Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - changing to Win 7 from xp with fs9 any problems ?

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | changing to Win 7 from xp with fs9 any problems ?

DVA4247
Captain, EMB-120
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Joined on February 15 2007

"learn 1 new thing everyday "
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66 legs, 84.0 hours
2 legs, 3.5 hours online
43 legs, 55.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 26 2010 03:09 ET by Bob Adamson

I want to change my op sys to windows 7 and have been using xp with no problems, am i going to have any problems if i change to windows 7 ? and if so what can i do to overcome them ,

Bob Adamson

Captain, EMB-120

DVA3419
Captain, MD-88

Joined on July 31 2006
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"Propellers keep you kewl!"
Newark, DE

67 legs, 89.6 hours
61 legs, 82.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 26 2010 06:24 ET by Norm Hare

Perhaps the more important quetion is will your computer be able to run Windows 7 succesfully. An older PC with a slower processor and buss speed may not perform well at all.

Norm Hare (DVA3419)

DVA4965
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on September 07 2007
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Saratoga Springs, UT USA

1,195 legs, 3,500.8 hours
566 legs, 825.5 hours online
1,174 legs, 3,437.6 hours ACARS
26 legs, 51.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 26 2010 10:07 ET by Alan Cluff

I recently migrated from Win XP 64 bit to Win 7 64 bit Ultimate and now have a much more stable platform with few FS issues. Here are my specs so you know what I am working with in the context of Norm's comments. Win 7 works well on my system because it's somewhat newer but we don't know anything about your system so we can't really give you advice.

i7 940 CPU
Asus P6T Delux Mobo
Nvidia 280 GTX
3 x WD Velociraptor 10,000 rpm HD (one for OS, FS9 and FSX)
6 GB DDR3 2000 RAM

Alan Cluff

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA7168
Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on April 06 2009
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Northeastern United States

348 legs, 1,580.7 hours
107 legs, 366.5 hours online
237 legs, 995.8 hours ACARS
12 legs, 29.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 26 2010 11:20 ET by Salvatore Catanzaro

Alan,ur pc come with i7 940 cpu or u apdate with that?

Salvatore Catanzaro

Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on October 26 2010 11:24 ET by Salvatore Catanzaro

Alan, one more thing, what really does the i7 940 CPU ?

Salvatore Catanzaro

Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on October 26 2010 11:59 ET by Alan Cluff

My PC is a custom build. The i7 940 is a 2.93 GHz CPU and I have it overclocked to 4.0 GHz running very reliably and smooth.

Alan Cluff

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA8971
Captain, MD-88

Joined on August 24 2010

Waynesboro, GA USA

26 legs, 38.9 hours
19 legs, 29.7 hours online
25 legs, 37.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 26 2010 16:56 ET by Travis Jenkins

I recently upgraded to Win 7 from XP and my PC is towards the lower end of the recommended specs. I am running FSX and the only major problem I have run into is I have to start all programs as administrator... not really a problem other than remembering to do it. YMMV with FS9 thought.

The best thing about upgrading was the clean install I did removing all the junk from my computer.

Travis Jenkins

Captain, MD-88

DVA8504
Captain, B767-300

Joined on April 13 2010

"keep the blue sky up"
Wijchen, Gelderland NL

69 legs, 161.6 hours
65 legs, 155.0 hours online
67 legs, 158.0 hours ACARS
1 legs, 2.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 27 2010 09:35 ET by Wil De Boer

running fs2004 on W7 ultimate 64 with intel 2 core 6600@2.40ghz 6 gb memory and nvidia Gforce 8800 gts.
Its runs grate fps on max.The only thing is that some scenery not fitting with W7 64bit.But thats mostly older scenery.
And you have to patch the feelthere 737 and the digital fokker for W7, unless the are eating FPS.:-)
Do not instal the flightsim in the normal place.(C/progam files x86. better is on a different partion ea D/FS9 or D/FSX )

regards
wil

Wil De Boer (DVA8504)

DVA4247
Captain, EMB-120
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Joined on February 15 2007

"learn 1 new thing everyday "
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66 legs, 84.0 hours
2 legs, 3.5 hours online
43 legs, 55.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on November 10 2010 06:38 ET by Bob Adamson

Gosh thanks Guys i will give my it tech your advice and tell him that's what I want , thanks millions. ok ? nice to know your all here >?

Bob Adamson

Captain, EMB-120

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