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Jun 18^th, 2011 at 8:37am

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Hello,Im getting this problem after a second reinstall of FSX,also activate buy phone gives me a error message.
Im using windows 7 64 bit on a computer that only a month old and a copy of FSX that a week old thanks for any help.

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Reply #1 - Jun 18^th, 2011 at 12:10pm

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why did you have to reinstall FSX to begin with?

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Reply #2 - Jun 18^th, 2011 at 1:30pm

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Usually a 'phone call to MS support gets things like this sorted
I've known a few pwople who could not re activate and they seem to always be helpful.

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Reply #3 - Jun 18^th, 2011 at 3:08pm

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In Win 7 one thing that often causes issues is installing FSX into the "default" directory. Everything I have read says create a different directory outside of the "Program Files" normal destination.

See if that helps.

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Reply #4 - Jun 18^th, 2011 at 8:47pm

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I just built a new computer and FSX loads fine on win 7 64 - trouble is many other games I play will not....although I am having difficulty with Victoria scenery latest build for FSX - I get an error code. I know this doesn't help - but FYI I did have to phone windows support for a new fsx activation..... good luck - it will get figured out. Perhaps phone the support number and get a new activation code.

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Reply #5 - Jun 18^th, 2011 at 9:10pm

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ive had to do reinstall few times,sucks because i had to start over in fs passengers o well lol,but ive had same message and if i couldnt get it to be sucessful first time,i just wait 5 mins and try it again and its fine,i also have windows 7 64 bit

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Reply #6 - Jun 19^th, 2011 at 3:28am

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Bleh, online activation of a paid product is the worst sin ever devised by man. Its one of the reasons why I held off buying FSX for oh, 3 years. It feels like getting stabbed in the back by someone you know. There are... *cough* ways */cough* ways to get through it, though I'll probably be crucified for even the slight mention of it.

In any case, you might want to try clearing your registry with a registry cleaner (I use a freeware called CCleaner) before reinstalling and see if that helps. Sometimes reinstalling gets messy, and leaves a few unwanted entries in your registry that makes reinstalling go haywire.

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Reply #7 - Jun 19^th, 2011 at 6:48pm

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You don't have to be online to register FSX, when I did mine i didn't have internet at that time.
It was a free phone call to MS automatic system in the UK, a bit long winded but faultless, and since my original install on XP I've installed on win7b64 bit - now I don't know the answer to this but I didn't need to re-activate it.

And;
I've said before, doesn't make any difference about where you install fsx, installing to default location.has always worked without failure by letting it.

@gregj
The only time thats sure to have trouble is when you do upgrades or installs for additional programs which the add-ons need and you navigate to the various websites and let the website script install what it thinks is the right program, if your running win 7 64 bit, it will install the wrong version, you need the 32 bit versions.
This might be were your having trouble with your other games, might also help if you use 32 bit explorer when going to a website for upgrades.
With my 64bit win7 i manually downloaded the 32 bit versions.

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Reply #8 - Jun 20^th, 2011 at 5:50pm

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EVVFCX wrote on Jun 19^th, 2011 at 6:48pm:

I've said before, doesn't make any difference about where you install fsx, installing to default location.has always worked without failure by letting it.

Of course it will install, Steve. That's not the issue with using the "default" path to begin with.

The problem(s) will show up later on when you begin trying to modify files within that excessively protected path.

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Reply #9 - Jun 20^th, 2011 at 6:33pm

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it must be just me then, I don't have trouble with uac on or off but then I have taken 'ownership' of the 'effected' folders.

Personally win7 is a pain.

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So far my number of landings either passenger or pilot equal my number of takeoffs, but that is due to change

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Reply #10 - Jun 28^th, 2011 at 5:23pm

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I had a similar problem with a re-install. The on-line option refused to authenticate, and when I called customer support, an automated phone system took the authetication code, then an automated voice told me that I was trying to authenticate some other program, not FSX, and then I was cut off. Another call to the help line, plus insisting on talking to a real human, did the trick. The nice lady on the other end gave me a new code, totally diffetrent from what came with the product, and things worked just fine after that.

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