32 bit only USB Device drivers Windows 7 64 bit

SimonC · 4 Nov 2010 at 11:04

I have a road angel (speed camera detector), up until last weekend when I built a new pc with 64 bit Windows 7, I was using 32 bit Windows XP and was able to update the road angel just fine.
But from reading road angels site, the usb driver only works with 32 bit OS, I was able to install the software just fine in Windows 7, but when I plug the road angel in and press update, it comes back saying nothing is plugged into a usb port.

I've had to install the software on my laptop which is running 32 bit XP, but I plan on upgrading to 64 bit Windows 7 shortly.

Apart from running a virtual machine, which for me is fine, I have a Windows 7 virtual machine set up right now, but I don't see the folks liking that. Is there anything else I can do?

Philtor · 4 Nov 2010 at 11:56

To be honest there's nothing you can do other than run XP on a Virtual machine as your doing. It's rather poor of Road Angel to just say 'at present we are unable to support Window's Vista/Windows 7 64 bit operating systems'. They must still be living in the dark ages

SimonC · 4 Nov 2010 at 13:24

Ah well, virtual machine it will have to be.
How many years has Windows 64 bit been out, you'd think they might pull there finger out!

welshdragon · 5 Nov 2010 at 08:50

Thats poor show from Road Angel!

SimonC · 5 Nov 2010 at 10:58

Yer its not very good is it, mate suggested that I 'smash em' don't think that would solve the problem though. :rolleyes:

SimonC · 7 Nov 2010 at 14:41

I've got 32 bit Windows 7 running in a virtual machine on my XP laptop, I've been trying to get it working, but with no luck, some crap about unable to unlock the device, check your settings.
I'll have to try an XP virtual machine next, probably be the same, I guess its something to do with virtualbox.
If that doesn't work, I've got a spare 80gb hdd that I'll have to install XP onto and then boot into that when it needs updating, lol what a joke.