VAG COM Windows 7 Issues

[cupra-gaz]

i have installed a few versions of the vag com software on my laptop which has windows 7 installed, i cant seem to get the program to run at all, tried the compatibility xp on all versions but had no joy at all, could this problem be because of windows 7 or could it be something else?? also what is the correct drivers i am suppose to be using?? could it be the fact that the software wont run properly cause im using the wrong drivers or software

Any help would be appreciated
thanks

 

[m0rk]

Run as Administrator in XP SP2

 

[cupra-gaz]

iv tried that and still cant get it to run!

 

[Mr_Dave]

Is it x64 per chance? Doesn't seem to run on that under any compatibility mode. There is a 'Windows XP Mode' (An XP VM) you can get from Microsoft, which I reckon it'd work under.

 

[cupra-gaz]

is there an x64 driver for this?? so yes it is an x64 bit system, iv found a program which seems to run but still wont recognize the interface, xp mode wont work on my system as i have premiem win7 , and not any of the others that it need to run on like ultimate and enterprise!

 

[Mr_Dave]

ah. I'm afraid I have the same problem at present and haven't found a way round it

 

[BeartheBruce]

One solution would be to get the real product which is Windows 7 compatible. The shareware version you are trying to run is 6 years old - long before Windows 7 was released.

 

[BEOWULF]

as said before download virtual xp will work on this

 

[Mr_Dave]

One solution would be to get the real product which is Windows 7 compatible. The shareware version you are trying to run is 6 years old - long before Windows 7 was released.

Not all of us can really afford to justify it with the little amount we use it!

 

[cupra-gaz]

agreed, all i really want to do if read for fault codes every now and then coz my eml light doesnt work but the way its going i may just have to give in and get the proper software

 

[BeartheBruce]

Not all of us can really afford to justify it with the little amount we use it!

We know that some feel that the price is out of their reach. Why else would we have shareware versions out there.

But, we don't promise to make 6 year old software work with 1 year old operating systems. So, you, the user who is trying to run the program on an unsupported platform for the shareware version of our product, have to go through the struggle to get it to work. It is quite possible that you do not have the proper drivers for your wire. You may have to get the those drivers from your supplier. for RT cannot give those to you because we have no idea what hardware is to be found in those wires. We only know the hardware in our interfaces.

 

[Mr_Dave]

Mine's fine.. I run it on parallels on my Mac.

Was just pointing out - I use it maybe once every quarter.

gaz - There's a VMWare viewer that I believe is free, could try under that if you have a spare XP disc lay about?

 

[cupra-gaz]

all working now, this is exactly what we did to get it to work, now to work out vag com itself
thanks for your help