loki

Questions like this should be asked in the forums, not the blogs.

 

As for your question, all that is happening is that Windows is disabling the Aero interface while the sim is running. It does this to free up the video card for the sim. This has nothing to do with what colours are displayed in the game and is the way it's designed to work.

The Forum would be a better place for questions like this. There are already a couple of threads covering this sim in there already.

 

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/forum.php

 

As for ProFlight Sim, it is just a packaged up version of the open source (and free) FlightGear simulator. You can save yourself $50 and download FlightGear directly.

 

http://www.flightgear.org/

Abdulelah,

Thank you so much for the direction! I really appreciate the help!

-Lisa

 

You can also browse through the PC Hardware forum here too. There are plenty of threads about what to buy for FSX, and you can ask questions if you are still not sure.

 

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/forumdisplay.php?6-PC-Hardware-Video-And-Audio-Help

ok thanx. i am new to this flight sim thing so i really appreciate such a quick feed back

 

Maybe post in the Newcomers forum to get started. It was set up specifically for those new to the hobby and/or forums. You might try using the forum search to look for problems .AIR files as well.

Try posting in the FSX or Newcomers forums as more people will see it there.

 

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/forumdisplay.php?25-FSX-Forum

 

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/forumdisplay.php?51-Newcomer-Services

 

Remember to include the names of the files you are having trouble with, and exactly what you did and where you installed the files to. It sounds like the conflict issue people have when Adobe AIR is also installed.

 

There is also this guide in the Wiki for installing FSX aircraft.

 

https://www.flightsim.com/main/howto/fsxacft.htm

There aren't any legal places to download FSX that I am aware of, but there are places to buy it online and have it shipped to you.

 

https://www.fspilotshop.com/product_info.php?cPath=2_21&products_id=1792

http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Flight-Simulator-X-Gold-Edition-PC-Game/product/25ACE6F8

 

Posts or links to illegal downloads are not tolerated on this site.

Yes, I know you were talking about your network speeds. I was trying to explain that even if your router and computer are connecting at 36, 48 or 54 Mb/s, the data is only coming to your router at something less than your internet connection speed. The local network almost never has any effect on internet transfer speeds as it is much faster than most any internet connection.

 

To see how fast your internet connection is running, go to SpeedTest.net.

 

http://www.speedtest.net/

Safari is a nice browser, on Windows or the Mac, though I still prefer Firefox for its variety of plugins. Firefox also has a download manager, and has had it far longer than Safari has been around. Maybe one day IE will join the club... :)

 

The new version of IE is based on Microsoft's own code as far as I know. Safari shares its rendering engine, WebKit, with the Konquerer browser of the open source KDE desktop project.

 

http://webkit.org/

http://www.konqueror.org/features/browser.php

 

While Safari is fast, I think you're getting your network speed mixed up with your internet speed. Unless you have a fiber optic internet connection (or are just connecting to a server within your local network), most home internet connections run at less than 10Mb/s, which is far below the 54 Mb/s speed of a standard wireless G network. Even if your wireless network is running at 36 Mb/s, your internet connection, at thus the data your browser is pulling down, will be running at something lower than your internet connection speed.

 

You can dual boot Windows on a Mac using Apple's Boot Camp. It works by creating a separate partition to install Windows on and then giving you the option of which to boot when the computer starts up. There are other options like Parallels' Desktop virtual machine program as well that let you run Windows within Mac OS X.

Right Here. You mean you haven't got yours yet??

Oh, but I WAS serious. Who or what in their right mind would want to get involved in the mess this planet is in? If they had the ability to know of our existance, they certainly are far more advanced than we will ever become before we destroy ourselves. And being that far advanced precludes their ever trying to communicate or associate with us.

 

Maybe they're just watching from a distance much like we keep a distance from the few remaining uncontacted tribes in the Amazon? They could be taking bets on how long we last... ;)

Mozy is owned by EMC, which is the 11th largest software company in the world, so that should prevent it from just going out of business. Of course that doesn't mean that EMC gets bored with it and sells it off etc. as publicly owned company's do from time to time. Mozy also has a deal with General Electric which should help keep it going for a little while at least.

 

For the archival question, no I don't know if that has been suggested. They just state that their service is not an archival one, but they will take suggestions on adding it.

 

I have come across another service that does offer versioning called Memopal. It's $50/year for 150GB for the home version, and you can use it on all of your computers (Mozy and Carbonite I think need a separate license for each PC).

 

http://www.memopal.com/en/default.aspx

 

What type of internet connection do you have? Most have far better download rates than upload ones. Plus more and more ISP's have begun throttling users that use "too much" bandwidth.

Mozy offers unlimited storage for $5/month (basically $60 for the year). They offer 2GB for free as well, but it wouldn't take long to fill this up with digital photos (for example). Mozy does seem to offer more options and control over what is backed up and some different options for restoring data, but I am still sorting through the differences myself.

I will certainly let everyone know what I choose to go with.

 

Something I noticed this past weekend while helping both my brother and my girlfriend's dad pick out new computers is that Dell is offering an online backup service now. All of their computers look to come with a free 3GB account to start with, which you can then upgrade from. However, it looks more expensive than either Carbonite or Mozy. At least they are pushing off site back ups so maybe more people will use one.

 

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/shared/services/datasafe/datasafe?c=us&l=en&s=dhs

Thanks Mike. That certainly makes sense in your case.

 

The other service I mentioned, Mozy Backup, doesn't do archiving either but they are taking suggestions from those that do want this feature. Currently they save the file on the server for 30 days before removing it if you have deleted it from your hard drive.

 

As not much changes on my home machine these services do look like a great option for off site backups. And if people are concerned about security, the files are encrypted using a key that you can create before they are sent off to the server(s).

Mike,

 

What didn't you like about the Carbonite backup system? Having got a fairly solid backup system in place at home, I'm looking at options for offsite and the Mozy and Carbonite options look decent for my use. I've found some pretty good reviews of the Mozy online backup as well.

Blog is short for web log. Basically an online diary. Many people have personal blogs for sharing with family and friends, while news sites use them along with, or in place of, editorial pages and some companies use them for direct contact with customers and the public. Some have also got to the point that the line between them and more traditional news sites have become quite blurred.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog