May 23, 20224 yr I just finished installing FSX on a brand new Windows II box. The activation went fine. The FSX activation server is still operating. I did have problems installing Acceleration. The activation would not complete. Fortunately, I had the disks for Service Pack 1 & 2 which will give you the system stuff you need for FSX. I uninstalled Acceleration and installed the service packs instead. Everything is fine. Lose not thine airspeed, lest the ground rise up and smite thee.
May 23, 20224 yr At some point you should consider the meager outlay for FSX Steam edition for enhancements and if for no other reason than to get continued support for operating systems. In another six months you should seriously be considering MSFS 2020, if not before. May depend on your system. assumed since you have not yet migrated. Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener.  Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126             "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
May 23, 20224 yr Author 1 minute ago, fppilot said: At some point you should consider the meager outlay for FSX Steam edition for enhancements and if for no other reason than to get continued support for operating systems. In another six months you should seriously be considering MSFS 2020, if not before. May depend on your system. assumed since you have not yet migrated. Dear Frank, You are reading my mail. I have created an excellent FSX installation with at least hundreds of dollars of FSX add-ons. I wanted to buy a box that you could go all the way to the right on the sliders with FSX. This new box is an i7-11700 with oodles of RAM,SSD system drive, and a great video card. Controls are Thrustmaster Airbus. I want to get FSX and my add-ons functional on the new box and then I'm going to give some serious consideration to FS2020. Lose not thine airspeed, lest the ground rise up and smite thee.
May 23, 20224 yr Congrats Syd for your successful FSX installation if I understand correctly 🙂 It is OK to fly FSX and get return on investment for all addons purchased. I have several flightsims installed (FSX, P3D, MSFS, Condor, DCS, IL-2) and what matters is... immersion and imagination. And in this regards, IMHO FSX still does the job! Enjoy your flying mate 😉  FS2024
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