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Aug 9^th, 2006 at 9:46pm

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Its amazing!!!! the first thing that happens is ______ then the _____ WOW

I leave these as a surprise, let me say it makes you feal all warm inside when the demo starts

Ok so heres my experience, i gotta go to a lesson soon thats why i got off Grin

Ok first the OPTIONS!!! OMG theres so many of them!!! developers are going to go MAD! The settings for ground ect. is FANTASTIC. Cars EVRYWHERE even on the airport vehicles on the runway moveing! ATC from you is the same but from the tower its MUCH smoother. Scenery isnt much yet but i havent had a chance to pump it up. Even on ok settings i got GREAT frames only a few laggy moments when i was panning around. Oh and the views... MAN its so just WOW its hard to decribe. I gotta go now but WOW.

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Reply #1 - Aug 9^th, 2006 at 9:53pm

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I'm puzzled... The demo requires SP2..which I am installing..
Will the full version force XP SP2 as a requirement or not??

(I previously didn't want to install SP2,but I gave up and am going to install it.The benefits outweigh the negatives..
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Reply #2 - Aug 9^th, 2006 at 10:11pm

Fly In Ex Member

I already have SP2 so not a problem there Grin

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Reply #3 - Aug 9^th, 2006 at 10:13pm

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what is SP2? service pack 2? should it work with the beta of vista?

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Reply #4 - Aug 9^th, 2006 at 10:44pm

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If you think thats something... wait till you see the full version

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Reply #5 - Aug 9^th, 2006 at 10:45pm

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I'm sad... The demo requires SP2..which I am not installing..
Will the full version force XP SP2 as a requirement or not??

Yes.. you must have service pack 2 installed to run FSX

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Reply #6 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 1:22am

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Yes.. you must have service pack 2 installed to run FSX

WTF?... SP2?
That SUX!!!

SP2 can really screw up a sys!
Evey time I install it, XP wiil not retain my desktop settiings! Angry

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Reply #7 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 1:25am

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WTF?... SP2?
That SUX!!!

SP2 can really screw up a sys!
Evey time I install it, XP wiil not retain my desktop settiings! Angry

You can try it and perhaps the installer will glitch and allow it but its not suppose to because of certain updated files

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Reply #8 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 1:30am

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Evey time I install it, XP wiil not retain my desktop settiings! Angry

If that's all you worry about then you shouldn't have a problem since you can always get back those settings by readjusting the desktop setting to the way you like it. I had no problem with SP2 for as long as it updates my computer.

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Reply #9 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 4:14am

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If that's all you worry about then you shouldn't have a problem since you can always get back those settings by readjusting the desktop setting to the way you like it. I had no problem with SP2 for as long as it updates my computer.

I wish it was that simple. With SP2, it keeps reverting back to "visual styles" which I hate.
I have to exit out of "visual styles" evey time I boot with SP2.
I have tried multiple installs on different sytems with the same result with SP2

However, I wiil probably install SP2 anyway for the demo.
Besides, MS has already announced that you will soon need SP2 to access the XP updates.

So, we will all need SP2 soon, like it or not.

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Reply #10 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 4:56am

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Have you tried installing SP2 and then the additionnal corrections ?
My laptop was bought with WinXP SP2 directly, and I had no problems at all...
I was told some applications may have trouble with SP2, but so far everything always work perfect on my laptop, I could not complain for now...

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Reply #11 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 5:39am

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OK...
I bit the bullet and installed SP2 via the XP updates and so far, everything is OK. My desktop settings are intact with no "visual styles".

Previously, I always used the SP2 CD from MS to install SP2 and evidently, that caused the problems.

I also installed the demo and ran it briefly. I like what I saw so far and now it's time to get some sleep! Grin

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