Marcus is referring to the following thread: http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...topic_id=399256I'm in a situation where this seems to cause FSX to shut down improperly, but perhaps I didn't apply it correctly, or because I'm running the FSInn beta, it doesn't coexist very well.I'm anxious to try the MS hotfix when it's released, but time will tell whether it solves these issues referred to in this and other threads.Regards,Jim KarnNOTHING is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

Thanks JDK2 for this :)Forgot to post the link too this.

Hi Astrodave,the explanation to the "patched exe" is here http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...topic_id=399256The Hotfix will help all DX9 games which run under Windows Vista. It will reduce the usage off memory by a large amount. Bring it back to nearly the same level as with Windows XP.Take a look here http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3060

Yes that makes much more sense now with a link ;) Thanks.________________________________________________________________________________________________Intel D975XBX2 'Bad Axe 2' | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.20Ghz | 2 GB Super Talent DDR2 800 | Big Typhoon VX | eVGA 8800GTS @ 565/900 | Seagate 2x320GB SATA RAID-0 | OCZ GameXStream 700W | Creative X-Fi | Silverstone TJ-09BW | Matrox Triplehead Setup