oh dear newbie with vista

[chrisandco]

I'm new to the whole flight sim thing and have just installed cfs3.
I am running Vista 32 and it doesn't like what I'm doing. The 'puter freezes.

On first shot it closed down and I can't get past the settings page. I imagine this might not be news and thought I'd ask, since I could not see any obvious answers on my first look around the forum

 

[Deadmeat1971]

Try this method..

chrisandco,

Try running it under Windows XP (Service Pack 2) compatible mode (Properties) and 'Run as Administrator'....

See if that helps..

Remember, the multiplaying part is still unworkable ('mismatched aircraft error') but here's the trick:

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=9007


Regards,

Deadmeat1971

 

[rouge34rtw]

I run Vista Ultimate 64 bit, and when I ran into the no-start problem, I uninstalled the CFS3 completely and re-installed it + all the expansions again (took me half a day too ).......you might give it a try....

 

[chrisandco]

deadmeat/rouge

Thanks to both of you !
Deadmeat, tried your suggestion but it won't work.
Rouge,
Will try the re-install and and also deadmeat's suggestions then I may cut my wrists :faint:
Regards
Chris.

 

[rbp71854]

Have you disabled UAC while trying to run CFS3 or its derivatives? Make sure to re-enable UAC before going on the internet.

Thanks to both of you !
Deadmeat, tried your suggestion but it won't work.
Rouge,
Will try the re-install and and also deadmeat's suggestions then I may cut my wrists :faint:
Regards
Chris.