November 18, 20241 yr When you receive your copy of ms2024 or any other time you need to login to MS, there is going to be an issue doing that if you have an Honeycomb Alpha yoke connected. Believe it or not, this is a real issue. When you try to enter the box to put in your email and/or password, you will not be able to do so when some of the switches on your alpha yoke are in the wrong position. Sounds crazy. But it's true. So just remember if you have problems typing in the MS login box, start throwing switches up and down on the yoke until you can do it. This issue also applies when in fs2020 you log out after clicking your user name in the box on top. To log back in and be able to start fs2020 again will depend on switch positions of the your Alpha. I tested this just now by logging in and out of fs2020. I had to have the switches in the right position to get that done. references: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/forum-log-in-page-is-buggy/663054 https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/in-the-game-itself-i-cannot-sign-in-to-xbox-account/664442/3 Here's where the issue appears: 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
November 18, 20241 yr Author The red and white and black switches... 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
November 18, 20241 yr So why not just disconnect the yoke ahead of time? 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
November 19, 20241 yr Author 2 hours ago, fppilot said: So why not just disconnect the yoke ahead of time? that works too. I would rather throw switches. The ALT switch seems to be involved. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
November 19, 20241 yr This must be one of the more absurd issues... I did not know about it and I do have the Alpha. Good to know, thanks for the heads-up!
November 19, 20241 yr Author Without the internet, I might never have solved it. I mean, start moving rocker buttons to enable logging into MS account would never occur to me. BTW, I bet this is going to flood Zendesk and MS help if people need to log into MS in order to get their 2024, and they have an alpha yoke, LOL. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
November 19, 20241 yr Author 1 Steam. 2 Store. or 3 Store keys. I used number 3 tonight. It took 1/2 hour to receive the key (8:40 to 9:10 PM Pacific time Nov 18). And then it Pre-Installed perfectly into Xbox App using key. It shows up in the Play box (when clicked it says wait for official release, but it is already installed). 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 Came across this thread after my Steam FS2020 came up with "login". (So I guess I lost all my settings?). I was wondering if it could be a controller issue as it seemed like I couldn't keep focus on the form input box. But I don't have an Alfa. My stuff is all old from FSX days. I didn't test unplugging all the controllers as I found if I copied my email / passwd to clipboard and started hitting ctrl-V over and over while clicking with mouse, eventually it would accept the input. Something MS should fix if it's still an issue in 2024. I run all my computers on local account users and rarely (like never) login to MS store (which I think works for xbox etc? At least the passwd I had worked).
June 24, 2025Jun 24 I had the Microsoft login issue as well, after a lot of googling I found that simply hitttng the FN + F11 keys was the solution. My keyboard does not have an "FN" key (some apparently don't)...F11 (toggles Full-Screen mode) worked for me. Edited June 24, 2025Jun 24 by TomCYYZ i913900KF (5.8GHz) | Case: Fractal PopAir RGB I Gigabyte Z790 UD AX| MSI Gaming RTX 4070Ti Super 16GB | Kingston Fury Beast 64GB DDR5 5200Mhz | SOLIDIGM P41 Plus 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD | Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2TB | Thermalright Frozen Notte 240 MM Liquid Cooling | LG EVO 42" Monitor 3840 x 2160 120Hz | Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo | Logitech G Pro pedals | Tobii EyeTracker | 850W Thermaltake 80+ GOLD |
June 25, 2025Jun 25 On 6/23/2025 at 2:21 PM, TomCYYZ said: I had the Microsoft login issue as well, after a lot of googling I found that simply hitttng the FN + F11 keys was the solution. My keyboard does not have an "FN" key (some apparently don't)...F11 (toggles Full-Screen mode) worked for me. Thanks. Will note this if it ever happens again. scott s. .
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