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On 8/15/2010 2:44 PM, Earl Needham wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTi=n+akNhkdeEKyRJgVuAsDWVw9NXm=3D-3Jj+np@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Darn This is not good! What other options do I have
for maps where I can zoom & scroll?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Earl<br>
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NONE (unless you want to be tethered to the Internet with the
PA7RHM MapServer plugin.)<br>
<br>
------or--------<br>
<br>
Run MapPoint externally, and link it to UI-View with the UI-Point
"middle-ware" UI-View plug-in. However this has severely reduced
functionality compared to the internal UI-View displays, and no
support for overlay characters on APRS symbols. <br>
<br>
------or--------<br>
<br>
Reformat hard disk<br>
<br>
Install Windows XP<br>
<br>
Chase down XP versions of drivers for what ever hardware (video
display, sound system, ethernet interface chip, WiFi,
motherboard/IDE HDD interfaces, etc) that XP failed to identify.
I.e. "The Great Driver Hunt" on the Internet! <br>
<br>
Install UI-Vew, Precision Mapping and PMap Server 7<br>
<br>
Enjoy a system that runs 2-3 times faster than the same system with
Vista or Win 7. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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===================<br>
<br>
I just spent three days "upgrading" a new Toshiba C655 laptop from
Win 7-64 to XP SP3. <br>
<br>
This machine with a 15" W-SVGA screen, 2 GB of RAM, 250 GB HDD and a
1.8 GHz Celeron (i.e. single-core) CPU currently sells at Best Buy
for USD $350. You can think of this machine as a "netbook on
steroids" - lightweight but with a full-size keyboard, double-layer
DVD-RW drive, but only 2 USB ports, no modem and no PS/2 ports to
steal power for a GPS. Note that it uses a "real" Celeron rather
than the much lower powered "Atom" CPU used in most netbooks.<br>
<br>
Freed of the sludge of the OEM Win 7 (64-bit edition no less!) it
really screams and runs MapPoint, Precision Mapping, Delorme TopoUSA
and UI-View very nicely. After taking three days to do the first
one, I have cloned the installation into two more. It only about 20
mins each, using Acronis True-Image to back the setup of the first
one onto an external USB hard drive, and then restore it to each the
others. <br>
<br>
The initial setup and backup/restore process was somewhat messier
than previous projects I have done, since this machine uses a
new-style ESCD hard disk interface with EFI. Extensible Firmware
Interface does away with much of the classic motherboard BIOS
configuration of the HDD. (Basically, a much larger boot loader on
the hard disk running natively in 32-bit code replaces the
traditional 16-bit IDE hard disk boot code in a "classic" BIOS.)
However, I discovered that the remaining BIOS options did include a
choice for IDE compatibility mode that let me do an XP install.
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cite="mid:AANLkTi=n+akNhkdeEKyRJgVuAsDWVw9NXm=3D-3Jj+np@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Stephen
H. Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:wa8lmf2@aol.com">wa8lmf2@aol.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 8/15/2010 12:05 PM,
Earl Needham wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">I just ran across my Precision
Mapping v7.0 set and tried to install it on Vista. I am
having no proper results -- first, a file or two aren't
registering properly. Even if I log into the
Administrator account, the program won't run in my
"limited" account. Second, RegisterMyApp won't let me
transfer the registration.<br>
<br>
Anybody know a way to get this to work?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Earl<br>
KD5XB<br>
<br>
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<br>
See details on Vista/Win7 install issues for UI-view and
Precision Mapping here on my website:<br>
<br>
<<font face="Verdana"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/UIview_Notes.htm#VistaWin7"
target="_blank">Windows Vista and Win7 Issues</a>><br>
<br>
<br>
</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/UIview_Notes.htm#VistaWin7"
target="_blank"><http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/UIview_Notes.htm#VistaWin7></a>
<br>
<br>
<br>
[Fifth citing of this link on various mailing lists in the
last seven days, by the way.] <br>
<br>
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</font>
<hr size="2" width="100%"><font face="Verdana"><br>
--<br>
<br>
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://aol.com" target="_blank">aol.com</a> <br>
EchoLink Node: WA8LMF or 14400 [Think bottom of
the 2M band]<br>
Skype: WA8LMF<br>
Home Page: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wa8lmf.net" target="_blank">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br>
<br>
NEW! *** HF APRS over PSK63 ***<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wa8lmf.net/APRS_PSK63/index.htm"
target="_blank">http://wa8lmf.net/APRS_PSK63/index.htm</a><br>
<br>
Universal HF/VHF/UHF Antenna Mounting System<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wa8lmf.net/mobile/UniversalAntMountSystem.htm"
target="_blank">http://wa8lmf.net/mobile/UniversalAntMountSystem.htm</a><br>
<br>
"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection &
Digipeating <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths" target="_blank">http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths</a>
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