Error Code 1-80004005

Anonymous
2010-02-06T05:10:01+00:00

Error Code 1-80004005 after reinstalling FSX on Vista. Activation form doesn't load therefore, there's no way to activate it. Observed several discussions on this using Google searches but never found a specific answer. Have tried the FSX installation DVD Repair option but no help there.

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Anonymous
2010-02-07T01:39:52+00:00

Well, I seemed to have fixed this myself. After reading through http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960481, I saw the mention of uninstalling FSX SP2 but for a different problem. I went to the control panel and under programs and features I found that it didn't show the FSX program nor SP1 but did show FSX SP2. So I uninstalled SP2. After that and just for the heck of it I thought I would try to fire up FSX and viola! the first thing that appeared was the activation form that I was unable to get earlier. I filled in the key code from my box, was accepted and now I appear to be running OK. I still haven't reinstalled SP2 yet as I am still flying around and resetting my settings that I had originally.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-10-10T23:04:51+00:00

    Nice catch. I have been working with this program and Win 10 for days now and have just now got it all to work. I first accepted the lower case without thinking with no luck. You catching the case fixed my issue. Thanks and thanks to who ever figured out to change the Registry entry.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-09-25T18:03:13+00:00

    Thank you, 

    I had, had a look through the registry and wondered but gave it up as I seemed to have so many  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTRO L\CLASS{4D36E967-

    E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} Entries to look through !!!!

    I have uninstalled and reinstalled it so many times on this PC, { note to self, clean PC soon !!!!

    In fact I had over 15 possibly more. Interestingly though, not all of them contained UpperFilters, But when I got to the FIRST ONE, I followed your instructions and it worked first time.

    You are a star Sparrow29 !!!

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