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Hello Nigel, I live in the UK and have been 'into' MS Flight Simulator from the 'year dot' - after many years with FSX, I still need to tweak and optimise regularly, particularly after a major installation or updating video drivers. And, it can be frustrating! One day it runs beautifully and the next it suffers from stutters and artifacts! If we are close, maybe we can meet up and I will assist - no charge, as our politicians say, 'we are in it together'!! There are lots of extremely knowledgable people visit this website, and it is likely you will gets lots of advice - some contradictory! My advice, based upon your PC spec is: a. Avoid overclocking - only in extremis b. Has FSX ever worked okay after installation - if yes, what did you then do? c. Install it away from Program Files, i.e. C:\FSX d. Avoid having lots of additional applications running at the same time e. Keep drivers up-to-date f. Disable Anti-virus during FSX g. Keep monitor at native resolution and refresh rate h. Initially, keep to one monitor i. Put sliders in FSX to midpoint - even with lots of RAM, you will get problems with FSX running out of memory, particularly with complex aircraft, scenery and weather programmes - once you have it running, play around with sliders to get an effect/quality that works for you. j. There has been quite a few comments from users regarding Win 8.1 - research whether Win 10 might be better - I will stick with Win 7 64 bit until I hear very positive comments regarding Win 10 - remember, FSX is now rather old!! I can add more to the above, but I will need a bit more specific information about your FSX installation and whether you ever had it running okay. Bill.

Now that the vale of beta testing is over, I can comment like Paul and tell you that this is a lovely aircraft and is a quality addon. With my mid-range system, I get great FPS and it fly's like a dream. Excellent over all system modelling that really captures the era and the character of the Canberra, and particularly the PR9. It was over-powered and pilots had to be careful not to exceed VNE and overstress the airframe; when at light weights, it gave a very impressive display which can re-produced with this model! Watch for the Canberra idiosyncrasies - powerful engines, widely spaced resulting in demanding handling if carrying out a single engine approach with a small component of cross wind! If you don't love it, I will my hat! Cheers, Bill.

Sawydz, thanks, third install with no services disabled did the trick! Cheers, Bill

Hi,I raised a ticket but so far, I have not had a response - but I appreciate you have been busy and I am enjoying the 737NGX a great deal; outstanding product by the way!My problem - house suffered a severe power surge which damaged my PC and external hard-drive. I have got a new one and have re-installed FSX (plus Acceleration) and the J41, but I was not prompted to activate the product. When I load it up, have no cockpit instrumentation. How can I fix this, how do activate it?Thanks in anticipation,Bill.Sorry, full name William Moffat, bought using another email, happy to supply details ipb.global.registerReputation( 'rep_post_2056189', { domLikeStripId: 'like_post_2056189', app: 'forums', type: 'pid', typeid: '2056189' }, parseInt('') );

Hi, I raised a ticket but so far, I have not had a response - but I appreciate you have been busy and I am enjoying the 737NGX a great deal; outstanding product by the way! My problem - house suffered a severe power surge which damaged my PC and external hard-drive. I have got a new one and have re-installed FSX (plus Acceleration) and the J41, but I was not prompted to activate the product. When I load it up, have no cockpit instrumentation. How can I fix this, how do activate it? Thanks in anticipation, Bill.Sorry, full name William Moffat, bought using another email, happy to supply details