

:-halo I have gone through this type of non-sense with Microsoft's dysfunctional self-breaking security code on legally purchased software in multiple other application scenarios over many years on many systems, and just did not have the interest in wasting more time with doing that tech support roulette routine again with FSX (especially after reading in the forums about the hades others have gone through with FSX installation and activation!)So I downloaded and installed 3 modified DLL files which shall remain nameless into the FSX root folder and resumed running my single copy of FSX that I purchased without any further complaints about activation, nor any more 20 minute time outs I reserve the right to run my legally purchased software without interruption by malfunctions of any origin. you can't run me longer than 20 minutes" DO-** within 2 months or so after SP1 was installed this last Spring 2007.

:-8 I had changed my motherboard, CPU and RAM 2 months ago, leaving all other hardware and software intact, and had done a refresh install of Windows XP Pro at the time of the rebuild, and then again in the last month because it failed to present the Windows login dialog box one day.My FSX Deluxe (a legal, purchased, properly installed copy I installed on the day it was released last Fall, with all pertinent updates through SP1) started doing the "I'm not activated. Hello:I ran into problems installing Acceleration yesterday.
