Getting Flight Simulator 2004 to run in Windows 7

I followed all 10 steps in the Microsoft support article.  I installed the latest drivers.  Flight Simulator will run in mode full screen 800 x 600.  Whenever I hit the key to the menu at the top of the window, the game stops.  I choose the options in the menu, but the menu disappears when I reactivate the game.

It is becoming too much of a hassle for just a simulator and I think seriously just get rid of it and find another simulator which is fully compatible with Windows 7, because FS 2004 certainly isn't.  I don't care if Microsoft thinks it is.

Hello

·         The same thing happens in an another user account?

·         This article/steps you have already taken?

Try the suggestions listed in the below given links and check if this is useful.

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/823628

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/263039

Hope this information is useful.

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