I have been a successful user of RC v.3.1 using WideFS on a second computer. I have the latest versions of AdvDisp, ShowText, and fsuipc.dll. Today I tried to start RC and it would not respond after trying to load a flight plan. Suggestions welcome.Bill

Did you receive any error messages? At what point does it lock up? How far did the green bar advance before lockup? If the plan loaded and no key presses work Flight Sim may have lost focus. Try clicking anywhere on the screen except over Adv Display. Then try the keypress again.What has changed on your systems since the last time RCv3 worked?Please verify you are running:FSUIPC v3.30Adv Display v2.123WideFS 6.23

Rick,There are no error messages. RC locks up right at the point where I press the button to load the flight plan. There is no screen bar advance. The plan does not load.Versions I use:FSUIPC v3.30Adv Display v2.123WideFS 6.23The computer on which I use FS9 has been upgraded to the latest Windows security pack upgrade 2 since the last use of RC. AND... therein lies the problem. I turned the Firewall off and RC now runs from the second computer. So...word of warning ---> turn off the Firewall after you upgrade.Thanks for the fast response.Bill

Glad to hear you figured out the problem.

well....not sure i would go that far. when the link between the two computers is attempted, xp sp2 should ask you whether you want to block or allow. you should choose allow always.don't turn your firewall completely offjd

Be sure your inside computer net has fixed non-routable (via the Internet) addresses. Each pc has its own fixed address. Typically, the 192.168.xxx.xxx set is used.You can then open up the address of the other computer on the firewall. I am not familiar with the XP firewall, but this is typical procedure for a firewall setup. The 192.168.xxx.xxx is blocked from access by your ISPs router, but each inside address is translated to an appropriate range set by your ISP.If you have broadband and your router has been set up properly, opening up these addresses should not present a problem.

>when the link between the two>computers is attempted, xp sp2 should ask you whether you want>to block or allow. you should choose allow always.>>don't turn your firewall completely off>>jdMy computer with FS9 with the SP2 upgrade did not ask whether to block or allow the RC interrogation. It has done that with others however.How do I turn of the firewall "incompletely?"Bill

ronzie,How do you open an ip address on the network from WinXP's firewall?Bill

Sorry, don't have it at home.But at work I do recall a setting under security or somewhere that has a checkbox for enabling IP filtering, and if enabled allows you to put in a trusted address. This assumes you have fixed IP addresses for your other workstations as previously discussed.IMHO, the included SP2 firewall might be OK as a very basic application for ISP connection to a single workstation but can be difficult if using a single connection and then using one pc as a distribution (router) point.We are getting beyond the point of RC discussion and more into a networking WideFS discussion here. The point is you are dealing perhaps with two firewalls here, one on each pc if implemented. If you do not require both pcs have Internet availability, you might consider putting a second network card on the main one connected to your ISP if you are not using a broadband connection with a router. On the main PC under net options you turn off packet forwarding. You connect your second pc to that second card in pc1 which will have another address for the second card and run no firewall on the second pc. It can get complicated.In a broadband environment the firewall is normally built in to the router/switch. Both pcs are on the inside and can freely communicate with each other.I'm not an expert on this and you have not described your net, that is if you are on broadband with as a broadband interface/switch/router combo or just sharing a dial-up or dial-up with no sharing of the Internet.If you are on dial-up with a modem and in pc1 you are using an ethernet card to go directly to pc2, keep packet forwarding off, your two ethernet cards have a 192.168.xxx.xxx addresses, you should not need a firewall running on pc2.