Snacko

If we buy the DVD, does it still need a steam account?

Yes, that is very good news.

Yes, I have the drives labeled as Boot1 and Boot2. So, it is easy to tell the difference. When I booted into my new OS install, I thought that I could swap drive letters C: <--> X:. I thought that the drive letter assignment was part of the OS itself, and that one OS did not know what the other OS had assigned. But that caused problems. I used BCDEdit to edit the Boot screen and told it that both OS were on drive C: And then it did would only boot to one OS. So, I had to change it back so on was C: and the other was X:. I am surprised that both OS's know the same drive letters. But somehow both OS's must be sharing this information? So, I guess I will have to leave my new OS drive letter as X:. And I have already found myself going to the C: drive to change some file when I should have been on X:. I see myself making this mistake often.... But I did see an option in my Acronis Disk Director 11 to 'hide' drives. So, maybe I'll try and hide the other OS drive in each OS... This is all new to me... And I am learning... QUESTION: So, to speed up your systems, you disable Aero and also file indexing? How do you do that?? I think I have disabled file indexing, but just want to be sure I did what you are saying... But I saw no option to disable Aero. And how does disableing Aero speed things up?? OOps, never mind, I googled it and found it... Thx for all your help.. Andy

I built my own pc, so there is no little badge on it. But I think it is ok. They will know if I did this I think and let me know if I am in violation.. Ok, so I just installed Win7 64bit on my second drive. I put the DVD in while I was in Windows already and didn't realize I could start the install from there.... I though I was going to have to boot from the DVD. So, since I was already in my Windows OS, I think the install kept my drive letters the same in the new OS it installed? I installed on drive X:. (that is what my original OS called the drive). It was drive X: on my original OS boot. and it is still called X: when I boot to this new OS. it is strange to have a system with C: drive seen as X:. And I can also see my original C: drive from the other OS. Is this normal? I was thinking if I change the letters of the drives (X: to C:, and X: to C:) in this new OS, then the original OS should keep track of what it calls it all by itself, and still call it's own drive C:. So, I will have C: as the windows drive on both OS boots. If you know what I mean...

I had a Russian house cleaner stop by the other day. I could give her a call... Actually, it was kind of weird. This 27 year old girl was knocking at my door two days ago. She said she was here to clean. I told her that I had nobody coming to clean. They gave her the wrong address. She said that was not her only bad luck, she had also locked her keys in her trunk. And also her cell phone. (She had a very heavy accent). It turned out all to be true. We had to get on the internet and lookup her auto insurance phone number so they could come out and unlock her car. She said this was the third time this has happened to her this month! I thought this had to be some kind of scam, but it was not. She also didn't know her boss or company's phone number. It was a small cleaning company with 2-3 employees run out of somebody's house. She didn't know their last name, and the company wasn't published on the internet. But somehow, we found some way to get the number, and yes, she gave her the wrong address. Her auto insurance came and unlocked her car, and after about an hour the 27 year old Russian cleaning girl was on her way... So, I guess I don't really have much faith she can help us here...

I just want to use my one license of Windows 7 64bit to do both Dual boots. That should not violate the single user license agreement does it?

Thanks, Yes I have tried FSAutoStart and Gamebooster over the years. They helped a bit, but never made my rig as fast as day one, when I first setup it up. I already have two 300gig Raptors. My current OS is running on one of them, and the other has about 180gig free. So, I was thinking of making that into a partition for the second OS. But it's been about 2 years since I have restored my system, so there is a lot of buried crap in the registry and Windows system; services; ect... I have been trying to fly DCS:A10c the past few weeks and only get about 35fps max. And that is on Low settings. My rig should do better....

Dam, and we have to wait another month!

Hey Dino... I was just asking where you were last week. Welcome back soon...

I am thinking of formatting reinstalling all of my software to make my system faster. This time, I was thinking of making a dual boot system so I can keep all the crap out of my gaming installation. So, I was going to partition my drive with two partitions, both to install Windows 7. One would be my normal system that I install all my normal crap on. And the other would be just basic gaming stuff. The main reason I am thinking of doing this is that first of all, my system has a lot of crap on it. And second of all, the new sims, like DCS:A10 and CoD, ect.. are going to require a faster system. And in the future this will help with other games as well. So, I was wondering if this seems like a good approach? Of is there a better approach? Also, if I have a Win7 dual boot... Is there a way to hide the other drive, while in each OS? So, both drives can be drive C:? Or how does that work? If I install one OS on disk0/part0 and the other OS on disk0/part1 do they show up as C: and D:. Or does this also not even matter?

Gives me more time to learn how to turn on my engines in the DCS:A10c I vote they postpone it another month, so I can learn how to launch a Mav...

So, it's April Fools day then?

Ok, how's that. That is your B-Day present... PS: Now you need a better Avatar!

I like Steam because it let's me by a game once, and install it on multiple pcs. You can only login and play it on one pc at a time, but I love that because I can play it on my laptop if I want and also on my desktop... If CoD is available on Steam I will definitly buy it there. I probably can't run the sim on my little laptop, but maybe I can study the aircraft and build missions?

Thanks for clearing that up... You had me worried there for a while...

Ahh.. I know what your talk'in about... Now your legal!! WhooHoo!

Happy Birthday Smash! Hope you get almost everything you want for your BDay. (I know some of what you want probably wouldn't be good for ya..)

Congrats Bojan! I have been wondering what you have been doing and where you have been flying! Maybe I'll have to take another JO class with you as my teacher so I can be teacher's pet! Bhaaa...

Great. It's a steep learning curve, but an awesome sim. The WH have a very nice Startup Checklist in their teaching section. If your a member over there you can probably get access. I watched Matt Wagner's two Ramp Startup videos again today for a refresh. They are several months sold though, so I'm not sure if anything has changed. That WH Checklist followed a little different sequence in some spots, so I'm going to try and do the in-game guided training today and see if it has changed..

Nice screenies there!

The DCS: A10c simulator was released for sale a few days ago. It is a complicated sim, there is no doubt. But the inflight training is extremely good, and the clickable cockpit with tooltips that popup over the switches is a great help. Get it here: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?end_pos=1322&scr=shop&lang=en If you are interested in learning and flying this sim, the Warhawks have 'open' nights where there is no skill level requirment, so anyone can fly and they are happy to help noobs. And even better, they plan on having training classes. I plan to give that all a try after I just go over some of the basic ramp start, cockpit familiarization, takeoff, and landings down with the game's training. Cheers, Snack

This thread says March 2011 Asas. http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=18201

Actually, I have an Asus Rampage II Extreme and a i7 965 Extreme. It's been about 1.5 years now and I don't think I'll need to upgrade those for a few more years. It overclocks easily in the bios to 3.2, 3.6, and 4.0. I have had it on 3.6ghz for about a year now with no problems... But I have been thinking of upgrading my 4870x2 sometime this summer. We'll see how CoD runs..

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