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> Gentlemen !
>
>
> I recently re-installed FS9 mostly due to intermittent
> freezing and crappy scenery installations that would hog my
> FPS rate (Note to self: always backup files so you can
> delete the crappy stuff and get things as they were!).
>
> I've re-installed all of the stuff that I play with, but am
> having gobs of problems getting my PAI stuff to work and
> populate the skies.
>
> 1) The official read me says,
>
> "KNOWN PROBLEM
>
> It may happen when you run the PAI Installer that it appear
> for a second in your task bar and disappear. This mean you
> probaly suffer what we, at PAI, call the 'Soundblaster
> bug'.
> Some Creative Labs software interfer with the PAI Installer
> and prevent it to run. You have two solution to go around
> this problem :
>
> 1. Desactivate the usage of the Creative Labs program
> CTHELPER.EXE
>
> or
>
> 2. Run your system in safe mode while using the PAI
> Installer."
>
> I've tried both, but when I go to install the package it
> says "error 20, cannot find file" which relates to not
> finding the aircraft.cfg file in the PAI folder under
> "Aircraft" in FS9. Looking in the appropriate PAI a/c,
> there is no aircraft.CFG file in the directory.
> See a screen capture of the message at
>
> http://photobucket.com/albums/b286/evensky1/
>
> I've tried different liveries and although the faulted file
> name changes depending on the AI package I choose, the
> error message remains the same.
>
> Emailed PAI during error's display, but have more
> confidence that the someone in the group will know
> something before they even get a chance to read their e-
> mail...
>
> Tried both installer versions with no change.
>
> Same prize can be awarded to the lucky candidate that can
> solve this for me, a Tupperware butter dish.....
>
>
> --
> e v e n S k y
>
> Athalon XP2800
> 1 G Ram
> GeForce FX5900XT
> 160G H-D
> 80G H-D
> XP, FS9
> Wingman Strike force 3D
> CH yoke n' pedals
>

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> Gentlemen !
>
>
> I recently re-installed FS9 mostly due to intermittent
> freezing and crappy scenery installations that would hog my
> FPS rate (Note to self: always backup files so you can
> delete the crappy stuff and get things as they were!).
>
> I've re-installed all of the stuff that I play with, but am
> having gobs of problems getting my PAI stuff to work and
> populate the skies.
>
> 1) The official read me says,
>
> "KNOWN PROBLEM
>
> It may happen when you run the PAI Installer that it appear
> for a second in your task bar and disappear. This mean you
> probaly suffer what we, at PAI, call the 'Soundblaster
> bug'.
> Some Creative Labs software interfer with the PAI Installer
> and prevent it to run. You have two solution to go around
> this problem :
>
> 1. Desactivate the usage of the Creative Labs program
> CTHELPER.EXE
>
> or
>
> 2. Run your system in safe mode while using the PAI
> Installer."
>
> I've tried both, but when I go to install the package it
> says "error 20, cannot find file" which relates to not
> finding the aircraft.cfg file in the PAI folder under
> "Aircraft" in FS9. Looking in the appropriate PAI a/c,
> there is no aircraft.CFG file in the directory.
> See a screen capture of the message at
>
> http://photobucket.com/albums/b286/evensky1/
>
> I've tried different liveries and although the faulted file
> name changes depending on the AI package I choose, the
> error message remains the same.
>
> Emailed PAI during error's display, but have more
> confidence that the someone in the group will know
> something before they even get a chance to read their e-
> mail...
>
> Tried both installer versions with no change.
>
> Same prize can be awarded to the lucky candidate that can
> solve this for me, a Tupperware butter dish.....
>
>
> --
> e v e n S k y
>
> Athalon XP2800
> 1 G Ram
> GeForce FX5900XT
> 160G H-D
> 80G H-D
> XP, FS9
> Wingman Strike force 3D
> CH yoke n' pedals
>

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> thanks Steven but I just want to divert excuse me, since you have
> knowledge of the Soundblaster Card. I have the 5 series and quite often
> the aircraft sounds breaks into a terrible noise. Someimes I hit Q twice
> to stop it but normally I have to reload the sim and bring the volume in
> quietly. (Hitting 'S' to an outside scene is the culprit manouvre.) I
> brought all volumes in the .wav collection down sometime ago.
> Don

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> Hi Don! I had exactly that problem some months ago with my Soundblaster
> Live 5.1 card. I traced it to Windows having insisted on installing
> Microsoft drivers instead of the Creative ones. Check who the driver
> provider is listed as for yours. Go to Control panel/system/hardware
> tab/device manager - click on "Sound video and game controllers" and then
> click on "Creative SB Live series WDM". Click on the driver tab and the
> provider should be Creative. If it is Microsoft you need to force a
> change. Click on "update driver" don't let it connect to Windows update
> and then choose for Windows to search in a specified location i.e. your
> Creative CD. It should then find and install the Creative drivers and I
> think you'll find it solves your problem! HTH
>
> Iain
>
> "donbutts" <remove.donneybutts@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:7OX8f.3615$S24.230062@news.xtra.co.nz...
>
>

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---

> Gentlemen !
>
>
> I recently re-installed FS9 mostly due to intermittent
> freezing and crappy scenery installations that would hog my
> FPS rate (Note to self: always backup files so you can
> delete the crappy stuff and get things as they were!).
>
> I've re-installed all of the stuff that I play with, but am
> having gobs of problems getting my PAI stuff to work and
> populate the skies.
>
> 1) The official read me says,
>
> "KNOWN PROBLEM
>
> It may happen when you run the PAI Installer that it appear
> for a second in your task bar and disappear. This mean you
> probaly suffer what we, at PAI, call the 'Soundblaster
> bug'.
> Some Creative Labs software interfer with the PAI Installer
> and prevent it to run. You have two solution to go around
> this problem :
>
> 1. Desactivate the usage of the Creative Labs program
> CTHELPER.EXE
>
> or
>
> 2. Run your system in safe mode while using the PAI
> Installer."
>
> I've tried both, but when I go to install the package it
> says "error 20, cannot find file" which relates to not
> finding the aircraft.cfg file in the PAI folder under
> "Aircraft" in FS9. Looking in the appropriate PAI a/c,
> there is no aircraft.CFG file in the directory.
> See a screen capture of the message at
>
> http://photobucket.com/albums/b286/evensky1/
>
> I've tried different liveries and although the faulted file
> name changes depending on the AI package I choose, the
> error message remains the same.
>
> Emailed PAI during error's display, but have more
> confidence that the someone in the group will know
> something before they even get a chance to read their e-
> mail...
>
> Tried both installer versions with no change.
>
> Same prize can be awarded to the lucky candidate that can
> solve this for me, a Tupperware butter dish.....
>
>