[PCR-1000] PCR1000 Windows XP

[david_a_stewart]

Suggestion - if you only run a couple of application on your Windows machine
why do you need WinXP at all. The operating system handles COM port
communications in a different way to Win98 and 95. Wipe the disk and install
Win98 - if you don't have a copy it should still be obtainable. Over here in
the UK there are 3 or 4 "remaindered" software suplliers with Win98 at a
very low price. Should be some equivalents near to you or on web. There are
also other alternative ways. Reinstalling the software should then eliminate
the clashes that might be the cause of your problems. Don't forget to
download one of the PCR1000 EEPROM backup utilities and backup your eeproms
memory first thing. I run a comparison check once a week and have tried
various types of third party software with my PCR1000 with no ill effects.

Good Luck

Dave Stewart



> I am not real comfortable with most of the 3rd party software for control
> of the PCR1000.  I know there are list members that have never used
> anything but this or that third party program with no problems but I am
the
> most unlucky cuss you have ever met, first time I used it, the PCR1000
> would blow up and that would be that.
>
> Your statements on Microsoft are just one of the many many reasons that I
> can see to get Mr. Gates behind bars and keep him there.  He has pepuated
> more grief on millions in the world than almost any other person in
> history. I get the shaft from his products every time I turn around.  That
> is why my primary computer is a Macintosh.  I never use the Windows
machine
> for anything except control of my Davis Weather Station and until recently
> the PCR1000 which is fading fast.
>
> I have tried every suggestion on the list server to make the Icom software
> work, all to no avail.  It is apparent that the Sony VAIO FXA53 handles
> things differently than most of the other machines as I am sure I would
> have had a "fix" by now.  So as you can see my statement above is
accurate,
> I am very unlucky when it comes to anything like this, always have been
and
> always will be.
>
> We are almost to "strike three" with the PCR1000.
>
> Everett E. Wittig
> ARS WB7VNF
>
> >I might also recommend Signal Intelligence ScanStar software.  They have
> >just rev'd their ScanStar software to include UT-106 functionality.
> >They really have made some progress toward better utilization of PCR1000
> >functionality.  In addition:  Microsoft no longer supports Windows 95.
> >At the close of next year, Microsoft will discontinue Windows 98
> >support.  Like it or not, times are changing; for the better ?  Highly
> >questionable.  As the CYA phrase goes: " Use at your own risk ".
> >
> >-Scott Schappert
> >
> >Folks,
> >I have tried and retried the "fix" discussed on this list to make the
> >original ICOM software work under my "Home Version" of Windows XP with
> >NO
> >luck, I still get the APPLICATION ERROR - PCR1000 caused a General
> >Protection Fault in module OLE2DISP.DLL at 0001:0B20?.  I have replaced
> >the
> >TOOLBARSHOW=1 with TOOLBARSHOW=0 to no avail.  I have tried deleting the
> >line entirely, still the same results.
> >
> >I really don't mind the ICOM software for how I use the radio but unless
> >someone has some other ideas that I can try, it appears to be the end of
> >a
> >era here.  I simply cannot execute the program under XP.
> >
> >Everett E. (Ev) Wittig
> >WB7VNF
> >