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Solution to Microsoft Flight Simulator X “side-by-side” Error

Posted on November 8, 2011July 5, 2016 by Jon Stacey

This is a mini-guide for those struggling with trying to get Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) Deluxe, and the Acceleration Expansion pack working on Windows 7 x64. The two big issues which I will cover are the “side-by-side” configuration error message, and frequent crashing while in the game.

Getting Around a College Firewall and Bandwidth Throttling

Posted on January 10, 2008September 28, 2014 by Jon Stacey

My college, like most others across America employ a restrictive firewall and limit bandwidth for certain file transfers. YouTube in particular is severely limited on my campus making viewing virtually impossible on weekends and painfully slow any other time. Fortunately though, I learned a little more about the network setup and how they prioritize different…

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