JohnnyVegas

Thanks, gents. Got it squared away by saving panel state with beacon lights on. Then it shows in Flight Keeper beacon lights on before starting engines. It amazes me how even if I change liveries from day to day, it still remembers this setting.

How can I start MS FSX using 737NGX's anti-collision lights on at startup? Without doing a cold and dark setup, of course. I keep getting dinged on my flight critique from FS Flight Keeper for starting engines with beacon lights off.

I'd like PMDG to make Airbus A380.

I came accross this...North Atlantic terrain for SFX..includes Iceland, Greenland, and Faroes.http://www.fsgenesis.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NATLDEM-X&Category_Code=

Last Saturday I reformatted my hard drive to original factory specs, defraggged it, and reinstalled all my flight sim software in a nice orderly fashion (first saving all my MegaScenery files to USB flashdrive). Finished in time to spend Sunday watching NFL playoffs. Happy to spend more time flying now and less time troubleshooting.

Thanks again jahman. My mistake, I don't have the Gold Deluxe FSX. I have the Deluxe FSX and the cover has some gold coloring but it's not the same cover as your link, so it does not have the Acceleration. Anyway I changed my settings in IE but I think Microsoft support is closed at this hour (22:00). I'l try tomorrow again.

Jahman,I do have the gold Deluxe FSX, bought it awhile back when it first came out. Trying to install it on a newer computer with no luck. Still hangs on the opening splash screen. Does anyone know if Microsoft still supports FSX? I've been trying to contact them for support through fsinsider.com and cannot connect. It asks me if I want to download Active X and then when I click Yes I get a message that Microsoft IE is blocking it and the popup window does not have an option to allow it.

Thanks for your speedy reply Jim. I'm afraid I'm going to have to start all over again today. After I reinstalled FSX I did not restart it. I immediately installed SP1 and SP2 from a CaptainSim 757 disk that includes them both. I have a Registry Mechanic on another PC that lets me install it on 3 computers, so I have installed it on the PC with FSX. Hope it works this time after doing a registry clean. Dreading the thought of reformatting the hard drive with all my addon scenery and aircraft. That will be my last recourse. I'm kinda new to config files, I only know to type MSCONFIG in the Start window. I'm going to take a look at that now. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks again!

I've been running Microsoft FSX on a Windows Vista 64-bit PC for a few months with no problems until today. Suddenly when I try to start FSX it goes to the opening splash screen and then just sits there forever with the little wheel going around. Yesterday I ran it for over 4 hours with no problems. The only thing new I've installed lately is CoPilot Pro. I tried uninstalling it, but FSX still won't start. I tried System Restore, still no help. Uninstalled and reinstalled FSX and SP1 and SP2, still no go! Any suggestions?