I recently found UR Nihil who was still building up his cap ship, and still with no idea that all cap ships have to be sold, but, now he knows and is clear for 1.9 as well.
Well, yes Freelancer's engine is based on Microsoft coding, 1.82 works well with any windows (even Win 8 beta) while you keep pressing the "admin" buttons, when you open FLMM, when you open the mod, the access to internet if it asks...