Fs2004 Win 7 issues

[JakesF14]

I've Installed FS9 on a new Win7 machine, and There seems to be a problem with cycling through the views. It is a fresh installation with no addons at all.

Any idea why?

[edit]
When I run FS9 in safe mode, i have no problem.?[/edit]

[Opa]

I've Installed FS9 on a new Win7 machine, and There seems to be a problem with cycling through the views. It is a fresh installation with no addons at all.

Any idea why?

[edit]
When I run FS9 in safe mode, i have no problem.?[/edit]

An educated guess..........

In safe mode you are only loading the bare minimum of drivers (including graphic related items) to make the system operate).

That suggests to me that the problem may be related to the use of DX10.  Try turning that off and see if things improve.

I do not have Win7 but believe that you may find the DX10 control if you Right click on your desktop and explore the display options.

Let us know if I am on the right track or way off base.

[JakesF14]

Thanks for the help.. I assume you refer to DirectX10? cannot find it - yet.

I also have permissions issues, so I've uninstalled FS9 again, and will install it to a different directory (not program files) and see how it goes!
I had the same problem before, and a renstall repaired it..sort of, and only started to ask questions because its the second time I get this problem on Win7

Cheers,

Jakes


The Answer....
[edit]Ok, When I disable the Aero theme, all my troubles are gone! A small price to pay for keeping Win 7 AND FS9! Simply switch from Aero to normal

[tgibson]

Hi,

Another way to do the same thing:

http://www.technologyquestions.com/tech ... vista.html

Hope this helps,

[JakesF14]

Thanks it helps a lot!!

[hhomebrewer]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compat ... &os=32-bit

[patchz]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type=Software&p=Microsoft%20Flight%20Simulator%20X&v=Microsoft&uid=&pf=0&pi=3&c=PC%20Gaming&sc=Simulation%20%26%20Driving&os=32-bit

That link is for FSX and his question was for FS9. But the result is the same, even for 64 bit.

[hhomebrewer]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type=Software&p=Microsoft%20Flight%20Simulator%20X&v=Microsoft&uid=&pf=0&pi=3&c=PC%20Gaming&sc=Simulation%20%26%20Driving&os=32-bit

That link is for FSX and his question was for FS9. But the result is the same, even for 64 bit.

I see it is. My computer guru sent me two of them last night. I am going to 7 Pro-- totally fresh install, new hard drive and not an upgrade. Already ordered it from "the egg" yesterday. So 2004 and X are both clear for departure with 7? I assume so. Wonderful!!

[patchz]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type=Software&p=Microsoft%20Flight%20Simulator%20X&v=Microsoft&uid=&pf=0&pi=3&c=PC%20Gaming&sc=Simulation%20%26%20Driving&os=32-bit

That link is for FSX and his question was for FS9. But the result is the same, even for 64 bit.

I see it is. My computer guru sent me two of them last night. I am going to 7 Pro-- totally fresh install, new hard drive and not an upgrade. Already ordered it from "the egg" yesterday. So 2004 and X are both clear for departure with 7? I assume so. Wonderful!!

I suggest caution when dealing with Newegg, at least until they resolve this situation:
http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaB ... 1268621461