Finally, the Holy Grail - A Perfectly Operating System ...

There is nothing like Overwhelming Brute Force to bring FS9 to perfection. All it takes is money.Begin by dedicating a second and bootable fast hard drive to WinXP Pro/FS.1 and install NO OTHER PROGRAMS. We are starting from a pure system.Set up the ATI 9800XT video card (or Mo' Bettah)to your specs and the latest driver.Set a restore point.Load the Megasceneries - All of themGhost an image of all of this and store elswhere.PC 3.1 GhzRADEON 9800XT1 Gig RAM21" Planar LCD Monitor DVI input from Video cardMS Forcefeedback2Use config.sys to eliminate all nonessential loadsFire up this bad boy and get ready for awesome framerates, smooth flying and NO CTDs. Just the way Micro$oft designed it.Old Navy Pilot