Hello All,
As a surveyor, I'm trying to slowly solve all the glitches on my new Windows 8.1 laptop.
1. Mouse
I often visit this NSW government site SIX Maps
When navigating the map, you use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in or out and hold down the left mouse button to pan.
In my new windows 8.1 laptop, the scroll and pan functions won't work.
Iv'e tried 4 different mice and none of them work but they all work on my old XP laptop.
I've also tried 2 browsers (Chrome and IE)
I have also been in touch with the NSW goverment support team to no avail.
Looking in control panel, I couldn't recognise anything that would help.
Does anyone have any ideas?
2. USB to RS232 serial port cable replicator
This cable is used to download/upload information to the survey instrument. It worked fine on Windows XP, but will not work on Windows 8.1. It may be something to do with the port configuration.
Please note that the software is very old and I had to create a virtual XP machine using VMWARE to run it. (As well as some other obsolete software such as XTGOLD and Q.EXE! Any one remember these? I've yet to come across any file editing program to equal Q.EXE)
Hopefully someone will have some ideas otherwise I'll have to go back to the manufacturer and they'll charge more than I paid for the computer!!!
Thanks in advance for your help,
Michael
As a surveyor, I'm trying to slowly solve all the glitches on my new Windows 8.1 laptop.
1. Mouse
I often visit this NSW government site SIX Maps
When navigating the map, you use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in or out and hold down the left mouse button to pan.
In my new windows 8.1 laptop, the scroll and pan functions won't work.
Iv'e tried 4 different mice and none of them work but they all work on my old XP laptop.
I've also tried 2 browsers (Chrome and IE)
I have also been in touch with the NSW goverment support team to no avail.
Looking in control panel, I couldn't recognise anything that would help.
Does anyone have any ideas?
2. USB to RS232 serial port cable replicator
This cable is used to download/upload information to the survey instrument. It worked fine on Windows XP, but will not work on Windows 8.1. It may be something to do with the port configuration.
Please note that the software is very old and I had to create a virtual XP machine using VMWARE to run it. (As well as some other obsolete software such as XTGOLD and Q.EXE! Any one remember these? I've yet to come across any file editing program to equal Q.EXE)
Hopefully someone will have some ideas otherwise I'll have to go back to the manufacturer and they'll charge more than I paid for the computer!!!
Thanks in advance for your help,
Michael
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- windows 8.1