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Great that you were able to persuade the vendor you weren't violating your software license but ... A real stretch if you actually believe anyone at Imagine Sim will read or heed your plea on here. Maybe better to communicate with them directly?
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I've always found nVidia Inspector to be gold - well worth the effort to set parameters that produced the very best FSX video on my sim rigs. And, yes, the Diablo setting is probably the most important of all, the rest being specific to your video card and driver version you have in play.
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JSGME looks interesting but I've always used BACKUPS, yes, backups of my flightsim rig before installing anything major. Clonezilla Live is my friend. Thank you, taxpayers of Taiwan, for that useful, free software utility. More work than many care to do, sure, but it's simple (for me) and reliable, if not as quick as a nifty software-specific utility. But then, I'm an IT guy so having a grandfather-father-son backup set in place makes me happy and, I like to think, secure in not having my flightsim rig unintentionally corrupted. If it is important to you, back it up. Old advice and still good advice, I think. Clonezilla.org
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Is this forum dead?
ftldave replied to sfojimbo's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
Zippy reminded me of when troubled youth made fun of the Chinese dog, Wun Hung Lo ... Oh, wait, that's Tricky Woo, ewww. I, too, know how to run Windows 11, though I find it distasteful and don't care for Microsoft's bullying and godawful "helpful" nagging in that OS. I will keep Win10 on my FSX rig until the last day, October 14, 2025. Nyaa, Microsoft! And, if I wanted, I could build a pc from scratch since I've been working with computers since President Carter was in the White House. But, I'll pass on that and let the robots do it, then I'll add what I want. I don't make my own soap either. I choose other, I think better, ways to spend my time. While the flightsim community has had a schism after MSFS appeared - just like what happened in the trainsim world - I'm sure glad flightsim.com soldiers on. Maybe I click on fewer posts than in years past, but it's still a valuable online place for us to enjoy. Not dead yet! -
MSFS and Windows 11
ftldave replied to johnyyz's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
That probably just won't be enough to avoid some known and to-come risks, though Microsoft has in the past issued security patches for no-longer-supported operating systems when there was a really dangerous security hole. They did it last week for the IPv6 vulnerability: CVE-2024-38063 - one so bad I had to pull an all-nighter at work disabling IPv6 and applying the IPv6 patches, a slow process that one. Home computer users on unsupported operating systems will need to install that patch manually - it won't be automatic. The IPv6 vulnerability was a zero-click threat, a bad one affecting so many versions of Windows, including Windows 10, 11, and Windows Server going back to 2008 to present. If deniers plan to continue Windows 10 after October 14, 2025, better isolate it. And good luck to you. I won't run an unsupported Windows operating system on any of my Internet-connected computers. And Win 10 machines will eventually get blacklisted, blocked from the network where I work. Enforced isolation. Microsoft has gotten plenty of valid criticism for "sending millions of computers to the landfills" next year. But I suspect that's not what will really happen. The deniers and clueless will just soldier on with Windows 10 after security and bug patches end. I expect we can look forward to a huge ghetto of Windows 10 machines still on the Internet after D-Day comes and goes. What a mess. That said, one of the reasons for Win 11 is to quarantine inherent security flaws in pre-2018 silicon, conjectured to be part of Microsoft's reaction to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware incident - under pressure from the Feds, Big Oil, and other corporates to improve Windows' defense against hacking and malware. Security patches addressing vulnerabilities in hardware almost always means diminished performance, so there's some - if thin - logic for Windows 10 end of support. It's been and continues to be a lot of labor for those of us who work in IT, getting ready for the end of Windows 10 support. -
Support doesn't mean just calling a tech rep at Microsoft for assistance. It means Microsoft providing updates, security patches, and bug fixes. Of particular concern if your computer is connected to the Internet and you're browsing, downloading, are interactive, is the security consideration. End of support means, with rare exceptions, no more security updates or patches. I ignore the "I never had a problem" anecdotes and would never run an unsupported operating system unless it was isolated. Other people deny, don't care about security updates. Good luck to them. But not me.
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From avgeekery.com: https://avgeekery.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-what-we-know-so-far/ More Planes, More Fun Eagle-eyed viewers of the two MSFS24 trailers released so far will notice a plethora of new aircraft, including: Airbus A330-200 and -300 Airbus A400M Airbus BelugaXL A-10 Thunderbolt Boeing 737 MAX 8 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet Pilatus PC-12 NGX Plus, hot air balloons, crop dusters, EVTOL aircraft, a blimp, ultralights, helicopters, and much more.
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Apple Silicon
ftldave replied to twofivexray's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
People who love Apple, who have no qualms with paying the "Apple Tax" higher prices, will never, ever want to use a Windows PC for anything, don't you know. Apple Silicon and starting-to-arrive Windows on ARM compatibility via emulation with X86\X64 binaries will be interesting to see, what works, what doesn't. -
FS2020 of no use to me
ftldave replied to Shrikharan's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
Not everyone wants to "fly a camera" in 3D cockpits nor have to wear odd headgear. For many, for me, not enjoyable. While I feel some guilt when I disable 3D cockpits to avoid wasted RAM, knowing all the work that goes into them, I enjoy 2D cockpits on virtually all my favorite aircraft models. -
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FS2020 of no use to me
ftldave replied to Shrikharan's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
No need to say? Definition: forum a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged. -
FS2020 of no use to me
ftldave replied to Shrikharan's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
It's not the tech specs that make FS2020 of little use for me. It's the lack of military aircraft and military airbase scenery for FS2020. Compared to the hundreds of fine mil aircraft in FSX and other sims, MSFS is greatly lacking, sorry to say. -
Boeing shareholders won't forget as other airlines start to rethink and cancel B737 orders. Funny thing, notice that you don't see what used to be common on here, that "If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going" ditty. They've tainted their brand.
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Registration issues with MSFS.com
ftldave replied to jkb24212's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
Well, not everyone would agree with Edge browser not having penalties and a dark side ... especially after Microsoft's bullying tactics to get it accepted, like forcing hyperlinks to only open in Edge, grabbing pdf extensions, etc. The freebies you mention are nice, but ... Personally, I'm starting to use Chromium more and more, the de-Googled open source browser on which Chrome and Edge are based. No automatic updates, but not loaded with junk that I don't want in my browser. And I think that's a benefit. From How To Geek: It's Time to Stop Using Microsoft Edge -
Think computer overheating and will loading less processes help?
ftldave replied to Cas141's topic in FSX General Discussion
Like all machines, computers don't last forever. If that computer is, what, past 9, 10 years old, best to replace it and not waste your time and effort. With the global glut of RAM and storage devices, it's a good time to look for a bargain deal and buy a replacement. Prices are low right now, this summer of 2023, lots of sales and discounts. After any efforts to revive that computer, you're still going to have an old computer that will be prone to failure when the motherboard or power supply peters out. And you'll be pleasantly surprised at the performance boost from moving to some new hardware technology. Do yourself a favor and don't let your old computer become a money pit or a time sink. One of the most rewarding parts of my job is when I get to make older computers run well by upgrades, adding SSDs, RAM, etc., But there comes a point when computers get so old that they need to be decommissioned, put out of service and retired. The Dells I work with are, with rare exceptions, reliable workhorses. But when they entire what I call the "driving on bald tires" stage, it's time to replace, not extend their use.