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Ham Radio Deluxe and Vista 64 bit OS	Reply
by W3IL on November 20, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Is anyone using Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) with the Vista 64 bit operating system? If so, have there been any problems with the program or the USB to serial cable drivers used to connect your radio to the computer Which USB to Serial cables/drivers are you using? I have heard that the drivers for the Radio Shack USB to Serial cables may not function under the 64 bit operating system. Appreciate any replies that will shed light on this issue. regards Bill W3IL

RE: Ham Radio Deluxe and Vista 64 bit OS	Reply
by K3AN on November 23, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
I'm sure you've seen those Apple ads that make fun of the lousy Vista operating system. The best solution would be to go back to Win XP. If you can't then you may find that a driver or setting that works today may not work the next time you try to use the program. Or, some other program or peripheral may no longer work. You're going to be chasing your tail endlessly.

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by N1HMT on November 23, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
No problems here with Vista 64 Bit and HRD just make sure your USB to serial devices have the 64 bit drivers. You might want to look for a device that uses the FTDI chip...drivers here. http://www.serialgear.com/ftdi-chip-drivers.cfm I have 2 of these and they work great.

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by WB6DGN on November 28, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
"You're going to be chasing your tail endlessly." Well...my dog seems to enjoy it!

RE: Ham Radio Deluxe and Vista 64 bit OS	Reply
by N3OX on November 30, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Bill, For what it's worth, it's probably going to be more effective to go to the Ham Radio Deluxe support forums with your questions. http://forums.ham-radio.ch/

RE: Ham Radio Deluxe and Vista 64 bit OS	Reply
by KB1RNV on December 11, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
The problem with older drivers on the 64 bit OS is they are required in Vista to be 'signed' There are workarounds that usually will work, just search on "unsigned driver in Vista" and you will come across many potential fixes. There are some drivers that simply just won't go- but that is the fault of the peripheral company, not a fault of Vista for requiring it. Just because Mac commercials say that Vista has 'problems' doesn't make it true. I went around and around with a Magellan GPS and 64 bit Vista, but what it taught me is that Megellan needs to step up and support newer OS's... not that Vista is evil.

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by AA4PB on December 11, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
The same thing is happening with the transition from XP to Vista that happened with Windows98 to XP. It takes mfgs a while to develop new drivers. If everything had to remain backward compatible then we'd be stuck in the past with no way forward.

RE: Ham Radio Deluxe and Vista 64 bit OS	Reply
by N5BXP on January 7, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
I have been running it for several weeks on 64 bit Vista. The new system is a Intel 2.5 ghz Quad processor, and 8 gb ram. HRD and DM 780 use 2% processor. I use a IOgear usb adapter, and downloaded the 64 bit Vista driver from the Iogear site. It works so much better with HRD than the 2.2 GHZ , 2gb ram mono processor system it replaced.

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