Is Microsoft Flight Simulator Down?

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Microsoft Flight Simulator is a series of amateur flight simulator programs for Microsoft Windows operating systems, and earlier for MS-DOS and Classic Mac OS
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Microsoft Flight Simulator website request errors

This graph shows Microsoft Flight Simulator errors and response times for the website over the past day. Website status and slowness is related to downtime for Microsoft Flight Simulator and errors for their site.

Microsoft Flight Simulator outage report graph

This chart above shows Microsoft Flight Simulator error reports submitted in the past 24 hours (one day) compared to the recent average over similar days. The status of Microsoft Flight Simulator is marked as "down" when the number of reported errors is significantly higher than the average errors.



More about Microsoft Flight Simulator service

Microsoft Flight Simulator is a series of amateur flight simulator programs for Microsoft Windows operating systems, and earlier for MS-DOS and Classic Mac OS. It is one of the longest-running, best-known, and most comprehensive home flight simulator programs on the market. It was an early product in the Microsoft application portfolio and differed significantly from Microsoft's other software, which was largely business-oriented. At 39 years old, it is the longest-running software product line for Microsoft, predating Windows by three years. Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the longest-running PC video game series of all time. Bruce Artwick began the development of Flight Simulator in 1977. His company, Sublogic, initially distributed it for various personal computers.

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What should I do if Microsoft Flight Simulator is unavailable?
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Check if access to Microsoft Flight Simulator is blocked
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DNS Cache
To clear the DNS cache on your computer, look up instructions for your specific operating system online. Then try to access the Microsoft Flight Simulator site again.
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