IL2 and windows 7 (64bit)

[Les]

Don't be offended by this question, but, between version 4.07 on the DVD and version 4.09, did you install patch 4.08? I forgot to do this myself recently, and spent a lot of time wondering what was going on.

[Feuerfalke]

Have you set resolutions and refreshrates as in your previous OS? It's possible that you forgot a monitor-driver or there's a wrong readout in Win7, so it cannot produce the wanted resolution you set in the IL2conf.ini?

[1.JaVA_Zeehond]

Settings are fine. I did a clean install of win7 (format) downloaded all the latest drivers for my pc. So no problems there. I installed all the patches. first 4.08 then 4.09 + 4.09 skins.

In just even bought the 4.09 version from www.GoG.com. Even better!! It installs for 1/3 and then quits... pfftt... this gonna take a lot of time. Hope I can fix it.

BTW I offer one million spacebucks for the golden sollution ;p

[1.JaVA_Zeehond]

I know it is normally forbidden to ask but it might solve my problem. Is there a 4.09m nocd exe arround? I'm asking this cause it might be a securerom issue!

[13th Hsqn Protos]

Just google, but I think the old ones work ??? Its been a few months since I reinstalled, so don't remember everything. You may be looking at a format ...... there is nothing wrong with this os and IL2. It actually runs damn fine and I have a quadcore. Don't need to set cpu or anything.

[hiro]

I remember a couple of dudes over at the ubizoo mentioned you can't install IL 2 to the program folder, IL-2 has to write stuff back to the config file and windows 7 (took this from Vista) only lets admins write to that folder. Since IL-2 cannot be granted such access . . . it won't work.

Make a games folder in your root C: and put it in there.

[Feuerfalke]

^^^
Definitely a good point, if you don't disable UAC and WindowsDefender.

[brando]

Originally Posted by hiro

I remember a couple of dudes over at the ubizoo mentioned you can't install IL 2 to the program folder, IL-2 has to write stuff back to the config file and windows 7 (took this from Vista) only lets admins write to that folder. Since IL-2 cannot be granted such access . . . it won't work.

Make a games folder in your root C: and put it in there.

Exactly right! As long as you don't have it in Program files it will be fine.

Even more practical is a separate partition on the hard-drive. It saves the need to defrag the gigabytes that the game(s) take up, and preserves them if you ever need to format and reinstall your OS. You just have to take care with selecting the filepath when up-dating or adding skins, missions and so on.

I also like Win 7 64bit, it's a good replacement for XPx86 imo

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[steppie]

try opening the disc and double cliche on the IL2 Sturmovik (window installer) and it install fine and i have no problems.

[Codex]

Originally Posted by 1.JaVA_Zeehond

I know it is normally forbidden to ask but it might solve my problem. Is there a 4.09m nocd exe arround? I'm asking this cause it might be a securerom issue!

It is most likely a securom issue. Try the following.

Go here: https://support.securom.com/analysis.php

Download the SecuROM diag tool and run a scan. Just get it to update the nessesary files and it should then run.