When you think about it most of the support for FSX have been given by the simming community and not from Microsoft, so it really does not matter 

What? There was support? 

skydiver1 wrote on Sep 20^th, 2012 at 6:18am:
The work-around for activating FSX is illegal. So I'll leave it at that.

Markoz wrote on Sep 20^th, 2012 at 2:17am:


I agree, when I heard the news I thought it was the disconnection of the activation server.
But my main curiosity is the future, I believe that at the moment the future is LM P3D.
I and many others are excited by CSIM products for P3D, what are the plans?

João Alfredo

I'm using both. Mostly FSX. P3D does not support all my products, so I have to use FSX when I want to fly one. But I believe that P3D is the future of FS.

The activation of a product you have purchased never was and, hopefully, never will be illegal.   There is nothing from stopping you using other methods. Bought a FSX license? Activate it!

Activating a product you haven't purchased is illegal.


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Read the details here. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/lifecycle

You can still activate Win98, WinXP 'SP0', Vista SP1 and so on. The activation isn't bound to the end of support step and a vendor of software has to make sure that you can use your purchased software.

Right on the MS FSX case, the quote is as follows.
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As for P3D. It offers the same bugs as FSX, it offers a new interface (which even has a downside over the old one), some stuff doesn't run P3D but does so in FSX. Some other things are not allowed to run in P3D (but are in FSX) and so on.

Sorry, but 'the future' is not selling a six year old engine at a new price.

Wanna see some new engines? Head for X-Plane10, even Flight (showing revised flight models and things), AeroflyFS or even the free FlightGear. Yes, this needs new planes and scenery but this often comes with a technological step forwards, right?

I applaud to folks trying and testing P3D, but, even with the legal problems left aside, the future is not what I would call it. More a tweak&fiddle field, allowing to spend some time on.

Unfortunately, they've altered the legal setup, hence the problems with some stuff not even being allowed to run.  

Strange fact, that doesn't seem to cause any trouble for folks while thinking about activating a purchased FSX license does.   Another strange fact is that, if you use CS planes in P3D, you are not even entitled to ask for support which also doesn't seem to upset anyone, but the end of MS' FSX support then does.

Don't worry, Mark. I wasn't questioning the like or dislike on the other sims. I can understand them.

It's just that people seem to believe in miracles with the old FSX/P3D engine, some things it can't deliver. Slight improvements, yes. Huge gains or major steps over that old basis? No, maybe with P3D 2.0, but this may also involve the break of the current backward compatibility.

Fun fact, they currently revive the DX10 stuff in FSX, thanks to some user mods, ruling out some former problems with that faster path. http://forum.avsim.net/topic/384221-a-how-to-go-dx10-doc/

So, for the guys liking the tweak&fiddle things, maybe it's worth a look.  


Well, my main point was the in, in my eyes, unreasonable fear of a loss of activation with FSX. MS clearly states what 'end of support' means. Folks can still activate their very old MS soft even without using other methods.