>Hi Brian,>>Good to see you around here.>>But I do beg to differ on the fact that driver upgrades alone>do not invoke a re-activation:>>http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=364404&page=>>As they say, if I hadn't seen (done) it, I wouldn't believe>it. These were the very same drivers that I re-installed>(after first uninstalling them, and running Driver Cleaner to>remove all prior remnants of the previous drivers, as most>people here likely do). The only difference may have been>DirectX, as my installer downloaded the most recent version>from the MS site, and I'm not sure if that was later than>either my original install of DX, or what comes with FSX,>assuming that FSX updated DX.>>I have yet to try the 3rd install, which will inevitably occur>as either I hunt down this issue on my PC, or just update>drivers as we all do here regularly.>>Thanks, I hope that you can help us,>>Bruce.>Bruce!Thanks for posting your driver/reactivation problems. I am saddened by your trouble, but happy that I am not the only one having this problem.I appreciate the comments made by the 2 Aces team members that this should not be happening. But, unfortunatly it is! Calling support as they have suggested is not really the answer. I tried support again today to let them know that I was "reporting" a possible bug... or at least a possible problem. They were not interested because (I believe) they truly are not trained well enough to handle a "new situation". By that I mean, if it is not in the material that is avaiable to them, they are not able to solve the problem. Which as anyone knows, who works in IT, is an invaluable skill. The "book" don't always contain the answer.

To support my claim that support is not equiped to handle new situations, I have copied a "chat support" session I had last night as well. Pleas not Raghavendra response about a piece of software I just updated on my computer. He was told by his "supervisor" to tell me that by installing that software, it changed my computer's hardware ID, which in turn, caused FSX to think it was being installed on a new computer... or words to that effect.Here is that session...The session has been accepted. {Raghavendra} Hi Murray. Thank you for using Microsoft Games online Chat Support. My name is Raghav and I will be helping you today. {Murray Wheten} ok {Raghavendra} How are you doing today, Murray? {Murray Wheten} good {Raghavendra} Good to know that, Murray. {Raghavendra} Please give me 2-3 minutes while I go through the problem description in the case notes. In the meanwhile, please confirm your e-mail address as [email protected] and phone number is 902-462-6612 ? I would require you to verify this information in case we get disconnected. If we get disconnected I will follow up with you in email. {Murray Wheten} info is correct {Raghavendra} Okay Murray. I

This was taken from another Avsim post this afternoon, so it's not mine, and I make no claim to inventing it - it apparently came from MS support (or one of the Aces, can't remember) BUT - IT WORKED AS CLAIMED for me. Thank you whoever posted it! - pj"To resolve this issue, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then OK. 2. Expand the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCURRENTCONTROLSETCONTROLCLASS{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}3. After you find the folder, double-click Upperfilters on the right side. 4. Change the value from 0 to PartMgr, and then click OK.5. Close Registry Editor,reboot your computer and then try to use the activation wizard.After reboot - if Multiplayer is present in the menu system - it is activated.For those of you that don't know, BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY !!!!!

Did that but doesn'y work for me any other trick that will resolve the problem of activation the product?

For what it's worth, I changed my RAM from 2x512 to 2x1024 with FSX installed, and it still runs.Hope you guys get your problems worked out.