Flight Simulator X: When you try to use certain Games for Windows products, you are prompted to reactivate the game multiple times, the game has reduced functionality, or you receive a “trial limit has expired” error message

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When you try to play any of the games that are listed in the “Applies to” section, you may experience one of the following symptoms: The Activation Wizard prompts you to activate the product even though you have successfully activated the product before. You receive an error message that resembles the following:Thank you for trying Microsoft Flight Simulator X. The trial time limit has expired. Please activate Flight Simulator to continue playing. Certain features in the product cannot be accessed even though you have activated the product. For example, the Flight Simulator Multiplayer option is not listed in the game..To resolve these problems, use one of the following methods. .Method 1: Log on as an administrator
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These problems may occur because your user account does not have administrative credentials on the computer. If your user account does not have administrative credentials, you will not be prompted to activate the game when the time trial period expires or when the game enters reduced functionality mode.To resolve these problems, use administrative credentials to run the game. To give your account administrative credentials in Windows Vista, see the section. To give your account administrative credentials in Windows XP, see the Set your account to run as administrator in Windows XP section. Set your account to run as administrator in Windows Vista
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Right-click the game icon, and then click Properties.On the Shortcut tab, click Advanced. Click Run as Administrator.Collapse this imageExpand this image If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or provide confirmation. Start the game from the icon that you changed.Set your account to run as administrator in Windows XP
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Right-click the game icon, and then click Properties.On the Shortcut tab, click Advanced. Click to select the Run with different credentials check box, and then click OK two times. Double-click the game icon. In the Run as dialog box, click The following user, and then enter the administrator credentials for the computer. Click OK..Method 2: Run the Software Licensing System Reset tool
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If you are logged on as an administrator and if the problem continues to occur, run the Software Licensing System Reset tool.

For more information about how to download, install and run the Software Licensing System Reset tool, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

928080 

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928080/
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Error message “1722″ when you try to reinstall Flight Simulator X

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For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

960480 

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960480/
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