NASTAR Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Hey all, been a while! I've been out of the simming business for about two years now, but I recently bought a new laptop this Black Friday and thought I'd get back into flying. The only issue I foresee is that the laptop is equipped with Windows 10 Home edition. I've Googled around for compatibility issues and I've found loads of people having problems running FS on 10. However, most of those forum posts were dated 2015 and mostly about beta builds of Win10. I just wanted to know the current situation before I try to install FSX. Are compatibility issues still a problem with Windows 10 today? (I have version 1511) Also, I don't have the Steam version, I have the Deluxe Edition. The Laptop specs are: Acer E5-575G-53VG i5-7200U @2.50GHz turbo to 3.10Ghz Nvidia 940MX 8GB DDR4 RAM. Thanks for reading this! -nastar To lose one engine may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Should work fine But dont expect great performance from that rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgen.s.andersen Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 You should have no problems. I run FSX Acceleration on Windows 10, and have done so for over a year without any problem at all. BUT - there are 2 things you should do (I don't want to say must, but it's close to it). #1 - update Windows fully, and that includes drivers etc. etc. before you install. #2 - search this august forum for threads on installation of FSX before you begin, and figure out how you want to do it. One piece of advice you will find, which you should absolutely heed in order to avoid problems down the line, is to install FSX outside the default location at C:\Program Files(x86). You'll find many other good pieces of advice besides that one. Then, after the installation is done, go here: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?259352-FSX-P3D-Software-and-Hardware-Tweaking-Guide and use the advice there to tune your installation. Have fun, and remember, we're around 24/7 if you have any questions. Jorgen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASTAR Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Thanks malcott and jorgen for relpying. Yes I'm aware this laptop is nothing special, but hey, at least it'll run better than my eight year old E5200 Pentium with an Intel G33 Express chipset. And even if it doesn't run as well as I want it too there's always FS9 right? FS9 will run on Win10, won't it? I may need to start another thread in the FS9 forums.. But anyway, good to know FSX can work on Win10. I'll be sure to follow your advice. Quick question here: Would I have any problems if I installed it on an external hard drive? I miss XP already :( -nastar To lose one engine may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgen.s.andersen Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 With an external hard drive, you will have one problem - it will be S-L-O-W.... And yes, in the beginning - with Windows 8 and after that - I missed XP Pro also. But Win 10 isn't bad at all. What I have done to it is disabling all those "features" that Microshaft decided I must have, like OneDrive and Cortana, plus I went into the privacy settings and turned everything in there off. Also I uninstalled all the "Apps" that I could get my hands on - this is a serious computer, not a damn tablet or cellphone. I run everything off the desktop, I don't see why I should give some idiot Microshaft engineer the power to decide how I should run things...... just my ranting..... Jorgen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 With an external hard drive, you will have one problem - it will be S-L-O-W.... Jorgen If the external drive is running over USB 3 with UASP, the performance hit will be minimal compared to the older USB 2 standard. Especially if the external drive is a 7200 RPM hard drive or SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zswobbie1 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 FSX will probably run a bit slowly. I have a similar specced, laptop, with 3x versions of FS2004. Tips: Install into c:\ (However, I have an install of FS2004 in it's default directory, & it runs perfectly) Turn UAC right down. (It's pretty much useless) Run the sim as 'Admin' That's about it, I'm getting no stutters or lags that I got with my FSX, not as much wit my P3Dv1.4. My laptop is only DX10 compliant, & I cannot use newer P3D's. That's aabout it. Cheers, Robin Robin Cape Town, South Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASTAR Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Great to see the FS9 simmers in this thread, I have some issues with FS9. My install discs are pretty much messed up, so I tried to run the sim on this laptop by just copying the installed version on my previous PC and pasting it here, but it just force closes on the splash screen. I had previously succeeded in installing FS this way on my old XP PC but it doesn't seem to work here. Any ideas? Do I need to do something else like add it to the registry or something? Or am I missing some files? As far as the external drive goes, it's a Seagate Expansion 1Tb drive, and while it is USB3.0, it runs at 5400rpm. I don't know if it has UASP but it probably doesn't. Anyway, I can handle a little performance loss. For Windows 10, I don't mind the new look, or even the apps that have been added. The only two things that really bug me are the constant updates (solved for the moment by setting my connection as metered) and the fact that running old programs is basically hit or miss right now. Running in compatibility mode has worked a grand total of zero times for these programs, and while I admit some are pretty old, like games made in the early 2000s, Win10 seems to have loads more trouble with them than XP ever did. -nastar To lose one engine may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgen.s.andersen Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Microsoft Train Simulator - which is pretty damn old - runs fine under Win 10.... Jorgen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zswobbie1 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Copy & paste your original installed version into a folder such as c:\Flight Sim Create a shortcut on the desktop, & run as admin. Download the registry fix tool from Flight1, & use that to point the fs9.exe to the registry. This works for me, on my Windows 10 install. Robin Robin Cape Town, South Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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