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Thanks Parky! Warren

Thanks Bit Locker. I've gone in, and the only thing I've found is "manage file encryption certificates". It says I don't have a certificate, and did I want to create one. Is this what you're talking about? Warren

To the best of my knowledge, I don't have Bitlocker. What is it? I'm running the same security/anti-virus/ anti-malware program I had during my first install, so that's not it. (That was my first thought.) I can't think of anything that is running or installed on this computer that wasn't running before the rebuild with the exception of Windows 7 (which I have come to hate, wish I had my XP back.) Doctor Quest, I can't run the BhaH install as an admin because I can't get it installed. It locks up and says there is a file that it is trying to extract that is encrypted. I have to assume it's a CFS3 file. Tranquillo, I haven't given up entirely, but just for now because, as you said, many folks are off doing other things. So, I'll give it a few days and see how it looks. (And yes, you're right there are a LOT of knowledgeable folks on here, and nice to boot!) Warren

Well, I tried doing this after running CFS3 as an administrator, still no joy. Oh well, guess it's off to try another game/sim from another time period to see if it will work. Thanks for your help, time, and advice. Warren

Thanks pards. It's weird, the first time I ever installed it, everything just clicked along with no problem. Last night I got that pop-up prompt, and I've NEVER gotten that prompt in installing any game before. Maybe I should just delete everything and start over again? Warren

I bought BHaH a good while back (couple of years?), installed CFS3, patched it, and then installed and set up OFF-BHaH. No problems. My PC then was not really up to the task of running it well, so I quit. Well, I got my PC re-built and it now has a new processor, but it also has Windows 7. (Arrrgh, I hates it, I was running XP before and it was great.) Anyway, I thought I'd try this again. I installed CFS3, then patched it. I went to install OFF-BHaH, and during the install, it tells me some of the info it needs is encrypted. I never saw this prompt before during my installation of BHaH, in fact, I've never seen it during any installation. The only thing that is different now than before is that I'm running Windows 7. Have y'all ever run into this issue before? I checked the FAQ and didn't see this as an issue, but perhaps I'm missing something. Help . . . please? Thanks! Warren

Thanks, will do when I sit down with it next. Warren

Well Dutch, it is the same video card that I was using when the sim was running fine (like a house on fire) last month. The card has not changed, the PC I run it on has not changed (no new programs, etc.), but yet something must have for it to be locking up like it is. The mystery is out there, somewhere. Everything was fine until I screwed up downloading the latest patches, it seems, and I stripped everything off, and put it all back on again. As I said, I'll look into this more when I have time in a month or two. Warren

Thanks Bird Dog. I hope to iron this out when school is out and I have more time to devote to it. Sounds like we are in the same boat. Warren

Thanks Sitting Duck, it's a mystery to me too. Warren

Sitting Duck, I haven't played CFS3, except to "initiate" it for the installation of OFF BHaH. When I did that, it performed fine. I can play IL-2 1946 with all the bells and whistles and all the stops pulled out without a hitch. My PC has: 2 GB RAM an Intel 2.66 processor, and a GeForce 7900 GS card. As I said when I first had OFF up and running, I had the sliders at 3 with maybe one at 4, no problem. Now, I have them all the way back to 2 and it locks up constantly. Thanks for all your help and advice. Warren

Uncle Al, Yes, that book is a good one. I don't have it in my library, but many of my friends do. Another good one is the one by Harry Woodman (St. Harry to modlers :) ) Hasse Wind, You won't go wrong with the Datafiles and such from Albatros. Pricey? Yes, but they are the best game in town. Primarily aimed at modelers (like me), they are still chock full of information on the a/c and equipment. If you want ace info, I suggest many of the Osprey titles. If you really want to invest some bucks the books by Flying Machine Press are great! LMK if you need more information on these. HTH, FWIW, YMMV, Warren

OK, I solved my INI file problem below by uninstalling OFF and putting it back on. I now have a larger problem. When I first got the game, I had some problems getting it going, but Polovski walked me through and I was up and running with little to no problem. Most of my problem had to do with graphics settings etc. I flew the sim for about a week, but had to let it go and get back to the business of school. I went to go back to the game last week, and it is constantly locking up on me. When I was first running it I had the sliders on 3 except one, which I can't quite remember now, on 4. I have all of my sliders on 2 now, and I cannot get it to run for the world. I defragged my HD last week to see if that would help. I shut down some processes that were running, and that didn't help either. I cannot imagine what has changed to make the sim change. Any ideas? Warren

Albatros Productions has Mini-Datafiles on the Spandau, Vickers, Lewis, and Parabellum if memory serves. They are about half the cost or less of a regular Datafile because they are about half the size. :) You can order direct from Albatros or a secondary dealer. If I am not ordering direct from Albatros I use Byrd Aviation Books in Virginia here in the U.S. HTH, YMMV, Warren

Same here Uncle Al. 400 watts. Looking at teh nails I've driven out of the sheet rock flying IL-2. I've GOT to get a new clip and see if my old TrakIR profiles are saved somewhere on my PC. Warren