Q242841: FS2000: Cannot Install on Beta Release of Windows 2000

Article: Q242841
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:2000
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbsetup fsim kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition 
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This article discusses a Beta release of a Microsoft product. The 
information in this article is provided as-is and is subject to change
without notice.

No formal product support is available from Microsoft for this Beta 
product. For information about obtaining support for a Beta release, 
please see the documentation that is included with the Beta product files, 
or check the Web location from which you downloaded the release.

SYMPTOMS
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If you attempt to install Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 on a computer running
a beta release of Microsoft Windows 2000, the installation program quits before
any files are installed.

CAUSE
=====

The Flight Simulator 2000 installation program is not compatible with beta
releases of Windows 2000.

In addition, Flight Simulator 2000 is not supported on the Windows 2000 operating
system.

RESOLUTION
==========

To prevent this issue from occurring, install Flight Simulator 2000 on one of
the following supported operating systems:

- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: msgame flightsim fltsim fs2k fs2000 win2k

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Keywords          : kbenv kbsetup fsim kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim2000 kbSimSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Issue type        : kbprb

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