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I really hope so:-)

Confession time...I remembered that a couple of months ago I was experimenting with an app that utilised Google Earth maps in place of Bing Maps - it temporarily placed the following in Windows Host file: 127.0.0.1 kh.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net 127.0.0.1 khstorelive.azureedge.net Supposedly these lines are supposed to be deleted when the program exits, but in my case they remained, hence the problems I'd been experiencing connecting to Bing. I have since deleted the lines and successfully flown 2 different flights without problem and with graphics set to High with good frame rates - and on my cheap graphics card too. My fault entirely, not MSFS. Apologies to all, and thanks again for all the help offered!

Thank you - that last one (DNS settings) is a thought. Edit: set to Cloud flare - immediately loading FS got the warning about connection dropped - then reconnected - then that photogrammetry would be disabled because of low bandwidth. Thanks anyway.

Aha, well thank you all. I won't panic right away. I will see how things pan out for a week or two.

That's something to consider Noel, maybe a project for the new year - thanks. Just tried another restart of FS and the flight began alright - but 2 minutes in I was told that I was disconnected - that data would be turned off - then promptly the green "Reconnected" sign came on. It seems to go round and round in an endless loop of disconnecting / reconnecting. Madness!

I am just too old to face reinstalling Windows 10. If you asked me to reinstall Windows 3.1 or 95, then I'd have bitten the bullet - but there is so much I have on this system that is fine tuned (passwords / keys, etc) that were I to reinstall my ageing mind wouldn't cope. I have recent disk images stored just in case of a Windows failure. It might well solve the problem, but I have read of one or two cases where people reinstalled everything only to find they were back in the same boat.

Thanks Noel and March Hare - I will do so. As it happens during the past month when I was unable to fly (because of the freezing at 70% launching a flight) - the "turn off photogrammetry because bandwidth is insufficient " came up almost every time. Strangely, prior to the 'freezing' issue - I had 2 weeks flying with not one 'bandwidth' issue. My guess is that the present problem is due to some update in past month.

Never had a cap. TalkTalk Unlimited. Ookla reports ping of 9ms speed of 78mb per sec, and excellent stability, virtually no latency and zero jitter. This has to be a Microsoft / Steam error (unless I have some silly setting somewhere:-) Edit: Just experienced my first ever CTD. And last night I thought I was back to normal:-(

Here we go again - this is no good; just like using FSX 8 years ago with dire scenery. I don't think this new MSFS2020 and me are going to get along at all. I am using NordVPN - and which is renowned for gaming. I have tried different servers on there, and disabled it so that I have a direct non-VPN connection. Neither work. Within the sim I have tried all the servers on offer and set to auto too. Within Options>Data I have tried all the different options (limited / unlimited data setting as well as setting limited amount of data transfer). Every time I load a flight I end up with the message " your bandwidth is too low for data streaming, you have been switched to offline mode " Edit: whilst flying I get green notification saying "Connected" - then shortly after the " your bandwidth is too low for data streaming, you have been switched to offline mode "...this goes on an on in a loop. My connection is super stable - no other applications have trouble at all with dropped or poor connections. I don't stream TV anywhere in the house, and no other application is using resources. This month I have managed fewer than 10 minutes flying and probably several days downloading and trouble-shooting. Again, any suggestions welcome.

Yes, I will hold off Windows 11 for as long as possible. So I have my graphics settings set to middle performance all going well, BUT... whenever I launch a flight just before I launch I get the message that my bandwidth is too low for live streaming and it has been set to OFF. I have changed servers and still get the message. My internet connection is Fibre optic 78mb per sec - and running just fine. Any thoughts on this one?

Thanks - one other thing I noticed was that on the C drive I found a very old rolling cache folder deep within c:/users etc from a previous installation and deleted it. This software is a minefield of housekeeping! Let's hope my luck stays with me and loading up tomorrow is all okay!

Congratulations! You have cracked it - unbelievable to see a plane sitting on the runway with propeller rotating. I can't thank you enough and owe you a beer or two. Thanks also for everyone else who has chipped in over the weeks and put up with me;-)

Much appreciated March Hare. I will consider doing as you advise and report back some time in the coming days - can't afford a spare SSD - but might be able to make room on the main one for now.

Thanks for the tip - still waiting for Windows 11 to be offered...

Yes I have tried setting both a defined page file and system managed page file. I have also tried no page file - now back to system managed. Windows is on a 250gb SSD, fs on a 4TB black WD drive