[chirp_users] Chirp won't work in XP with no service packs.
I apologize if this is the wrong place for such a question, but I am restoring an old Windows XP laptop to program my radios in Chirp and the official BaoFeng programming software. The original laptop (2002 Toshiba Satellite) with XP came with no service packs installed. Do I need to install all 3 service packs for the Prolific programming cable (I'm using the XP driver for the prolific cable) to work with Chirp? I tried it with no service packs and Chirp didn't work, it kept telling me to reinstall Chirp but that didn't fix it. The BaoFeng official software seemed to work, I just read from the radio, but did not try writing back to the radio. Right now I have Service Pack 2 installed and I'm gonna give it a try. The laptop is so old that Windows XP Service Pack 3 really slows down the computer drastically. The laptop doesn't have much memory or a very big hard drive. XP with no service packs runs real fast, but slows down more and more as I install the service packs. I'm going to try it with service pack 2 installed.
I do not have it connected to the internet so I'm not worried about automatic Windows Driver updates to mess up the Prolific cable. I'm just curious if anyone else has tried the same thing. I've got the FTDI cable on Win10 on my home computer but there's times I want to experiment using the laptop so I can free up my home computer.
Thanks,Dan Jolley
On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Dan Jolley via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
I apologize if this is the wrong place for such a question, but I am restoring an old Windows XP laptop to program my radios in Chirp and the official BaoFeng programming software.
The original laptop (2002 Toshiba Satellite) with XP came with no service packs installed. Do I need to install all 3 service packs for the Prolific programming cable (I'm using the XP driver for the prolific cable) to work with Chirp? I tried it with no service packs and Chirp didn't work, it kept telling me to reinstall Chirp but that didn't fix it. The BaoFeng official software seemed to work, I just read from the radio, but did not try writing back to the radio. Right now I have Service Pack 2 installed and I'm gonna give it a try. The laptop is so old that Windows XP Service Pack 3 really slows down the computer drastically. The laptop doesn't have much memory or a very big hard drive. XP with no service packs runs real fast, but slows down more and more as I install the service packs. I'm going to try it with service pack 2 installed.
I do not have it connected to the internet so I'm not worried about automatic Windows Driver updates to mess up the Prolific cable.
I'm just curious if anyone else has tried the same thing.
I've got the FTDI cable on Win10 on my home computer but there's times I want to experiment using the laptop so I can free up my home computer.
Thanks, Dan Jolley
You may need the service packs. But for sure you will need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555
Jim KC9HI
Hello Dan,
Instead of using an instance of Windows XP solely to use Chirp.. you might try using a bootable Linux CD. For example, Andy's HamRadio ISO:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/kb1oiq-andysham/
Assuming your old computer can boot from a USB port, this ISO has Chirp already installed. If you have a cutting edge radio, maybe the included version of Chirp might not support it but if you use a USB pendrive that has some extra space (the ISO is only 1.9GB), this distro will allow you to do in-line upgrades and upgrade Chirp, etc. and it all stays on the USB pendrive across reboots. Just like a real hard drive but it's portable! Something to consider!
--David KI6ZHD
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