WilliamB

I first tried updating the Windows Live Client (which was no longer on my computer) using the URL that Novawing24 provided as my original MS Live account is still active. I am pleased to say that it worked like a charm. I was able to access the MS Flight program and all my DLC. This was not possible last year when KavindaJD assisted me in accessing my DLC. I downloaded everything last night and all seems to be working well. I was asked if I wanted to update my profile which I did but it did not seem to work as I appear to have a new installation requiring me to go through all training for access. I may try Airwayman's suggestion. As I enjoy the program I may just start again from the beginning. I have not tried the toolkit or any of its features. Do you all think I should take advantage of the toolkit? Also will the original aerocaches be available in this new install? My Sincere thanks for your responses and assistance. WilliamB

Just about 1 year ago I got help from this forum, KavindaJD and others) on getting my DLC from Microsoft Live. I have been enjoying the program ever since. I now have another problem. I experienced a sata connector failure on my motherboard. My C: drive was connected to the failed port and access to all hard drives was corrupted. I now have a new computer with new windows 7 installed on a new SSD drive and am in the process of restoring all my Flight Sim programs. Is the Microsoft flight program available anywhere? Absent that, none of the data on my original harddisk was corrupted by the failure and that hard drive (F:) is in my new system. Is there any way to retrieve Microsoft Flight from and and put it on my new drive? Any thoughts or help restoring Microsoft Flight on my new system would be appreciated. WilliamB

Familyman, Sorry for my long winded response before. I talked to Asrock about recovery. Since my motherboard failed I was trying to recover using an image made from my old motherboard. Asrock said disk images can only be recovered on the motherboard on which the image was made. Your idea of booting from the recovery CD and putting the new image on different hard drive in the same computer might work. Your recovered disk would be the boot disk. WilliamB

FamilyMan-I have another computer for investment tracking, email, internet searching,etc. It has a one TB hard drive and a TB external hard drive for backup. I have Acronis on it as well (version 2014). I have used Acronis full disk image twice on this computer and it worked well. I used an Acronis CD recovery disk both times to completely recover hard drive. I have created a disk image with windows 7 but have not yet recovered with it. The Acronis recovery software worked well both times. The documentation is a little confusing (so many options incremental backups, full backups, and such. I have just used full disk images because it is easy to understand. As for the failure of Acronis to work on my FSX computer, I don't think think it was a software problem. I believe the software on the Acronis recovery disk could not read the drive to restore the disk image. Any problem that requires complete recovery of you system is scary. But as you know if it can happen it will happen. I too worry that my image will for some reason not work. For this reason I make two full disk images and check "validate" in the Acronis options. Normally a recovery disk will work but in my case it did not. N4gix- Thanks for that bit of information. I think I have seen you make this point in other discussions on the topic. I don't know what memory hooks are or what software uses them. I have done enough with computers to know they are not intuitive--you either know how to fix or you don't. I do like the idea of a clean install and that may influence my decision. WilliamB

I was very happy with my original install. Never really had any problems out of memory or otherwise. The failure was really a motherboard failure-the Sata connector failed (came loose from the board as I was booting- could have come loose during installation of new CPU cooler-discovered after the fact). It happened to be connected to the SSD drive with operating system and programs. I thought it might have "fried my SSD drive" but it did not. It did however corrupt my operating system to the extent that it could not identify drives. I had a disk image but the Acronis recovery software could not find where to reinstall. I now have new motherboard with new windows 7 on SSD drive. I am not confident in the performance improvements with SE as there are so many different configurations for reported improvements. I do read (In PC Pilot mag.) that Dovetail Games will be bringing out updates to FSX SE this fall. What the updates might be is unknown. As I look at the total list of programs I have I don't think checking compatibility for it all is possible. It is a daunting to consider reinstallation of FSX and all my software. I am fortunate in that I bought CD's for all my software when possible. One thing is certain I will have to make a decision on which way to go soon. Am leaning toward FSX at this point. Thanks for each of your thoughts! WilliamB

I have experienced a hard drive failure with much invested in FSX MS installation: Orbx scenery, North America and 6 regions, 20 airports, FS Global Ultimate, FS Global Vector, PMDG 737, A2A simulations supercup, Boeing 377, Ants T28, Aerosoft DHC2 Beaver, Bronco, Anchorage Airport, PBY Catalina, Lionheart Creatons Quest, Flight Replicas Supercub, Coranado 185, and more. I am concerned with compatability issues with all I have invested. However, from what I read FSX SE and secondary providers are solving compatablity issues particularly with clean installations. Future improvements in FSX software by Dovetail Games does interest me. My questions is: faced with reinstalling FSX is it the time to switch to FSX SE? Any help you can give me for this decision would be appreciated.

KavindaJD and Waterman981, Thanks for your help. I did not have miniweb.exe in the miniweb folder as result of how I set it up from the zip file. Once I added miniweb.exe to the miniweb folder I was able to access my DLC. I now realize that neither Microsoft nor Xbox care about those who continue to want access to their DLC content for MS Flight. Thanks again to you KavindaJD and StudentAdler97 before for your efforts to keep MS Flight going! WilliamB

KavindaJD, Followed your instructions on how to access MS Flight DLC. Was not successful. Deleted GFWL Live from Control Panel. Deleted GFWLive. Folder for GFWLive was C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\GFWLive. Backed up XLiveServices.dll and downloaded your XLiveServices.dll into GFWL install directory C:\programfiles(x86)\Microsoft Games for Windows-Live\Client. Downloaded "Miniweb" extracted into C:\Miniweb. Downloaded your modified config.xml file into C:\Miniweb\Htdocs. Opened cmd prompt entered cd C:\Miniweb. Entered miniweb -p 80. cmd prompt did not recognize it as command. Have you got any thoughts on what may be wrong or what I have done wrong? For you interest my virus software did not like the site containing the XLServices.dll. I had to turn the virus software off to get the .dll. I am running 64bit Windows 7. I am working from an Administrator account but right click on CMD did not bring up "run as administrator option. I may have to get the toolkit but wanted to try your fix first. Thanks WilliamB

Waterman981, I had a suspicion it might be with Microsoft as my connection had worked until recently. Glad they are still considering those that are playing/committed to MS Flight. I have just got into some of the missions and find it quite enjoyable. Thanks. Guess I will have to be patient and maybe like you I will be able to get on if I keep trying. WilliamB

KavindaJD and Kabronicus, I am responding here because you helped me this topic in July. As I am still a "newbe" when it comes to Forum use I apologize in advance, if this is not proper way to handle. In July I updated my GFWL-Client as per your instructions and was able to access my MSFlight DLC. Yesterday I tried to access my DLC and got this error "Client must point to the same Windows Live ID environment as the Windows Live ID Asst. Service" . I deleted and reloaded GFWL-Client version 3.5.67.0. On access I still get the above error message. I am able to access my Windows Live Account through Xbox sign in page but find no access to MSFlight DLC. Need help. Would like to download some of my content as am enjoying MSFlight very much. Thanks WilliamB KavindaJD and Kabronicus, I noticed that the gfwlivesetup.exe that I download shows version 3.4.26.0 when I execute it the Games for Windows Marketplace shown in my list of programs file is 3.5.67.0. Could this be problem? WilliamB

Kabronicus, Thanks very much. Did as you suggested and accessed my account with all my DLCs. I must have downloaded the Windows Live Client and installed it 5 times with no success. The key was uninstalling the version already on my Computer and then installing the Client software. Again can not thank you enough! WilliamB

KavindaJD Thanks for your response. Yes I am running Games for Windows Live. This program comes up and is how I log onto MS Flight. On left side of GFWL there are several choices one of which is "my downloads". When I click I get flag that says Connecting to GFWL - Client. It runs for few seconds and stops. I have done two things. Made sure my security protection allows my computer to log onto Windows Live and redownloaded the Games for Windows Live-Client software. Still am unable to reach the DLC's I purchased, Alaska, Hawaii, and several aircraft. Also I spent several hours today talking to Windows support from Costa Rica, Manilla, and India. To no avail. Any thoughts-help you can offer will be appreciated. WilliamB KavindaJD, Failed to answer your question. I searched for folder called "Microsoft Games for Windows Live" in my MS Flight Directory and searched for it my start menu. Either I am not searching correctly or I don't have it on my computer. WilliamB If it had been a snake it would have bit me!. I found program on my "All Programs" list. I am embarrassed to say I didn't know what you meant at first. When I run it I get a flag that says "Connection Error. WilliamB

Thanks for your info., stonelance. I am not familiar with acronym DLC. When I connect to "Live" I no can no longer access the listing of all my purchases. I get some kind of error message. Do you know how to access prior purchases? Also, after crash on my other computer lost MS Flight. I downloaded MS Flight again. I am unable to download (or don't know how) any of my purchases to that machine, either. While I use FSX primarily, I enjoy MS Flight (particularly Alaska) and would like to keep as much of it going as possible. William B.

I downloaded MS Flight shortly after it was released. Downloaded (purchased Alaska and several planes). When I start the program it goes through the login page of Microsoft live. My account is still active but no more ms flight products. Reading your forum it looks Microsoft live servers for msflight are going to be shut down. Will effectly keep me from using the software I have? Is there any way to start/operate the program without logging into Microsoft live? Thanks for any help anyone may have.

Thank you Ray. I thought that was probably the case.