Re: Slightly OT: RealFlight G2 and Vista

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:43:23 -0700, hsanchez <hsanchez@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>Good Evening.  I recently brought a new home computer into service, and 
>am trying to load my existing software on it.  The new computer has 
>Windows Vista, whereas the old one used Windows 98.  When I tried to 
>load my RealFlight G2 software on it, the new computer kept displaying 
>error messages that certain files couldn't be read.  Thus, the attempt 
>at installing was deemed a failure.
>
>Has anyone been successful at using RealFlight G2 on a Vista-based 
>computer?  Or should I try to spring for a newer RealFlight?  I have 
>found RealFlight to be an im****tant flight proficiency tool.
>
>Thanks,
>Harry Sanchez
>hsanchez@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (for now)

I'm not a Vista expert (and don't play one on TV), but I have heard
that Vista can be made to emulate an XP system and you can run some
older programs that way.   

Ron Kelley