I'm about to acquire a new Windows 10 PC because my old (XP Pro) one struggled with FSX-SE, even offline and Steam is no longer suporting XP after December 31st.  Saitek/Logitech don't have driver support for XP any more either.  I mostly use Majestic's Dash 8 Q400, which will work on Win 10 but I'm seeing lots of (older) posts on forums saying FSX-SE won't work on Windows 10!!  Is that still the case, or has someone come up with a patch / workaround? 

Win 10 and FSX-SE works very well with me.  I had a few startup problems but they seem to resolve themselves and the installation became more mature.  I'm running an older Dell XPS 8500 with an i7-3770 @3.400Ghz, 8G RAM and an AMD Radeon HD 7500 video card.  I installed FSX-SE on a separate dedicated SSD drive.

Jim Driskell
 

Thanks Jim, that's a load off my mind. Why did you use a dedicated drive for installation of FSX-SE?

 

Hi Threebears,

Both FSX and FSX-SE recommend not to install the system in the normal Program Files directory because of possible permission problems.  I also figured that FSX or FSX-SE would load faster from a separate drive.  I chose a Samsung SSD 250 GB drive which cost about $300 5 years ago and it's worked very well.  The prices of SSDs have dropped like a proverbial "shot duck".  I saw a 1TB Samsung SSD listed from Newegg for about $150 and a 500 GB SSD for about $70.   It make sense to install a dedicated drive for the sim and with a 500GB or 1TB drive, you could install both FSX-SE and P3D on the same drive with our interfering with the rest of you system.  Most modern system easily accommodate installation.

Jim Driskell

Thanks again Jim.  We'll see when the 'rig' arrives.