Are you using Flight Simulator X with SP2 or Acceleration? This is a minimum system requirement for using the CS 727 Captain - http://www.captainsim.com/products/x727/sysreq.html

If you are using Vista or Windows 7, is FSX installed in C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86)? If it is, you could try running FSX as an administrator. Or what would be even better, is to install FSX on the C: drive (C:\FSX) or on another drive or partition is even better.

Mark

i got comparable system. but i dont shutdown any of programs when i installed it. it installed smoothly and works fine. both WIN XP, and WIN 7x64.

some folks says that MS NET FRAMEWORK can affect FSX, or MS VISUAL C++ which installed with OS by default, but i dont know if it true. You'll probably need some missing *.dll from that software for fix the sound, but gauges should work for sure.

my guess: something block aircraft from loading into FSX completely, so *.GAU files not loaded. or something block installation, so CS_B727-100\PANEL\ folder missing or incomplete.

Is it possible the gauges were not accepted as "trusted"?

Other than that, I strongly recommend that you configure FSX to always "run as an administrator". This is how to do it in Windows 7, so I suspect that Vista will be similar. Navigate to [FSX root folder]\fsx.exe and right click on fsx.exe (you probably wont see the extension because Windows, by default, will have "Hide extensions for know file types" selected), select properties from the list that pops up, then select the Compatibility tab. Down near the bottom you should see Privilege Level. Now place a tick in the box beside "Run this program as an administrator".

Because you have FSX in the default C:\Program Files (x86), Vista is very protective of all the files store there (including all sub folders). IF you have FSX running with the administrative authority, it can do what it likes. If not, Vista will prevent it from doing some of the things it needs or has to do. This applies to ALL files that you are trying to install in C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86). They MUST have administrative rights to make the changes required to make them work like they should. So always install FS add-ons with administrative rights.

Mark

Thanks to those of you that have responded.
Markoz, yesterday I reinstalled FSX in C:\FSX it made no difference.
Now I am back to Prog Files x86.
I followed your advice in most recent post. I selected in FSX exe. run as Administrator. I even uninstalled 727 and redownloaded from server again. Just to cover all the bases. Even though some say not necessary, I shut down user acc. Still many gauges missing and non functional.
One thing is when I click on 727 exe, to start install box pops up stating publisher could not be verified. THis file does not have digital signiture that verifies its publisher. I just click on run. I don't know if that tells you anything. Not to many things left to do to get this baby up and running.

windplayer wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 8:21am:

YES! If you don't put those gauges in the trusted list, the planes won't work correctly.

Mark