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!
It worked for me too! Was set to partmgr first, set to "0" then reset to PartMgr then voila! It worked. Ive been trying to get FSX running every night for the last two weeks. Even dual booted window 7 and and still no worky! Well it worky NOW! Thank you folks!
Thanks for yopur resonse. 1: Yes it worked fine in Vista 2: win 10. I have tried both of your proposed methods a long time ago. NO GO.
Problem: I have FSX on CD with activation code. I have FS Accelleration on CD with code. I install FSX and activate. Fine.
Acceleration is an addon to FSX. I install without any problem at all, but get no chance to activate. Just errorcode. Result is that i only can fly for 30 minutes, like
in demomode. In other words I think I need to have a possibility to activate FS Accelleration.
I remember that procedure from Vista. After installation of Accelleration, you got the normal formula on the display to activate with the code.
Thats it. Small problem huge consequense.
Yours
Henning Rasmussen
Back story... I've been flying FSX for many years now. I started in 08' with a Compaq running Win XP. Upgraded to an HP in 12'. Stock machines at first then upgraded RAM and better GPU's. Never top of the line or over the top machines with the latest hardware
that cost more than a small house! My equipment is usually 2-3 years behind the times. My current rig is a Craigslist AMD Custom machine that I paid $150 for. Its a AMD 6300 FX 6 core, NVidia GeForce 1050 TI 4GB GPU, 8GB RAM and Windows 10. It was a crap shoot
but the guy demo'd it for me and I've been happy with it. I put the 1050 TI in it as an upgrade. Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P-FX mobo. No overclocking as of yet...
Now on to the story... Two weeks ago I tried to load FSX in WIN 10. No dice. The first workaround was DTX9. Got that sorted out. It seemed that with every effort to load it was something else. I did manage to get it to load but it would not register. (
gave me the code that everyone else seemed to get. ) I just would try to solve one problem code at a time as it came up. I got frustrated and loaded Windows 7 Home premium on another HDD. Did all the updates, did it all legal. No pirated software... I never
even got it to load in Win7. Way more error codes with Windows 7 than 10. Couldn't load, would load all the way to the end of disk 2 and give an error about unable to find certain files needed ect ect. Resurfaced FSX disks. I think I got it to load once but
it was the same as 10. Would not register. Tried a new tack: Took the HDD that I used for FSX alone out of my trusty HP and loaded it up in my new machine just like in the HP. Still had Windows 10 HDD hooked up as well, still doing dual boot. Well that went
over like a turd in the punch bowl. Dont know what happened but it somehow corrupted Windows 7. Lost Boot MGR. Reloaded Win 7 again with all updates that took another 5-6 hours to update and get caught up. Tried again and never got it loaded fully. Same as
before. Same errors and a few new ones. Mind you, this was an ongoing,every evening process over the last two and a half weeks. I finally decided to go back to Windows 10 and try again. I already had the file for DTX 9 loaded. Started to research the non
register code again and came across the one that instructed me to change the registry. Followed the instructions about backing up the registry before I started. Did the following: 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.
The first time I had no luck. It already had partmgr in there. Changed to 0 and reset. Went back and changed it back to partmgr (all lower case) and low and behold SUCCESS!!! I was able to register successfully and add Acceleration as well.Which I was also
able to activate too. I flew last night with high resolution settings and most of the sliders cranked up. I still have some tweaking to do like unleashing the power of the Multi Core processor. That is the subject for another forum though.
I guess the moral of the story is: Don't give up. Work each problem as it arises. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that my Windows 10 version is not a OEM version loaded by someone at a factory but a stand alone OS with no bloatware.
I was getting ready to sacrifice a goat over a copper bowl on a moonlit night in a wooded clearing to get this to work. Just work the problems as they come up and research every code that you come across and you will find the workaround that works for
you. I hope this helped.