FSX Acceleration Error Code 1-80004005

Anonymous
2012-07-17T17:37:21+00:00

Ok, I just installed Flight Simulator Acceleration and when ever i start FSX i get a error message saying: "sorry,an unexpected error occured which is prventing product activation from being completed ERROR CODE 1-80004005" i've searched bout 5 hours on the Internet trying to find a solution. The only thing i can find is that its something with the registry. Please Help!

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Anonymous
2012-07-18T06:00:45+00:00

Hi,

1.     Has the game ever worked earlier or it is the first time you are trying to play?

2.     Which operating system is installed on the computer?

Method 1:

You may try the steps from the following link and check if it works:

Flight Simulator X: “An error occurred while attempting to activate the product The problem may be due to an incomplete installation of the application”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960481

Method 2:

Registry Disclaimer: ****Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows: ****http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

a. Click Start and type regedit in the search bar and pressenter.

b. Browse to the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTROL\CLASS{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} ****c. Find Upperfilters listed under it, and check its value, if its 0 change it to PartMgr and click OK out.

Let us know if it helps!

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-06-17T03:02:06+00:00

    This solved my issue.  Thanks heaps!

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-06-11T00:31:20+00:00

    I had the same problem.  It already had the value set to PartMgr.  I changed it to 0.  tried launching fsx, same issue.  I went back to the value and tried to change it back to PartMgr.  It gave me an error saying something about an empty string but then reset it to PartMgr again.  I restarted fsx and the normal activation window came up and allowed me to finish activation.  I just installed windows 10 the previous day so im assuming it included the anniversary upgrade.

    Check your registry entry again and pay special attention to case in the spelling.  Mine was not working as it was originally set to "partmgr".  I changed it to "PartMgr" and as soon as I loaded FSX, it gave me the dialog that asks if I wanted to register now or later.  It worked and I no longer get the annoying error message.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-04-09T03:37:52+00:00

    Budley...................... Right on !!!!! I had partmgr as you said and just edited it to PartMgr and that did the trick....... 

    Changing the case solved my issue as well. The partmgr was already there, I set the case to PartMgr, started FSX and it come up with the activation window for my key. Thanks for the fix.

    With all the new responses here kind of made me wonder why MS gave up FS! Bad move MS!

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-04-09T01:36:44+00:00

    Budley...................... Right on !!!!! I had partmgr as you said and just edited it to PartMgr and that did the trick....... 

    Changing the case solved my issue as well. The partmgr was already there, I set the case to PartMgr, started FSX and it come up with the activation window for my key. Thanks for the fix.

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