I may be off track here but I know windows 8 is out and I hear rumors of windows 9. is microsoft going to make another flight sim besides fsx that works with xp and windows 7 fine. but with w8 and w9 in the future I do not know if fsx can handle w9 if it becomes a reality. even so w8 and or w9 must have a compatibility mode built in so you should be able to click on previous windows like w8, w7, and xp oh yeah administrators rights also.
if microsoft does make a new flight sim for w9 they shoud call it fsXI ( flight sim 11). I'm just makeing small talk thats all
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