Hey all,

After attempting to uninstall and reinstall the latest update to the 777 from pmdg. After following all of the instructions when I go to launch a free flight in FSX with the 77W PMDG house (never had a request for activation yet btw) it launches into a VC that looks cold and dark BUT I can not actuate any buttons, switches, or toggles. The yoke is jammed hard over left and the throttles are at 100%. When i try to move any control surface with my joystick I get no response. 

 

I was going to attempt to do a complete clean install of the whole 777 program but apparently PMDG doesn't keep the download links for 1 year like they promise in the emails so I don't have a way of downloading the 77L install.

 

I'm kind of stuck and have not had enough coffee yet to figure this one out on my own.

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/446633-things-you-should-do-before-installing-777-sp1-read-this/

 

Did you follow steps by the book in the first  post of this thread

when it is cold is there no initialisation countdown?, if you look on the outside of the aircraft is there no visible main gear? 

 

I had that same issue for the 300ER because I kept putting the wrong code in for the product activation.

It did not tell me my code was wrong at activation. 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/446633-things-you-should-do-before-installing-777-sp1-read-this/

 

Did you follow steps by the book in the first  post of this thread

 

Pete those were the instructions I followed. 

 

 

when it is cold is there no initialisation countdown?, if you look on the outside of the aircraft is there no visible main gear? 

 

I had that same issue for the 300ER because I kept putting the wrong code in for the product activation.

It did not tell me my code was wrong at activation. 

 

Kevin, it never even asked me for the code. I think that is the biggest issue I am running into currently. I will go and check the external view when I start FSX this time.

Edit: Confirmed no gauges or gear. 

I managed to "acquire" a copy of the 777-200 base and do a clean install. That fixed the problem. I fail to understand why PMDG doesn't allow buyers to download their products forever. Even the link that is supposed to be available for a year is not. Oh well at least I got it fixed.

For me the solution to the problem was the Windows trust settings getting mixed up.

In case anybody else has the same problem.

http://support.precisionmanuals.com/kb/a5/fixing-the-fsx-dll-trust-policy