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    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
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    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

Fix for slow Package Activation

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centuryseries

SOH-CM-2023
In case anyone didn't see the other post, one way to fix the slow package activation is to sync your PC clock. Type Date into the windows search box then select date & time and hit the sync button.

Once done what was a 25 minute wait is now a few minutes.
 
centuryseries said:
In case anyone didn't see the other post, one way to fix the slow package activation is to sync your PC clock. Type Date into the windows search box then select date & time and hit the sync button.

Once done what was a 25 minute wait is now a few minutes.
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Thanks! Now that is typical M$ for ya!

Priller
 
I also noticed some recommendations that, if you installed in the early days of the week that MSFS 2024 was released, and you haven't done so yet, you may benefit in uninstalling and reinstalling the sim, which may result in providing you faster load times, slightly better performance, and less CTDs. Having installed the sim on the first day of release, I figured I'd give it a go - it's hard to say, but I think I noticed a slight improvement in load time and performance.

It's covered starting at the 19:40 mark in this video:
 
I have had to reinstall after each update, and those went very fast. Mine loads to ready to fly in just over a minute, now.
 
Navy Chief said:
Wow! That's quite a improvement. Will have to try this. NC
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YMMV, but it made a huge difference in mine. Maybe there was someting in the original release that was a problem. After the first update, which are all automatic, you have no control of them as they load during initial startup. Something in my setup doesn't like the update sytem, as the sim will not startup after the update, it throws an error and closes. The M$ forums had many reports of same thing, with different fixes that worked for some. The most drastic was uninstall using the Windows uninstaller, then restarting. Worked for mine. After the second update, it did crashed on the update restart, same way. I mmediately uninstalled and restarted computer. Then restarted the sim, which immediately does the download of the already updated program. Download takes maybe 5-10 minutes, including starting up. From then on, 1-2 minutes from hitting play in the XBox app, to "Start" button, which usually comes on as the female pilot of the spray version of the R-22 chopper. Immediately the front screen and globe come up. After setting up my freeflight, it takes approx 30sec to maybe 1 minute to be at the airport in front of my plane. Shift+C puts me in the cockpit. Same Shift+C to exit the cockpit. Just FYI, I have a 1GB internet.
 
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