Simviation Forum - Fs2004 Win 7 issues

Mar 11^th, 2010 at 3:38am

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I've Installed FS9 on a new Win7 machine, and There seems to be a problem with cycling through the views. It is a fresh installation with no addons at all.

Any idea why?

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When I run FS9 in safe mode, i have no problem.?

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Reply #1 - Mar 11^th, 2010 at 6:02am

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JakesF14 wrote on Mar 11^th, 2010 at 3:38am:

I've Installed FS9 on a new Win7 machine, and There seems to be a problem with cycling through the views. It is a fresh installation with no addons at all.

Any idea why?

Edited:

When I run FS9 in safe mode, i have no problem.?

An educated guess..........

In safe mode you are only loading the bare minimum of drivers (including graphic related items) to make the system operate).

That suggests to me that the problem may be related to the use of DX10. Try turning that off and see if things improve.

I do not have Win7 but believe that you may find the DX10 control if you Right click on your desktop and explore the display options.

Let us know if I am on the right track or way off base.

David "Opa" Marshall

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Reply #2 - Mar 11^th, 2010 at 6:22am

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Thanks for the help.. I assume you refer to DirectX10? cannot find it - yet.

I also have permissions issues, so I've uninstalled FS9 again, and will install it to a different directory (not program files) and see how it goes!
I had the same problem before, and a renstall repaired it..sort of, and only started to ask questions because its the second time I get this problem on Win7

Cheers,

Jakes

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Ok, When I disable the Aero theme, all my troubles are gone! A small price to pay for keeping Win 7 AND FS9! Simply switch from Aero to normal and back! Cheesy

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Reply #3 - Mar 11^th, 2010 at 1:38pm

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Hi,

Another way to do the same thing:

http://www.technologyquestions.com/technology/windows-vista/64662-fs2004-vista.h...

Hope this helps,

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Tom Gibson
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http://www.calclassic.com

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Reply #4 - Mar 12^th, 2010 at 1:19am

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Thanks it helps a lot!!

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Reply #5 - Mar 19^th, 2010 at 11:17pm

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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type...

I am homebrewer. I had 633 posts when for some unknown reason, my account disappeared...
AMD Phenom II X4 940 (Deneb), Asus M3N72-D motherboard, 2 x nVidia 8800GTS @640MB RAM, 1 x Seagate Barracuda 500Gb HDD (storage), 1 x Western Digital Black 250Gb HDD (boot), 12Gb 800Mhz G.Skill RAM (5-5-5-18), 2x Sony DVD writers, 28-inch ViewSonic monitor given to me by my computer guru, FS2004, Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), 850-watt Thermaltake modular p/s, 7 x 120mm fans to cool it...

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Reply #6 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 9:19am

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hhomebrewer wrote on Mar 19^th, 2010 at 11:17pm:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type...

That link is for FSX and his question was for FS9. But the result is the same, even for 64 bit.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #7 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 12:21pm

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patchz wrote on Mar 20^th, 2010 at 9:19am:

hhomebrewer wrote on Mar 19^th, 2010 at 11:17pm:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type...

That link is for FSX and his question was for FS9. But the result is the same, even for 64 bit.

I see it is. My computer guru sent me two of them last night. I am going to 7 Pro-- totally fresh install, new hard drive and not an upgrade. Already ordered it from "the egg" yesterday. So 2004 and X are both clear for departure with 7? I assume so. Wonderful!!

I am homebrewer. I had 633 posts when for some unknown reason, my account disappeared...
AMD Phenom II X4 940 (Deneb), Asus M3N72-D motherboard, 2 x nVidia 8800GTS @640MB RAM, 1 x Seagate Barracuda 500Gb HDD (storage), 1 x Western Digital Black 250Gb HDD (boot), 12Gb 800Mhz G.Skill RAM (5-5-5-18), 2x Sony DVD writers, 28-inch ViewSonic monitor given to me by my computer guru, FS2004, Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), 850-watt Thermaltake modular p/s, 7 x 120mm fans to cool it...

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Reply #8 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 3:19pm

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hhomebrewer wrote on Mar 20^th, 2010 at 12:21pm:

patchz wrote on Mar 20^th, 2010 at 9:19am:

hhomebrewer wrote on Mar 19^th, 2010 at 11:17pm:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type...

That link is for FSX and his question was for FS9. But the result is the same, even for 64 bit.

I see it is. My computer guru sent me two of them last night. I am going to 7 Pro-- totally fresh install, new hard drive and not an upgrade. Already ordered it from "the egg" yesterday. So 2004 and X are both clear for departure with 7? I assume so. Wonderful!!

I suggest caution when dealing with Newegg, at least until they resolve this situation:
http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1268621461

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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