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I’m sure that 2024 will be designed to share the user profile with 2020. I vaguely remember that FSX had problems with the FS9 logbook which was mentioned in the first and original 'itler rant parody from the Downfall movie.

I use the freeware Stansted, so the comparison will be interesting. I also have the Orbx GB Regions Bundle and British Isles mesh. I wonder if these will conflict with the WU?

Do you have any details? I can only find links to Facebook.

Have you tried starting the flight with a different aircraft, then restarting with the 737. I noticed that when I forget to select the 737 before starting a flight 🙄 and then restart the flight with the 737, it usually starts OK. I think the problem is with checking activation so maybe yours is busted?

I've had trouble connecting to my user profile a couple of times (most recently when Xbox Live went down) and both times I got a mini-setup wizard when starting MSFS that prompts you to setup your assistance and graphics settings again. I have all my assistance settings disabled so it's immediately obvious when they've reset themselves. Fortunately the controller settings are never lost as that would be.... upsetting.

Have you ever signed in to a work or school Microsoft 365 account on your PC? If you have, your Windows Pro PC might be enrolled on their 365 tenant. This is likely to apply Intune policies that will lock down the security on your PC. If you don't use 365, or only the home version, then this won't happen. Look at this article to check your PC if you're not sure. https://superuser.com/questions/1641950/what-is-access-work-or-school-in-windows

I haven't really studied the weather in MSFS yet, and I always used AS with FSX, so forgive me if this is a silly question. I was flying into Copenhagen last night and SimBrief/Charts/PMDG tablet was reporting the pressure at 1015 hPa, but the sim (live weather) was 1013 (pressing 'B' - set altimeter.) I set the aircraft to 1015 to see what happened and I was ~80 feet out at touchdown. What was that all about, and would AS fix it? Do most people just press 'B' and ignore SimBrief/Charts? If so, how do you find out the pressure at the arrival airport to put in the FMC descent forecast?

A search engine will find stuff on Avsim and other forums, Discord is a private cloud so it won't.

Quite, my reaction was lengthy and unprintable. I also have a boat which is nice because I can vent my feelings about the vagaries of wind and weather several miles offshore without a neighbour banging on the wall.

I made that mistake once, the verification simply erased my entire 'packages\official' folder and I had to download the sim from scratch. I didn't have any problems afterwards though.

That username means that you are logged into Windows with a user account called 'Owner'. That corresponds to the 'Owner' user profile folder you found. This is perfectly normal and you don't have to change anything. As this is the only user account, I have no doubt it would have admin privileges. Did you try my suggestion in a previous comment to disable UAC by moving the slider in control panel and changing the registry key? Without UAC and admin privilege you can copy anything anywhere (unless your AV software is interfering.)

In Windows search, type 'system information' and open the app. At the top you have the 'OS Name' (operating system version), and about half way down it will have your 'Username'. These will help troubleshoot. A re-install of Windows 10 will wipe everything. if you are going to re-install the OS, install Windows 11. Windows 10 is end-of-life next October (2025), so no more security updates. Unlike the horror that was Windows 8.0, Windows 11 is very similar to 10 and you shouldn't have any problems changing over. First check with your builder to see if there would be any issues activating Windows 11.

Do other games work? Have you tried benchmarks to eliminate a hardware fault / thermal issue?

If an AV program takes action against a "virus" it can sometimes cause irreparable damage to an application or operating system. We had a server damaged when the AV decided the backup agent was a virus. We have the same AV & backup agent running on hundreds of servers, but that was the only one affected. We reversed the AV action, but we could not get the backup agent to work on that server again, even with assistance from the vendors of both the AV and backup agents. We ended up restoring the server from a prior backup. I haven't run AV on my home PC since Windows 11, as the built-in Windows Defender and UAC is good enough for my needs. I recommend to my friends and family that they use a 'Standard' user account on Windows (without admin privileges) for daily use. If they install anything, they just need to enter the credentials for the admin account. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-control/user-account-control/how-it-works Disabling UAC can help with troubleshooting. Just moving the UAC slider in the control panel to 'Never notify' doesn't disable UAC, you need to change the value of a registry key called 'Enable LUA' from 1 to 0 and reboot. The key is in this location: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System When you change the value, Windows will tell you it needs to reboot. After troubleshooting, remember to re-enable UAC.

My PMDG 737 has standard views out of the box like you described for the 777, e.g. 'Toggle Instrument View 3' in MSFS (Ctrl 3) is the left CDU. I use a mini-joystick on my CH throttle assigned to 'Cockpit View Yaw' & 'Cockpit View Pitch' axes to look around, and a hat switch assigned to 'Transplate Cockpit View Left/RIght' & 'Zoom/Unzoom Cockpit View' to focus on panels, instruments, etc. This is great as it works for all aircraft without using different controller profiles. For quick access to the 737 overhead panel, control column, and pedestal, I bound controller buttons to the standard views. I got a STECS delivered yesterday to replace the CH, rushed home to set it up but couldn't because Xbox Live was down. Bah 🙁