I am not sure why my FS is screwing up all of a sudden but I want to throw my laptop out the window everytime I try to play it!!!Mind you it just started doing this.First of all, when I get flying the frame rate sucks!! It is very very slow and jerky. Sometimes I don't even get there! When I am creating my flight plan and I go to save it, and clight OK the save window does not come up and the program freezes. I have to do the ctrl, alt, delete crap and end the program which takes 5 minutes itself.Now I don't know if it is my CD that is the problem...it is not that bad maybe a few scratches but thats it. I did clean it but no dice.Can it be my abundance of add-ons? I have about 25 add on aircrafts, and 5 add on scenery airports. I checked my memory and I have plenty of memory. What is it?? Luckily if it is my cd I have a back up #4 my friend got. Now if I have to use the new cd #4 do I have to re add all my scenery to the scenery file? Do I have to reinstall the whole program???If I do I will be really Peed Off. I would have to download all my add ons again and everything.What is wrong with my Flight simulator? Do I have too many add-ons or is it my CDAnswers would be appriciatedThanks,Jared

Now its 10 times worse!!!I cant even get past choosing a plane!!!

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Use the task manager to check what else is running in the background. In particular check the performance tab to see what other applications are using your processor's resources (that's what will cause the jerking and fps drop -- memory usage will usually cause blurry textures or texture popping). If nothing else is running in the background or otherwise using up your processor, check what the last addons were you installed before you experienced these problems. Some FS2002 or older addons made with older methods and design programs may cause extreme stutters etc. But generally, the number of addons is not the problem. I have literally dozens of UI aircraft, thousands of AI aircraft and over 100 addon sceneries installed.

Hello Jared:Suggestion:First, if you can crank up FS9, on the toolbar at the top click on options/settings/display. Select the hardware tab. Under Available display resolutions, are your selections grayed out, or can you select anything you want? If they are grayed out, you have lost hardware acceleration which sounds like what you describe. If you cannot start up fs9 go the either of the next paragraphs (or both)Second (You can do this first if you so desire) on your desktop click start/run. Then type in dxdiag and click ok. Select Display 1 and look under DirectX Features. NOtice whether DirectDraw, Direct 3D, and AGP Texture Acceleration are enabled. If they are not, this is your problem and it will have to be corrected before FS will function worth a hoot. (It will have an effect on other programs too).If this isn't it, I would try deleting my fs9.cfg file, (rename it in order to hang on to it if you prefer), see if fs9 will then startup. If it starts, it will automatically rebuild a new fs9.cfg file.Good luck:RTH