MS FS2004 - No CD patch

Hi all.

Just got this on Amazon for $27.00! wow great looking game!

But surely there must be a way to use it without having disc 4 in the drive?
The instx dont mention a way of course.

Is there a patch that someone can point me to that works easily, as Im a
computer hack.

Thanks!

Hi Silent Bob:

Take a look at our FAQ area. You'll find it in the upper 1/3 of the
page.

Enjoy

Tom G, Sr.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:15:21 GMT, "Silent Bob."
wrote:

Hi all.

Just got this on Amazon for $27.00! wow great looking game!

But surely there must be a way to use it without having disc 4 in the drive?
The instx dont mention a way of course.

Is there a patch that someone can point me to that works easily, as Im a
computer hack.

Thanks!



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Hey thanks! And nice site too!


"T. & D. Gregor, Sr." wrote in message
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Hi Silent Bob:

Take a look at our FAQ area. You'll find it in the upper 1/3 of the
page.

Enjoy

Tom G, Sr.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:15:21 GMT, "Silent Bob."
wrote:

Hi all.

Just got this on Amazon for $27.00! wow great looking game!

But surely there must be a way to use it without having disc 4 in the
drive?
The instx dont mention a way of course.

Is there a patch that someone can point me to that works easily, as Im a
computer hack.

Thanks!



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Hi,
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You wd be very welcome.



Silent Bob. wrote:
Hi all.

Just got this on Amazon for $27.00! wow great looking game!

But surely there must be a way to use it without having disc 4 in the
drive? The instx dont mention a way of course.

Is there a patch that someone can point me to that works easily, as
Im a computer hack.

Thanks!

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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:48:26 +0000 (UTC), "Quilljar"
wrote:

alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim even more helpful.
You wd be very welcome.

Hi Quilljar

As a relative newbie to flight simming and an even newer newbie to
their NGs, I second that especially the bit about being made welcome.

As well as rec.aviation.simulators and alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim,
I also read microsoft.public.simulators.

Bit wet today, innit?
James

Please tell me how to find "our FAQ area."
Also, hoping it addresses the puzzle of the no-CD patch vs the new update
from Microsoft.

"T. & D. Gregor, Sr." wrote in message
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Hi Silent Bob:

Take a look at our FAQ area. You'll find it in the upper 1/3 of the
page.

Enjoy

Tom G, Sr.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:15:21 GMT, "Silent Bob."
wrote:

Hi all.

Just got this on Amazon for $27.00! wow great looking game!

But surely there must be a way to use it without having disc 4 in the
drive?
The instx dont mention a way of course.

Is there a patch that someone can point me to that works easily, as Im a
computer hack.

Thanks!



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Please tell me how to find "our FAQ area."


Check the website in his address:

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Also, hoping it addresses the puzzle of the no-CD patch vs the new update
from Microsoft.

No-CD Patch? Where I come from, "patches" are meant to be fixes for
software, while a program's reliance on the CD isn't so much a flaw as
a basic form of copy-protection, meant to hobble those who manage to
obtain the game, but mysteriously lack the original CD's they were
published on. So let's call it what it is - a crack.

The likelihood is that you'll need the newest no-CD crack you can get
for the latest update from MS. For software publishers, the good part
about having to update or issue patches for their products is that
they work like a kind of copy-protection: updates won't work on
cracked software, while cracks won't work on updated software.

Lastly, I recently acquired - purely for evaluation purposes as MS has
no demo - a copy of FS 2004. While your system may very well out-pace
the specs of my 2Ghz P4 (GeforeIII; 512 mb RAM), on my system, FS 2004
ran like a slideshow. Suffice to say I'll be sticking with FS 2002
which I purchased last year.

Hi,

On 30 Nov 2004 14:52:01 -0800, (rottenberg) wrote:
a basic form of copy-protection, meant to hobble those who manage to
obtain the game, but mysteriously lack the original CD's they were
published on.

Just for the sake of argument, I'd like to throw a little different
prospective on this subject. I design "add on" scenery for FS9,
covering the state of Michigan. The process involved requires very
frequent restarts of FS9 - virtually every time you make a little
change to the placement of an object, it's texture, size, or whatever,
you have to restart FS9 so you can see if you got it right.

I've been keeping track the past few weeks since I installed the FS9
patch and the program's having to access that CD for every startup
almost doubles the time it takes to check out a change. So while I
can understand Microsoft's intent, I sure don't like the results. And
I'm going to like it even less when the inevitable finally happens -
the CD gets damaged from being handled so much (I'm an older guy and
can't hang on to stuff as well as I used to). Bottom line - I'm NOT
going to buy the program again just to get another CD - so when the CD
gives up, so do I.

Jim "BozAir" Bosworth

Make backups of your CD's now..it is possible.

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www.492acousticblues.com
http://www.soundclick.com/pro/?BandID=200514



"The Boz" wrote in message
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Hi,

On 30 Nov 2004 14:52:01 -0800, (rottenberg) wrote:
a basic form of copy-protection, meant to hobble those who manage to
obtain the game, but mysteriously lack the original CD's they were
published on.

Just for the sake of argument, I'd like to throw a little different
prospective on this subject. I design "add on" scenery for FS9,
covering the state of Michigan. The process involved requires very
frequent restarts of FS9 - virtually every time you make a little
change to the placement of an object, it's texture, size, or whatever,
you have to restart FS9 so you can see if you got it right.

I've been keeping track the past few weeks since I installed the FS9
patch and the program's having to access that CD for every startup
almost doubles the time it takes to check out a change. So while I
can understand Microsoft's intent, I sure don't like the results. And
I'm going to like it even less when the inevitable finally happens -
the CD gets damaged from being handled so much (I'm an older guy and
can't hang on to stuff as well as I used to). Bottom line - I'm NOT
going to buy the program again just to get another CD - so when the CD
gives up, so do I.

Jim "BozAir" Bosworth

What program do you use? I've tried 3 or 4 that appear to back it up
but don't function to start FS9.

Bob S.





On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:51:50 -0600, "Charlie" wrote:

Make backups of your CD's now..it is possible.

--

Charlie
www.492acousticblues.com
http://www.soundclick.com/pro/?BandID=200514



"The Boz" wrote in message
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Hi,

On 30 Nov 2004 14:52:01 -0800, (rottenberg) wrote:
a basic form of copy-protection, meant to hobble those who manage to
obtain the game, but mysteriously lack the original CD's they were
published on.

Just for the sake of argument, I'd like to throw a little different
prospective on this subject. I design "add on" scenery for FS9,
covering the state of Michigan. The process involved requires very
frequent restarts of FS9 - virtually every time you make a little
change to the placement of an object, it's texture, size, or whatever,
you have to restart FS9 so you can see if you got it right.

I've been keeping track the past few weeks since I installed the FS9
patch and the program's having to access that CD for every startup
almost doubles the time it takes to check out a change. So while I
can understand Microsoft's intent, I sure don't like the results. And
I'm going to like it even less when the inevitable finally happens -
the CD gets damaged from being handled so much (I'm an older guy and
can't hang on to stuff as well as I used to). Bottom line - I'm NOT
going to buy the program again just to get another CD - so when the CD
gives up, so do I.

Jim "BozAir" Bosworth