Hi Guys, I know that this topic has been beaten to death, but despite my best efforts, I can't seem to find a solution. I just had to do a complete uninstall of FSX and all associated addons (and there are many) after installing Windows 8. FSX was unusable...wouldn't load at all. So, after many hours uninstalling and reinstalling, I now have the problem where each time I load up FSX I get a message from Acceleration asking me to input my product key from the inside of the box (yes, both FSX and Acceleration are legal copies). If I input the key, FSX runs beautifully. No key, then I have to hit cancel, and I get dumped back into the desktop. Does anyone know any way around this? Honestly, I don't care to use the aircraft/scenery that is a part of Acceleration. If I uninstall Acceleration and then install SP2 separately, would that do the trick? Thanks. Paul

If I uninstall Acceleration and then install SP2 separately, would that do the trick?

 

Yes but... Acceleration has its own key. It's a separate product. You have to enter the product key for FSX first, install Acceleration and then activite it by entering the appropriate key. It is hard for me to understand exactly what you did. When you uninstalled FSX/Acceleration and all addons, did you run a registry cleaner? And, did you delete all the leftover folders that are left after a FSX uninstall? I like this link for procedures for uninstalling/reinstalling - http://support.precisionmanuals.com/KB/a87/how-to-uninstall-and-reinstall-fsx.aspx. They did leave out using a registry cleaner when you have completely uninstalled FSX/Acceleration.

 

Best regards,

Jim

Thanks for the reply, Jim! I followed the advice in the PMDG article to the letter, but did NOT do a registry clean after the uninstall. Maybe that was the source of my problems. I have gotten FSX back up and running properly, though! I uninstalled Acceleration, then installed SP1 and SP2, without reinstalling Acceleration. It left all of my add-ons untouched. The only problem was that FSX was asking for the product key each time I ran it, instead of Acceleration! After hunting around on the interwebs a bit more, I stumbled upon a post that suggested running FSX as an administrator, and doing that, it works. I set FSX to always run as an administrator, and it loads up now without asking for the product key. Just took a flight from Skagit Regional (ORBX scenery) to Diamond Point in the RealAir Lancair Legacy...absolutely breathtaking, and I think I have noticed a slight improvement in FPS under Windows 8. Thanks again! Paul

Hi Paul,

 

Thanks for posting your solution. It may help others in the future! Glad you were able to get it up and running and are enjoying your flights. You should check out the DX10 forum here and try Windows 8 in DX10 mode after installing the fix.

 

Best regards,

Jim

Thanks, Jim. Will do. Now you've got me curious! Paul