Author Topic: GSX Pro won't stay activated  (Read 1486 times)

lordmashie

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GSX Pro won't stay activated
« on: May 21, 2025, 03:45:30 am »
Asking again.
Every time I restart couatl there is appears to be a random chance that GSX Pro deactivates and I'm greeted with the Trial Mode interface when I open the menu.
Happens most of the time after a PC restart and sometimes even when I restart couatl in-game.

Since the FSDT installer will refuse to open if the game is running, I have to waste several minutes exiting the game and reactivating before waiting to get back to where I was. It's infuriating. Why's this happening? Why am I the only one experiencing this?

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Re: GSX Pro won't stay activated
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2025, 08:19:31 pm »
Nothing is "random", GSX is either activated or not. The only thing that can make you think it's random, is if you run MSFS with a Windows user account with limited permissions, so you are in fact running it as a different user than the installer (which activates GSX), because the installer always runs as Admin.

So, if you are running the sim with a user with limited permissions, GSX will revert in trial, because the activation is by user, not global, so the solution is to be sure your normal windows user account has admin permissions.

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Re: GSX Pro won't stay activated
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2025, 06:56:09 am »
Nothing is "random", GSX is either activated or not. The only thing that can make you think it's random, is if you run MSFS with a Windows user account with limited permissions, so you are in fact running it as a different user than the installer (which activates GSX), because the installer always runs as Admin.

So, if you are running the sim with a user with limited permissions, GSX will revert in trial, because the activation is by user, not global, so the solution is to be sure your normal windows user account has admin permissions.

Well I only have one Windows account on my PC and it has administrator status. So I doubt that should be an issue.