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Marty CVA1974
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Post subject:  Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:53 pm |
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cva3906 · Posted on Mar. 12 2009,20:11 Quote: You're running McAfee?
Yeah, and I really don't care much for it. The only reason is the guy who I bought this stuff from gave me McAfee free for one year. I have considered taking it out and going back to what I had on the old machine. Ya tinks,,, yaaa ?
Rob Vanderkam · Posted on Mar. 12 2009,20:33Quote: And dont' forget to do a system restore point every once in a while
Good idea Rob , I'll be doing that for sure. 
Thanks !
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:51 am |
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Marty CVA1974 wrote: I've just discovered something else here.  I think most of my problems were caused by my battery back-up file saver. I have a battery back up made by Energizer , which will shut down the computer safely if there should be a power failure. I activated this tonight and when I tried to test FS9 after installing an add-on, again I had some strange things happening . I disabled the file saver program and all was well again. As for McAfee , I still don't care for the pop-ups that keep jumping out at me , whenever I'm trying to do something. ??? I will continue my quest tomorrow evening after I get home from work. Have a great evening !
Is it old? If yes, have you ever replaced the battery?
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:36 pm |
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Rob Vanderkam wrote: On the issue of anti-virus, I was a BitDefender user for a few years until recently when my wife's laptop started having problems. A friend downloaded the MS Windows Live OneCare program (without asking) and it picked up and fixed a virus right away. So I'm on a trial period with it. I know - I know - I hate the idea of a web delivered service and of a MS product (expect FS of course). If anyone has any comments, let em fly!
The Live-One care product is a piece of crap in my opinion. Misses half of the stuff that it should, but it does catch a few things.
Seems most anti-virus packages that now have a suite attached to them are nothing but grief for more amateur users as I get calls all the time about stuff not working right.
Personally, I use a free version of AVG both at home and work. Works well for my needs and does not seem to interfere with things for the most part while doing the job. Best of all...its free 
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:23 am |
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dburtch wrote: So if i understand things correctly everything installs properly, the game just won't run because it doesn't recognize Disc 4? Head on over to www.gamecopyworld.com (since you legally own a copy of FS2004 you can use this website). There you can download the fs9.exe file that will allow you to run the game without having to use Disc 4. This is great when you play it a lot as it preserves the CD because you aren't using it. Just did a quick check now on that site and there are 4 different downloads. Make sure you grab the "no-cd/fixed exe" for whatever version of FS2004 you are using. Version 1.0 is the game straight from the box and V 1.10 is with the Microsoft patch installed.
Danny - I tried this out and it works offline but I read this on the web site....
Some No-CD/Fixed EXE files work fine in Single Player mode but are detected to be modified when trying to play online. When this happens use the original EXE to play online, else you could find yourself banned from the game!
Then when I tried to run this while on VATSIM, I got disconnected with this error msg....
[ERROR] Error from server: unauthorized client software (16)
...so I guess I can't do without the CD when flying on VATSIM. Maybe I'll check out the VATSIM forums for more info.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:40 am |
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Rob Vanderkam wrote: dburtch wrote: So if i understand things correctly everything installs properly, the game just won't run because it doesn't recognize Disc 4? Head on over to www.gamecopyworld.com (since you legally own a copy of FS2004 you can use this website). There you can download the fs9.exe file that will allow you to run the game without having to use Disc 4. This is great when you play it a lot as it preserves the CD because you aren't using it. Just did a quick check now on that site and there are 4 different downloads. Make sure you grab the "no-cd/fixed exe" for whatever version of FS2004 you are using. Version 1.0 is the game straight from the box and V 1.10 is with the Microsoft patch installed. Danny - I tried this out and it works offline but I read this on the web site.... Some No-CD/Fixed EXE files work fine in Single Player mode but are detected to be modified when trying to play online. When this happens use the original EXE to play online, else you could find yourself banned from the game! Then when I tried to run this while on VATSIM, I got disconnected with this error msg.... [ERROR] Error from server: unauthorized client software (16) ...so I guess I can't do without the CD when flying on VATSIM. Maybe I'll check out the VATSIM forums for more info.
But that website has saved me a few times when my game cds become unusable.
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Marty CVA1974
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:12 am |
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cva3906 · Posted on Mar. 12 2009,22:01Quote: If you do decide to remove McAfee, make sure you go to McAfee's site and download their removal tool.
I went looking for this removal tool you speak about , and I can't seem to find it. ???
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