[Dx4win] DX4Win on Windows Vista

Pete Smith pete.n4zr at gmail.com
Tue Feb 13 10:41:23 EST 2007


This is really a shot in the dark, but in Googling for references to this driver I found one reference that suggested both vichw11.sys and vichw11.dxd need to be in that directory to work properly with some applications.  Is the latter there?

73, Pete

At 10:34 AM 2/13/2007, you wrote:
>>--- K0CF <k0cf at mchsi.com> wrote:
>>> I found the reference to vichw11.sys in the archives and have 
>>> successfully copied it to the Windows\System32\drivers folder, but 
>>> DX4Win still complains about its absence, then terminates. Apparently 
>>> this driver is not compatible with Vista.
>>>
>>--- AD1C wrote:
>>Yes, that is correct.  I know of no work-around.  I hope Paul will 
>>address this, it also affects people running (or who want to run) 
>>Windows XP 64.
>>
>>I'm normally an "early adopter", but I'm sticking with Windows XP 
>>for the foreseeable future.  I see no compelling reason to upgrade 
>>to Vista.  If Vista comes pre-installed, well that's a different 
>>story....
>>
>>73 - Jim AD1C
>
>Jim,
>
>Thanks for your comments. Your last sentence is, of course, the key. 
>Vista came pre-installed on my new Dell XPS-410 PC. XP is no longer
>available from Dell.
>
>And here I sit, broken hearted...
>
>73,
>Craig, K0CF
>
>
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