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Here are my system specs if it helps at allProcessorModel : Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHzSpeed : 2.67GHzCores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)Type : Quad-CoreIntegrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line sizeL2 Cache : 2x 2MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharingComputerMainboard : Asus P5E3 PROBIOS : AMI 0505 11/06/2009Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB i2c/SMBusMulti-Processor (MP) Support : NoMulti-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : YesTotal Memory : 4GB DIMM DDR3ChipsetModel : ASUS X48 Processor to I/O ControllerFront Side Bus Speed : 4x 333MHz (1.33GHz)Total Memory : 4GB DIMM DDR3Channels : 2Memory Bus Speed : 2x 666MHz (1.33GHz)Memory Module(s)Memory Module : A-Data DDR3 1600G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)Memory Module : A-Data DDR3 1600G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)Video SystemVideo Adapter : 2x ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series (1440 SM5.0 725MHz, 2GB DDR5 4GHz 256-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)Graphics ProcessorOpenCL Processor : ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series (1440SP 18C 725MHz, 1GB DDR5 4GHz 256-bit)OpenCL Processor : ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series (1440SP 18C 725MHz, 1GB DDR5 4GHz 256-bit)Compute Shader Processor : 2x ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series (1440SP 725MHz, 2GB DDR5 4GHz 256-bit)STREAM Processor : ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series (1440SP 18C 725MHz, 1GB DDR5 4GHz 256-bit)STREAM Processor : ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series (1440SP 18C 725MHz, 1GB DDR5 4GHz 256-bit)Storage DevicesWDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1 (1.5TB, SATA300, 3.5") : 1TB (H:)SAMSUNG HD080HJ/P (80GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 8MB Cache) : 75GB (C:)TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (F:)SXIJED OD27SHM7W (SCSI, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD+-R-DL, CD-R) : N/A (K:)SXIJED OD27SHM7W (SCSI, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD+-R-DL, CD-R) : N/A (E:)Logical Storage DevicesNew Volume (H:) : 1TB (NTFS) @ WDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1 (1.5TB, SATA300, 3.5")Hard Disk (C:) : 74GB (NTFS) @ SAMSUNG HD080HJ/P (80GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 8MB Cache)Optical Drive (F:) : N/A @ TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)Optical Drive (K:) : N/A @ SXIJED OD27SHM7W (SCSI, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD+-R-DL, CD-R)Optical Drive (E:) : N/A @ SXIJED OD27SHM7W (SCSI, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD+-R-DL, CD-R)PeripheralsLPC Hub Controller 1 : ASUS (ICH9) LPC Interface ControllerLPC Legacy Controller 1 : Winbond W83627DHGAudio Device : ASUS (ICH9) HD Audio ControllerAudio Codec : Realtek Semi 888 High Definition AudioAudio Device : ATI (AMD) Cypress HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5800 Series]Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) HDMI AudioSerial Port(s) : 1Disk Controller : ASUS (ICH9) 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1Disk Controller : ASUS (ICH9) 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2Disk Controller : ASUS 6121 RAID ControllerUSB Controller 1 : ASUS (ICH9) USB Universal Host ControllerUSB Controller 2 : ASUS (ICH9) USB Universal Host ControllerUSB Controller 3 : ASUS (ICH9) USB Universal Host ControllerUSB Controller 4 : ASUS (ICH9) USB2 Enhanced Host ControllerUSB Controller 5 : ASUS (ICH9) USB Universal Host ControllerUSB Controller 6 : ASUS (ICH9) USB Universal Host ControllerUSB Controller 7 : ASUS (ICH9) USB Universal Host ControllerUSB Controller 8 : ASUS (ICH9) USB2 Enhanced Host ControllerSMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBusPrinters and FaxesPrinter : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)Printer : HP PSC 1500 series (1200x1200, USB, Colour)Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)Printer : Bullzip PDF Printer (4000x4000, Colour)Network ServicesNetwork Adapter : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Ethernet)Network Adapter : Anchorfree HSS Adapter (Ethernet)Wireless Adapter : 802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card (802.11n (HT), AES-CCMP, 300Mbps)Power ManagementMains (AC) Line Status : On-LineOperating SystemWindows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Business 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)Platform Compliance : x64Windows Experience IndexCurrent System : 5.3Performance Enhancing TipsTip 2546 : Large memory modules should be ECC/Parity.Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

I am using Windows 7, 64 bit, and just recently installed the 12.2 AMD drivers. Before the drivers, the game wouldn't start for love or money, IE black screen of death. Now, at least the game runs for a bit, before crashing. Thanks for the email, I'll do that as soon as possible and see what suggestions they have.

I finally got the game running on my desktop, and was so happy. I than try to sign in, and see that an update is required, I thought well this can't be that bad. Well, I applied the update, restarted my computer, and now the PC crashes at the screen where it says to press any button. I thought maybe it was a one time occurrence, restarted my PC, and the game than crashed at the xbox live sign in area. The game freezes and the audio is stuck at the same time, my error before was that I was getting the black screen of death. Now I can start the game, but the game freezes within a seconds of starting. So, any help/tips would be much appreciated.

I have tried every method I could think of to install Microsoft Flight and still get the black screen of death no matter what. I have tried direct install via the website, I have tried installing through the marketplace, and I have even tried downloading the zip file, extracting it and running the setup.exe. I get no errors when extracting the file, and setup runs fine it seems. But whenever I try starting the game, I get the splash screen in windowed mode, than the game goes full screen and everything freezes. Pressing the space bar doesn't do anything either. My keyboard doesn't work either, caps, num key etc, the whole pc is frozen requiring a hard reset. I am trying to run Flight on a quad core 64bit windows.Any help/tips would be much appreciated.

I took your advice, unzipped the downloaded file and than proceeded to install. I now get to the welcome splash screen and the game freezes, a little further than last time, but still have to reboot pc.

I am currently having problems installing Microsoft Flight. I install the program, and the intro screen pops up, than I go into full screen and all I get is a black screen and everything is frozen. Ctrl-alt delete, windows key, alt tab, nothing works, and I have to do reset.I have installed this program successfully on a laptop of mine, but as you can imagine, the graphics are all low. The problem arises when I try installing on my desktop. I get these two error codes during installation, windows has a problem with Visual C++ 2008, 2010 vcredit x86.exe. I have reinstalled both of these programs and have tried multiple installs of Microsoft flight to no avail. Any help with this problem would be much appreciated.