Curses, foiled again

I thought I would try out this Garmin Mobile PC but apparently it does not
run on Windows 7 64 bit. So now I have to format a laptop and dig up a
Windows XP disc and try again.

It is always something with this computer stuff.

The install program seemed to run okay but then in the Garmin box there was
nothing but the safety warning and no application.

So now maybe I will try the Microsoft package and see if that one works.

On 1/25/2011 11:07 AM, RickyBobby wrote:

> I thought I would try out this Garmin Mobile PC but apparently it does
> not run on Windows 7 64 bit. So now I have to format a laptop and dig up
> a Windows XP disc and try again.
> It is always something with this computer stuff.
> The install program seemed to run okay but then in the Garmin box there
> was nothing but the safety warning and no application.
> So now maybe I will try the Microsoft package and see if that one works.

You can't carve out a virtual 32 bit logical partition? Or does that
software include a device driver which must be 64 bit safe?

Tried the free version of VMWare?

"Lon" wrote in message

On 1/25/2011 11:07 AM, RickyBobby wrote:

> I thought I would try out this Garmin Mobile PC but apparently it does
> not run on Windows 7 64 bit. So now I have to format a laptop and dig up
> a Windows XP disc and try again.
> It is always something with this computer stuff.
> The install program seemed to run okay but then in the Garmin box there
> was nothing but the safety warning and no application.
> So now maybe I will try the Microsoft package and see if that one works.

You can't carve out a virtual 32 bit logical partition? Or does that
software include a device driver which must be 64 bit safe?

Tried the free version of VMWare?

I dunno about any of that. I just reformatted one laptop and put on Vista.
The Garmin thing worked fine with that and the display is just like a big
screen Nuvi. It is a learn-as-you-go process.

> "Lon" wrote in message
> On 1/25/2011 11:07 AM, RickyBobby wrote:

>> I thought I would try out this Garmin Mobile PC but apparently it does
>> not run on Windows 7 64 bit. So now I have to format a laptop and dig up
>> a Windows XP disc and try again.
>> It is always something with this computer stuff.
>> The install program seemed to run okay but then in the Garmin box there
>> was nothing but the safety warning and no application.
>> So now maybe I will try the Microsoft package and see if that one works.

> You can't carve out a virtual 32 bit logical partition? Or does that
> software include a device driver which must be 64 bit safe?
> Tried the free version of VMWare?
> I dunno about any of that. I just reformatted one laptop and put on
> Vista. The Garmin thing worked fine with that and the display is just like
> a big screen Nuvi. It is a learn-as-you-go process.

Win7 Pro & Ultimate have downloadable MS 32 bit VMs/

--
Regards,
Richard Harison

"LightByrd" wrote in message

> "Lon" wrote in message
> On 1/25/2011 11:07 AM, RickyBobby wrote:

>> I thought I would try out this Garmin Mobile PC but apparently it does
>> not run on Windows 7 64 bit. So now I have to format a laptop and dig up
>> a Windows XP disc and try again.
>> It is always something with this computer stuff.
>> The install program seemed to run okay but then in the Garmin box there
>> was nothing but the safety warning and no application.
>> So now maybe I will try the Microsoft package and see if that one works.

> You can't carve out a virtual 32 bit logical partition? Or does that
> software include a device driver which must be 64 bit safe?
> Tried the free version of VMWare?
> I dunno about any of that. I just reformatted one laptop and put on
> Vista. The Garmin thing worked fine with that and the display is just like
> a big screen Nuvi. It is a learn-as-you-go process.

Win7 Pro & Ultimate have downloadable MS 32 bit VMs/

--
Regards,
Richard Harison

Thanks for that heads up but I have no problem with having on PC running
Vista so I can use the Garmin software. A 32 bit Virtual Machine sounds
real good but I will pass on that operation. I am mainly a hardware fan and
most, if not all, software just whizzes right over my head without making
any impression. I do not even know what Excel does after all of these
years. Every time I get an email with an Excel attachment I wonder, how did
they do that?