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TGO and Windows 7
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:09 am
by Ian Wilson
Is anyone running Trimble Geomatics Office (TGO) under WIndows 7?
I seem to be having no end of trouble since the "upgrade" to Windows 7.
May Mr. Gates spend eternity watching his bloody spinning stuff!
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:58 pm
by Ric7308
Ian,
Try running it under Administrator or Compatiability mode. If that doesn't work, try reinstall TGO using those options.
Ric
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:46 pm
by mfarrauto
Ian,
My understanding is that with the release of Windows 7, Trimble would no longer support dated software like TGO. I guess they were going to release a patch to be able to run TGO on Windows 7 but not sure if that ever happened and haven't seen it on their support download website. We've got a few machine around here that we keep around so that we can still use software like TGO and even better GPSurvey.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:07 pm
by land butcher
Aren't upgrades wonderful - NOT.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:07 pm
by pls7809
I think their new software is called Trimble Data Center or something like that.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:24 pm
by mfarrauto
I did find this, which is what I believe Ric was talking about.
http://www.rpls.com/forums/viewtopic/39/1116689
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:54 pm
by JoeC
Ian,
I got it to install on a Windows 7 - 32-bit system using the Windows XP install. It will not work on a 64-bit system. So if you upgraded to a new computer it's most likely a 64-bit.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:40 pm
by Ian Wilson
Yep.
'Nuff said...
I pulled out my old box and ran the files.
Welcome back to "Sneaker Net"....but with Thumb Drives instead of 8" floppy disks...
Anyone remember those? - They were the hot item that replaced the 10" IMSAI Disks...
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:41 pm
by pls7809
Yes that is also true. Most of our computers were switched out to 64 bit before we figured this out. We have one 32 bit machine to run TGO on until we get the new software.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:05 pm
by RAM
I still use my Kurta.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:42 pm
by Stephen Johnson
RAM wrote:I still use my Kurta.
Not quite that far back but I still use my 41.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:32 am
by Edward Reading
I got it to run on a 64 bit Windows 7 install using the procedure in the link above.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:01 am
by Anthony Maffia
It would probably run under "Windows XP mode"
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtua ... nload.aspx
which is an actual copy of XP 32 bit running on virtual pc. It takes a minute to start up the first time, but then isn't too shabby.
HP
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:23 pm
by TIB
good 4 u s. johnson I wish my 41 didn't break years ago. From 35 to 25 to 41 to
48. HP still is king. Too bad HP quit on the 48. I still use only 48 w/TDS. I have not seen anything it won't do during conventional survey work. NO $2000 DC
4 me. I'll keep my 48. Till it craps out again. Then buy another on E-Bay