Recent content by pat mcgroin

There is no need to wipe the drive. Install Easy bcd onto the XP system and let it find the W7 install.

Are they both USB devices? Look in the bios and check to see that USB and or USB Legacy are enabled.

The most important thing is CPU power, mainly GHZ. Extra memory is good along with a strong video card. It is horsepower that FSX NEEDS to run correctly. Dual core is fine quad is better. The higher the GHZ the better off you will be. I run it all of the time and have run it on several...

call the maker of the game and explain it to them. They will help

go to run sfc /scanow should possibly help

Please explain more clearly.

Wow helpful answers? Remove all but on video cards and test. Then please up load all .dmp files It is a driver issue and the dmp files will help to determine which one. From Inside of the dmp files I can determine the different drivers and their ages, along with some other possible causes

exactly what troubles do you have with W7? even though W7 and Vista are the same in most regards W7 is better in many areas.

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Also as seen in your other post. While the old card is in undo the over clock berfore the introduction of the new card. Each OC is unique and if it is set too high when the new card is put in it can destroy it.

You must put the old card back in and undo any over clock prior to the new card.

what programs are you running for security? Some of those can cause this as well as some types of malware.

boot from the W7 disk and go to command prompt. type sfc /scannow<enter> post the results

Yes you can do that. generally you can add the serial and activate after installation.

Is there more than one user on this computer? Is it possible thay you are looged in on a different account?