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DVA3159
Senior Captain, B737-800

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1,647 legs, 3,470.4 hours online
1,662 legs, 3,462.7 hours ACARS
143 legs, 342.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 29 2016 16:06 ET by Patrick Hramika

I'm told my disks are now too old to use and Microsoft stops some flight out of nowhere, taking off, landing or in flight!!! I just bought Flight SimX steam edition. Anyone else have one......can use some help..........thanks Patrick

DVA12617
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1,280 legs, 2,967.8 hours
391 legs, 810.3 hours online
1,261 legs, 2,925.6 hours ACARS
25 legs, 78.6 hours event
39 legs dispatched, 174.2 hours

Posted onPost created on July 29 2016 20:32 ET by Joe Burner

Not sure what the issue is. Could you elaborate a little more Patrick. smile

I run fsx steam myself. Also could you lost your computer specs? And are you running a modded fsx.cfg file?

Joe Burner (DVA12617)

Posted onPost created on July 29 2016 22:07 ET by Patrick Hramika

I got a windows 10 for a gift and have been using flight sim windows 7 since 2/7/2006 and nearly 1,000,000 miles. But with windows I have nothing but trouble and micro soft just cuts me off so I bought a Microsoft X Steam. My question is should I do away with micro soft X before I download the steam version or just leave it on my computer.?

Posted onPost created on July 30 2016 01:09 ET by Joe Burner

Hmmm if it were me, I would go with steam. Uninstall the boxed version of fsx. I've heard the boxed version of fsx has given many people headaches with a bunch of problems and bugs. I personally use fsx steam, had to tweak the fsx.cfg file a bit but it runs pretty decent.

Let me know if you need any assistance with getting the fsx.cfg file configured. I know a bit more about it now than when I first started.

Joe Burner (DVA12617)

DVA11445
Senior Captain, B727-200

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West Monroe, LA

1,808 legs, 2,793.5 hours
1,716 legs, 2,499.9 hours online
1,755 legs, 2,711.3 hours ACARS
1 legs dispatched, 1.9 hours

Posted onPost created on July 30 2016 08:19 ET by Ronnie Jacola

Joe Burner wrote:

Hmmm if it were me, I would go with steam. Uninstall the boxed version of fsx. I've heard the boxed version of fsx has given many people headaches with a bunch of problems and bugs.

From personal experience, what you're saying is mostly correct...some headaches do exist when you have boxed FSX and FSX SE (Steam) running side-by-side.

However, don't think that simply uninstalling the boxed version will make your problems magically float away. razz

Even when you uninstall the old boxed version, remnants of it remain causing similar complications as running them side-by-side would. Completely removing all traces of FSX boxed is a difficult project that Patrick likely does not want to take on. If you do want to try and wipe it from your system, then go right ahead, Patrick.

My recommendation... Just run them side-by-side until you get a new computer or a fresh operating system. If you find that you absolutely cannot live with the setup, then uninstall and install Steam from scratch. I have been running them side-by-side since December 2014 and have learned to live with the very minor headaches...mostly aircraft installation issues that can be worked around.

Ideally, you would want to install Steam on a brand new computer or fresh Windows operating system that has never seen any FSX or FSX SE Steam installations. So when you get a new computer that has never had an FSX install or you have to install a new operating system, that is the time that you want to install Steam only (no boxed version).

Again, this is my opinion having run this setup for over 1 1/2 years.

Ronnie Jacola

Senior Captain, B727-200

Posted onPost created on July 30 2016 08:54 ET by Patrick Hramika

thanks. I'm going to try and run the two side by side as I have plenty of space cause besides e-mail this is all I use the new one for...Again thanks and will let you know....................Patrick

Posted onPost created on July 30 2016 09:00 ET by Ronnie Jacola

Patrick Hramika wrote:

thanks. I'm going to try and run the two side by side as I have plenty of space cause besides e-mail this is all I use the new one for...Again thanks and will let you know....................Patrick

You're welcome, bud. And again, you will likely experience a few add-on installation issues here and there. But this is just something you must deal with since you have an existing FSX boxed installation lurking on your computer. Removing all traces of FSX boxed completely can be a nightmare. Simply clicking "Uninstall" will not make your problems go away. It's a much more detailed process than that. I have decided to just run them side-by-side until I buy a new computer next year. Would I run them side-by-side again if I had a brand new computer and were about to install a new sim? No!!! But I have made the best out of my side-by-side setup by using different tweaked setups on the two installations. It works well for me.

Happy Landings

Ronnie Jacola

Senior Captain, B727-200

Posted onPost created on August 01 2016 00:10 ET by Joe Burner

Awesome! Hope it works Patrick. Also I know some good afcad files for airports which are easy to install.

Joe Burner (DVA12617)

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