002 everything is fine, but the moment we go online he has no control over the a/c, even afterwords when not flying online. After reinstall everything is back to normal.we are hopeless and have no clue to what is happening.Is there somebody who can help us?http://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004betateam.jpgPatrick/EBBR

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Did your friend also install the drivers for the MOBO controller chips, i.e., Intel, VIA, Sis, AMD, ALi after the OS installation? Is the joystick a Microsoft product or other? If other, what drivers were installed, are there updated drivers? How about a USB filter for VIA USB chips? I would also recommend reinstalling directx9.0b and other Windows updates from Microsoft Windows Update site.Visit http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/ support item, then review the three support areas in the middle of the page for help.W. Sieffert

thanks emailed my friend this topic.happy flyinghttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004betateam.jpgPatrick/EBBR