Thanks Cubanflyer,

I was just trying to see if there was a way around it. Looked at the costs of the PIC interface (available in the UK) and decided to fly FMS on my
Win98 machine only. I like the FMS program and the price (free) and think it's more than good enough to learn the basics of keeping a plane in the air and landing. However, for a more challenging sim, I went to a friend's house to try RealFlight G2 Lite and went to the local hobby shop and plunked down my $130. Runs fine on WinXP and Win98.

Got me.

[:'(]