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  1. I had the same thing under Vista at first, windowed mode used to get around it, but I think it could be a gfx driver issue as the above poster said. Try the latest drivers for your card and see if that cures it. If not then the only way is to go into windowed mode to access the menues.
  2. Vista's great in it's own right, just MS didn't put enough thought into users who halfway know what they're doing and geared it around complete novices. They've done so much to protect the computer from crashes that they have caused a lot of software not to work on it. D'oh :( Thanks for the help anyway Peter, I've been pointed to the FS9.cfg file by someone on the forums so now should be able to edit that, apparently C:\Documents and Settings is only a fake folder, the real deal is elsewhere. As you said, cofusing. :roll:
  3. Thanks Peter, I'll get there in the end and get FS9 running the way it should with my add-ons. But that is why I figured maybe it needs to run as Administrator, because many add-ons need to access it constantly and Vista in it's infinite wisdom shuts out a lot of stuff.
  4. Running it windowed worked anyhow, at least I can see FSUIPC that way. On the downside and I know this isn't your problem, I can't tell FS9 to run as Administrator all the time, like I can with other programs. Thanks for the help Peter, much appreciated.
  5. Hi Peter, thanks, I'm sure it's the latest version as I had to download it again before putting it in. I did wonder if the reason it didn't black out before I registered it this time was due to not touching any settings in FS9 at all, including default resolution. It's the darndest thing I ever saw but I'll try your suggestion about running windowed first tonight. (It's funny you say about that as I had another game where I had to run it windowed the first time to get it going right, and seeing that suggestion reminded me of it). Anyway thanks for the help Peter and will let you know the outcome.
  6. Hi Peter, don't know if this has come up before, I searched and couldn't find anything. When I have the flight open in FS9, then select the menu for modules FSUIPC, my screen goes black. FS9 continues to run in the background but I can't access any functions of FSUIPC. I have re-installed FS9 outside of the Program Files folder, which at least allowed me the first time I ran FS9 and FSUIPC to register it, but from then on the black screen thing. When I had FS9 inside the Program Files folder I had the black screen all the time. Any suggestions please? Many thanks, John
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