October 15, 20205 yr Hi, After recent issues I had with FSX I decided to install a new HD and duel boot to windows 10. (my original was on my windows 8.1) I installed my boxed FSX Deluxe edition, activated it with the supplied key. (in the orange strip in the DVD case) it activated OK. i started up FSX and then closed it. i then in stalled the boxed FSX acceleration expansion pack. when it completed it did not give me the option to activate it. so i restarted and it said that it is not activated. i closed the info window and it then started. I then preceded to install all of my add-on scenery and aircraft. as i was about to set off on a flight i received a notification that my Demo version of FSX has now expired and then it closed. is there a fix for this? Regards Steve
October 15, 20205 yr If you have too much trouble you could install the Stem edition for about $15 which has a few improvements over the original especially with the display. You can install most of your add ons in this, I had the same problem. Harry Woodrow
October 15, 20205 yr 13 minutes ago, munckton said: is there a fix for this? Happened to me in early August. Now using FSX Steam Edition. Was cheap and all of my FSX stuff works flawlessly. Only issue is how deep it installs into your folders. After installation find the main FSX folder and create a shortcut to the folder. Very helpful when adding scenery or making edits to panels, etc. Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
October 15, 20205 yr Administrators https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-gaming/fsx-activation-problem/afc10549-4347-4e1d-8426-9f266c21302f Charlie Aron AVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-Registrar Awaiting the new Microsoft Flight Sim and the purchase of a new system. Running a Chromebook for now!
October 16, 20205 yr Author Hi all. thanks for all the input. i followed some the threads and this is the one that worked for me: I went to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SYSTEM, CurrentControlSet, Control, Class, {4d36e967-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}. Find line UpperFilters and check PartMgr. Important PartMgr must be whit capital letters If it doesn't change it". Mine was "pagemgr" so i changed it to "PageMgr" After it you must see registration window. Remember you must firstly install FSX, run and activate it and only after it install Acceleration pack.Problem 3. When i started FSX i got the activation screen, I inputted the serial that came with FSX Acceleration, and presto, activated. I did notice a difference in the start screen, while it was in "demo mode" there were no "missions" but now is shows the missions, (not that i ever fly any missions anyway) once again, thanks for all your help. Steve
October 20, 20205 yr Interestingly enough, I recently went through this when I copied my FSX from an HDD to an SSD. After making the registry change, things were fine. I also run as admin. I later went back to the registry and noticed PartMgr was all lower case again. But everything works. Bob i5, 16 GB ram, GTX 960, FS on SSD, Windows 10 64 bit, home built works anyway.
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