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  1. I wish it was just matter of switching back to full screen mode for me. I always do that but I get a CTD regardless before I can get off the ground - no flights for me today. MS support, after going through a litany of possible fixes now recommends reinstalling...
  2. Though I did get a fairly rapid (surprising) response from MS with a couple of steps to try, nothing worked. Of course, they are recommending a clean install if the first procedures failed... I'd hate to have to do that, considering I did a clean install back in January after a new PC build. If that's the case it will have to wait as I just don't have the personal time for something like this. BTW, a restart didn't work (I did this about 6 times while attempting the fixes)
  3. I reported this in another thread but want to see if anyone else is experiencing this issue... This just happened to me this morning - in the middle of startup I get a very fast flash of the Installation Manager? It then disappears so quickly I can barely read it and continues loading without any update or installation sequence running. After I get to the main menu the sim is in windowed mode instead of full screen. It also indicates that I have an unfinished Essential Packages Update. If I click install update it goes back to the Installation Manager screen which flashes for a brief second, fails again and continues until the main menu appears again, whereupon it notifies me that I need to install the Essential Packages update. In other words, it's Ground Hog Day in FS. If I attempt to fly instead, I get a CTD before I can get in the air. I have not been able to fly today.
  4. This just happened to me this morning - it continues to briefly flash the Installation Manager? during the startup sequence which then disappears so quickly I can barely read it. After I get to the main menu the sim is in windowed mode instead of full screen. It also indicates that I have an unfinished Essential Packages Update. If I click install update it goes back to the Installation Manager screen which flashes for a brief second, fails again and continues until the main menu appears again, whereupon it notifies me that I need to install the Essential Packages update. In other words, it's Ground Hog Day in FS. If I attempt to fly instead, I get a CTD before I can get in the air. I have not been able to fly today.
  5. Overall, it's the best mouse I've owned in resolution and it's very advantageous for my work (graphics, broadcast video-editing, audio-editing and photo-editing). It also is excellent for handling buttons and knobs in complex cockpits. 🙂 I think that I can count on one hand the amount of times its updating has interfered with the startup sequence of MSFS in the last few years. It's probably interfered with other programs more. Make no mistake - it ticks me off that it would initiate an update process when I'm running another program. I think the problems occur when it initiates at the same time or just prior to executing a program - it gets hidden in the background then and it isn't immediately obvious that it is running. In the case of MSFS, all of the issues were with the sim and apparently server communications. Razer interfered at the very moment all of that had been resolved and I was attempting a new startup. The give-away is when I am forced to recover my system with a restart and the Razer updater appears finishing an update when the Windows desktop reappears. I will continue to rag on the Razer Support system in the hope that they will add an option for manual update approval!
  6. As far as I am aware it's best to run in full screen mode, as some menu buttons aren't even visible in windowed mode. I will switch to windowed mode on occasion (when I need to open a different app while flying) but switch back to full screen as soon as possible. I will run some other programs in the background on occasion but will stay in full screen as I use the Task Switcher to access them.
  7. Well, I'm back in business, but it wasn't the smoothest experience! Logged Out/In MS Store and XBox Restarted MSFS "Resyncing Data" took several minutes but the startup eventually proceeded Finally got to the old startup screen (that horrible music playing and several aircraft on the screen, etc.) The spinner in the lower-right kept going and nothing happened - I had to use the Task Manager to shut it down. Rebooted the PC As the Win10 desktop screen appeared my Razer Game Mouse system suddenly went into a "finishing update" mode and everything else froze. This Razer device system has done this to me in the past. Unlike other programs it will start updates in the background without permission and with no warning as part of the startup into Windows. (I don't allow any program/app to do this - all are set to notify me but they can't do this without my permission). It's ironic that the high resolution Razer mouse (the best I've ever had) that is supposedly designed with "gamers" in mind allows its update system to interfere with games and has no option to disallow this! I rebooted again to make sure all was clean, then restarted MSFS. It started up quickly (and normally) and all of my settings are back. It looks like there was an error with the MSFS login to the servers that started all of this (which the re-log of the MS services repaired) followed by the interference of the Razer update.
  8. I just lost everything - the controller profiles are all gone (nothing but defaults and all of my custom settings are unavailable). All of the sim options were also reset to default and my graphics settings are wiped out, the logbook is empty, etc. I'm trying a logout/login sequence on the store and Xbox, then will attempt a restart,
  9. I've had two CTDs on Pause today - it's almost getting to where I can't fly! On the first, Event Viewer indicated that nvwgf2umx.dll was the culprit, so I removed the current driver and did a clean install of the latest. On the next flight it crashed again on Pause, this time indicating that the culprit was FlightSimulator.exe.
  10. Obviously there are many possible causes of CTDs and they can be as numerous as the various systems we run. In my case, I do not inject live traffic and I am not participating in the Beta. I have upgraded my system substantially and the leap in performance with MSFS has been wonderful (and no crashes). I continued crash free with my upgraded system until the last update. Now, crashes are still rare, but the sim has crashed twice on startup (went all the way to the home screen, then crashed about 30s later), then crashed 3 times after pausing (Esc key method),
  11. I had gone a LONG time without any crashes (over a year) but now I'm getting occasional CTDs when pausing. It doesn't happen all of the time, just occasionally when I pause the sim to get coffee, use the restroom, etc. VERY frustrating - I'll pause a nice flight, then come back a few minutes later to find the sim gone. Anyone else experiencing this?
  12. Yep - that issue has been in existence for a long time. Since everything else about the mod is great and I haven't wanted to bother Rob Young, I've let it be.
  13. Yes - there is an excellent option from PMS5 for using the GTN750 in the Comanche - the In-cockpit bezel – WTT Mode The aircraft has the GTN750 directly available in the cockpit with its bezel. The aircraft uses the Working Title Technology (WTT) to manage the autopilot and the flight plan. You will get more features. This may require a specific extra package. Some other GPS in the cockpit may be disabled in this mode.
  14. I am not using the LOD tool. I just built a new system and wanted to see what settings gave me the best performance before I experimented with LOD and frame generation.
  15. This did not work for me. After cycling the languages from English to French to English I accessed ATIS on the next startup and received the report. Then, it repeated all of the same errors as before. Another voice repeated the ATIS report while covering the Clearance. All audio on ATC communications stopped and I had to recover by switching all communications to COM2.
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