there is a thread about ctd and one of the problems which are solved now is the latest driver of peter dowson 4.80

I dont know if it works for non full version but check it.

It took me 2 days to get FSX to run on my machine and lots of fiddling around. Read forums and learned what HKEY regstistry is and how Windows hides folder so users cant edit the files. It is good to have check list of things tried and elimnate possible software conflicts one by one.

 

It took me 2 days to get FSX to run on my machine and lots of fiddling around. Read forums and learned what HKEY regstistry is and how Windows hides folder so users cant edit the files. It is good to have check list of things tried and elimnate possible software conflicts one by one.

Could you please try to increase the fsx.exe process priority to "above normal" and check if it runs more stable?

 

It is just a hint I had a few days ago when I was having constant CTDs which suddenly stopped.

They may have stopped after I enabled the utility that manages the running processes (which gives FSX.EXE "above normal" priority, among others).

 

I can not change the process priority, I get an error saying 'unable to change process priority'.

 

Any help?

 

Aaron G.

What EXACTLY is the error you are getting? To find out You need to go into Event Viewer and pin down the error or there is no way to figure out what is wrong with your computer. Secondly, you are only running 2GB of RAM...what addons are you running?

What EXACTLY is the error you are getting? To find out You need to go into Event Viewer and pin down the error or there is no way to figure out what is wrong with your computer. Secondly, you are only running 2GB of RAM...what addons are you running?

 

The Event Viewer says nothing apart from it was FSX. My specs are

• Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 at 2.66GHz
  
• 8GB RAM
  
• NVIDIA GeForce 330GT
  
• Windows 7 64-bit
  

Aaron G.

Do you have FSX installed in the default directory, if so it may be a security issue, causing some app to crash when trying to update something.

Do you have FSX installed in the default directory, if so it may be a security issue, causing some app to crash when trying to update something.

 

It is the default directory.

 

Aaron G.

I can not change the process priority, I get an error saying 'unable to change process priority'.

 

Any help?

 

You probably need administrative rights to change the process priority.

 

I use the freeware tool "PriFinitty" to assign process priorities and processor core affinities in a permanent basis.

You probably need administrative rights to change the process priority. I use the freeware tool "PriFinitty" to assign process priorities and processor core affinities in a permanent basis.

 

Thanks, after doing all suggested tweaks I done a flight in the NGX from UK2000 East Midlands with VFR GenX and touchdown at EHAM by Aerosoft with a smooth 15FPS. I had no CTDs or OOMs but I will keep searching in case that was only a 'one-off', any more suggestions are welcome.

 

Aaron G.