My variant of this problem appears already in the 2D UI - more or less. I get a hang even when I change aircraft (which is, of course, a 3D display). So far I've tried the following:New sound drivers (doubt that was at all necessary, but who knows)Moving GameuxInstallHelper.dllSetting Autogen and Scenery Density to Normal (down from Dense)Installing FSX outside of Program Files (x86) - I'm using Win7 64 - and giving me, the User, all manners of rights and explicitly setting ownership to me through the properties dialog (Security and General tabs; also unset Read only)This appears to have solved the problem for me, though I still get a brief hesitation at aircraft switch. I have flown all of 20 minutes with this fix, so I will probably have to get back to you with a more reliable report.[Edit] I should probably also add that I have no payware add ons - texture mods, aircraft up the wazoo, approaching 20 Gb of add on scenery, but no user install of FSUIPC, PMDG, UT, whatever. No one substantial mod, except Aimée Leclerc's (sp?) work.[Edit AGAIN] Uh-huh - and specs:Win7 64FSX Acceleration/SP2Core i7 860 (I think - the one pulling 2.93 GHz at stock speeds)4 Gb RAMRadeon HD 6850ASUS Xonar D2/PMSaitek X52 (HOTAS mouse FUBAR)