Windows 10
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Hi all, I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to 10 yesterday. The installation thankfully went without any problem and BMS runs fine like before. However, right after the windows installation I had to update the NVIDIA driver for my card (GTX 980), otherwise the graphics were poorer than before. I ran the Valley benchmark before and after installing windows 10 and I got almost identical frame rate scores.
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@tachyon - Thanks for the info.
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Reset default browser choice:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2955484/windows/how-to-change-windows-10s-default-web-browser-to-chrome-firefox-or-opera.htmlAlso, ignore Win10 Update Emails (should be a given, but thought I’d post it anyway):
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2955121/security/dont-get-fooled-into-clicking-phony-windows-10-upgrade-emails.html -
I’m keeping mine on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. Reviews on Windows 10 don’t inspire confidence. Also don’t like the interface. If I had Windows 8 I might change but not now.
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I have been flying my BMS 4.32 update 7 on Windows 10 without a problem since its installation.
The only problem I ran into on day 1 was the NVidia driver 353.30 and 353.62. With those drivers I couldn’t get in to the 3D world. So I uninstalled the NVidia drivers deleted the NVidia folder and rebooted. Windows installed its own driver and I haven’t looked back since.
Oh yes, and I installed “directX 2010 runtime libraries”.
So far I do not regret upgrading to Windows 10.
Also, Windows 10 as an upgrade is quite heavy to drive for any system. Plus its size is at least 5 times more than with a clean install.
If you are taking advantage of the free upgrade you must first install the upgrade on top of a licensed Windows 7 SP1, 8 or 8.1. This will convert your previous license to a Windows 10 License key.
You don’t have to wait for Windows Update,
You can perform the upgrade with the downloadable ISO from microsoft.
https://www.microsoft.com/fr-ca/software-download/windows10After you have finished upgrading to Windows 10 you must extract the new license key. There are a few methods you can find on the net to do this. One is called “backupwindowskey.vbs”: http://www.jsw.gen.nz/BackupWindowsKey.vbs
Just save this file with the name “backupwindowskey.vbs” without the quotes and run it. It will display you key and give you the option to save it to a text file.
and another one is called “JellyBean”.
Once you have retreive the new license key you can then do a clean install of Windows 10. But don’t forget, this as long as it is on the same computer. I think its tied to the MAC adress or something like that.
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Interesting, I did the upgrade on my laptop using the ISO version and didn’t need to go through the process regarding backing up my license? The upgrade has just recognised my win7 license and now 10 is activated.
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Also, Windows 10 as an upgrade is quite heavy to drive for any system. Plus its size is at least 5 times more than with a clean install.
Run disk cleanup, go into advanced mode, and it can clean up the old Windows folder plus the installation folder. I got back 27GB.
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I figured I would post this Cougar Relevant info here…
WARNING!!: in Windows 10 I am unable to FLASH the Firmware in the Cougar. I have tried countless ways to do it and none of them work… I believe this is ONLY in Windows 10… I am able to flash the same stick in Win 7 but they do not carry over…
If anybody has any ideas I am all ears
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I figured I would post this Cougar Relevant info here…
WARNING!!: in Windows 10 I am unable to FLASH the Firmware in the Cougar. I have tried countless ways to do it and none of them work… I believe this is ONLY in Windows 10… I am able to flash the same stick in Win 7 but they do not carry over…
If anybody has any ideas I am all ears
Compatibility mode?
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You can perform the upgrade with the downloadable ISO from microsoft.
https://www.microsoft.com/fr-ca/software-download/windows10or https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
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Interesting, I did the upgrade on my laptop using the ISO version and didn’t need to go through the process regarding backing up my license? The upgrade has just recognised my win7 license and now 10 is activated.
I also didn’t have to backup the product key of the win X upgrade. I did the installation of win X before the upgrade. Then I installed win 7 on a second partition, and did the upgrade. when the update was done, WinX on both partitions was activated without my hands.
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I’ve done a clean install of Win10 and now my warthog dowsn’t work in the 3d world - anyone else having this issue?
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Like I said in another post, we will probably have this issues for some time before they are resolved. Sticking with 7 for now.
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I’ve done a clean install of Win10 and now my warthog dowsn’t work in the 3d world - anyone else having this issue?
If you updated from win7 or older it wont work for you…. I found that win 8.1 changed how USB devices are managed-I think it has to do with being a tablet friendly OS. Win 8.1 apparently puts all USB devices to sleep that aren’t sending a signal of being used. mouse, keyboard, trackIR and rudder pedals don’t have a problem, but when I used target, I couldn’t load a profile until I edited the registry of my USB items to force energy management off. Now however, my joystick is identified as usb item 6 instead of what it used to be, so I can load profiles and launch falcon, but the joystick part doesn’t load. I’m going to wipe all my target and thrustmaster devices and start from scratch to see if that fixes it. I can use all the devices fine when I don’t load a profile- ie in DCS, strike fighters 2, or IL-2 CloD. It only happens if its a profile load from target.
UPDATE*
wiping and reinstalling just the hotas warthog driver did the trick, no issues whatsoever now. -
Anyone tried X-65F and Win10 yet ?
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UPDATE*
wiping and reinstalling just the hotas warthog driver did the trick, no issues whatsoever now.For me, running Falcon in win7 compatibility mode did the trick. I’m using the DX functions and hence I think there was a prob with DX12 incompatibility.
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Come on give me a bit more credit then that… But yes I tried that…
Well I thought you would try it… but u know some times the simplest things slip our mind… Didn’t mean anything personal just trying to help.
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Well I’ve got to say Arty, your comment helped my issue
When I read that, I checked compatibility mode and my issue was resolved, so thanks mate!
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Some have reported inability to flash the Cougar HOTAS under Win 10. Is this a general issue or user-specific? Is flashing the ONLY issue – are the Cougar and CCP generally functional under Win 10?