DVA10874
Captain, B737-800
Joined on June 29 2012
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Globetrotter
Commuter Conquest
Everett 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Millennium Club
Gold Canyon, AZ
1,192 legs, 2,134.9 hours
1,188 legs,
2,123.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
August 03 2016 19:57 ET by Gary Maple
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I recently had to replace the hard drive on my computer. I now have a new hard drive with a new installation of Win8.1 64-bit. All well and good, computer is running much faster then ever. Of course I had to reinstall many things, one of them being FSX. When I run FSX, "missions" open and run just fine however when I try "Free Flight" or flight planning I immediately get the "Flight Simulator has stopped working" message and it closes. OK, in the past I had this issue and fixed it by checking the "enable Directx" box (settings/customize) which is not enabled by default. Here is where it gets complicated. My previous version of Win8 was running DirectX9. My new version of Win8 is running DirectX11. Now when go to settings/customize the check box to "enable DirectX is not there, gone! I have read several sources that say DirectX11 is not compatible with FSX. If this is the problem then how do I get around it? Can I, or should I install DirectX9 and if I do will I risk messing up an otherwise great running computer, something that I definitely do not want to do. Not sure which way to go here, any help will be much appreciated
Gary MapleCaptain, B737-800
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DVA11460
Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on April 22 2013
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Everett 250 Club
Safari Club
Event Half Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Online Six Century Club
Seven Century Club
Arouca, Tunapuna-Piarco Trinidad and Tobago
716 legs, 1,254.1 hours
688 legs,
1,223.0 hours online 711 legs,
1,244.6 hours ACARS 62 legs,
137.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 05 2016 16:45 ET by Ifeaye Murray
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DVA10874
Captain, B737-800
Joined on June 29 2012
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Globetrotter
Commuter Conquest
Everett 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Millennium Club
Gold Canyon, AZ
1,192 legs, 2,134.9 hours
1,188 legs,
2,123.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
August 05 2016 20:10 ET by Gary Maple
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