Tregarth

I have just migrated to Win10 from Win7. I am using FSX Gold so I have both SP1 and 2 installed and running properly. FSX is still installed on my C Drive but when I started it up I saw the usual FSX start screen and then a message saying something about "Simconnect does not run for more than 50 seconds......." It then closes. I have tried the old "rename FSX.cfg and restart FSX" trick, but when I did this I saw a host of messages saying do I want to install FSUIPC, FSRecorder" etc When I try to run FSX again I see the screen for about 5-10 seconds and then it goes black. If I use CTRL+ALT+DEL I see task manager, I click on "Cancel" and see the FSX cockpit screen for a few seconds and then it goes black again. Is this a Simconnect issue, and if so how can I sort it out? I have never seen any reference to Simconnect previously when using FSX with Win 7. Thank you.

I a new to Scenery Config Editor. I saw this post and tried the links in DropBox but they have been deleted. Are there replacement links available, please? Thank you, Tregath

What would be really helpful would be a short explanation of how to install freeware add-ons into Steam. Aircraft are not too difficult but I would like to add Scenery as well. I am using Win 7 and have memories of having to click in the blank area in the Scenery window to make add-on freeware scenery install. Does Steam require a similar "trick"? I have FSX SE on one of my old PC's and must say the performance is good. Thank you Tregarth

This FSX/P3D discussion has become academic. I have recently looked at the Just Flght shop and see that FSX DVD version has become Discontinued. If you look on E-bay you will see FSX DVD's for sale for UKP +100. So I think that closes the topic. Tregarth

This is good news, thank you. At what time will the broadcast be made? US time, UK time? Thanks.

I think a podcast would be appreciated. The date and time of the meeting clashes with the annual Flight Sim Convention being held on 19th and 20th May in the Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare, England..

I tried to edit the FSUIPC4.DLL file but couldn't find a programme to open it; neither WordPad nor Notepad in Win 7 worked. So I renamed FSUIPC4.dll to ZZFSUIPC4.dll.No more AddOns on the top menu bar.

Can anyone please help with the file location quoted here? C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc I am trying to install AICarriers in a Win7 machine and cannot make it work for love nor money. I have looked for "Drivers" in Win 7 and found the folder contains 285 items!. (Pick a file, any file).If any one can offer help I would be very grateful. GypsyBaron has very kindly been suggesting changes to the FSX "EXE.XML" but so far no success. The AI Carrier file does not appear in Add-ons on the menu bar so I can't use the carriers in AI Carriers.Thank you,Tregarth