Just thought of this question.....

[JBaymore]

Fo all you "released' beta testers........

Does FSX still require the disk to remain in the DVD drive?

best,

.................john

PS:  Who has bought TWO brand new versions of FS2004 .... (one at a steep discount, thank god) due to the original disk no longer working (despite polishing it up).

[Katahu]

Even though I have never been any of the official beta testers, I believe that Microsoft would most likely require us all to have the DVD in the drive in order to combat piracy.

[Daube]

But hopefully, a non-official 'disk-saver' patch will be released soon after the game hits the stores  ;D

[Felix/FFDS]

*I* have a feeling that possibly in-disk verification will not be needed, but some sort of telphone/on line activation will be there, similar to what goes on with Microsoft Office, etc.

[vololiberista]

i understood the FSX would be released on DVD in which case it may have an effective protection already inbuilt. But probably m(qualcosa)s will insist on leaving a disc inside the drive in order to satisfy their craving for the monopolisation of our systems!!
Vololiberista

[Ashton Lawson]

I don't think u'll need to hav the disc in the drive.  Thats like changing the trend.  Most of the past's FSs didn't require the disc in (unless u decided not to do a full install), so why should they change it now?

[commoner]

But hopefully, a non-official 'disk-saver' patch will be released soon after the game hits the stores  ;D

...lol.....but DON'T ask for it on SimV................commoner::)

[JBaymore]

*I* have a feeling that possibly in-disk verification will not be needed, but some sort of telphone/on line activation will be there, similar to what goes on with Microsoft Office, etc.

Felix,

That's what I am hoping... but I have not seen anything anywhere saying how this is being handled this time.

Want to hear from one of the official beta testers about it.  Although their copies may be different than the version that went " gold".

best,

......john

[Fr. Bill]

1) On-line or telephone activation will be required.

2) There is no requirement for either DVD to remain in the drive.

3) There will be no "pirate patch" to circumvent the registration available.

IOW, the registration process for FSX is identical to that currently used for WinXP installation...

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

I don't care...I am not getting FSX

[JBaymore]

1) On-line or telephone activation will be required.

2) There is no requirement for either DVD to remain in the drive.

3) There will be no "pirate patch" to circumvent the registration available.

IOW, the registration process for FSX is identical to that currently used for WinXP installation...

Great...thanks for the "inside scoop" n4gix.

[Felix/FFDS]

While the esteemed Fr. Poly (refers to his modelling skills, not his rotundness) verified what I thought, my suspcions of such (athentication) came about from discovering an interesting little text file in the demo installation that, if I remember, had words to the effect "telephone authentication"....

1) On-line or telephone activation will be required.

2) There is no requirement for either DVD to remain in the drive.

3) There will be no "pirate patch" to circumvent the registration available.

IOW, the registration process for FSX is identical to that currently used for WinXP installation...

[RollerBall]

If you look in the main folder of the demo even there's a file called Phone Activation.xml

All part of the softening up process I guess - they can claim they never made a secret of it.

Personally I deeply resent this approach. A week or so ago I had to telephone to 'activate' a client's legitimate copy of XP that I was told had been activated too many times on the Internet.

What a bl**dy cheek. I was the one trying to repair the PC after XP had managed to foul itself up and stop booting - and to be told I had to talk to some bored teenager and 'explain' why I was activating the software again was a liberty and the last straw.

[Bindoe]

You can do it online AFAIK.

[Fozzer]

I'm going to hang on for a while until I can gather which method Microsoft are considering using to extract my personal information from me and my hard drive before allowing me to install the program.


I'm getting a bit brassed-off with all Microsoft's security paranoia at the moment.

Whenever you have a little window pop up telling you that you have a fault in a program, have you had a peek through the list of your various program details you will be allowing them to browse through if you are daft enough to press the "Send" button?
I like to keep all my computer software personal information contained on my hard drive to myself......!

Humph...!

We've never had all this grief in previous versions of the Flight Sims... ...!

Paul.... ...!