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I know that this may not be common to everyone but may I ask which tweak did it for you? Cheers

DO you load the tutorial directly from the FSX main interface or do you load a default flight first? One time I managed to have the FMS working by loading the the Tutorial directly form the main FSX interface. But then the next time it failed again...Regards,Louis-Philippe

No luck...It is down again. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. I do the same load sequence everytime (default flight with Cessna and then load the tutorial) and the results vary. So I doubt my config is the problem...If it was I would think the problem would be consistent. I run XPSP2 + FSXSP2. My OS is in french...don't think it matters but who knows? This is a very weird problem that I never experienced with any other product. :( Louis-Philippe

Just did another test....Can't say I'm not willing to cooperate! I did not do anything to fonts and loaded FSX. From the main opening menu, I choose to load the tutorial directly. Guess what...the FMS is working and the 2D panels are working. Just before that I tried loading the default flight with the Cessna and the FMS was not working...I will try to take off and do more testing.Louis-P

I managed to get it working again last night. I copied all the fonts (J41...+glassga.ttf) using the menu in the windows fonts window. There is a "add new font" option in there (not sure what it is called exactly...my operating system is in french). I then reloaded FSX and it worked!!!! Although this time I did not load the default flight....Then another problem appeared....AHHHHHHHHHH! All the 2D panels were black. So I could not used them. I then decided to reload the default flight. That fix the problem of the 2D panels but now the FMS is down again....This problem is driving me nuts. I have installed many many add-on aircraft in the past and never had a single issue. Hope PMDG comes up with a fix. I have done more than enough troubleshooting with this aircraft. Since all my other addons works fine, I will not loose more time on this. Too bad, because it looked like a very fine aircraft. Wasted my money.Louis-Philippe

I have the same problem. I fixed it by copying the glassga font into windows font folder. I already had a copy of it but deleted it first and then copied it. It worked....for one flight. The FMS powered up no problem. Then, a day later, it doesn't turn on anymore. I tried to copy the font again but no luck.I think MANY of us are having this issue...Not all of us will take time to send messages on forums though...I hope PMDG comes up with a solutions to this. I owned the 747 and never any issues with it. We are use to more quality from PMDG. And while they are at it, it would really be nice if the FMS data could be saved with the flight...