Welcome to one of the best WWII Simulators in the Market. CFS2 is still one of the best Simulator inspite of it been over four years old. Thanks to MS open policy of allowing third parties to incorporate improvements to it. This has made the Simulator vivid and competitive up to now. Their is a great community behing it who are always trying to improve our expereince every time we fly in it. Now here are some of my best tips I can offer to you. First of all never be afraid to ask questions thru this and other forums since most member are more than willing to help each other. this has keep our Hobby strong. The first thing you should do ofter installing the game is go to the program Folder and get familiar with its arragement. Go to every Sub folder and find out whats in it . This way when you down load anything you will know where to paste and copy .Go to My Computer/Program Files/Microsoft games and it should in be there. Then you need to know how to copy and paste. You also need to now how to create new Folders and how name them.Once you have master this technique then you will be ready to improve your experience in this great Simulator. To Copy all you have to do is press your mouse on the upper left side.Sweep thru it and what ever you are trying to copy should turn blue. Then go to the Folder you want copy in to right click on you mouse .Scroll down to  paste and all you wanted to copy on that Folder will paste into the folder. Another word of advise is to get familiar the your computar capabitities. This will determine how much you can do with it. Simulators demand a lot of resources from it. If you have enough Hard drive space I recommend you to make another Copy of your CFS2 in another folder with a different name to be use as a backup . You always need a backup in case you make a mistake . That way you can always erase it and copy and paste from the back your Backup folder.Their are also many Web sites available with multiple upgrade and airplanes for you to install into CFS2. I found this Unofficial Patch wish is made up of a collection of upgrades thru the years by many Authors put together in one easy automatic install. The Patch is at www.memcco.com/cenkog/index.html. Their are others available also like www.absquad.net with auto install included.This Web your are on is one of my favorite and and one of the best www.Simviation.com. Also www.netwings.org and www.Sim-outhouse.com. Part of the fun is looking other Web sites on your own, and find the work other People have done for the love of this Hobby.Thier are many Websites to  look browse thru . Only one request for all of new Babbies. Respect other peoples work and do not abuse it  for personal profit. You will not make much money but it will destroy our Hobby that we love so much. I hope you find this advice helpful. If you do please tell me. Their others with more knowledge than mine that will help you even more.Good luck and enjoy                      James007