[Elecraft] LP_Bridge and Windows Vista

[Adam Koczarski]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:54 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP_Bridge and Windows Vista
> 
> Adam, I run Vista Home Edition here and it works fine but in the
> beginning
> it would not create virtual com ports. 

Finally got it to work later last night. I had already tried the 'run as
admin' without success. I had just upgraded this system from XP to Vista,
then to Vista SP-1. Doing a reinstallation of LP_Bridge did the trick. Must
be a driver permission thing that doesn't make it through the upgrade
process. The LP-Pan and the associated software works as designed, as does
HRD.

I've been experimenting with Windows 7 on another laptop here and thought it
would be <fun> to try and test out the K3 tools on that OS. You can only
upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista at this point in the BETA, thus last night's
upgrade from XP to VISTA on the radio laptop. I'll give Windows 7 a shot
tonight and see what happens. Anyone try this yet?

With my week of experience with Windows 7 it seeming to be more like Vista
SP-2 than a new product. That would explain the amazing stability reports
for a Microsoft BETA OS. :) Seems like more of a marketing "rebranding" of
Vista than a newly developed OS. I guess the Bill Gates-Jerry Seinfeld
commercials just weren't doing the trick. ;) It is much faster/leaner
feeling than Vista, with a few GUI changes and it comes bundled with IE 8
BETA. The IE 8 BETA definitely feels like a BETA. Some tests I've read even
claim it's faster than XP! I'll keep my fingers crossed and report back what
I find.

Adam - ka7ark