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From Minnesota Public Radio News site: ‘Red Tail’ P-51 damaged in landing incident: http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2016/02/red-tail-p-51-damaged-in-landing-incident/jrocky

Daniel, If you retained a copy of the email with serial number of products you purchased there should be links in the email to download the product again. If you do not have the email then you will need to contact Bill Rambow: maam-sim@maam.org jrocky

You can have a Windows 7 type start menu using Start8, can switch back and forth between desktop views. However there is a charge of $4.99 USD for the Start8 interface: http://www.stardock....roducts/start8/

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Downloaded the free version the other day. Flew the first flight as that allows one to get into the other planes and areas. So far the issue I have is my CH Flight Sim yoke controler. Still trying to modify the default settings of what the game offers. Seems there should be a little more options as the throtle lever control only has one setting "Y axsis" for either idle or full throtle.

Iain,Might check Windows 7 forums for answers: http://www.sevenforums.com/jrocky

HI Iain,I can view the main C: on both computers. What allowed me to view on both was to right click on the main C: and then under Advanced Sharing checked the box 'share this folder', then clicked the Permissions button, The 'Everyone' was there under Group or user names, highlighted Everyone and checked the boxes Full Control, Change and Read then clicked OK. Sometimes you might get a warning message that you can't share certain files or folders but after closing all the open windows I used for Advanced Sharing the drives were there?Also sometimes had to "take ownership" of the folders I wanted to share. I have the utility Ultimate Windows Tweaker from Microsoft for Windows 7 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultimate-windows-tweaker-v2-a-tweak-ui-for-windows-7-vista and one of the settings has "take ownership." One other tweak I liked was the ability to hide the arrows on the shortcut icons on the desktop. That was previously offered under Windows XP Ultimate Tweaker utility.

Found on Microsoft Tech net post this morning, Mouse without Borders: http://blogs.technet...ut-borders.aspx

When closing a flight from any of the Briefing Time paint jobs and using end flight button in FSX the FSX screen moves to the bottom right of the screen and unable to close FSX unless using Task Manger, End Task. Installed the FSX Basic Compatibility Update also. After using Task Manager, End Task, Windows looks for a problem and reopens FSX and can close FSX normally. OS Windows 7 64 professional. No other aircraft causes this issue when closing a flight.

No need to install drivers before replacing mobo. The new mobo usually come with a disc that contains the needed drivers. If the drivers are signed by Microsoft the drivers may install upon installation of Windows.jrocky

Bruce,Click the folder icon with the blue 'clip' on the left side of the task bar. Then scroll down to 'C' for instance. Highlight 'C' then right click, on the new menu there should be 'New' then hover your mouse pointer and then slide mouse pointer over to 'Folder'.jrocky

Jim,Kleenex or other tissue is not a great way to clean CD or DVD disks or monitor screens. Use a damp lint free cloth such as a old T-shirt and then dry with same type cloth. If grease is on the disk wash the disk in a few drops of dish detergent and water with lint free cloth and dry with same.

"Dual Core, Win 7 and FS9 How to control core use?" Might take a look at Multicore Environment or Multicore Environment Advanced: http://fsps.737ng.gr/Software.htmlLow cost payware.jrocky

Installed Internet Explorer 9 beta :(, what a mistake! One issue was that when viewing the Kneeboard in FSX the window was blank. Pressing any of the buttons like Keys configuration rendered no text display. Also some of the graphics appeared washed out. Luckily was able to return back to IE8. FSX seems to be back to normal. :( Understand that IE8 beta had similar issues which were fixed later. Use Internet Explorer rarely, I have been using Mozilla browsers for quite a few years as my default browser. :(

End of support is for those who have NOT updated to the most recent service packs - SP 3 for Windows XP is the most recent. Have read that Windows XP will be supported until 2014. Not sure about how long VISTA will be supported. View the above link provided by the originator of this post.

I removed Adobe Air could see no use for having it. There were issues with Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader, those have been updated to solve issues.

Acceleration adds some enhancement features. Flight Sim X-Gold is the package that has Acceleration with SP1 and SP2 included. The SP2 that comes with Flight Sim X-Gold is a later edition, so you would overwrite the SP2 you downloaded or delete SP2 before installing Flight Sim X-Gold. Microsoft is currently making more copies of FSX for retail. Might check Amazon.com for Flight Sim X-Gold, there are some new editions available at the store.

Bruce,If you installed Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate there is a optional update for installing Windows XP on a Virtural PC: Windows XP Virtual PC install Tried the Virtual PC, however was not able to run the sound card as a Windows XP device as the drivers were updated for Windows 7 64 bit that were installed.

Clutch,Yes Windows 7 is quite different from Windows XP. Somewhat like Windows Vista which I never purchased. You mention "Quickstart". Windows 7 has what is called a "Jump list" and those are at the top of all program listings when clicking the Start button. Also can send programs to the desktop as a Shortcut by right clicking the program in the Start menu then select Send To, click Desktop (Create shortcut). Once the icon is on the Desktop you can drag it to the taskbar and select "Pin to Taskbar" where it will remain on the left side of the Taskbar. Not sure about creating a folder as a icon and then using pin to taskbar option, maybe that would work too??jrocky

Dave,See Opa's post on installing FS9 and FSX in Windows 7: FS9 and FSX installThough Opa's relates to Home Premium the same procedure should also work for any Windows 7 installs. Jrocky

Dave,Try this. Download Ultimate Windows Tweaker: Ultimate Windows Tweaker Once installed, Navigate to 'Additional Tweaks', under Useful Context menu for Drives and Folders, select and place check in Show "Take Ownership" also check Show "Take Ownership under Files only". Then close Ultimate Window Tweaker, navigate to where FS9 was installed by viewing the folder from Computer/C:Users/ ....ect. Right click on the folder, on the menu select 'Take Ownership'. Once you take ownership right click on the folder itself, then Properties, Security tab, Advanced button, Permissions tab. If Deny is showing for any user, click Change Permissions button. Then highlight the Denied user and right click, then click Edit tab, place check mark in the Allow boxes (all boxes checked), Apply button then Click OK on all those open views. Another reason I use Ultimate Windows Tweaker is to remove those stupid shortcut arrows on desktop icons that were created when placing the shortcut icon on the desktop. There are some other tweaks, view and check any that might apply. My FS9 is in C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Games and I did not have any problems running FS9 first time.Note: Do A System Restore Point before doing the above. jrocky

Possibly the Windows 7 ISO file you downloaded from Microsoft was a Release Candidate? The Release Candidate expires June 1, 2010 and users running the current RC will experience shut down every two hours Starting March 1, 2010. You will need to purchase Windows 7 from Microsoft or a commercial retailer. Windows 7 Release Candidate

When pressing Esc, when wanting to exit flight the screen freezes and the screen that should show 'do you want to quit FSX' menu moves to the lower right corner of the screen, and no selection button to quit FSX shows, just the outline of menu screen shows. Need to start Task Manager and then select End Task. Then a message dialog, 'there has been a fatal error in FSX, searching for a solution'. No other message dialog appears after searching for solution, then the FSX menu screen loads and then can quit from there. All other planes in FSX work and no screen freeze or other errors quitting FSX. I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Installed the FSX patch for B-25 'Briefing Time' and moved folder as documented. As a note for those programs that were built with 32 bit Windows, those on 64 bit Windows now are located in C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Boaz,I have been using Microsoft Security Essentials since install of Windows 7, it is free and works in the background. Microsoft Security Essentials