ORIGINAL: 5113wh
We Have Success !!!! Rick was right. When it goes in to freeze mode, wait it out. Took about 20 minutes for the dialog box to come up. Also when you go to Launch realflight, it took another 20 mins or so for the dialog box that asks for the serial numbers to come up. A couple of other things... I took the antu-virus off the system. Also, with Windows 8, do not install from the Start screen. Launch it from the desktop. screen.... AND.... WAIT IT OUT !!!! I called Great Planes Product Support and passed this along to them. They are nice people. They seemed to appreciate the input.
Again, thank you Rick, Ernie and Josie.
V/R
Bill
Cool, I am glad I didn't give up and just returned the computer (as my wife suggested) while I was up all night long messing with it!
Thanks for reporting it to GP. I hope the can come up with a quick fix before others just give up on realflight.
If you hear anything back from them please post it here.
Rickc