Gromit

Congratulations on your Flying Cross! Well deserved, I'm sure!

TTIWWP = This thread is worthless without pictures (usually used when someone is making ridiculous claims without visual proof) TIWMMOB = There I was minding my own business...

I've dispatched an email to the support guys, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to post here also... Current specs: 2.20 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 2048 Megabytes Installed Memory NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT Windows Vista Home Premium (build 6000) I received OFF in the mail earlier today, and did a fresh install of CFS3 (original Microsoft discs) and patched to v3.1. I then installed OFF off the DVD without a problem. However, when I first ran the executable on the desktop, I received a window that showed that ActiveSky 6.5 (an FS9 3rd party add-on I have) was being installed. Not being sure what was going on, I canceled the installation. Now, whenever I try to run OFF, I get an OFFMan: Fatal Error Installing OFF message. I've followed its instructions, and fully removed the program, and then reinstalled, but to no avail. I've changed the the compatability on cfs3.exe and OFFManager.exe to WinXP, and set them both to run as administrator. I'm at wit's end. I've tried everything I can think over the past 4 hours. Anybody have any other suggestions?

Touche...

And this is in CFS3 or OFF (or both)?

I'll be back to ask plenty of questions. No worries there. What's CFS3 QC, though?

Well, I tried everything I could think of, to no avail. So I reformatted the HDD and then backpedaled to XP from Vista. OFF loaded without a single problem. :) Goodbye for awhile. The Fokker Scourge awaits me!

I pretty convinced that my registry is the problem. This is a 4+ year old computer I'm on, and the HDD is at least 3 years old. Needless to say, there's been a lot of installing and uninstalling over the years. Is there a way (barring a new install of the OS) to completely eradicate bad registry entries and essentially start fresh? Keep in mind that I did have Phase 1 and Phase 2 on this rig years ago...not sure if that makes a difference.

I installed both CFS3 and OFF on my son's computer, and everything went flawlessly. The discs are obviously fine...there's just something screwy with my rig. I'd play it on his computer, but it's an eMachine (he's only 7)...it won't run it as well as I'd like. *sigh* I really want to play this thing...

I'm sitting here right now with my XP Home Edition disc, pondering a rollback. Of course, I'd have to format the drive where the OS resides... I'm just paranoid I'll screw it up.

Nothing in the Control Panel to delete. Not sure where you're going with that... I've tried to weed out everything I could that could be orphaned in the registry and the HDD. I defragged the drive, ran a registry cleaner, and attempted another reinstall. As soon as I ran the executable on the desktop, a window popped up showing that I was installing ActiveSky 6.5 again. This time I let it run, and it went for about 45 seconds, and then I got the OFFMan: Fatal Error again. I don't even have AS6.5 installed on my computer, nor do I have the files to install it. I deleted all of those. I'm at a loss, and pretty darn frustrated.

FS9 hasn't been installed in months. ;) I'm working with Mark from Support. We're trying various things...will keep you posted.

No, I didn't. As far as AS6, it wasn't currently installed to begin with. I'm wondering if it wasn't some sort of registry anomaly that popped up. I have a sinking feeling that OFF was actually doing something important, and I canceled it in the middle of it. Now, I can't get passed it. :(

I feel your pain, Chief. I've been stuck at various bases for the past 5 years that have not had access to broadband. I spent 4years at FE Warren AFB in Wyoming and am now in England. Warren AFB was just starting to install broadband when I PCS'd. Here in rural East Anglia, I've been stuck with dialup for the past 18 months. There's light at the end of the tunnel, though. Our DSL exchange will finally go live in February, and I'm one of the first on the list to be hooked up. Not that I've been pestering British Telecom or anything... ;)