Simviation Forum - FSX Service Packs

Oct 3^rd, 2012 at 3:29pm

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After many years of not playing Flight Simulator. How do I know if I need to install the service packs?

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Reply #1 - Oct 3^rd, 2012 at 4:12pm

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Right-click on fsx.exe & select Properties. Click the Version tab. These are the version numbers.

RTM: 10.0.60905
SP1: 10.0.61355
SP2: 10.0.61472
XPack (Acceleration): 10.0.61637

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Reply #2 - Oct 3^rd, 2012 at 7:26pm

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The only tab I see is 'previous versions' and it shows none... do I install the service packs?

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Reply #3 - Oct 3^rd, 2012 at 7:32pm

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BE58D wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2012 at 7:26pm:

The only tab I see is 'previous versions' and it shows none... do I install the service packs?

Click on "Details" tab.

It gives all the details of the FSX version.

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Reply #4 - Oct 4^th, 2012 at 3:51am

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BE58D wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2012 at 7:26pm:

The only tab I see is 'previous versions' and it shows none... do I install the service packs?

Sorry. It might be different depending on your OS. To find the version number run FSX & click Help > About on the menu bar.

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Reply #5 - Oct 4^th, 2012 at 4:24am

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This is what appears on my version of Windows 7 Home Edition when right-clicking on fsx.cfg in the FSX Folder....Properties...>>

The Details Tab:

Paul.

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Reply #6 - Oct 4^th, 2012 at 8:01am

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Fozzer wrote on Oct 4^th, 2012 at 4:24am:

This is what appears on my version of Windows 7 Home Edition when right-clicking on fsx.cfg in the FSX Folder....Properties...>>

The Details Tab:

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Paul.

Thanks Paul. According to that you have SP1 installed.

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Reply #7 - Oct 4^th, 2012 at 6:03pm

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After reading this thread, I looked up what ver. of FSX I have.
I found out I have ver.1.

Question why should I install ver.2? What would I gain??

Thanks for your advice!

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Reply #8 - Oct 4^th, 2012 at 10:36pm

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I won't be able to check it for a few days. Working a lot, won't be until Sunday.

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Reply #9 - Oct 5^th, 2012 at 5:08am

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Chief95 wrote on Oct 4^th, 2012 at 6:03pm:

After reading this thread, I looked up what ver. of FSX I have.
I found out I have ver.1.

I assume you mean FSX SP1?

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Question why should I install ver.2? What would I gain??

Thanks for your advice!

Chief

This is what SP2 does according to Phil Taylor who was a member of ACES, the FSX developers. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ptaylor/archive/2007/10/02/acceleration-and-sp2.aspx

I do know that some 3rd party aircraft will not display properly without it.

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Reply #10 - Oct 5^th, 2012 at 12:25pm

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Thanks Hagar, that answers my question!

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