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Beware of the Windows 8.1 upgrade

dhazelgrove

dhazelgrove

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Microsoft promised those of us who took part in the Windows 8.1 preview that everything FSX/FS9 would be working in the formal release.

Guess what? THEY LIED!

They've gotten around the issue by making sure that FSX and/or FS9 is actually removed from your HDD.
They are only physically retained if in a non-standard installation directory. They're also removed from the registry.
You'll also lose any Windows application that you manually installed.

Dave
 
Ok, so does this mean when I get my W8 RTM HP back from there Indiana Repair depo with my new Motherboard and reset factory RTM W8 I wont have any issue's upgrading to 8.1 and installing a virgin FSX gold and finally be able to bypass that darn Metro for the desktop?
 
Updated to 8.1 without any issues

Had to activate some add-ons again
FSDreamteam Honolulu
VRS F/A-18

Cheers
Martin
 
Upgraded to 8.1 successfully. Only problems I had with FSX and P3D was I had everything in 3-D colours but this was fixed by updating to the lasts beta NVidia drivers. I also had to restore some icons to my task bar but everything worked fine. Only thing I hated was the fac that after the install I had to use a password to log in to Windows. Also found a way around eliminating the password as well.
 
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