August 31, 201114 yr Hi, everyone. I had a problem installing the PNW scenery from Orbx and the only way to solve this is to do the painful job of reinstalling FSX. I was reading PMDG's guide for it and it says the following: IMPORTANT - we do NOT recommended installing to the default file location in Windows Vista or Windows 7. (Program Files or Program Files (x86)) I use Win XP and was wondering if there would be any advantage installing FSX in C:\ in this OS istead of C:\Program Files. Cheers Matheus Mafra
August 31, 201114 yr I don't think there are any issues with XP but I'd just install it to C:\FSX anyway Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 31, 201114 yr Author I don't think there are any issues with XP but I'd just install it to C:\FSX anywayThat's what I'm gonna do anyway, but just wanted some opinions. Maybe someone knows something about a issue that may show up in Win XP or something like that, you know... but if no one say nothing about it in the next 30 minutes, I'll install in C:\FSX =) Matheus Mafra
August 31, 201114 yr Moderator If nothing else, at least you will enjoy the benefit of shorter path names! Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
August 31, 201114 yr Author If nothing else, at least you will enjoy the benefit of shorter path names! :( That's true. Matheus Mafra
August 31, 201114 yr Author Guess what? I forgot to change the installation path to C:\FSX before installing FSX. I only noticed that when the installation had finally finished. Bad for me. But it has been in Program Files for the last 3 years since I bought FSX, so I'm sure I'll have no problems if it stays there for a few more months Matheus Mafra
August 31, 201114 yr Commercial Member No problems in XP - it's specific to Vista and Win7 because of how they work with permissions and protections for those folders. Ryan MaziarzFor fastest support, please submit a ticket at http://support.precisionmanuals.com
August 31, 201114 yr Author No problems in XP - it's specific to Vista and Win7 because of how they work with permissions and protections for those folders.Roger that, Ryan. Matheus Mafra
August 31, 201114 yr No problems in XP - it's specific to Vista and Win7 because of how they work with permissions and protections for those folders. Gratz on 10K Ryan
September 1, 201114 yr Commercial Member Gratz on 10K Ryan Huh? Ryan MaziarzFor fastest support, please submit a ticket at http://support.precisionmanuals.com
September 1, 201114 yr Commercial Member Oh, crap haha! Didn't even notice! Ryan MaziarzFor fastest support, please submit a ticket at http://support.precisionmanuals.com
September 1, 201114 yr Hello, I think the best way is to have a separate disk for the Flightsim files FSX and the rest.The load on the C: drive will be heavy when you run FSX and the system on the same drive.I know that with to days cpu's and hd's that will not be noticed but it is still better to have different disk.Also in case of disk crashes you will not loose everything, same time in getting all back.I have several disks for software, system and Flightism software.Works fine with me, don't forget to activate pagefile for the other disks as well, if you decide to have separate disks. Carlos
September 1, 201114 yr Guess what? I forgot to change the installation path to C:\FSX before installing FSX. I only noticed that when the installation had finally finished. Bad for me. But it has been in Program Files for the last 3 years since I bought FSX, so I'm sure I'll have no problems if it stays there for a few more months Hi Matheus,What's your experience with the NGX and Win XP?I have XP on my machine I am still waiting a little bit more before re-installing FSX and buying the NGX so I am very interested in any feedback.Thanks in advance,Bruno PS : (Ryan) Would be nice if PMDG's installation recommendations for the NGX were available BEFORE buying the NGX (maybe together with the additional stuff RSR mentioned you would provide some time ago.
September 1, 201114 yr Oh, crap haha! Didn't even notice! No problem ;)If nothing else, at least you will enjoy the benefit of shorter path names! Mr. Bill, I came up with an idea to make a shortcut to my main FSX folder, and placed it on my desktop for easy access! It's a big help!
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