Aharon 464 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Shalom and greetings all my pals, I have not been flying on FSX for almost a month because my current 4 or 5 year old laptop's FSX Deluxe with SP1 and SP2 is no longer working due to some stupid D3D11.DLL error and there is something screwed up in Windows 7 in my four or five year old laptop which is working fine and very fast in all other softwares. FSX and IE are the only things that are not working in my laptop that passed all scan tests and diagnostic tests with flying colors meaning that there is something wrong with some Windows files that prevent FSX and IE from operating. Thank God for Firefox and Chrome!! There is nothing wrong with my old laptop that is in mint condition doing superb job in all aspects of computing operations and all softwares in blazing speed manner with excellent low memory usage thanks to plenty 16 GB ram. I bought new computer. It is 2.6-3.5 GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ Quad-Core Skylake sixth generation, 16GB ram, 6 GB dedicated Nivida GT1080 video ram, 1 TB hard drive at 7,200 rpm, 260 GB SSD hard drive, internal DVD drive, and 15.6 inch screen. Will take me quite time to install FSX and all add-ons!! So I will spend next 2 or 3 weeks modifying my new laptop to meet my specific needs and then re-installing all application softwares such as Microsoft Office, Photoshop, etc etc etc. And then re-installing FSX with SP1 and SP2, Squawkbox 4, fruip (spelling), FSCARS, freeware add-ons, and payware add-ons. So the timetable for returning to active duty of FSX flying is probably in 2 or 3 weeks depending how fast I can work on getting my new laptop ready with all modifications and installations which can be headache for me. Installing Norton Internet SecurityInstalling FirefoxInstalling Paint Shop Photo Professional X4 UltimateInstalling Photoshop CS 5.1Installing JpegcropsInstalling Image Resizer 4Installing WinRARInstalling Microsoft Office ProfessionalInstalling FSXInstalling SP1 and SP2Installing BluePrint Stimulation KIAD and TJSJ sceneriesInstalling FlyTampa TNCM (could be problem as I lost installation serial code)Installing FlyTampa CYUL MontrealInstalling FlyTampa KTPA TampaInstalling France VFR Antilles Collection (could be problem as I lost insallation serial code)Installing FSCARSInstalling Sqwkbox 4.0Installing FSCIPPNext step is installing 50 GB worth of freeware add-on planes by POSKY, Overland, IDGF, Project Airbus, Vistaliners, Project Fokker, Skyspirit 2010, Skyspirit 2011, Skyspirit 2012, and many freeware aircraft companies including CalClassics propeller ones by JahnInstalling Tropical Sims MVPB, TNCC, TNCA, TNCB, and few Caribbean airport sceneriesInstalling SimGiants Gran CananiaInstalling UK2000's Edinburgh Ulitimate, London City X Ultimate, and Heathrow X UltimateInstalling Sunjet KPHL PhiladelphiaInstalling CYQB Quebec CityInstalling CYVJ VictoriaInstalling World of AI and many airline packagesInstalling all freeware airports in my native country IsraelInstalling Captain Sims 727-100/200/200F, 757-200, 757-300, 757-200F, and all versions of C-130Installing Caribbean Sea Planes and Caribbean Sea Planes WestInstalling many many many freeware airport sceneries.Installing Aerosoft Maldives X, Gibraltar X and Anchorage X sceneriesInstalling all Taxi2Gate Caribbean airports and KMCO sceneriesInstalling Drzewiecki Design KLGA sceneryInstalling Latin VFR KSAN Diego airport, KMIA Miami airport, TTPP, TTCP, and MKJS sceneriesInstalling Vitaria C-17 Globemaster and Vulcan bomberInstalling Area51 C-5 GalaxyInstalling some PacSim payware airport sceneries Plan to buy: Aerosoft Fairbanks X, Aerosoft Olso X, Aerosoft Helsinki airports (maybe LLBG scenery if system requirements are reasonable)Taxi2gate KSEA Seattle airportOxyb PAJN Juneau and PAKT Ketchian airports Too much work for me!!!! Regards, Aharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aharon 464 Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 WD Elements back up 1TB pocket size drive is AWESOME. It averages 45 seconds per 1 GB of transfer of files from old laptop to this backup drive so that I can put into new laptop. Look at 75 GB worth of add on planes WHOA I am afraid to find out how much GB worth for airport sceneries needed to be transferred!! God help me!! Please login to display this image. Regards, Aharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aharon 464 Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Two days after the purchase of my new laptop, I finally opened the package and unpacked the laptop, plugging it into A/C, and turned it on only to experience most bizarre thing I have seen in computing world!!! In past years, whenever I bought new laptops or computers for myself or for my mom or for offices for my bosses, I always completed registrations of new computers or new laptops by two methods: old fashioned snail mailing of registration paperwork by post office which was common years ago or online registration of new items which is common in present day. However, this time regarding my new laptop during online registration, the registration process demanded photocopy of store receipt for proof of purchase of new laptop!!! FIRST TIME in my life I ever seen registration process of new computing item that requires photocopy of store receipt as proof of purchase!! WOW WOW WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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