Ozi Explorer/Windows 10 problem

Thanks Phil, I uninstalled the device and re-installed it, I also got the latest drivers from Prolific (the device maker). Funny tho, if I plug it into one port Device manager indicates it is in Com3, when I put it into the other port device manager says it is com4, but using these settings does not enable communication. You are right not to upgrade. By the time I found this error I the time frame in which to go back to Win7 had expired, the only way to return to Win7 now is to rebuild the tablet.
Mike

Can't help beyond that mate.

Did you think of asking Oziexplorer themselves? I have found them very helpful in the past. You never know there may be a fix required or they may have come across this before. Can't help to call them.

Don't let some people put you off asking them. Someone had trouble with them but myself - all good. May have been the approach they used. I don't know.

Phil

I just tried that driver, same result, no com ports. Grr

Unfortunately too late to go back as I didn't identify this problem in time.

Glad to hear you resolved it. It is unwise to upgrade Windows at any time without understanding possible implications. This has always been the case. In 10's case mostly good things so far but drivers are the biggest issue when going from one version to another despite Microsoft trying to alleviate this problem.

Again!!! Not surprising. Not one single version of Windows has ever been properly released. They use their "customers" to test. Of this I am positive. It began with Win 3 and we ended up with Win 3.11 and so on to Win 10. I truly believe that if they had fixed B bloody Gate's dos and sys files first like Apple did then we would have a "much better world" to use an old phrase.

I solved all this for my own S/W as I embeded a personally rewritten interface sub-package (not a complete io unfortunately) which replaced all Windows functions, in my S/W. Smartlog (totally mine) still ran happily, regardless of the windows version, until Win 8 without a change since 1983. Why can't Microsoft do it. Ahhhh there's the rub THE COST. So we "work" for them and do their testing and don't upgrade until absolutely necessary. Still using XP on the old lan network file server.

What a wonderful world it is!!!!

Phil

He has it up and running Chris. I also tried windows 10 and quickly reverted back to 7. 10 is just not worth the effort.

I must be lucky, can't get Win10 to install on any of my devices. Think I will give it a miss for a while.

D Maxer
you might have some luck if you use the win10 media creation tool
Win 10 tool

Tried the win10 media creation tool. Downloaded it and it will not run. Running 64 bit win7 Pro. The 32 bit tool starts, but doesn't want to play with a 64 bit system. I will just give it a miss until Microsoft get their act together. A lot of people are having the same error code as I am and tech forum just gives strange solutions that do not work.

Sometimes you have to right click and "Run as Administrator" to get these programs to work. I have to do that with everything on my Win 7 machine

Have upraded to Win 10 and reverted back to Win 8 on my Lappy as I just didnt like it and cant be bothered learning for the amount of time I use that machine.

Thanks Chris, I will get one as my fix is far from perfect.

Hi Greg, I just checked and my Ozi is the latest version. Their website indicates some driver problems may exist for some GPS's.