Hi all. I start FS9 using FSAutoStart. Everything is good, much improved FPS. McAfee and everything else that I stop with FSAS, starts up fine after ending FS9. FSAS is a great program. Later, however, on next system startup, McAfee wants me to verify my subscription to everthing: virus scan, firewall, spamkiller, privacy service. Time consuming pain in the patoot. I want to stop Mcafee in FS9 as it draws a lot of RAM and I am usually offline when playing FS9 anyway. ((I also have an FSA configuration with McAfee enabled (and IE as well); however, FPS is much reduced (5 +/- fps), but that's a question for another day.)) Does anyone have a suggestion about this McAfee/FSAS thing? McAfee tech support hasn't a clue: FSAS, FS9, they don't understand what I'm talking about and don't seem to want to.On the off chance that someone else has delt with this or a similar issue and is willing to offer ideas to remedy it, please do. Thanks for any help,Rob

Rob,I'm no expert and I doubt this will help you much, but I have also had problems restarting some of the programs/services using FSAS. Not a complaint - it's a great program that I couldn't do without.To avoid trouble, I only use FSAS to shut down the services I don't want, then I reboot after playing FS9 or SH3. That way I'm sure that everything is running the way I want it to.I'm not surprised that McAfee won't help - that's way out of bounds of their scope.Kevin

I had McAfee up until recently, and had similar problems. I have been advised that this package has a large footprint and does not play well with others. I changed to NOD32 and found it to be a much better program. AVG is also good. Sorry but that's all I can suggest...Cheers,Noel.

Thanks guys, Kinda what I thought. Yes, McAfee has a big foot and I agree AVG is good. Also, Antivir I've been told. No hitches with FSAS? That's the important question. The way this McAfee thing is going, I would dump it in a minute... if I hadn't paid so much for it (3 years, the longer you pay for, the less it costs, right? Ha!) They wouldn't give me a refund for the remaining 2 yrs and 10 months due to incompatibility with other programs, would they? No? Well, didn't think so. I see now that the Windows beta all-in-one, "complete security service" is about to hatch. I use MS as IP and getting lots of spam (MS doesn't filter their own spam of course) telling me I can can get this new service for next to nothing... for a "limited time". Anybody here been using this "Windows Live Safety Center beta"? Just wondering if it gives FSAS or FS9 fits, or vice versa. Would be nice to have all security in one place, with auto updates, etc. instead of manual spybot update, adaware update, McAfee verifications, Stinger, WinPatrol .... etc. Or is there a program out there that will more or less do all that security management automatically, or at least streamline it? With the programs I mentioned for example? Some kind of security manager program? (Yes, I know if you BUY those programs, they DO auto update. And, yes, I have donated to them all.) And while I'm wishing, how about if the whole security management thing could happen at say, three in the morning. So I can spend more of the little time I have flying instead of downloading security updates.If there isn't a program like that, there ought to be. Rob

As far as FSAutoStart is concerned, to terminate a program, it sends a WM_QUIT command. If the program doesn't stop, it then terminates it using a different and more direct method.This method works for almost all programs. I'm not sure why McAfee would give you problems, but I've never installed it or Norton because I do not like them.Personally, I use Avast for antivirus (free for home use), which FSAS is able to stop/restart with no problem.

Hello ken,What about SveltePC?FSAoutostart is great !!

Guys,I use WIN98SE so please use this info with care....WINXP or 2000 is different!!I got these directions from Microsoft links when I went to FS9 Support web site. Click on the link (or paste into your browser window). Look for "CLEAN BOOT"http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-u...1823&sid=globalIt has instructions for WIN98, XP, 2000.....It looks a little scary but it works great and is much easier than it looks or sounds. Dive in and try it. Just be careful.Once you go through this procedure, you will only have Explorer running. Open Mr. Salter's great program and go fly. His program will defrag the RAM and close explorer (if you have Explorer as one of the selected programs to close) Even if you don't, it will defrag the memory which is a big plus! I have 512M SDRAM. FSAutostart reclaims about 130M after defrag. I usually get about 425M out of 512 to use for FS9.. or FLYII, or MSTrainSim, or whatever!Thanks Ken!

I just had my system optimised by FS-GS (Michael Greenblatt). After FSAutostart I get about 823 MB of free memory out of 1GB. If you are looking for better results from your system Michael can help you achieve it without the risk of crashing your system. Since the configurations he provides are tailored to your system, you get much better results than trying this or that tweak from the forums that may or may not be suitable (or safe!) for your PC. Considering the cost, it is a fantastic value service. I thought I knew a bit about FS and computers, but Michael showed me that he knows infinitely more...Cheers,Noel.