Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - FSX Lockup at main menu

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DVA2271
Captain, B747-400

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319 legs, 994.6 hours
275 legs, 854.8 hours online
286 legs, 946.2 hours ACARS
6 legs, 13.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 27 2018 16:48 ET by Drew Kratzer

Hello all. I don't often post in the Water Cooler but I am having an issue that I would classify as putting me near my wits end with my rig. I can't seem to find a fitting solution through many different Google and forum searches. I will give a little background on my issue and give system specs as well.

I recently purchased the QualityWings 757 and got it installed. When I opened FSX and got to the Free Flight main menu, I went to select the QW757, it would let me click "OK", and then my mouse freezes, with FSX and Windows 7 freezing also; my only recourse is to hard restart my PC with the power button. I restarted, checked Event Viewer for any errors (none), deleted my fsx.cfg file, let it rebuild, and tried again. Same hard lock-up issue occurs. It will also occur if I load up a default plane into a flight, then try to Change Aircraft to the QW757. Unfortunately I also within the last couple of weeks encountered this same issue with the PMDG 777. Similar troubleshooting methods, including complete uninstall of T7 (wipe registry and AppData\Roaming files too), but to no avail.

Running boxed FSX SP2. I have considered upgrading to FSX:SE for the time being while I mull over building a P3Dv4 rig in the next couple of years.

System specs:
Phenom II X6 1090T (OC to 3.44Ghz)
ASUS M3N-HT board
GTX670 2GB
CoolerMaster 650W PSU
Windows 7
8GB DDR2-800

It's a rather antiquated system at this point, but outside of the described issue, it runs FSX great and I have no complaints. Should I pull the trigger on the complete uninstall of FSX and try Steam version? Any advice or ideas are greatly appreciated.

Drew Kratzer

Captain, B747-400

DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV

Joined on January 30 2006
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841 legs, 1,048.5 hours online
1,269 legs, 1,774.9 hours ACARS
31 legs, 49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours

Posted onPost created on July 28 2018 07:19 ET by Andrew Vane

FSX SE is much better than boxed in my opinion. Make sure you install QW757 using administrator mode.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

DVA12617
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432 legs, 896.0 hours online
1,303 legs, 3,014.9 hours ACARS
25 legs, 78.6 hours event
39 legs dispatched, 174.2 hours

Posted onPost created on July 28 2018 09:46 ET by Joe Burner

Andrew Vane wrote:

FSX SE is much better than boxed in my opinion. Make sure you install QW757 using administrator mode.

I’ll +1 for fsx steam. It’s much more stable. However you will have to modify your CFG file. But that’s easy. There is a awesome guide from Nick and Kosta on it. I’ll get you the link.

Joe Burner (DVA12617)

Posted onPost created on July 28 2018 18:40 ET by Drew Kratzer

Update: removed all add-ons, wiped FSX and fresh installed FSX:SE. ONLY installed QW757 and same lockup. Tried installing FSDT standalone add on manager per a troubleshooting thread on QW site. I’m perplexed -__-

Drew Kratzer

Captain, B747-400

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