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Iv'e downloaded squawkbox,but everytime i login and try to fly with Vatsim my computer freezes with the message "flsx has/is not responded/ing" and says fsx is now closing this may take several mins etc etc, Its done this on every occasion even after unloading/reinstall etc, It also makes fsx run slower when installed why, Ive signed up to enjoy vatsim & co but to no avail anybody got any ideas please, Ive even asked vatsim themselves and they,ve sent me here. Cheers & thankyou

What version of SB did you try?

SB3 FS9 only
SB4 FS9 and FSX

And its recommended to run SB externally from the PC START menu not internally from the FS menu.

Rog

Thanks, but i loaded it from the fsairpilot site,as far as im aware its the standard version for fsx, I also tried to install fsinn because i understand that these go together with vatsim

fsairpilot? is that another network?

squawkbox and FSINN can be installed together, but they arent dependent on each other. two different programs. you are probably confusing it with Fscopilot and FSINN, those 2 are dependent on each other

follow the following links. itll help get you started

Quckstart guide
http://www.vatsim.net/pilots/quickstart/

Pilot Resource Center (a must read, itll help you understand how everything works)
http://www.vatsim.net/prc

Squawkbox website (this is where you download squawkbox)
http://www.squawkbox.ca

FSINN, this contains the download links for FSINN and FSCopilot. it also has installation and troubleshooting info. must read for FSINN users
viewforum.php?f=43

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SimAir Force (SIMAF51/RCH51)
sLTC Ernesto Alvarez (AMC)
436th AW 9th AS

Windows XP
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics 256MB
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, ~1174 Mhz
3.12ghz
4gb DDR2

Ok thankyou,
Ill uninstall again and try your links, and see what happens keep you fingers crossed, again cheers,Bal

Well finally got on vatsim with "FSInn". But the only problem is now that i cant reply too chat or answer any ATC even when i get an audible warning on the control panel. The message reads "failed to creatFScopilotFSInn.chat (CWNDFS98MAIN=8a207cc)" so whats all that about? any ideas also cant here any ATC but everything seems to have loaded ok all control panels,radio,radar,setup,flight plans etc (even though they seem to keep loading more than once) seems to be working fine. Any ideas would be greatly received cheers.

that ones covered in the FSINN section of the forum.

to clear it simply run FSINN externally once without flightsim running. go to start > program files > FSFDT > run FSINNUI. if you use windows 7, right click on FSINNUI and run it as administrator instead.

FSINN will start, open the Chat first.

then open the rest of the windows.

then you can close FSINN and start flightsim. the error should be cleared now in FSINN.

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SimAir Force (SIMAF51/RCH51)
sLTC Ernesto Alvarez (AMC)
436th AW 9th AS

Windows XP
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics 256MB
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, ~1174 Mhz
3.12ghz
4gb DDR2

Hi Ernesto
Thanks for that just done it with this window open chat seems to be working know.Thanks again Bal

Hi again Ernesto,
Started fsx got everything going and as soon as i went to ctrl panel to open chat i got the same message, so frustrating.... oh and im not running windows 7 just windows vista.

Win 7 and Vista, not much difference. Vista was pretty much the "beta" of Win7.

make sure you are using an administrator account on your PC when you use FSINN. it has to be able to access the registry

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SimAir Force (SIMAF51/RCH51)
sLTC Ernesto Alvarez (AMC)
436th AW 9th AS

Windows XP
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics 256MB
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, ~1174 Mhz
3.12ghz
4gb DDR2

Hi
Sb is driving me up the wall,Ive done aflight today with no prbs loaded sb outside fsx on another monitor get normal request change image settings etc, Now getting all kinds of weird charactors against my name,home airp,and server addresses,and again connecting, SB not responding FSX not responding now closing etc,throwing me out time and time again.done the usual uninstall defrag etc but to no avail.Beginning to think virtual flying is not meant to be for me.Any ideas for this one?
Thanks in advance
Ive also done two factory settings reboot,got everything working for a wk or so now gone up the wall again.

if you are getting the weird characters, run squawkbox as administrator, thatll take care of that

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SimAir Force (SIMAF51/RCH51)
sLTC Ernesto Alvarez (AMC)
436th AW 9th AS

Windows XP
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics 256MB
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, ~1174 Mhz
3.12ghz
4gb DDR2

Hi Ernesto
Thanks for your reply,Ive done that opening SB outside FSX loads of times and as admin,let past firewall etc, had a couple flights last night it seems to work if (and i know this sounds strange) i start the flight outside the UK,France etc had a few hours this morning no probs but as soon as i try and fly from a UK airport problems begin ive also used the Oceania server, One other thing i read is not to open SB in XP mode which is in the SB menu for FS 2004 i think. I shall plod on not as often as id like but hay ho,
Thankyou.
Bal