FS2004 and WindowsXP SP2

HowardsRock wrote:

I just did an upgrade from SP1 to SP2 without wiping the hard drive first. FS9 worked fine with SP1, but I have had this issue ever since I did the upgrade. I'm not sure if it's something in the registry that's out of whack or what. But if it were the registry, I would think it would ALWAYS behave like this and would NEVER work the way it should. But alas, sometimes it does.

I do NOT want to wipe the hard drive and reinstall everything again, but since I can't find the solution, it's about the only thing left to do.

Thanks,
HR

You don't have to wipe the hard drive before you install SP2. I would have suggested to uninstall fs9 prior to the SP2 update though -- don't ask me why, it seems to linger in my memory bank.

Anyhow, what I would try now (retaining the SP2 update), uninstalling fs9 in the prescribed manner by MS and then installing fs9 again and finally installing the patch for fs9 as per instructions.
Maybe the XP SP2 and the fs9 patch got their wires crossed on your hard drive...

In case you haven't read it or you've lost the link, this document is worth hanging on to ➡

https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/2795/flight-simulator-2004-update-v91/

Pay particular attention to the section: Removing Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight after updating -

See what happens

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Thanks Tailhook. I went ahead and backed everything up, uninstalled FS9, and wiped the hard drive anyway. There are some other apps on my machine that will benefit from the fresh XP install as well.

Haven't had a chance to reinstall FS9 yet, but I'll keep you posted on how things go.

Thanks again. I'll keep a local copy of that MS article.

If you wiped your HDD anyway HowardsRock you shouldn't have any problems if you install everything in sequential order.

Do keep us posted, we wanna know if your problems will be resolved.

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