Has anyone gotten the FSX demo to run on the Vista Beta 2? I get a lock up and/or CTD every time . Right before this, I notice that the music in the Flight Selection screen becomes very choppy or has long pauses.

I have without any major issues. Have you updated video drivers or tried diff ones? I was having some serious issues with a different game crasing until I got a hold of the latest "vista" drivers for my Radeon card. Actually, I do seem to remember having some CTD issues when I run it in 5.1 surround however. My sound drivers are not specific for Vista so I am guessing that is where the issue is. Anyway, It does run...Perhaps just play around with drivers. BTW: I have not installed it in Windows XP (dual OS right now) so I have nothing to compare it to performance wise if anyone is wondering. I have pretty much stopped using that OS and running Vista most of the time now. Great OS and amazingly stable for a beta IMHO...Brew

The word in various IT circles is Vista is still a ways off... Sad knews for me as that means FSX is still a ways off.

Well, the latest build 5536 is getting pretty *high* marks for improvements in speed, bugs, and other general items. It's not a release candidate yet, but it's far closer than it was with Beta 2. Read a review here...http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_5536.asp

I haven't bothered to try. Beta 2, while I use it for most applications, is too slow for me to run even FS9 decently. However, having read about the performance increases in 5536, I have hope.