ok
video card processor  irrelevant question as that has nothing to do with the problem its a high end system with a 9800 GTX

I have Acceleration
i tried the stock F18 shows the target icon in the aircraft menu
I tried the the ah64 alphasim
the Iris F14,F4
A1j

I get the blank hud and the control panel
I turn on the master arm and get 0000 rounds in the indicator
no key i use fires anything i tried them all
I see nothing in the key assignments I am going off the Manuel
is their supposed to be some type of radar? the Manuel says nothing

I installed into the main fsx folder per the instructions.
I  am just so frustrated