Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Issues after Microsoft Updates

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler \| PC Support \| Issues after Microsoft Updates
DVA7484 Captain, B767-300 Joined on July 01 2009 50 State Club Double Century Club Online Double Century Club "Chinook crews carry everything!" Charter Township of Clinton, MI 262 legs, 1,116.0 hours 232 legs, 995.9 hours online 260 legs, 1,104.6 hours ACARS 2 legs, 5.2 hours event	Posted onPost created on June 21 2012 07:15 ET by David Smith
	Is anyone, besides me, having problems with their payware aircraft? I do the Windows auto updates and one morning I got up and my Level_D, PMDG 737NGX, and QW 757 all crash. I get a SimConnect init error with the QW and the Level_D, and PMDG 737NGX just freezes. I have reinstalled the system three times. Everything works fine with a fresh install of Windows 7. The very minute I use the Windows updates the problem returns. What ever it is that is causing the problem is wipeing SimConnect from my Hard Drive. If I fully install windows with all the updates installed and then Install FSX I still get the same issues. The order I installed with was FSX then FSX sp1, then Accellerator, then FSUIPC (Ver 4.8), then my Level_D. The thing still crashes. None of the Captain Sim packages have any issues nor do the Wilco Airbus evolution series packages. I have confirmed that the SimConnect is missing from my C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX directory. I have placed the SimConnect.dll (which was also missing) in the root directory and it makes no difference. Through my Robotic programming (C#, C+, VB) I have learned that everything is programmed for the Dot Net 4.0c and above. (I think 4.5 is out now). They (Microsoft) are also pushing "The Cloud" big time. Trying to run FSX under the XP compatibility does nothing to help. But what is interesting is that Windows 7 has been added to the run in compatibility drop down menu. Any thoughts, suggestions, or rumors will be welcome. Windows 7 Home Edition FSX Gold i7 with 8 gig ram GTX 460 SL (1.4 gb) 600 gb hard drive space free PS FSX runs fine with the default aircraft. No use in asking Microsoft for help on this because they will say that the payware is not supported. I still have a month to go before I can fly on line again so hopefully I can find a solution by then.
DVA3931 Senior Captain, L-1011-100 OLP, COMM Joined on January 19 2007 50 State Club Tri-Jet Triumph Million Mile Club Online Quadruple Century Club Flying Colonel Globetrotter Burbank 500 Club Eurocap Club DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary "De oppresso liber" Surry, ME 1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours 478 legs, 767.8 hours online 1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs, 114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours	Posted onPost created on June 21 2012 07:20 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
	Just roll back system restore to before the update. I had the same thing the other day and just refused the update
DVA7484 Captain, B767-300 Joined on July 01 2009 50 State Club Double Century Club Online Double Century Club "Chinook crews carry everything!" Charter Township of Clinton, MI 262 legs, 1,116.0 hours 232 legs, 995.9 hours online 260 legs, 1,104.6 hours ACARS 2 legs, 5.2 hours event	Posted onPost created on June 30 2012 16:46 ET by David Smith
	I reinstalled everything and shut down automatice downloads. I check each update now and if it messes with FSX I do what you suggested Andy. Then I hide the update so it doesn't come up again. PMDG has some interesting information on DLL.XML and also that Microsoft has turned off some of the dll(s) as being trusted installs. They give you instructions on how to fix your registry to allow gauge files back in as trusted drivers.

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