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FSX frustration. Never ending......

Navy Chief said:
Oh, and then there's THIS message that shows up on the opening screen. It goes away,

but I have NO earthly idea why it is there, or what it does? NC

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Chief, did you fix this little message?? What caused it and how did you fix it??

My computer decided to update to Win 8.1 this morning. After reinstalling my virus program and Catalyst Control panel, I now have the same little message. It goes away and doesn't appear to affect FSX. Is this related to Google Chrome??
 
WarHorse47 said:
Chief, did you fix this little message?? What caused it and how did you fix it??

My computer decided to update to Win 8.1 this morning. After reinstalling my virus program and Catalyst Control panel, I now have the same little message. It goes away and doesn't appear to affect FSX. Is this related to Google Chrome??
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Warhorse,

I myself had this issue last year with an AMD Driver & Catalyst Control update and another friend of mine had the same issue this week. I believe the issue is caused by the Driver version and the way to fix it is to completely uninstall your AMD drivers and CC and reinstall a previous set. I am not sure why this issue occurs with AMD drivers and I have reported it but they have never explained or found why this happens.
 
Thanks Storm.

I did just that. However, my older version install stalled so I restarted and reinstalled the current, recommended version.

I need to do some more testing. I would think there would be a way to turn that off. At least AMD should provide some kind of explanation as to what it does.

I look for some previous versions but couldn't find any. If you know of one or have one that works with Win 8.1, are you willing to share?
 
I can't be positive, but am fairly certain the tool within Estonias Migration Tool fixed my problem. I uninstalled Chrome, which might also have messed things up, but don't think so. NC
 
Navy Chief said:
I can't be positive, but am fairly certain the tool within Estonias Migration Tool fixed my problem. I uninstalled Chrome, which might also have messed things up, but don't think so. NC
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It's unlikely to be Chrome.
It's far more likely to be the driver. There is a VERY WRONG perception that newest-is-best when it comes to graphic drivers. That is very much NOT the case when you're talking about an old proggy like FSX. When was the last time you saw reference to improvements for FSX in a driver's change-log?

If and when your system works just fine.....don't mess with it by assuming a different/newer driver will make it better, particularly 'the latest' which typically is untested 'in the wild'....;)
 
Jafo, I'm rather inclined to try new drivers, even beta ones, from Nvidia.
At my age it's as close as I come to living on the edge!:triumphant:
But I always backup my previous versions, at least I can delete or roll back a problem driver and revert to a proven one.
However, I should add that so far I've only experienced two driver related issues.
So far.
 
Jafo said:
It's unlikely to be Chrome.
It's far more likely to be the driver. There is a VERY WRONG perception that newest-is-best when it comes to graphic drivers. That is very much NOT the case when you're talking about an old proggy like FSX. When was the last time you saw reference to improvements for FSX in a driver's change-log?

If and when your system works just fine.....don't mess with it by assuming a different/newer driver will make it better, particularly 'the latest' which typically is untested 'in the wild'....;)
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I thought it might have been the driver too, but when I tried to uninstall it, I was not successful. The driver remained the same. I am sure it was the tool included with Migration Tool that fixed things. NC
 
Looks like I found a solution to the icons showing in the Free Flight window with the latest ATI drivers.

The icon is related to Raptr. Instead of uninstalling it, I opened it and changed the option to "load on startup."

This morning when I fired up FSX, there was no icon in the Free Flight window after doing that.

My situation is different than what NC has experienced. After months of procrastination, my computer decided on its own (at least I think) to upgrade my OS from Win 8.0 to Win 8.1.

These things never go smoothly. Not only did it disable my ATI Catalyst Control but also my McAfee virus protection. I spent another couple of hours getting those apps back on line which brought me to this discussion on updating the ATI stuff.

I'm still monitoring things. I have one app that's giving me a script error on loading and the computer didn't recognize the USB Combatstick this morning. Sigh.

Aren't computers fun. :biggrin-new:
 
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wombat666 said:
Jafo, I'm rather inclined to try new drivers, even beta ones, from Nvidia.
At my age it's as close as I come to living on the edge!:triumphant:
But I always backup my previous versions, at least I can delete or roll back a problem driver and revert to a proven one.
However, I should add that so far I've only experienced two driver related issues.
So far.
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I always thought swearing at your mum was 'living on the edge'....
But she's gone now....so eventually ya gotta find new limits to cross...;)

Re the 'drivers'....it's not 'just' the driver....but all the 'associated' junk that may seem 'appealing' to add....profile managers, for game settings, etc.

First-adopters are a creature somewhere between guinea-pig and lemming ....;)
 
fsx crashing to desktop

here is your solution for fsx crashing


hey guys i have found some info for dealing with fsx crashing to desktop

make sure you have admin rights to fsx and user account control is off and leave it off

this file needed is in ms flight folder in msflight lobby


1, Download this file: http://www.mediafire...omationCore.zip

2, Drop the UIAutomationCore.dll file into the FSX root folder

3, While your in the root FSX folder, Hold Shift and right click, select "open command window here" from the list of options

4, Then into the CMD window that appears, copy paste this: regsvr32 UIAutomationCore.dll

5, Then press Enter
 
FLTNUT said:
here is your solution for fsx crashing
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make sure you have admin rights to fsx and user account control is off and leave it off
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Otherwise good advices but I'd leave UAC on (installing some kinky program may need turning it temporarily off). I used to keep it off and got some virus/spyware into my computer. As first task that turned off my virusprotection so I had no idea there ware bad programs in my computer. Once I noticed it (by accident) I couldn't removel the badware or even reinstall my virus protection. Removing the dirt needed a special tool (and knowledge) from Internet. Since that I have kept UAC on. However not a single CTD so far.

http://www.7tutorials.com/uac-why-you-should-never-turn-it-off

Pekka
 
Turning UAC off is bad advice.

I run my PC with an unprivileged user account with a separate admin account and have no problems.

The key is to give your unprivileged user account full control over the program folders you need more control over. Everything else let run with the normal security set up. Its there to protect you and if you learn how to use it rather than circumvent it you will be much safer online and most things work with no trouble. Certain programs are not built to fit this security model and still require you to install them as an admin and in those cases you just change to your admin account install then go back to your unprivileged user account to run it. I have only found a couple of programs that have this issue Real Player and Skype. I have not had any problems with other software.
 
FLTNUT said:
4, Then into the CMD window that appears, copy paste this: regsvr32 UIAutomationCore.dll

5, Then press Enter
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No need to register uiautomationcore.dll as it's a core Windows file that already exists.

The problem is not not having that file, the problem is FSX needs the Vista version in it's root folder to work properly.

cheers,
Lane
 
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