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DVA6936
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on January 22 2009
Online Century Club
50 State Club
Double Century Club
Western United States
217 legs, 732.8 hours
153 legs,
560.3 hours online 200 legs,
678.8 hours ACARS 1 legs,
3.4 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
March 01 2010 19:02 ET by Tyson Dohrer
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Im thinking about trying to run fsx in windows 7 xp mode wondering if anyone else is doing this and if it works?
Tyson DohrerFirst Officer, B777-200
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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
March 01 2010 19:21 ET by Michael Pare
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I haven't figured it out yet.
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 01 2010 19:34 ET by John Alusik
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It is probably a bad idea because when you run XP in windows 7 so you will literally be running a program in a program which is likely going cause poor performance.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA6198
Captain, B737-800
Joined on July 23 2008
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
B737 100 Club
Cascadia Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Quatercentenary Club
Virginia Beach, VA
421 legs, 477.8 hours
351 legs,
387.8 hours online 420 legs,
476.7 hours ACARS 4 legs,
7.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
March 02 2010 06:54 ET by Jeremy Jeffreys
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Actually I run FS9 in XP SP3 compatibility mode with no issues. It is just a check box give it a try and see what happens.
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 02 2010 14:09 ET by John Alusik
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My post is related to running FSx through the XP virtual machine.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"Col. Panic" Marietta, GA
2,241 legs, 8,967.3 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online 1,899 legs,
7,760.4 hours ACARS 75 legs,
196.3 hours event 2,277 legs, 9,102.2 hours total 91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 02 2010 14:19 ET by Luke Kolin
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John++. You do NOT want to run any flightsim stuff via the VM.
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA894
Captain, B757-200
Joined on September 27 2002
Round Lake, IL USA
24 legs, 55.6 hours
8 legs,
22.1 hours online 4 legs,
10.5 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 02 2010 17:26 ET by Bill Bouxsein
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I will second that Luke. Definitely do not run FS or any other gaming or high demand software application through XP mode in Win7. XP runs in a Virtual Machine process on Win7. Basically you are running XP in a window in Win7. I do not believe that you will be able to get any hardware acceleration and can look forward to a frame rate of about 1. Running in compatibility mode is something else entirely. Compatibility mode can be used to change settings such as the color depth, resolution etc. for older programs to run on a newer operating system.
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DVA6198
Captain, B737-800
Joined on July 23 2008
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
B737 100 Club
Cascadia Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Quatercentenary Club
Virginia Beach, VA
421 legs, 477.8 hours
351 legs,
387.8 hours online 420 legs,
476.7 hours ACARS 4 legs,
7.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
March 03 2010 07:29 ET by Jeremy Jeffreys
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Yes I am sorry John I misunderstood your question, DO NOT USE THE VM, you can check the box for compatibility in the UAC but do not run the VM as the others have said.
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DVA1580
Captain, B767-300
COMM
Joined on March 16 2004
Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Caryville, TN USA
199 legs, 476.5 hours
70 legs,
168.4 hours online 84 legs,
232.9 hours ACARS 4 legs,
10.4 hours event 27 legs dispatched, 71.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 03 2010 10:32 ET by Scott Breuer
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I know this sounds dumb, but why would you want to? I just installed 7 on this lap top and have dabbled with FS but nothing serious yet. It seems to run better on this lap top with 7 than it did with XP so far. I have been out of the loop because of work so if I have missed a bunch on this Im sorry.
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DVA7209
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 11 2009
Seattle, WA USA
36 legs, 120.9 hours
1 legs,
1.8 hours online 34 legs,
113.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
March 03 2010 18:39 ET by John Byre
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I believe DirectX 9 and up doesn't work on virtual machines anyway. So you wouldn't even be able to load it up.
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