Al_FR153

Yes I have Chuck and no it don't work. Like Tomas said earlier, the sound changes but the view does not. UPDATE: Went in and turned off Aero and went back to Vista Basic colors. Now I can use the Shift S and go backwards, but the 'S' key alone still does not work. - - - It worked for awhile, now is back to no function at all 'S' or 'Shift + S'. If it helps, I have also noticed that the GPS will freeze as does the ground textures at times; a problem not previously seen. If you go to views and select cockpit again, or even select cancel, everything resumes like nothing happened. Really makes for an interesting landing if you are on final. In Vista Help, it indicates that Aero may have something to do with the freezing as well. Al_FR153

Hi Gents,Ran into the same problem with a fresh load of Vista 64 (thank you M$ auto update - :( grrrrrrr!). Except, the suggestions have not resolved my view change problems yet. Neither the keyboard or the Saitek X52 believe that the 'S'' key should do anything, yet both work properly in FSX. Ticked 'Disable Visual Themes', 'Disable Disktop Composition' and tried to run as XP - SP2, all to no avail. The only way to change view is to go to menu with the mouse and select the view (PAIN). Any further suggestions would be appreciated. Oh, for info, FS9 on Vista 64 was running great before I had to do the 'forced' all application reload. Without tick marks on any of the above too. Yes, it would tell me that Aero was being caged while FS9 was running, but it ran. All of this started with the auto-download a month ago. Thanks,Al_FR-53

Stewart,Just found the resolution to the problem myself. I had the same exact problem. Go to your desktop and right click on the FS-9 incon before you start FS. Go to 'Properties/Compatability'. There you will see an option to "Run this program in compatibility mode for" and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 2). Tick your check mark for this, then go to the "Disable desktop composition" and tick it as well. The second is for another problem that I saw reported but if you ever want to use FSUIPC, it will have to be ticked (from what I understand). Try it.... I think you will like it.... I do....Going flying.....bye...Al