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Well, I copied the DVDs on the desktop, launched setup and it worked! Thank you everybody, now begins the subtle art of tweaking FSX, I'm ready to read all the pages I thought I would never look at when I was an happy fs9 user :-) Francesco

Hi Henry, yes, my Win7 is updated and no antivirus running. About where to install FSX, I'm stuck long before I can select the location to install.Now I'm trying to copy both first two DVD on the desktop and launch setup from there, let's see if it works this way /-). UAC is off (slider full down). Thanks

Thanks, but about DirectX, I have Dx11 installed, and as far as I can see through your links, they are more XP-Win7 installation problems or clean FSX installation issues than FSX-Win7 installation ones...My first problem is why it doesn'y install, then I'm going to see performance issues.

Happy new year everybody. I made up a new pc for christmas since my old one with Windows XP is going to be too much old (and XP not supported anymore in a few months). This new one is a Windows 7 64bit Home edition, and I decided to migrate from FS9 to FSX (or give it a chance, at least). I bought a FSX Gold edition package and tried to install it. Unfortunately, it remains stuck at the installshield window, and I can't go further in spite of all my attempts. I searched all around internet, tried some solutions proposed (installed MS Visual 2010, MSXML 4.0, launched setup.exe as administrator, tried to set setup.exe compatibility to XP and launched it again) but no way. Is there somewhere a complete list of operations to follow in order to be sure I tried anything possible, before I resign myself to give back the package? I can't believe I'm the only one who can't fly FSX on a W7 64bit. Thanks for the help. Francesco

Yes, think so. Thanks a lot for the efforts :-)Francesco

No, it doesn't "shrink". It simply goes to that blurred resolution, full screen, and the same for a new 1399x1050 resolution.F.

Hi,my native resolution is 1680x1050. Maybe we have different Nvidia CP versions: mine is 2.1.270.000 .Alex's tip is not bad, anyway...I simply didn't think about it! It could be my last chance if I can't solve the problem :-(Francesco

Ok, I followed your instructions, but the result is not as expected. First of all, Nvidia control panel has no "move crt screen position" (it's a TFT screen actually, so it makes sense :-)), as you can see in the attachment. But I could set a new 1400x1050 custom resolution, like yours. Now, I have the new custom resolution in FS2004 hardware resolution list, but when I select it I have simply a blurred, less readable panel, just like selecting another 4:3 resolution as before (let's say 1280x1024 or 1024x768). I have no black strips or similar. What can be the reason? Maybe this monitor resizes automatically the screen so this is the reason I have not that option in Nvidia control panel?Waiting for your opinion.ThanksFrancesco

Thanks Herbert, I tried in a similar way but I couldn't obtain a good result. Now I see 3Green give me another chance and I'm going to try.RegardsFrancesco

Thank you very much RJ!I posted about this problem some days ago, and was looking for a no-design solution.Now, before I give it a try, my only concern is - should I switch between the two resolution (the native one and the custom one), or the screen quality is good with the custom resolution for the other applications as well?Just your opinion.RegardsFrancesco

Hi,I'm a newbie here and I'm looking for some help.I just installed a new Samsung 20" monitor, 1680x1050 resolution, and found - as you probably already know - that every panel is stretched, noticeably for the gauges locations that are now oval.I read some posts here about the issue, and gave a try with some solutions, but with no success, probably because each case was slightlydifferent from my situation and panel.cfg configuration. In one case, I obtained simply that my gauges disappeared, and I had to restore the original configuration from my backup.Now, I would like to have a standard operative sequence to follow in order to get a proportioned and not distorted panel with non oval gauges. For example, do I have in any case to modify my panel bitmap to my screen resolution (or in a similar proportion), or this is not always necessary?Which panel.cfg parameters I have to modify, if I should, and with which values?Will I have to open all the panels with FSPanels and move all the gauges to fit the new panel configuration or there is a magic parameter that makes the gauges proportionate in a single coommand?Excuse my dumbness and my bad english, but I hope you've get my problem and can help me.ThanksFrancesco

Hi,does anybody knows how to change FS messages font? I would like to have a different (smaller) one.ThanksFrancesco

Mike,>Forth, your GS7600 only has 256MB of video RAM therefore your video card is doing very little to help with rendering and loading large chunks of textures.

Hi,Excuse the probably dumb question, but I would like to know if you have to keep nHancer (or any of its services) running while FS is running, in order to make the card settings working.Or when you set them by nhancer and then close the application they remain enabled that way?ThanksFrancesco

Hi all,I neeed help with this beautiful freeware (I didn't knew it but I read the 100-best-freeware recent post and discovered this pearl!).When I begin the takeoff run and push forward the throttle, I hear an irritating horn (probably a configuration one?) and I can't find what I forgot to set. I tried the automated checklist as well, but no way. Can someone help me?ThanksFrancesco

I never was able to make it work. I tried to understand the manual, but I don't know where to start to read it to make the whole thing to work. I know it has all to do with FMC programming, but... is there somewhere a "quick go-through" manual just to have the BASIC autopilot functions working?It's a pity to have such a plane in the hangar and not to be able to make it fly....If you, or someone else, can help I would be very gratefulThanksFrancesco

I'm going to give it a try when I'm home, thanks.I was curious if it was a general weather servers problem...Francesco

Hi, all of a sudden I can't download metars anymore. I use FSmetar, and tried downloading using other freeware weather programs (using FS2004 own real world weather as well) but no way. My internet connection works, of course, and I tried also disabling the firewall.All worked fine until last week. Can anybody give me a cue?ThanksFrancesco

I see. So you can't set something externally to the flight, do you? I just hoped you could set something in the .air or in the aircraft.cfg files...Thanks anywayFrancesco

Hi,as you probably noticed when you load a plane it has always full loaded tanks. I would like to save all my planes in a, let's say, 50% fuel load configuration at startup. Is there any parameter to set in some configuration file?ThanksFrancesco

That's interesting. How do I do such a thing? It is an aircraft.cfg setting?Francesco

Hi,I installed the beautiful Maliniemi's Maule, completed with the last aptch. Unfortunately, I keep on experimenting a sensible left drift I can only contrast with a right rudder trim setting. Of curse my default reality setting is with no propeller gyro effect.Is this a known issue or am I missing something?ThanksFrancesco

Thank you for your words Feliz.We'll have to wait for an historical simulator probably ;-)RegardsFrancesco

I noticed some days ago an Aeropostale route scenery arrived in the file library. I was curious, since I tried to make the same work some years ago, for FS98, when I had a little more time to dedicate to this passion.Alexander Belov, in the readme file, is so kind to express his gratitude to me and Claude Schmidt for the inspiration. Boys, I was touched by his words. I didn't think someone could be inspired by my work. And after all this time. I'm happy to have made something appreciable for the FS community. I guess this is an example of how this "hobby" can be much more than a sterile individual interest - something of mutual and reciprocal incentive to create, instead.Thanks, Alexander. Maybe someday I'll be inspired from your work and I'll go back to make some new historical scenery...Francesco Cozzi(BTW, who is interested can see my old works at Flightsim.com)

Ok, it worked fine. Thank you again! As usual, RTFM is the first lesson...Going to fly!Francesco