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| Simon:
has anyone connected their rigol osciloscope to their pc ? I just can't get the drivers to install, its very anoying (and hardly surprising !), I'm running wondows Vista and yes its time these cheapscate manufacturers support it because its been around long enough and XP is on the way out so then what ? I haven't tried it on XP yet, has anyone else ? |
| EEVblog:
Mine worked on XP no problem. Can't say I actually use it for anything useful though, but I did install it when I got it just to try it out. Dave. |
| Simon:
ok so its the usual el cheapo syndrome, can't be botheed to make to the current software standards, the software installs but the drivers will not |
| Zero999:
Have you tried booting Vista in safe mode? I've heard that can work with some unsigned drivers. Does it use a USB interface? I know it's a pain but if you must use Vista then you could install XP on a VM such as VirtualBox which will allow you to connect to the real USB port. The problem is you need enough memory both for Vista, XP and the 'scope program, probably 1GB minimum. |
| Simon:
no I haven't tried running it in safe mode, if that gets the drivers installed fair enough but i can't use safe mode to run it as in any case the usb ports probably do not work in safe mode. I could use a virtual machine i suppose, with 8 GB of ram and a quad core processor thats not an issue but at the end of a day a company that cannot make software for vista is not worth their salt ! its not a case of "if i have to use vista", xp will not be supported soon and with a 64 bit processor and 8 GB of ram (not sure on the over 2 core but) I have no choice, XP is fast becoming a thing of the past because micro$oft have made it so. I'd go windows 7 as soon as possible but thats going to have the same issues |
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