MartinP Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I have just updated to Windows 10 from Windows 7. All appeared to go well. However after completing a flight and checking the fsuipc log, it shows my operating system as Windows 8. I will admit I cannot detect any issues when using the sim and I can confirm that my O/S is definitely Windows 10. I have also checked the properties of fsx.exe and steam.exe for any compatability flags - there are none. The fsuipc version is 4.948e Is this as it should be or do I have an issue? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 I have just updated to Windows 10 from Windows 7. All appeared to go well. However after completing a flight and checking the fsuipc log, it shows my operating system as Windows 8. Hmm. odd. Some much older versions think anything later than Window 7 is Windows 8. But 4.948e should certainly see any major version number greater than 6 as Windows 10 (Vista, Win7, Win8, Win8.1 were 6,0, 6.1, 6,2 and 6.3 respectively). Are you perhaps running FS in a compatibility mode? I think that may make the O/S lie to programs about its version number. Anyway, it has no effect, it's only a logging entry. (Incidentally, I'm still on Windows 7. No reason to move, it is easily the best O/S MS ever made!) There are no differences in FSUIPC for any version of Windows after XP -- XP and Vista were different enough to change how FSUIPC (and especially the Installer) look things up in the Registry. I am not aware of any changes since Vista which make any difference to the functions FSUIPC use. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas_bush_pilot Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Hi. FYI, I just installed the latest FSUIPC and got the following log entry: ********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.948e by Pete Dowson *********Prepar3D.exe version = 3.0.10.14945Reading options from "D:\P3Dv3\Modules\FSUIPC4.ini"Running inside Prepar3D v3 on Windows 8.0Module base=1F040000 Just thought you'd like to know. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Hi. FYI, I just installed the latest FSUIPC and got the following log entry: ********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.948e by Pete Dowson ********* Prepar3D.exe version = 3.0.10.14945 Reading options from "D:\P3Dv3\Modules\FSUIPC4.ini" Running inside Prepar3D v3 on Windows 8.0 And are you using Windows 8.0 as FSUIPC seems to think? If you are using Windows 10, what is the actual version number? According to web references it should be 10.0. Anyone with FSUIPC not telling the correct version (and not running in a "compatibility mode"), please do this for me and report the results: How to find windows version number Click Start, type regedit and press Enter to open the Windows registry Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion Find the key in the right-hand panel called CurrentVersion. Its value is your windows version. Thanks, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakpilot Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Pete Hi, Here is my info - win10 pro user, when I run cmd - winver - about windows. it states version 1511 (OS build 10586.29) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion "CurrentBuild"="10586""CurrentMajorVersionNumber"=dword:0000000a (10)"CurrentMinorVersionNumber"=dword:00000000 (0)"CurrentType"="Multiprocessor Free""CurrentVersion"="6.3""EditionID"="Professional""InstallationType"="Client""InstallDate"=dword:56490d04"ProductName"="Windows 10 Pro""ReleaseId"="1511" ********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.948e by Pete Dowson *********Prepar3D.exe version = 3.0.10.14945Reading options from "H:\Prepar3d V3\Modules\FSUIPC4.ini"Running inside Prepar3D v3 on Windows 8.0Module base=60900000User Name=""User Addr=""FSUIPC4 Key is providedWideFS7 Key is provided 344 System time = 16/12/2015 10:07:16 344 FLT UNC path = "\\HOMESIMPC\Documents\Prepar3D v3 Files\" 344 ------ Module Version Check ------ 344 acontain.dll: 3.0.10.14945 344 api.dll: 3.0.10.14945 344 controls.dll: 3.0.10.14945 344 fs-traffic.dll: 3.0.10.14945 344 G3D.dll: 3.0.10.14945 344 sim1.dll: 3.0.10.14945 344 visualfx.dll: 3.0.10.14945 344 weather.dll: 3.0.10.14945 344 window.dll: 3.0.10.14945 344 ---------------------------------- Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 "CurrentVersion"="6.3" Aha! According to all the Web references I can find, version 6.3 is Windows 8.1 FSUIPC should report 8.1 not 8.0. Which means internally Windows is actually saying it is version 6.2! What a mess! I really can only go by what Windows tells me. It's a good job it makes no difference to FSUIPC. Maybe I'll change Running inside Prepar3D v3 on Windows 8.0 to Running inside Prepar3D v3 on Windows 8.0 or later since evidently I can't rely on the Windows version function telling me the truth! But first I'll see if I can check the Build Number instead: 8.1 is > 9200, 10 is > 10000 Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakpilot Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Pete that makes sense - seems MS are in no hurry to correct the version number I can confirm the windows 8.1 details are HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion "SystemRoot"="C:\\WINDOWS""SoftwareType"="System""InstallDate"=dword:55bccf83"CurrentVersion"="6.3""CurrentBuild"="9600""RegisteredOrganization"="""CurrentType"="Multiprocessor Free""InstallationType"="Client""EditionID"="Core""ProductName"="Windows 8.1" Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 that makes sense - seems MS are in no hurry to correct the version number I can confirm the windows 8.1 details are "CurrentVersion"="6.3""CurrentBuild"="9600" Thanks. I'll add a check on the Build Number in the next FSUIPC update. Waiting for P3D version 3.1 release at present, supposedly "before the end of the year" they said! ;-) Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinP Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Pete I'm pleased some others have come in on this one. I had come to the conclusion that windows had decided unilaterally to run fsx in compatibility mode. Being unable to resolve it even through the registry I had determined to do a fresh clean install. However now.... Looking at the registry entry, I find: Current version = 6.3 Current Build = 10586 Product Name = Windows 10 Home So presumably it would very much appear that as stated above, the version number for W8 has not been updated by Microsoft during the upgrade process. Also having looked at a full (purchased) installation, the version is still 6.3. Thanks for all your help. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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