It is me Aharon the cool screenshot artist:):):)

[Aharon Dayan]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Shalom all my pals,

If all of you are wondering why I have not been flying or posting new screenshots, it is because my laptop is dying.

Two possibilities. Start-up or boot up files and start up or boot up registry files are corrupted preventing me from starting up to normal Vista environment. The 4 year old laptop can do anything in safe mode. The other possibility is new sleath computer virus that was not detected by best anti virus softwares is blocking me from starting up to Vista.

Just to keep all of you abreast of what is going on with my laptop shopping situation and timetable for returning to active duty of FSX flying.

Finally bought against my will a new laptop from store.

Why against my will? I prefer powerful gaming laptops from various internet sites but I have strict policy never buying laptops made of FRAGILE parts via internet and mail considering the fact that UPS, DHL, FedEx, and post office employees treat packages like American football or British rugby!! Believe me, I have seen that happened few times in front of my eyes. And it annoys me that not a single store in big city has laptop powerful enough to satisfy my computing needs and my FSX flying pleasure. All stores seem to prefer to stock up mid and low end laptops to make them affordable to mass public.

So it is 15 inch Sony "S" Vaio laptop with quad core i7, 12 GB ram, 750 GB at 7,200 rpm, and 2 GB dedicated video ram as well as all usual stuff.

So I will spend next 2 weeks modifying my new laptop to meet my specific needs and then re-installing all application softwares such as Microsoft Office, Photoshop, etc etc etc. And then re-installing FSX, SQWbox 4, fruip (spelling), FSCARS, VAFS5, freeware add-ons, and payware add-ons.

So the timetable for returning to active duty of FSX flying is probably in 2 or 3 weeks depending how fast I can work on getting my new laptop ready with all modifications and installations which can be headache for me.

The new payware add ons that I cannot wait to buy are: Aerosoft PANC Anchorage airport, OXBY PAJN Juneau airport, Tropical Sims ABC Islands airport package consisted of Aurba, Curacao, and Bonaire airports!!!!

Now here is latest situation regarding my new laptop:

Finished installing Norton Internet Security 2012

Finished installing latest updates to Windows 7

Finished installing Firefox

Finished installing Paint Shop Photo Professional X2 Ultimate

Finished installing Paint Shop Photo Professional X4 Ultimate

Finished installing Photoshop Elements 8

Finished installing Photoshop CS 5.1

Finished installing Jpegcrops

Finished installing Image Resizer 4

Finished installing WinRAR

Finished installing Winzip

Finished installing AIM, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenging

Next step is installing Microsoft Office Professional (I have not decided whether to install Office 2007 or buy/install new Office 2010)

Next step is installing FSX

Next step is installing SP1 and SP2

Next step is installing BluePrint Stimulation KIAD and TJSJ sceneries

Next step is installing FlyTampa TNCM (could be problem as I lost installation files)

Next step is installing France VFR Antilles Collection (could be problem as I lost installation files)

Next step is installing FSCARS

Next step is installing VAFS5

Next step is installing sqwkbox 4.0

Next step is installing FSCIPP

Next step is installing 20 GB worth of freeware add-on planes by POSKY, Overland, IDGF, Project Airbus, Vistaliners, Project Fokker, Skyspirit 2010, Skyspirit 2011, Skyspirit 2012, and many freeware aircraft companies including propeller ones

Next step is installing Tropical Sims MVPB

Next step is installing SimGiants Gran Canania

Next step is installing FlyTampa KBOS Boston Logan

Next step is installing UK2000 Edinburgh Ulitimate

Next step is installing CYQB Quebec City

Next step is installing CYVJ Victoria

Next step is installing World of AI and many airlines

Next step is installing all airports in my native country Israel

Next step is installing Captain Sims 727-100/200/200F, 757-200, 757-300, 757-200F, and all versions of C-130

Next step is installing Caribbean Sea Planes and Caribbean Sea Planes West

Next step is installing many freeware airport sceneries.

Planning to buy or get and install the following:

Aerosoft PANC Anchorage

Tropical Sims ABC Islands Package consisted of Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire

Freeware KPHL scenery by Sky (spelling) company

Freeware Barbados airport scenery by Max Kaus or something (Spelling)

OBXY PAJN Juneau airport

Latin VFR TXKF Bermuda airport

Simaddons Canadian airports such as Halifax and Toronto Centre City airport

More Caribbean airport sceneries by Tropical Sims and Latin VFR

I finished installing 85 percent of FSX stuff. Now installing all sceneries and World of Ai airline packages (Fed Ex AI is still missing from World of AI website's airline list which bummed me).

I ran into FEW problems: CDs for Saitek X52, CDs for FlyTampa TNCM, and CDs for France VFR Antilles Collections are missing. I am looking all over my bookshelves and my computer desk for missing CDs!!! Cannot believe that they have been missing for 3 years!!!

Is it possible to transfer FlyTampa TNCM and France VFR Antilles Collection from old laptop to new laptop using back up CD??

I can install installation files for Saitek X52 from their website but those two airport sceneries might be lost forever. Pissed me off

Also when I was doing test in FSX looking at all add-on planes, I cannot move around the plane using combo of mousepad and space bar. Do not know why!!! Also, to my surprise, even without blooming effects, the headlights of front wheels and wings of all planes are so bright and shiny. I do not know why.

Finished installing all freeware and payware add-on planes into FSX SP2.

Finished connecting SATIEK X52 to laptop and conducted the joystick tests with great success.

Finished testing all add-on planes to look around. WHOA WHOA WHOA Never happened before in 6 years of FSX. The light beacons are flashing realistically like real world!!! And the headlights on front landing gears and wings are amazing strong!!!

Tomorrow will be FIRST flight to test everything in FSX (offline of course) to be sure everything goes well!!!

When everything goes well in next few testing flights OFFLINE, then I will install freeware and payware airport sceneries, SQWKBox 4.0, FRUICPP, VAFS5, and FSCARS.

Then assuming that few OFFLINE testing flights will pass, I will next conduct testing flights on Vatsim to be sure everything will go well. The test flights will be conducted in not so busy airports such as Alaska airports and Caribbean airports and I need to practice typing on new different keyboard first.

If Vatsim testing flights go well, then I will install Captain Sim 727s, 757s, and C130s!!!

Regards,

Aharon