Simviation Forum - Windows-7 Vs FS9 ?

Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 8:10am

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Can someone tell me if FS9 will work on Windows-7 Thanks and good morning sky trekers!

"May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face. And may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars" Cheers George!

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Reply #1 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 9:26am

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Yep, it does run in Windows 7. I have Win 7 Professional 64bit, and it run perfectly.

Do yourself a favor and follow these hints:
1) When installing FS, create a folder for FS9 directly under the C drive and install it to that location, for example C:// Flight Simulator 9
2)After installation, Right click on the program icon, and select properties. Then in the compatibility tab, run in compatibility mode for Win XP SP3, Disable desktop composition, and Run as Administrator.

Thats it. should work fine!

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Reply #2 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 9:36am

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Tried under any version of Win7 under the sun. No problems to report. Just follow the instructions of Jakes and you'll be more than fine.

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Reply #3 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 12:06pm

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Got ya! thanx Jakes thank you both. Now I should get a smoother refresh rate with some of those resource suckers. you know....the GOOD ones! Right now I'm running on a 2004 Sony with 2.8Ghts Chip & 512Megs of Ram And an ATI Radion with 128Meg on board. Hey I'm not complaining.....I found it in the trash. Cleaned it up and its been doing great. Roll Eyes

"May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face. And may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars" Cheers George!

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Reply #4 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 5:08pm

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to each their own, but i have my FS9 on my Win 7 Home Premium (sp1) -- Compatibility Win 7, Run as administrator. and I get absolutely no backtalk from it. It never argues, complains, whines, nothing. Running wide open as hard as it can, FPS locked at 30 and getting 29.9 steady with no stutters at all. not 1.

but to each their own, I dont really know the difference between the XP (sp3) and Win 7 compatibility to REALLY tell you that you should really change it to Win 7, so just for the sake of it, go for the XP (sp3) Compatibility.

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Computer Specs:: Acer Aspire Laptop..Win7 Home Premium 64-bit (sp1), AMD Athlon II X2 P340 (Dual Core) [2.2 Ghz], ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 (256mb), 4GB DDR3......FS9.1(sp3) / FSX (sp2)..... Ultimate Terrain X, Ground Environment X, REX, FTX ORBX PNW-PFJ-NRM-CRM, OZx, Tongass Fjords, Misty Moorings

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Reply #5 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 5:14pm

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Being a hardware recoverer and re-user myself (though not from the trash, but from my friends, when they want to get rid of perfectly working hardware with the only sin not to be "fashionable" anymore)... though I usually appoint them only for mild software application, like common office uses and/or net browsing (uses for which even a P-III would have still a lot to say), I understand perfectly. Cheesy

The current PC I'm typing on is one of them, an ancient Athlon XP 2200 that is working no stop, 24/7 beside some rare down time for fans and radiators cleaning, ever since 2001... and it's not the only one either. Grin

Of course for games and proper FS use they are effectively inadequate and I use a [relatively] newer one, which is the one in the signature. Wink

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Reply #6 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 11:05pm

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I notice that Windows 7 has trouble with some of the videos in FS9. Other than that, it runs great.

Cheers,
RB

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Reply #7 - Jun 24^th, 2011 at 12:35am

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I have fly a Toshiba laptop.....the performance rateing is 3.2 because of the graphics card. Its got "Windows 7".....works great.....some times frame rate 40+.....gets all the way up to 59. I wish FSX ran as good! Cry

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Reply #8 - Jun 24^th, 2011 at 3:16am

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Can you stand it?...Now after all you guys have said..I have to fight for the good computer with the ol'lady. Angry

Thats ok, I'll get it in here one way or the other. I'll just wash her car or something. WOMAN! Can't live with'em................................................................yeah! I guess ya can't live without'em

"May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face. And may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars" Cheers George!

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Reply #9 - Jun 24^th, 2011 at 8:33pm

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Wash her car, do the laundry, sweep and mop the house, vacuum the floors, dust EVERYTHING, and give her a foot and back massage .. FOR A MONTH, and she might let you use her computer for a week.. lol

just a suggestion.

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Computer Specs:: Acer Aspire Laptop..Win7 Home Premium 64-bit (sp1), AMD Athlon II X2 P340 (Dual Core) [2.2 Ghz], ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 (256mb), 4GB DDR3......FS9.1(sp3) / FSX (sp2)..... Ultimate Terrain X, Ground Environment X, REX, FTX ORBX PNW-PFJ-NRM-CRM, OZx, Tongass Fjords, Misty Moorings

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Reply #10 - Jun 26^th, 2011 at 8:14pm

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Boy..ain't that ever the truth!

"May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face. And may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars" Cheers George!

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