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DVA2996
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on January 06 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
Event Half Century Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
Montréal, QC Canada
3,252 legs, 7,983.3 hours
496 legs,
1,363.6 hours online 3,153 legs,
7,595.4 hours ACARS 55 legs,
151.2 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 92.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 01 2009 23:09 ET by Matthew Gervais
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Well for somereason i went to start up fs2004 today and it will not get past the splash screen, the splash screen will stay there for hours if i do not go into the control panel to get rid of fs2004 as a running program. Now fs2004 is not even getting to the main screen or ( free flight) page. it just stops at the splash screen and stays there. I have looked for hours and have found no method that has worked for myself. Hope someone can help.
Matthew Gervais
A320 ACP
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DVA7338
Captain, B747-400
E-MAIL
Joined on May 17 2009
"Thou shalt maintain thy airspeed." Faridabad, Haryana India
60 legs, 151.3 hours
49 legs,
135.1 hours online 58 legs,
145.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 01 2009 23:57 ET by Gurmeet Arora
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After killing it from the task manager, delete (read backup) your FS9.cfg, empty your "My Documents -> Flight Simulator Files" folder and try it again.
Something is holding up normal start-up and the most likely reason is a corrupted Default flight.
Did you install a new aircraft / scenery lately? If yes, can you pls. try uninstalling it.
Pls. let us know if it works.
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DVA2996
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on January 06 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
Event Half Century Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
Montréal, QC Canada
3,252 legs, 7,983.3 hours
496 legs,
1,363.6 hours online 3,153 legs,
7,595.4 hours ACARS 55 legs,
151.2 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 92.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 02 2009 00:00 ET by Matthew Gervais
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No this is a fresh instalation of FS2004, and for some reason its just not working.
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DVA2996
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on January 06 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
Event Half Century Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
Montréal, QC Canada
3,252 legs, 7,983.3 hours
496 legs,
1,363.6 hours online 3,153 legs,
7,595.4 hours ACARS 55 legs,
151.2 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 92.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 02 2009 00:11 ET by Matthew Gervais
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Using Vista, 32 bit.. dunno if that makes a difference.
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DVA1044
Senior Captain, B767-300
Joined on January 12 2003
Century Club
"Fly Delta Jets" Roswell, NM USA
127 legs, 388.8 hours
62 legs,
199.3 hours online 2 legs,
5.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 02 2009 14:07 ET by Lloyd Arms
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Did you install any addons as well? And no vista 32 bit shouldn't make a difference.
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DVA2996
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on January 06 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
Event Half Century Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
Montréal, QC Canada
3,252 legs, 7,983.3 hours
496 legs,
1,363.6 hours online 3,153 legs,
7,595.4 hours ACARS 55 legs,
151.2 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 92.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 02 2009 14:41 ET by Matthew Gervais
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nope its just fs at the moment
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DVA6695
Captain, MD-88
Joined on November 26 2008
Century Club
Online Century Club
"We are....Penn State" Phoenixville, PA USA
153 legs, 206.0 hours
108 legs,
149.6 hours online 149 legs,
200.2 hours ACARS 11 legs,
20.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 02 2009 14:56 ET by Jack Urie
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Matthew:
did you try Gurmeet's suggestion? If you still get the same results, then let me try some troubleshooting questions/suggestions:
1. Did you use the Windows uninstaller and verify that FS was completely removed? If YES...
2. After uninstalling, did you delete all FS subdirectories? If YES...
3. Did you reboot your PC before re-installing FS to clean up your registry? If YES...
4. Did you install FS to a subdirectory other than the default (say a D: drive instead of C:, or did you modify the subD path suggested by the installer)? If NO...
5. Did you install any service packs (I don't use FS9, but isn't there an FS9.1)? If YES...
6. I'm clueless.
I would try to uninstall and reinstall following the above. BUT FIRST...try Gurmeet's suggestion, because that's the first thing that comes to mind. During the install, I would temporarily disable my Antivirus and close all running programs (instructions always say that, I never do that, and everything always works fine, but what the heck).
Good luck.
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DVA2996
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on January 06 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
Event Half Century Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
Montréal, QC Canada
3,252 legs, 7,983.3 hours
496 legs,
1,363.6 hours online 3,153 legs,
7,595.4 hours ACARS 55 legs,
151.2 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 92.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 03 2009 22:33 ET by Matthew Gervais
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nope did not work... its seems fs has just decided to hate my computer. i've even reinstalled windows and nothing!
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DVA5544
Captain, A320
Joined on February 07 2008
"I'm at a 15° chin-up attitude." Spiez, Bern Schweiz
34 legs, 58.3 hours
24 legs,
34.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 03 2009 22:56 ET by Alexander Kolb
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I call ACP if you can't fix the problem!
Only kidding of course, I do have one suggestion.
You can find copies of FS9 online (legally of course) for about $10 or so. Have you considered buying a new copy?
EDIT: New idea just hit me! There's a "No Disk" FS9 software that I believe is legally availible if you're computer can't run the disk. It of course requires a valid registration code, which you'd have in your CD box. Even though the problem isn't that you can't run disks, this would be a legal way to see if the disk is the problem.
Please correct me if this way isn't legal, but as far as I can tell from a bit of looking into it, it's legal as long as you use your product key from FS9 (I even first saw it mentioned here at DVA).
Alexander KolbCaptain, A320
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DVA2996
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on January 06 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
Event Half Century Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
Montréal, QC Canada
3,252 legs, 7,983.3 hours
496 legs,
1,363.6 hours online 3,153 legs,
7,595.4 hours ACARS 55 legs,
151.2 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 92.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 04 2009 01:14 ET by Matthew Gervais
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Nada ether... this is not good...
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DVA7338
Captain, B747-400
E-MAIL
Joined on May 17 2009
"Thou shalt maintain thy airspeed." Faridabad, Haryana India
60 legs, 151.3 hours
49 legs,
135.1 hours online 58 legs,
145.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 04 2009 01:20 ET by Gurmeet Arora
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There are the following 10 steps from Microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837195
I would recommend to try them.
The first step is to put in the update FS 9.1. Can you please confirm you have installed that.
I have had a few people report a similar problem, but that was with FSX/Vista. Read this nevertheless, you may find something useful in here.
http://www.fsforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=787
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DVA273
Assistant Chief Pilot, B777-200
Joined on September 07 2001
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Three Million Mile Club
Stage 1 Jet Five Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Ponce De Leon Club
Bi-Millennium Club
"Flying Freedom, Photography Passion" Aurora, CO
2,074 legs, 8,204.0 hours
39 legs,
247.6 hours online 1,179 legs,
4,642.0 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 04 2009 01:33 ET by Michael Evans
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Actually getting rid of my old copy. Person who bought it on ebay hasnt paid so let me know if you're interested in 04. I just sold my FS2000 also
Michael EvansAssistant Chief Pilot, B777-200
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DVA5544
Captain, A320
Joined on February 07 2008
"I'm at a 15° chin-up attitude." Spiez, Bern Schweiz
34 legs, 58.3 hours
24 legs,
34.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 04 2009 16:48 ET by Alexander Kolb
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Here's another suggestion.
Since it's a clean install to your computer, could it end up going to an imaginary location? I had a problem with a computer once where it believed that there was a different HD than the one actually plugged into my computer. Because of that it would save it to this imaginary HD, and I could not change it to the real one because it didn't know it was there.
Check if your computer is saving it to the right (and real) place.
Alexander KolbCaptain, A320
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 04 2009 19:09 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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And if you can't find the imaginary location, you need to follow the bubblegum and rainbow path...that passes the icicle highway and gumdrop lane. There you will meet with the rubber band man and he will take you to the Scarecrow king...and take you to the land of misfit flight sim installations....
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DVA1044
Senior Captain, B767-300
Joined on January 12 2003
Century Club
"Fly Delta Jets" Roswell, NM USA
127 legs, 388.8 hours
62 legs,
199.3 hours online 2 legs,
5.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 04 2009 20:01 ET by Lloyd Arms
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LOL. Ok who's passing around the laughing gas here tonight? Matt take a good look at your FS disks. Are they scratched or showing alot of signs of wear? Seems to me that your getting a bad install. Another possible reason and highly likely is you have a driver or even a hardware failure. A good site which I've used before to test my system is pcpitstop.com Its free and gives a fairly decent test of your system and makes recommendations. There are others out there but since this one is free I've used them many times in the past. Just sign up and let them test it out. If it rules out drivers and hardware then we'll have to look elsewhere.
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DVA7338
Captain, B747-400
E-MAIL
Joined on May 17 2009
"Thou shalt maintain thy airspeed." Faridabad, Haryana India
60 legs, 151.3 hours
49 legs,
135.1 hours online 58 legs,
145.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 05 2009 01:05 ET by Gurmeet Arora
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Mathew,
How did you did it before?? I mean, is it the first time you are trying the FS/Vista combination or you have done multiple times, but somehow this time you are stuck?
Also, I am expecting you to please go through the links I provided at Microsoft site and report back the results specially after the installation of service pack as quite a lot of people (at various forums) have reported getting this problem corrected after the service pack installation.
There are other steps also including graphics drivers, registry settings and others. Suggest please go through them in the order mentioned and pls. let us know if it works out.
Also, if you can upgrade to Windows 7 or downgrade to Windows XP.
Gurmeet
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DVA2996
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on January 06 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
Event Half Century Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
Montréal, QC Canada
3,252 legs, 7,983.3 hours
496 legs,
1,363.6 hours online 3,153 legs,
7,595.4 hours ACARS 55 legs,
151.2 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 92.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 05 2009 02:15 ET by Matthew Gervais
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I have tried it all... even to the point of reinstalling vista and nothing... Im going to unistall and defragment one more time and see if that works... Hope so!
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DVA3787
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP
Joined on December 01 2006
Double Century Club
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
"Small planes don't make small brains" Western Europe
277 legs, 515.9 hours
204 legs,
397.0 hours online 244 legs,
456.2 hours ACARS 39 legs,
80.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 05 2009 12:14 ET by Mark Salter
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You might want to try some of these ideas: http://www.gamehourz.com/FS2004-freezes-splash-screen-ftopict170971.html
Mark SalterSenior Captain, CRJ-200
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DVA2996
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on January 06 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
Event Half Century Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
Montréal, QC Canada
3,252 legs, 7,983.3 hours
496 legs,
1,363.6 hours online 3,153 legs,
7,595.4 hours ACARS 55 legs,
151.2 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 92.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 05 2009 14:22 ET by Matthew Gervais
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Nothing so far has Worked... Once again... any final ideas?
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DVA7338
Captain, B747-400
E-MAIL
Joined on May 17 2009
"Thou shalt maintain thy airspeed." Faridabad, Haryana India
60 legs, 151.3 hours
49 legs,
135.1 hours online 58 legs,
145.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 06 2009 07:39 ET by Gurmeet Arora
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If you can, upgrade to Windows 7 or downgrade to Windows XP.
Sorry, I wish I could give you a better suggestion, but with the dead wall you have reached against, this is all I can say.
Once again, best of luck.
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DVA2996
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on January 06 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
Event Half Century Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
Montréal, QC Canada
3,252 legs, 7,983.3 hours
496 legs,
1,363.6 hours online 3,153 legs,
7,595.4 hours ACARS 55 legs,
151.2 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 92.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 07 2009 18:07 ET by Matthew Gervais
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After the initial instal, Did anyone else have anything in the "flight simulator files" folder cause mine is blank i am wondrin if that isn't the issue.
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DVA6626
Captain, MD-11
Joined on November 07 2008
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
""PROFILE CLIMB"" Las Vegas, NV
753 legs, 2,288.9 hours
28 legs,
55.2 hours online 747 legs,
2,255.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 07 2009 18:28 ET by Michael Pare
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Whe I had this happen I went in the flightsim file and completely wiped every ting out of it and totally started over fresh, that worked, as sometimes files get corrupted and need to be elimaneted.
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DVA5544
Captain, A320
Joined on February 07 2008
"I'm at a 15° chin-up attitude." Spiez, Bern Schweiz
34 legs, 58.3 hours
24 legs,
34.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 07 2009 18:32 ET by Alexander Kolb
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Matthew, are you checking in Programme Files, Microsoft Games, etc, or Programme Files (Some number here), Microsoft Games, etc?
Alexander KolbCaptain, A320
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