How do I get 2D instrument panels working in Flight Simulator 2004 on my new Windows 10 PC?

GCarty80 · Jan 28, 2022

Back on January 12th my old PC died on me (most likely a motherboard failure as when I turned it on I got no video signal nor any beep from the PC speaker) and needed to be replaced. I've now got most of my software installed on the new PC, but Flight Simulator 2004 still isn't working properly.

The new PC has:

Windows 10 Build 19044

11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz, 2592 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)

8 GB RAM

Intel UHD Graphics 730 (integrated graphics?)

I installed Flight Simulator 2004 from my CDs to D:\Flight\FS9 (to avoid permissions problems caused by the default Program Files, plus to group it with Flight Simulator X which I also have installed), followed by the 9.1 update and the NO-CD crack as is required on Windows 10 due to its lack of secdrv.sys support: I was familiar with this as I had to do the same on the now-dead PC.

While I can start up Flight Simulator 2004 and create a flight, the 2D instrument panel is completely useless as the panel gauges and switches won't update (even on the default Cessna 172), except when a panel window is resized, closed then re-opened, or at the moment when Flight Simulator 2004 is switched between "Windowed" and "Full Screen" modes. Gauges on the virtual cockpit (in planes that have one of course) seem to be working normally, as are any pop-up windows which I may open while in virtual cockpit view.

Does anyone here have any idea what could have caused this problem, or even how I could investigate what's causing it? I suspect some kind of graphics driver or DirectX problem may be responsible: how could I run Flight Simulator 2004 in such a way that I could get a log of any graphics-related errors so I can trace the fault?

I'm desperate to get Flight Simulator 2004 working properly again so that I can re-start some development work. Incidentally, I've also got a problem with badly aliased gauges in my Flight Simulator X installation, but the Flight Simulator 2004 issue is more pressing for the time being...

Thanks,

:)

GCarty80

I am using integrated graphics (Intel UHD Graphics 730 to be exact): I needed my new PC fast as I'm working from home, and didn't have time to be picky about specification (especially with the current supply chain issues!)

I also tried disabling Norton, but it didn't work. Nor did running FS9 as administrator using Windows XP SP3 compatiblity mode.

XBF - Hayabusa

Hi GCarty80,

Unfortunately, we no longer support Flight Simulator 9 or FSX. You can try searching the forums to see if there may be an answer to a similar question to yours already posted, or hopefully the community can help.

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Regards,

Hayabusa

Nursemorph

Couple of questions:

- Are you only using Integrated Graphics? Do you not have a dedicated Graphics card as well (NVIDIA, AMD etc)?

- Have you tried disabling Norton? I found your thread about this on the FlightSim forum but didn't see anything about whether you had tried that or not

SteliosChristofides

I know that when I buy a new PC you need a new windows 10 licence, but in any case most PC now do come with windows 10 installed. What I want to know is whether I can download the Flight simulator on the new PC without paying for it again.

Stelios

JosefLBohorquez

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.

I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today despite this JulianPercival

In order to assist you properly please answer the following questions:

Is this happening on Xbox or PC?

If you're on Xbox, which one do you have?

If you're on PC, are you on Windows 10 or 11?

Is this the first time that you want to use the switch panel or you was able to do it before?

Is this the Switch panel that you have?

https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/flight...

And, which troubleshooting steps you have done so far to fix this?

In that way I can advise you different things or how to proceed

How do I get 2D instrument panels working in Flight Simulator 2004 on my new Windows 10 PC?