Dear PMDG:

I know your products currently only support Windows 7, but for those of us looking to upgrade to Windows 8 later this month, will we need to request reactivation of our NGX products? Windows 8 installs over the old operating system and reformats the windows HD, therefore, any embedded aircraft-use permissions on our computers will be lost. Any guidance you can provide us on this issue would be most welcome.

Cheers,

Gil

 

PS In asking the above question, I'm well aware that reactivation to run on a Windows 8 system is not the same as expecting support from PMDG for products running on Windows 8. Clearly, support for the products will come but not until PMDG has had time following the release of W8 to investigate possible code conflicts.

Definitely make sure you have backups of the installers on either a CD, external HD, or cloud storage.

You always should have a backup of the installers.

 

A activation is necessary, meaning you have to input the code upon first start of the addon.

You can do it several times (maybe 10 times?) before you where hinted to reactivate your codes with a support ticket to PMDG.

This is manually done but fast within 24 hours in my case.

When you install FSX in Windows 8, install it in a location other than the default 'Program Files' location.

 

Win 8 seems to be more aggressive about blocking programs that attempt to write to Program Files (at least based on my experience), even with UAC off in an Admin account.

 

So to prevent problems with addons, I'd install elsewhere, such as the root C drive.

If you are 'upgrading' from Windows 7, then there is the option to keep the existing

settings from Windows 7 OS.

Hopefully, it should go without a hitch,and you shouldn't need to reactivate anything unless it overwrites

the registry.

I'd advise backing up all FS data and files,and also when Windows 8 gives the option, pick create an .iso file

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/07/02/upgrade-to-windows-8-pro-for-39-99.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

If you are 'upgrading' from Windows 7, then there is the option to keep the existing

settings from Windows 7 OS.

Hopefully, it should go without a hitch,and you shouldn't need to reactivate anything unless it overwrites

the registry.

I'd advise backing up all FS data and files,and also when Windows 8 gives the option, pick create an .iso file

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/07/02/upgrade-to-windows-8-pro-for-39-99.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Never use that setting! Always start fresh! All it keeps is your control panel settings and your My Douments, and some other stuff. This is useless because half of your FSX files can be on one location while the rest is not there.

Windows Vista 64 ultimate was the best I've used so far for FSX, no crashes on exit very stable and I've had more FPS compared to win7.

Windows Vista 64 ultimate was the best I've used so far for FSX, no crashes on exit very stable and I've had more FPS compared to win7.

 

You must be the only one in the world

Windows Vista 64 ultimate was the best I've used so far for FSX, no crashes on exit very stable and I've had more FPS compared to win7.

 

You are only comparing Vista to Win XP, right?

no compared to XP and Win7, I recently installed vista 64 ultimate on a different machine and yes it's much better than win7. Don't forget that FSX was around vista and all of the latest software updates were updated to work fine on vista.

 

I will at some point format and install vista again.

 

Evan B.