I run an new Alienware system with vista 64. It initially ran FSX very well. Recently, after a few minutes flight, the control surfaces return to a neutral position with corresponding lost of control. I have tried several controllers with refreshed drivers, reinstalled FSX, installed a NEW FSX with no change in behavior. Any suggestions? Naturally, I will supply any tech data on my machine you need. dave abbiati

replace or return with new one

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My best suggestion here is making sure that your graphics are up to date. Whether you have on board graphics or a graphics card, check the drivers and update if necessary. If that doesn't fix the problem, are you using the gold edition, or just flight simulator x? The gold edition contains the Acceleration expansion, and does not recommend installing SP1 or SP2 as it is already updated through the Acceleration Expansion!

you might have a fulty laptop

Check that you are running FSX and add-ons in administrator mode. This sounds like a user rights issue.

I had this Problem It seemed to fix it when I ran the game in Compatibility with Windows Xp SP2 and Ran as administrator
To do this Right Click the Icon
Got o Properties
go to Compatibility tab
Click the Box That says "run this program in Compatibility mode for:"
and Windows Xp Sp2, Should be automatically selected
And at the Bottom Under "Privilege Level"
click Run as an Admin

Make sure you have the latest drivers for your operating system and graphics card, including direct X. Good luck

Remove the X52 and drivers from your system. You have to install them in a certain order, so look in the documentation for the correct way to install and you will be okay. Good luck

To check the joystick isn't the problem, go into control panel game controls, then check that the joystick appears and you can move the cross-hair around on screen, most modern joysticks are
auto-calibrating, but you could try running the calibration.

To check the game isn't a problem, unplug the joystick, then use the arrow keys to fly the plane, if it doesn't crash when you bank then it isn't the game.

I assume the game is Combat Flight Simulator 3, as very old games that were written for Windows 95,98,ME series often won't run on Windows NT,2000,XP,Vista as they are completely different versions of Windows. If this is actually Flight Simulator 3, you may need to consider buying a later version of Flight Simulator (FSX is the latest version, but may not run on your laptop).

Other things to try are updating the graphics card driver.

Norton shouldn't need deactivating, although it could cause problems if you're playing online.

Also remember that laptop graphics cards are never as powerful as desktop graphics, and games very rarely specifically support laptop graphics.

Hope this helps.

The most likely problem here is that you have multiple assignments for the view change command set to multiple controllers hooked up to the system. They are conflicting with each other causing random view changes.

Firstly, go into Windows Control Panel and to Game Controllers. Remove any controllers listed in that box that are not currently connected or being used in your flight simulator.

Next, go into FSX, into the control assignments section...
Go through each controller in the drop down box (in the button/keys tab) and ensure only one controller has the assignment for view changes assigned.