Re: Unable to install Flight Simulator X

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Just show you what a bad product FSX is. Wouldn't waste my money on it.

"Jimmy S." <nosp@xxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi DBoone,

That's great news. I'm glad that got sorted! :-)

DBoone Wrote:
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| As it turns out, it was a software conflict. I found a description of a
| similar problem when browsing through the MS Knowledgebase. The culprit
in
| that instance was Intervideo. Since I had just installed Intervideo I
decided
| to try removing it and installing FSX. That did the trick.
|
| Apparently, with Intervideo installed the Intellishield installer
doesn't
| recognize the insertion of the second disc.
|
| Thanks for the help!
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi DBoone,
||
|| Before we begin troubleshooting the issue, if you have more than one
|| DISC player (CD/DVD/CDRW/DVDR/ETC) in your system, I've seen
|| this type of problem resolved by simply using the other DISC player.
:-)
||
|| Here are some other more involved solutions which have worked:
||
|| 1. Before we begin, please save a restore point for your system.
|| How to use Windows XP System Restore:
||
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp
||
|| 2. You might be affected by problems similar to the Insert CD error.
|| - Try the advice and DL at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=228985
|| Another trick that I found sometimes works is to make the limited
account an
|| administrator account and run that game once. This should create
the registry
|| settings and permissions for that user to be able to properly run
the game.
||
|| 3. Kazaa or Kazaa light is installed on your system.
|| - Uninstall the game(s) and Kazaa, and reinstall from original CD.
||
|| 4. Multiple CD drives on your system including Virtual CD drives.
|| - Disconnect all but the main CD drive and try the game. You
|| might have an older drive, or a CD Writer which is incompatible
|| with the Safe Disk copy protection on the CD. (Contact
Vendor).
||
|| 5. Your antivirus or application firewall might be conflicting with
it.
|| - Disable the software temporarily.
||
|| 6. There might be a patch available for your game to correct the
issue.
|| - Skip this step DBoone, since you're in the installation phase ...
||
|| 7. Your desktop may need to be set at least 800x600 and 16 colors.
|| - Click Start / (Settings) Control Panel / Click Display
||
|| 8. Your Video, Sound, or Monitor drivers may need updating.
|| - Try updating your Video drivers using the instructions at:
|| http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers
||
|| 9. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
|| programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
|| blockers using this utility: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
|| or this method: http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php
||
|| 10. If you created other drive letters on your system by installing
another drive,
|| creating partitions or virtual drives you may need to change
the CD back
|| to the same drive letter it was originally. Usually the CD
uses the letter D:
|| - Click Start / Run / type: diskmgmt.msc < to access the tool
to change it.
||
|| 11. Maybe a Microsoft Security patch is the culprit. The only way to
be sure is
|| to Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows
using
|| this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
||
|| After you reboot, try the game again. If it works, save a new
restore point.
||
|| Lastly, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back
|| into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates
|| from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com one at a time. Test the
game after
|| each update to find which is causing the game not to start on your
PC. :-)
||
|| --
|| Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
|| Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call /
Contact
|| MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| DBoone Wrote:
|| =================
||| I built a new pc, uninstalled the game on the old pc, and am trying to
||| install on new pc. OS is Windows XP Pro. The first disc installs just
fine
||| but the second disc is not recognized.




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