grahil247 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 We're very sorry that EFB is not working for all users on Windows 10, and we have been collecting as much information as we can on what the issue(s) could be. As he's stated, Urs has been running EFB on a clean install of Windows 10. So it can work. I however have upgraded my former Windows 7 "work PC" to Windows 10, and I have been able to install EFB and connect to my "sim PC" (which will stay on Windows 7 for the meantime). No fuss, no muss. My EFB installation was from a download off the site - not a "special" build at all. The first tack that we'd like to take is to ask if users with the problem have the .Net Framework 3.5 enabled on their Windows 10 PCs. If there are users who have 3.5 active and still have problems, then we will need to dig further.... Hi Travis Yes installed and active and still have the issues! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahil247 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Okay, I'm bummed out but still hopeful.... Here are some more triage-y questions.... Are you using the release version of W10? Do/Did you have UAC (or whatever they call it these days) disabled? (I had my W7 UAC disabled.) Have you reinstalled EFB after your Windows upgrade? I'm personally most interested in the latter question - Urs did a clean install, so he had to have installed EFB afterwards. I did an upgrade of a non-FlightSim PC, and then I installed SimConnect and then EFB afterwards. If anyone can answer yes to all of my previous questions, and if you are still having problems running either the DataProvider or the DisplayUnit then I would ask you to PM Urs and myself with any Windows Application or System Event Log reports that you've recorded. Travis I have installed and reinstalled and still the same issue will look at sorting out as much data for you as i can and will PM you with it......... wont be straight away as currently tied up. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va3fyc Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Hi Travis, PM sent Thanks Florin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG_Flyer Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Thanks for the data everyone, and thank you more for your patience! Urs is running virtual machines now, trying to come up with a situation where an upgrade to Win10 fails to operate. Nothing so far though. I read where some users have reported initial good results when upgrading to Win10, but odd behavior days and weeks ;ater with certain applications (not all flight-sim related) after an update of Win10. (That is, a regular Windows Update of Win10.) I'm chicken, so I'm sticking with Win 7 on my sim PC for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltaromeo Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Maybe the following could be of help. My setup is: The DU on a upgraded W10 computer while FSX is on another W7 computer. When I try to start the DU nothing happens, I get the blue circle doing some rounds and all ends there. When however I start the DU whilst the FSX computer is not switched on, the DU does start. Initially I get the warning that the "data provider folder does not exist or is not availble", which is understandable as the Data provider system is not active. After that I start the FSX computer and the Data Provider. When on the DU TCP comm tab I check if the DU can see the FSX computer and it does. When I then hit the OK button on the DU I get the warning that "data provider does not contain the requested Data provider files". Just to be sure I reinstalled the data provider on the primary system but I kept getting the same error. I shut down the DU and tried to start it again but it did not start. Would be great if somebody finds a solution. thank / b rdgs / Dick = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerardoM_N Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Hello to everyone, As of today something happened that the DU no longer starts. As you remember it had been running fine from a clean W10 install. I have no idea why it ran okay for almost three weeks and now it's dead Anyway, it's nice to hear its being worked on so hopefully a fix is due soon. Regards, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerardoM_N Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 UPDATE: I have tested EFB on a virtual machine with Windows 10 and the DU stops working after installing Aerosoft's Airbus. I have no idea if this is the only add on that causes trouble with EFB but maybe it narrows down the possible problems. Btw, the Airbus installs and works fine under Windows 10, it only seems to wreck EFB and one system font. After uninstalling the Airbus the problem persists, but then I deleted the fonts that it installs and the DU works again. So it is clear it has something to do with Airbus fonts Regards, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltaromeo Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Jerry, How would people like myself ( who have a non working DU on a secondary system with not a single FS addon installed apart from pfpx and asn) fit into your theory ? Regards / Dick = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerardoM_N Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Jerry, How would people like myself ( who have a non working DU on a secondary system with not a single FS addon installed apart from pfpx and asn) fit into your theory ? Regards / Dick = Well, it's obvious that the airbus cant be the only source of problems since not everyone owns it. But if a font is causing Castle.MicroKernel to stop working I assume (and it's only an assumption) that it makes it easier for the devs to see what's causing the problem. At any rate, the problem is still there and it needs to be fixed whatever the cause of it may be. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyblueskies Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Good find Gerardo, I copied the Airbus True Type fonts to another folder for safe keeping. Then, I deleted them in my fonts folder. The fonts include: AirbusDisp.ttf AIrbusDisp2.ttf AirbusFCU.ttf AirbusISIS.ttf AirbusMCDUa.ttf AirbusMCDUb.ttf AirbusPFD.ttf AirbusPFD2.ttf I can confirm that the DU now runs on the Windows 10 UPGRADE. It did not run before deleting the files. THANK YOU FOR THE FIND!! EDIT: It's the AirbusPFD.ttf and AirbusPFD2.ttf fonts that cause the issue. Adding either one (or both) of these fonts bring the problem back. Removing both of these fonts and the DU problem goes away. Any of the other Airbus fonts are OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeman_64 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Good evening. Has anyone solved how we can run EFB with the Airbus fonts, or no Airbus for now??? Thanks. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokitaumelie Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Well, it's obvious that the airbus cant be the only source of problems since not everyone owns it. But if a font is causing Castle.MicroKernel to stop working I assume (and it's only an assumption) that it makes it easier for the devs to see what's causing the problem. At any rate, the problem is still there and it needs to be fixed whatever the cause of it may be. Jerry Thank you Jerry. I confirm it works now with the Airbus fonts removed from the system. Keep well and regards Pauga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va3fyc Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Further more: I don't have AirbusPFD.ttf AirbusPFD2.ttf What I had was CDU.ttf and CDU_WXR.TTF removing those fixed the issue, DU is now running: https://gyazo.com/982672a280f6b4c8ed93877a4a60f2ad Hope this helps Florin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmercier Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Hello, I don't have either AirbusPFD.ttf nor AirbusPFD2.ttf However the DU started after I removed CDU.ttf (which apparently is a Captain Sim-installed font). Why the Windows upgrade messed with this is beyond me... Best regards Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerardoM_N Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 I am glad some of you have been able to fix their problems. I see that some of you had to remove CDU.ttf, or AirbusPFD.ttf, or AirbusPFD2.ttf. I found that for me, the AirbusDisp and AirbusPFD were the cause of problems. I can have either one installed but not both at the same time. In my case, AirbusPFD2 was causing text in steam, microsoft edge, and other applications to look weird. A fixed .ttf is found on the aerosoft forums and for my particular case it did not interfere with EFB. Aerosoft are now aware of these problems with fonts and will fix them Keep well Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caal Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Well done guys. All working now after removing Airbus fonts. Thank you so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pchimbolo Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 REMOVED my original post because of it's redundancy to other posts here and on AVSIM. That said... Argh! I found that the Aerosoft Airbus now no longer has text in the PFD (shocker!!!!) OK, so "who" needs to fix this... I assume Aivlasoft? Honestly, I've been a developer for over 20-years and this makes no sense. I'm sure there is some explanation, but Aivlasoft should have no reliance on those font files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Please read this topic:http://aivlasoft.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/2016-windows-10-efb-compatibility-version-160/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG_Flyer Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Phil, EFB does not have any direct reliance on those fonts. (EFB was developed before the Aerosoft Airbus, and EFB only calls on a small number of system fonts.) Why those fonts are appearing in EFB after a Win10 upgrade, is the issue at hand. You are absolutely correct that this makes no sense. (I'm totally clueless; I haven't touched fonts in any depth since PostScript was the new kid on the block.) But in time, I'm confident something will become apparent. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesynergy Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 PLEASE RE-READ... Further more: I don't have AirbusPFD.ttf AirbusPFD2.ttf What I had was CDU.ttf and CDU_WXR.TTF removing those fixed the issue, DU is now running: https://gyazo.com/982672a280f6b4c8ed93877a4a60f2ad Hope this helps Florin I removed all of the Airbus fonts from Win10 pro 64 bit UPGRADE & backed them up to a folder outside of "Fonts," then rebooted-same problem… UPDATE: AirbusPFD2.ttf was NOT deleted...it was "in use" and could not be deleted...the fix for me was YAYYYYYYYY...No longer befuddled...EXCEPT... 1. "How did Windows 10 upgrade allow this to happen?" Quick and dirty answer… Windows 10 has made us all beta testers and the "upgrade" allowed the existing fonts to fall through the cracks.... But why didn't this problem with the EFB DU not show up in Windows7, from which I upgraded? 2. Were The Airbus fonts really the culprits? Quick and dirty answer… there are both affirmative & negative answers out there, but it seems to me that The Aerosoft Airbus fonts bear further examination. I KNOW...deleting the fonts...especially the one above...FIXED not only the EFB, but Firefox, and Probably my other browsers, and other apps as well. 3. I want to use my EFB....The use of my Airbus is secondary, but I am not going to reinstall my Airbuses until there is an update from Aerosoft to find out....i'll leave that to some of you more ambitious guys and gals. 4.I am pretty damn certain that this vindicates the Aivasoft crew from any culpability. This is a Windows 10 (Upgrade?)system problem. Cheers, Chas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesynergy Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 We're very sorry that EFB is not working for all users on Windows 10, and we have been collecting as much information as we can on what the issue(s) could be. As he's stated, Urs has been running EFB on a clean install of Windows 10. So it can work. I however have upgraded my former Windows 7 "work PC" to Windows 10, and I have been able to install EFB and connect to my "sim PC" (which will stay on Windows 7 for the meantime). No fuss, no muss. My EFB installation was from a download off the site - not a "special" build at all. The first tack that we'd like to take is to ask if users with the problem have the .Net Framework 3.5 enabled on their Windows 10 PCs. If there are users who have 3.5 active and still have problems, then we will need to dig further.... no I don't and the reason appears to me that got framework 4.0 is in operation not 3.5 chas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briant Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 no I don't and the reason appears to me that got framework 4.0 is in operation not 3.5 chas I don't think the .Net Frameworks are a cumulative upgrade. each version is installed as well as previous versions not instead of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronprice46 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I cant get the display unit to work and get the ComponentActivator error on windows 7 and it was working earlier this afternoon and then when my pc restarted it started giving me the error and closing. Ive reinstalled the EFB and still get the error after a clean install of the EFB. Please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Hi, did you already update to the latest version 1.6.8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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