I have a thermometor built in on my tower ( it's one of those towers with see-trough side panel ) . The highest it has been in my computer is about 34 degrees celcius, i don't think that's too hot . Anything special on the program today ? I'm going to install CFS 3 today and try to download some more planes for both games , then i'll play some NHL 2004 with my son . Hope to hear from you soon i'm always thrilled with your expertise .

Wow , great screenshots !!! Can you tell me how you take screenshots when you're flying ? I would really like to take some of my own and show them to you . I did finally put CFS 3 on my computer and it looks great , i downloaded some planes that i'm planning to put on the game , i hope it works . My computer is well ventilated i have 3 seperate fans + 1 on my videocard and 1 on my processor . I also have neon lighting in my computer which does'nt emit any heat at all , but i don't use them now anyway ( not dark enough lol ) . Talk to you later jordanj 

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Okay, one thing at a time...

The trouble with msconfig is that when you turn stuff off, the computer boots in safe mode.  Also, some stuff you turn off turns itself right back on when you re-boot.

The way I turn uneeded services off in through the management console.  To get there, right-click My Computer and select Manage.  Select services and applications from on the right side.  Then services from the right side.  (I'll send a list tomorrow).

My steps didn't work for you?  Hmmm...

Do you have Paint open before you start FS?

If you do, then you can Alt+Tab over to it after hitting the Print Screen key (if that doesn't work, try hitting Alt+Print Screen).  One of the 2 should get you a screenshot.  Save it and go back to flying.

The No-Cd.exe keeps the game from having to access the CD-ROM, so the computer can keep it's attention on running the game.  It's a small file (smaller than the original exe, you replace it)

FS Autostart shuts down all those proceesses that run in the background, and are not needed during most games (especially Flight Simulator).  And while they are running, they slow down the game.  It re-starts them after you shut down the game.  It adds maybe another minute to your loading, but hey, it's worth it.  It's not big (the whole folder is less than 400Kb)

I can't say for sure how much this will improve your system's performance, since your system is newer than mine.  I know it did on mine though.

PIXresizer is also small  (less than 1MB) so you're not  putting that much, and its great for editing the photos to the requirements listed on the upload page.

I've never really measured my frame rate (how do you do that?)  I do know it varies according to traffic and how much clouds the game has to draw (mine is set to real-world weather).

Happy Father's day to you as well (yes, I am a Dad).

I would say your frame rate is stuck on 20 fps because you haven't adjusted the frame rate slider. go into settings, display, hardware and adjust the slider up a bit. You can slide it all the way up just to see what your maximum frame rate is. I like to run mine at a maximim of about 25fps to conserve resourses, but i can get it up to about 50 fps.

I was told that the best way to handle frame rates was to slide it all the way to unlimited, and then the card will sort things out itself.  Tried it over the weekend, and it definitely works, getting the best responses I ever had- regularly getting 50-60 fps, and even 20+ in my heaviest scenery/addon areas.

I haven't tried sliding up the bar the whole way . My computer has not crashed yet since i had those problems,
but i do have to say that with a 256 meg videocard my graphics coud be better . So thanks for the advice and happy flying