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[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
"Here's how to get the out-of-box cable to work with Vista: -Do not plug cable into USB yet -Go to Start->Help, and search for "compatibility wizard" -Select "What is program compatibility" -Select "Click to open program compatibility wizard" -At welcome screen click Next -Insert the CD/DVD that came with the cable, but do NOT plug cable yet -Shut down any autorun option should you see it -Ignore any Explorer win..." Read Full Review »
May 13, 2008 by Rick - Cruising the East Coast
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"No amount of: re-loading, changing of compatibility modes, altering sequence of installation procedures, plugging in or not plugging in the device, or getting new drivers could get this thing to work with Vista Home Premium running on an Hp Pavillion a6110. Egg-on-face: To RS for not providing or checking their installation procedures, not updating their software, and not posting in a prominent manner the effort..." Read Full Review »
Mar 02, 2008 by Ian
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[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
Radio Shack 6 Ft. (1.8m) USB-to-Serial Port Cable Review
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"Here's how to get the out-of-box cable to work with Vista:
-Do not plug cable into USB yet
-Go to Start->Help, and search for "compatibility wizard"
-Select "What is program compatibility"
-Select "Click to open program compatibility wizard"
-At welcome screen click Next
-Insert the CD/DVD tha
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Radio Shack 6 Ft. (1.8m) USB-to-Serial Port Cable Review
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"No amount of: re-loading, changing of compatibility modes, altering sequence of installation procedures, plugging in or not plugging in the device, or getting new drivers could get this thing to work with Vista Home Premium running on an Hp Pavillion a6110. Egg-on-face: To RS for not providing or ch …" Read Full Review »
Radio Shack 6 Ft. (1.8m) USB-to-Serial Port Cable Review
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"Our company uses these things like crazy. We've had some that were missing the CD but found it easily on the website. IT DOES HAVE VISTA ISSUES but a little search found a very easy fix. We made a CD with the fix on it and have it running on about 25 VISTA machines (basic to ultimate VISTA). If …" Read Full Review »
Radio Shack 6 Ft. (1.8m) USB-to-Serial Port Cable Review
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"I also got this cable to transfer embroidery designs since my new computer has no serial port. After following Rick's instructions for installing under Vista using XP compatibility, the cable did install properly but listed as Com port 7. My embroidery software only listed 4 com ports. After sea …" Read Full Review »
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"I brought the adapter last year a system with XP. I purchased a new tablet PC this year (2008) with vista and after installing software from disk, it did not work. I follwed the directions below from another posting on this site and it worked. THANKS....
This will work with Vista. There are a
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