Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Windows 11 Upgrade Compatibility

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Windows 11 Upgrade Compatibility

DVA10874
Captain, B737-800

Joined on June 29 2012
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
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Commuter Conquest
Everett 500 Club
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""You can't fix stupid""
Gold Canyon, AZ

1,314 legs, 2,352.7 hours
1,310 legs, 2,341.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 10 2022 12:57 ET by Gary Maple

Has anyone upgraded to Windows 11 yet? Does FSX Steam, ACARS and all of the other FS stuff work ok? I plan to do the upgrade eventually but will probably wait for some of the inevitable bugs to be fixed.

Gary Maple (DVA10874)

DVA7846
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on September 25 2009
US Capital Club
50 State Club
Stock Car Racing Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Online Triple Century Club
Quincentenary Club
Events Century Club
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"It is what it is!"
Wake Forest, NC

569 legs, 1,264.7 hours
399 legs, 805.1 hours online
561 legs, 1,251.4 hours ACARS
105 legs, 243.5 hours event
87 legs dispatched, 175.9 hours

Posted onPost created on February 10 2022 16:07 ET by Kevin Hornaday

Hi Gary, I've been on Windows 11 for about a month. ACARS works great but since I use MSFS2020 exclusively, I probably can't answer your other questions. I haven't run into any compatibility issues at all and based on what I've read, you can probably think of Windows 11 as Windows 10.1.

Posted onPost created on February 10 2022 17:17 ET by Gary Maple

Sounds good. Unfortunately my one year old computer will not run MSFS2020, however Windows Update says that it will run Windows 11 just fine-----go figure! Thanks for your reply.

Gary Maple (DVA10874)

DVA9545
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP, 737-ATP

Joined on March 03 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Quad-Jet Quartermaster
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Online Twenty Century

"YUPIIIII"
Goiás Brazil

2,492 legs, 5,039.3 hours
2,321 legs, 4,760.9 hours online
2,484 legs, 5,009.7 hours ACARS
271 legs, 683.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 10 2022 22:38 ET by Thiago Braga

I`m running also windows 11 and I have no issues with MSFS2020 and XPlane 11.

Thiago Braga (DVA9545)

DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV
E-MAIL

Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
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Online Eight Century

Charlotte, NC

1,283 legs, 1,792.7 hours
837 legs, 1,044.3 hours online
1,265 legs, 1,770.7 hours ACARS
31 legs, 49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours

Posted onPost created on February 11 2022 08:25 ET by Andrew Vane

waiting for all the bugs to be worked out. Some having no issues with XP11 and some having minor ones. I suspect a re-install of any flight sim software is going to be needed.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

DVA13105
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL

Joined on October 14 2016
B737 50 Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Century Club

"Can't Soar with Eagles if you Hoot with the Owls"
Colonial Heights, VA

103 legs, 214.0 hours
103 legs, 214.0 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 21 2022 07:13 ET by Brooks Ingersoll

Kevin Hornaday wrote:

Hi Gary, I've been on Windows 11 for about a month. ACARS works great but since I use MSFS2020 exclusively, I probably can't answer your other questions. I haven't run into any compatibility issues at all and based on what I've read, you can probably think of Windows 11 as Windows 10.1.

That's good to know because I am having major issues with MS2020 freezing up after clicking the fly button so I am guessing I can rule out windows 11

Brooks Ingersoll (DVA13105)

Posted onPost created on February 21 2022 07:15 ET by Brooks Ingersoll

Brooks Ingersoll wrote:

Kevin Hornaday wrote:

Hi Gary, I've been on Windows 11 for about a month. ACARS works great but since I use MSFS2020 exclusively, I probably can't answer your other questions. I haven't run into any compatibility issues at all and based on what I've read, you can probably think of Windows 11 as Windows 10.1.

That's good to know because I am having major issues with MS2020 freezing up after clicking the fly button so I am guessing I can rule out windows 11

P.S. I kind of like some of the new layout of Win 11 as well.

Brooks Ingersoll (DVA13105)

DVA14023
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on August 08 2021
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Flying Colonel

"What goes up must come down, gently ..."
New Zealand

1,527 legs, 5,356.6 hours
815 legs, 1,793.1 hours online
1,486 legs, 5,170.7 hours ACARS
9 legs, 12.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 21 2022 09:02 ET by Mike Bell

I will post Win 11 with ACARS and FSX shortly

Mike Bell (DVA14023)

Posted onPost created on February 21 2022 17:41 ET by Thiago Braga

BTW for some reason, I think a new update on win 11, now my XP11 doesn`t work. I get sim crash.

Thiago Braga (DVA9545)

Posted onPost created on February 21 2022 18:05 ET by Mike Bell

I have had a good session with Win 11 ACARS and FSX albeit Active Sky 16 no longer works. I'm trying to troubleshoot it but so far it's a dead end.
I will likely roll back to Windows 10.

Mike Bell (DVA14023)

DVA4788
Chief Pilot, L-1011-100
OLP

Joined on August 02 2007
50 State Club
Everett Century Club
Online Double Century Club
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DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"Fly it like a Samsonite Gorilla!!"
Wichita, KS

471 legs, 884.0 hours
220 legs, 398.1 hours online
459 legs, 859.5 hours ACARS
2 legs, 5.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 09 2022 16:25 ET by Jon Michael Prenovost

Just my two cents worth, FS2004 and Active Sky Evolution is running FLAWLESS in Windows 11, as well as Lockheed Prepared 4.5, and X-Plane 11. What I'm having trouble with is MSFS2020 won't fire up since I upgraded. Having all sorts of trouble with Microsoft Gaming Services, can't get it updated, therefore MSFS2020 is grounded to the flight line until I get it sorted out.

Jon Michael Prenovost (DVA4788)

Posted onPost created on December 10 2022 12:29 ET by Gary Maple

Update: I installed Win 11 on abovementioned computer about a month ago. I installed FSX Steam and all of my addons. So far everything is working great, no issues. However I have another BIG problem now, I recently purchase a new "gamming computer" that has specs far exceeding the requirements needed for any of the FS programs and addons. It came out of the box running Win 10, I installed FSX and everything else. All of programs run fine with no issues and look much better on this new computer. I then decided to install Win 11 on this new computer, everything runs fine except FSX Steam! It simply will not open. The opening banner appears for about two seconds and disappears. I have tried many "fixes" found on Google and the Steam website/forums with no success. Any suggestions? I plan to purchase MSFS 2020 soon. I'll let you know how that goes.

Gary Maple (DVA10874)

Posted onPost created on December 11 2022 15:39 ET by Andrew Vane

A co-gamer told me that if you have a 12th gen or higher CPU, Windows 11 will make use of the power cores instead of the efficieny cores and you'll see some improvement. I just upgraded a week ago and do see some performance benefits.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

DVA8851
Captain, B737-800

Joined on July 23 2010
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Porto, Portugal

40 legs, 70.4 hours
19 legs, 34.9 hours online
40 legs, 70.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 17 2022 14:56 ET by Luis Leal

I really need to know if Windows 11 is worth it in using MSFS.
I think most pilots have commented that it is.

Season's Greetings and
Lots of Health to All

Luis Leal

Captain, B737-800

DVA13572
Captain, B737-800

Joined on December 04 2018
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Century Club
Stock Car Racing Club
Everett Century Club

Columbia, SC

114 legs, 171.5 hours
24 legs, 30.4 hours online
109 legs, 163.5 hours ACARS
3 legs, 4.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 17 2022 19:30 ET by Paul Perry

Andrew Vane wrote:

A co-gamer told me that if you have a 12th gen or higher CPU, Windows 11 will make use of the power cores instead of the efficieny cores and you'll see some improvement. I just upgraded a week ago and do see some performance benefits.

Good to know!

Paul Perry

Captain, B737-800

DVA2230
Senior Captain, B777-200

Joined on March 28 2005
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Everett 1500 Club
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Álvaro Obregón, D.f. México

2,327 legs, 17,014.3 hours
1,777 legs, 12,836.2 hours online
1,390 legs, 10,107.6 hours ACARS
1 legs, 11.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 18 2022 00:03 ET by Isidoro Attie

Same question here. P3D 5.3 running perfect in Windows 10, but updates are pushing me to install Windows 11.

I still have my doubts...not sure if i should do it or if everyghing works fine....

PS, I would hate to reinstall all my sim environment again.

Isidoro Attie (DVA2230)

DVA388
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on December 14 2001
50 State Club
B757 100 Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Online Century Club
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Globetrotter
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Million Mile Club

Midwestern United States

1,252 legs, 2,773.2 hours
153 legs, 178.1 hours online
1,172 legs, 2,643.0 hours ACARS
10 legs, 22.0 hours event
39 legs dispatched, 67.6 hours

Posted onPost created on December 18 2022 09:29 ET by David Vega

I upgraded to Windows 11 and can run MSFS, P3Dv4, P3Dv5, and FSX:SE without problems. But it depends on your PC config, the upgrade process, where you install the simulators, etc. Since there are too many variables, if you have the required hardware for the simulators, then upgrade to Windows 11.

Posted onPost created on December 18 2022 12:15 ET by Andrew Vane

xp11 + win11 = no issues.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

DVA4614
Captain, CRJ-200

Joined on February 25 2007
Stage 1 Jet Century Club
Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Madison Heights, MI USA

150 legs, 302.0 hours
3 legs, 4.2 hours online
135 legs, 276.1 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 21 2023 17:00 ET by Peter Tambornini

I also upgraded to Win 11 and had no issues at all.

Peter Tambornini

Captain, CRJ-200

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