| Going to try Win 7 |
Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend  | Date 08-29-11 17:05 |
My son is staying with me after getting out of The Army and has an unused PC with Win 7-64 bit on it (he's a laptop kind of guy). NO, I'm
not abandoning my old faithful XP. My intention is to try to replicate some of the Win 7 problems that we keep reading about with FSP. I'll
be doing the installs of FS9, FSX, and FSP for both as if I was a newbie and didn't already know some of the tricks. Everything will be
default, we'll try addons later. May the force be with me.
If it's stupid, but it works, it isn't stupid.
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Author: Joeflyer 7790 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-29-11 20:45 |
Good luck there, Com padre. I've had Win 7 a short time already and have not had any issues with FsPX at all but it doesn't mean that I couldn't have
issues with it later on. Some experience issues with it right away and others seem to have problems with it after some months or longer. The only
program I have had issues with installing was the Flight1 ATR. I finally got it to install after entering Win7 in the safe mode. Strange, huh? But,
that's the only way it would install on my system.
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Author: poden 1580 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-29-11 21:12 |
Yeah, good luck! 
Looks like I'm set to just keep chugging with XP for some time still. My machine dates from '05.
300,000 km/sec. Its not just a good idea, its the law.
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Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-29-11 23:59 |
Thanks guys
I just this minute left clicked "By clicking next you will lose all data". What a feeling of POWER.
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Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-30-11 03:08 |
So far I don't like this stupid thing.
If it's stupid, but it works, it isn't stupid.
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Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-30-11 17:43 |
Okey Doecky then. With XP everything is black or white, yes or no. With 7 it feals like Spoks mother asking him what he feels like. It's all
mushy. Today I'm done with all Windows updates.
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Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-30-11 22:39 |
This is stupid. I have a naked Win 7-64 computer with ALL microsoft updates, only FS9 and FSP demo are on it and yet it always goes to
a black screen when I try to put in the code. It's no wonder people are pissed off. Hell, I have everything on my computer and this
little experiment has put my diapers in a bunch. More later after three shots of Jack, I'm just pissed off now.
If it's stupid, but it works, it isn't stupid.
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Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-30-11 23:35 |
Okay, I quit, this is B S. No wonder we are hearing all these complaints when it comes to Win 7. Dan!!!!!!! If you are out there, work this problem.
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Author: Joeflyer 7790 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-31-11 05:08 |
Did ya try the ol windowed mode instead? ALT plus ENTER? Maybe that will get you to a clear screen, soldier.
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Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-31-11 12:45 |
Okay, that worked. I'll just have to get used to this new screen thingy. All these years I have flown with a clean screen, now this. Oh, the
shame! 
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Author: Joeflyer 7790 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-31-11 15:51 |
You may not have to do the windowed mode all of the time. I'm wondering what type of video card you have and if drivers are up to date.
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Author: poden 1580 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-31-11 16:58 |
Unlike Spock, I assume you don't "feel fine."
Thanks for all the reporting, and best of success with overcoming all the problems
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Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-31-11 22:56 |
Got a good deal on a GTS 450 today. Install manyana followed by test flight. Still getting used to the quirks of 7.
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Author: Joeflyer 7790 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 09-01-11 15:42 |
I don't know anything about the GTS 450 but there are no guarantees when it comes to FSX  Just last night I was doing a flight from MDST to KMSY and
would lose 6-12 FPS consistently over water. It wasn't until I got near Florida that the frames came back up to 30 and stayed there. Very strange
indeed. After landing in KMSY and setting the parking brake, FSX shut down....d3d9.dll crash. That's the first crash I have experienced so far. I am
going to try the flight again tonight without ENB series activated. I may uninstall it anyway. I really don't like the way it interacts with FSX.
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Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 09-02-11 03:26 |
OMG!!! The fan on this gts sounds like a lawn mower!!!! Thank goodness it's detachable.
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| Re: Going to try Win 7 |
Author: airmiles 329 Posts Status: Astronaut  | Date 09-02-11 14:11 |
Go back to the trusty C64 you know it makes sense.
Pete
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Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 09-02-11 14:20 |
I miss that 'ol B/W 13" TV that was hooked to it.
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Author: gbapache 1551 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 09-02-11 17:43 |
Help! Last night I put in the new card and ran the included disk, everything was fine. This mourning I ran microsoft udates for the
freshest drivers and now I'm stuck in a vicious cycle of uncommanded reboots. I can never get to a screen to do a system restore. My
first thought is to take out the new card and use the old slot for video to go back in time. I'm only a simple helicoptor pilot, I have every faith
in the world that given half a chance I can break this box and have a very expensive paperweight
new info.Moved the boxes back where they started and found out that everything works great on my sons crappy screen (blue plug) but it doesn't work on my super dupper screen (white plug)
If it's stupid, but it works, it isn't stupid.
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Author: Tracker801 2108 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 09-03-11 16:16 |
Hey old bud
I have been using Win7 64 ever since it came out......
Using the GTX860 I still have to find problems where the old probs I ran up against still seem to be gone.
Try resetting your Win7 back to the last backup through the configuration screen. Then leave the last win7 update out of the question of installing It
causes havoc within any system
And yes, after getting close to losing my job with the deep reorganization I still have it and doing fine Will say more later on that as it's f ar O/T
So return to basically a clean Win7, without the last update, and with the latest videocard drivers and you should be fine
Regards,
Me
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