[TenTec] OT: Programming Cheap Chinese Handhelds

[geoffrey mendelson]

On 9/8/2014 8:48 AM, Richards wrote:
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> Your XP machine may or may not be a problem, depending on how advanced 
> the updates are, as the later Service Packs are supposed to install 
> the automatic update service - if you can keep it off the internet 
> before you finish programming the radio, it will work fine with the 
> driver that comes with it.  If not, the Prolific driver will load over 
> it and cancel it.
Just for the record, the XP drivers will work fine with the counterfeit 
chips. They will not be updated because as of a few months ago, 
Microsoft no longer supports Windows XP. I recently had to reinstall XP 
on a computer and found out how difficult they make it to get XP support.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
Jerusalem Israel.