fsx-ms Strange behavior FSX

[Jonmal 0]

Help! I can't figure this out alone.

 

FSX collapses to the toolbar and is paused at random. Most times if I hover the mouse the small screen appears and I can click into it and resume my session. Some times not.

I have disabled Kaspersky AV - no difference. Event Log shows nothing so I dont find it easy to trace the fault. Happens in various locations around 15mins or so  into a flight.

 

Baffled - Help please

 

 

John

 

Win 10 64bit. Intel i7-6700 @3.4 Ghz. 16 GB Ram. NVidia GeForce GTX980.

FSX Acceleration.

ORBX Global Base, Global Vector, Open LC Europe 

[charliearon 3,017]

Is "Pause on Task" checked in your settings?

[Jonmal 0]

I unchecked it a few days ago and the problem persists.

[Philip Ogden 2]

I had this problem some time ago, solved it by changing the wireless router! Whether there was a tick box not set correctly, I don't know, but this did solve the problem after a lot of frustration. 

[Jonmal 0]

I just got a new BT router a couple of months ago - changing isn't really an option. :smile:  

[DaveCT2003 1,820]

If your not already, try running FSX as Admin.

[Jonmal 0]

Always run as Administrator. Lookin through active processes, is it possible 'bonjour' could be the culprit? I've disabled it and so far so good for the first time in weeks...

[DaveCT2003 1,820]

The bonjour software is made by Apple and on Windows computers I believe it's usually insalled along with I-Tunes (note please there is a recent (in the past 30 days) security alert regarding I-Tunes... Google is your friend, but I believe the recommendation for Windows users is to remove it).

 

I seriously doubt the Bonjour software is causing any problems. It may be that your available memory was getting very low, and this caused the problem you're experiencing, and your blocking Bonjour from running may have freed some memory.

 

There have also been reports of an Antivirus program such as AVG or other running software can switch back the desktop, thus minimizing running programs.  This is a better bet in my opinion (that a unrelated program is causing this).  Unchecking "Pause on Task Switch" may help a good deal if you can't find the program doing this.  There is some good information about this on THIS THREAD and also on THIS THREAD.

 

Please let us know how you made out!

 

My very best wishes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Jonmal 0]

Yes with bonjour disabled it happened again.Pause on task switch is unchecked and I thought I had heaps of memory even though FSx can't use all of it. Sadly so many things check the net now and again...

[DaveCT2003 1,820]

Yeah, I didn't think Bonjour was the culprit. Don't forget to check the security warning about I-Tunes... it's something REALLY major.

 

Check those threads I gave you, I'm pretty confident (hopeful ?) that will resolve your issue.

[Jonmal 0]

Thanks. I'll work through them and report back. I'll junk iTunes. Never use it.

Thanks for the advice.

John

[vortex681 806]

Yeah, I didn't think Bonjour was the culprit. Don't forget to check the security warning about I-Tunes... it's something REALLY major.

Do you have a link for this? I've checked Google but can only find security warnings about QuickTime (which has recently been discontinued for Windows). There have been some obscure accessibility (not security) problems with iTunes but these have apparently been fixed and most people, including me, weren't affected.