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Nice survey, but I think that the financial question is perhaps not useful. I would be willing to be that very few people answer it truthfully. I would suggest that either " Prefer not to Answer" or " NOYDB" should be available. And, BTW, the message that I have to answer each question tends to turn me off in surveys; in fact, I really don't , do I? I do think that this is an important survey which is why I did answer the questions. But I am less excited about requirements than I just to be..... Ed

I'm for the downloaded it, tried it, and uninstalled it. Not my cuppa.....Regards to all,Ed

Excellent review, seems very fair and balanced. Clearly, though, not for me. I think that I will go back to FS9 and RFP.Best Regards, everyone,Ed.

Check where it wants to install. There was an error in the default pathway ( Installer wanted C:\Program Files (x86)\ instead of C:\Program files.) After you correct that it installs fine and it does seem to be very nice scenery.

Thanks for the thought, I installed it as indicated in the Readme file; I can pull it, re-install it,and see what happens.

Anyone else having a problem with the scenery causing a " Microsoft Flight Simulator X has suffered a fatal error" message in Windows 7 Pro 32? I get it each time I try to load the scenery. Default installation. Anyone have any thoughts, so far Win 7 is not telling me what the error is the way that XP used to do.Ed Green, KCLT

Thank you, I actually did do that, and it did solve the problem. What apparently happens is that Windows 7 will switch to whatever version is required by a particular program and then switch back to DirectX11. The error message and failure to load threw me as I had seen nothing to this effect.Ed Green

The error reads:" Microsoft Flight Simulator cannot run because the version of DirectX ® installed on your computer is incompatible. Please re-install DirectX9.0 by running Flight Simulator Set-up or download the current version from www.microsoft.com/directX."System: MSI 7350 w/ Intel Quad 4 [email protected] g. nVidia 9600 512 RAM. Windows 7 Professional 32 ( couldn't install 64) Lots of storage. I guess my question is what happens if I try to install another version of DirectX as opposed to the version that came with Windows 7 ( DirectX 11)? Or, if anyone else has run into this error and how to deal with it.Thanks.

Finally got Win7 installed, re-installed FSX today. FSX will not start because of DirectX 11. Can someone please point me to a work around or a solution?Thanks in advance.

Thanks, Yolk, that's an interesting and useful link. Unfortunately, he's really talking about activating WIN 7 after it installs, neither I nor MS support could get it to install at all; the installation failed after failing to find an "appropriate" partition. Perhaps the double install procedure might have done something, it would have never occurred to me to try the "upgrade" installation. Thanks again, learn something every day.Ed

Thanks for the thought, Kendall, but what I was actually trying to do was to follow MS' exact procedure in installing Win 7. On retrospect, I can see how what you are suggesting might have worked as long as Setup would allow you to "point" it towards C. I am actually very much of a novice at this and to tell the truth did not really understand the error message the way it was written at first ( to tell the truth even now I'm not totally certain what it means-- the MS Techs really didn't know either). At this point, I will have to wait and see what actually comes out of the shop to figure my next move.THanks,Ed Green

Earlier, I had posted my basic plan to upgrade from WinXP pro 32Bit to Win 7 Pro 64bit. I was aware that there would be no direct upgrade and that I would have to do a clean install of Win 7 and that was acceptable. I had backed up everything on two separate USB HDs, run the Windows 7 Upgrade advisor, updated drivers and had the needed 64 bit drivers available on CD. The basic system in a Quad 4 6600 @2.4gHz, 4G Ram, nVidia 9600 512RAM, drives defragged etc. WinXP on Drive F, Drive C: clean, ready for Win 7. Logged in as Administrator.Push the button.No joy. Install error:" Disc contains one or more dynamic volumes that are not supported for installation". Remember disc was clean, nothing on it. Try again. Error: " Setup unable to create system partition or locate existing partition."Call MS Support. After five hours over three days on the phone, the bottom line is that Win 7 Setup looks only on Drive C for the existing XP installation. IF it isn't there, Setup fails. This is at least is the explanation that I have been given from the MS Support Team ( At the end, I was talking to supervisory level personnel. Supposedly.) It is possible that there may be a way around this, but I haven't found one, and after Setup made several changes to the System, my computer is now in the shop to try and put things back the way it was. The shop technicians are also going to see if they can get Win 7 on the machine. We'll know the end result next week, and I will post what happens in this thread.At least from my viewpoint, there are issues in moving from XP to 7 even when following MS' procedure for a clean install if you do not have a standard, Drive C WinXP installation. As of now, I would suggest that anyone in a similar situation to me approach upgrading with caution.In all fairness, I have no intent to knock MS' Tech Support People in any respect. They did everything that they could to be helpful, I was treated courteously, and I honestly think that if they could have found a solution, we would have gotten it implemented. I think that the root problem is that when the Setup Program was written, an assumption was made that everyone used Drive C as their system drive and no provision for other configurations was made. At least that's how it seems to me as of now.Bottom Line: Think twice if you have a nonstandard PC Configuration.Hope this is useful to someone.Ed Green

Would someone please check my reasoning and comment. I am currently running WinXP Pro 32bit on a Quad core 6600 @ 2.4Ghrtz. I have 4G Ram installed and several HD installed. My system has passed the Win 7 upgrade adviser analysis as good to go. My current boot drive happens to be F:, as a result of an earlier crash and re-build. I have copied all of the current drives and contents to a new external HD in preparation for the upgrade. There is nothing else on that drive except the backup files. I plan to do a clean install of Win 7 64bit on drive C:, re-install all programs from the original files/discs, and then use drive C: as the primary boot drive. I plan to leave drive F: as it is, with WinXP on it for the present, although I do not plan to use it except if I have serious problems with Win 7 64. At the end, I hope to end up with drive C: running Win 7 64bit in a smooth installation.Can someone point out to me if I have made any mistakes in my planning or offer suggestions about a better way to go about the upgrade. I suspect that this is going to be a lot of work, but hopefully the end result will be worth it.Thanks in advance,

I agree, go Eaglesoft. I can't for the life of me understand why someone would WANT a 2d panel? Even in fs2004 I only used the VC. There is no realism with the 2d panels as you can't see the cockpit. Developers don't get my money if their VC isn't clickable and real world functional. I guess there are reasons why people want and need a 2d panel but I have yet to ever run into them.Nice to meet you also, JOnx............Bottom line for me: don't care about VC, one way or the other....have tried it, don't like it, no 2D, won't buy it. Plain and simple. No objection to both, but no 2D is a deal breaker.

HJG has an updated version of Jon Murchinson's BAE 146; there is also available an updated version of Matthias Lieberect's panel. Both work very nicely in FSX. Try them, you should be pleasantly surprised.