Already activated but can't install expansion pack..

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maxboost7 Trainee
Joined: Jan 20, 2006 Posts: 15
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:52 pm

it's werid.. mine is activated with SP1 but when i tried to install expansion pack, it shows pop up message "you must activate fsx before install expansion..." any idea??? mine is already activated..

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Tailhook Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7013 Location: El Dorado
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:04 pm

maxboost7 wrote:

it's werid.. mine is activated with SP1 but when i tried to install expansion pack, it shows pop up message "you must activate fsx before install expansion..." any idea??? mine is already activated..

thanks

Expansion Pack... are we talking 'Acceleration'? I'm pretty sure Acceleration contains SP1 and thus it is likely that you have to uninstall SP1 BEFORE you install Acceleration.
The pop-up messages you get in Windows OS can be very misleading or simply wrong. The priority is always to read the instructions thoroughly and follow them to the letter. This will often banish the silly pop-up messages.

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maxboost7 Trainee
Joined: Jan 20, 2006 Posts: 15
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Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:17 pm

yeah.. when i turn on FSX.. It's fully activated.. all the options are available.. but funny how, when i tried to install acceleration pack.. It says "I need to activate FSX before the installation..." I've tried to re-install everything which took me over 40min.. but still does same...

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
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Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:29 pm

If your going to uninstall and reinstall follow this.

https://flyawaysimulation.com/news/3805/

SP1 and SP2 are included in Acceleration.

Radar

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