GeorgeM

Print out several copies of this thread and hand it to each of the Microsoft reps. If you cannot address all of the items verbally at least they'll have a hard copy in hand to which they can refer. This thread thus far, has a multitude of intelligent and appropriate questions and suggestions (minus the obvious) that should not go unanswered.-George M

Yes, I understand your point. I bought Aerosoft-My Traffix X for FSX a couple of years ago and when I went to the appropriate site to download a major update for the product I was denied access because I had not purchased My Traffic X directly from them...!Thanks for the info.-GeorgeP.S. I should add that I did order the Connie from J&R Photo and I know that the developer has an update that should be released in the near future; I don't (hopefully) anticipate a problem.

If I'm unable to buy this locally (BB) I'll order it from J&R. Thanks very much for the link.-George

I did not know it was available in retail stores; I'll give Best Buy a try.Thanks for the info.-G

Anyone know where the box version of this product can be obtained in the US? If ordered directly from Just Flight's web site, the cost of shipping rapidly diminishes one's need for the product!My search results have, thus far, been negative.-George

Derek, they're yours; send me your mailing info. An e-mail or PM is fine (I think this data is included in my AVSIM profile. If not, my e-mail is: [email protected]

Corsair Dominator CM2X1024-6400C4D 800 Mhz 4-4-4-12 2.10V ver1.2I just upgraded to WIN7/64 and replaced (added) some additional RAM. If anyone (in the US) needs and would like to have the above, let me know...-George

When anticipating the purchase of Win 7 and searching for the best price in stores (where I received bad info from a couple of 'qualified' people), and on-line, I found this article on the ComputerWorld site. It's worth reading and could save you a significant amount of cash. Here's the link:www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140125-George

1. I don't want to risk furnishing you possible erroneous info related to modifying your BIOS so hopefully someone with more knowledge will respond.2. For those following this thread, a couple of comments on my Win 7 upgrade. The procedure was accomplished with no glitches. I did a Win 7 Home Premium upgrade from Win Vista Ultimate. I had four hard drives installed on the comp and and Win 7 prompted to select one for the new install; no problems followed!3 Following installation, the opening screen after the boot presented the following options (which previously did not exist): a. Windows 7 (this is the default setting that will load automatically unless b. or c. is selected) b. Windows Vista (this was formerly the C: drive) c. Ramdisk Options (I'm not familiar with this function...)4. In addition the lettered designations for each of the installed drives were changed during installation. Win 7 became the new C: and the others followed (the corresponding BIOS Disk numbers were 0 thru 4).5. The only difficulty I had was this morning after adding a new hard drive exclusively for Flight Sim X. The new drive did not appear after clicking on the desk top (Start>Computer). All the other drives were there but not this one. I checked the "System, Devices) and the new HD was there and 'working properly.' I then did a reboot to access the BIOS and the new drive was listed there. After Googling for an hour I found some reference to 'manage devices' and ultimately found that the new HD was 'not initialized'. After following a few instructions, Formatting, etc., the drive is now usable. I was not however, able to select the next sequential drive designator. It should have been 'J' but the next option available (on a drop down menu) was 'N'... So now I'm off to find a good reference for installing FSX on a new drive.-George -

Thanks Dan, appreciate the response.-George

One more question before I install Win7. If I do the 'custom' upgrade install (mentioned above) does Windows 7 search out and retain any data from the existing hard drive (for inclusion with the new install) before it formats (customizes) the drive? -G

Flight Sim X and my current OS (Windows Vista Ultimate) all reside on a WD Raptor 160GB and I've run out of space! I wanted to do a Win 7 Ultimate Upgrade with the 'custom' install option and advance from 32 to 64 bit but I understand that I'll have to purchase the 'full' edition rather than the 'upgrade' if I'm going to load it on a new hard drive. So that was the reason for my question, i.e. I had to be sure that Win7 would load properly on the new HD. Thanks for your response.-George

If I remove the hard drive from my computer and replace it with another (new) hard drive (in the same drive bay) will the Windows 7 program automatically begin installing after inserting the disk in the CD/DVD drive?-George

>>Even the name containng the word 'environment' is a bit of>a>>rip off of Peter's work. Just my two cents.....>>>>>>>>>>Taking the word "real" or "Flight" is kind of rip off too? >>The worst Rip off is taking the "X". Now thats what I call a>REAL Rip off! Everyone has been ripping off MS FSX.>>>:)>>>Well, I think that George Strait did a bigger rip-off than that! He said "All his X's lived in Texas.":)

Got it! Thanks.-G