PM Railfan PS: The last time I bought a puter was last year at Goodwill no doubt! $12.12 "as is" for a laptop - no batt and no brick. I had those though. Its my throw-away now. Sometimes i use it here, doing the same things yall do with your fancy ones. So if it goes down - im only out $15. Hint: PC junkyards are just like car junkyards. They are out there, ya just gotta get a lil hitch in yer giddy up and go get one.
PS: The last time I bought a puter was last year at Goodwill no doubt! $12.12 "as is" for a laptop - no batt and no brick. I had those though. Its my throw-away now. Sometimes i use it here, doing the same things yall do with your fancy ones.
So if it goes down - im only out $15.
Hint: PC junkyards are just like car junkyards. They are out there, ya just gotta get a lil hitch in yer giddy up and go get one.
Agreed. I picked up a mini PC on ebay for $70 last week. It's a quite nice little machine with an Intel i5-6500T, 16 gig of RAM, and 256 gb SSD. The Windows license is baked into it, so I just popped in a flash drive with a windows 10 install on it and I was up and running with JMRI & PR3 (needed a firmware update) in a few hours.
I'm retired. I still run XP. It does what I want, and doesn't complain.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
AlienKing) Oh wow, nice deal! Thats a nice machine. Should have no problems. See? Good deals can be found cheap! And you got a dog gone good one. Congrats!
Mr Beasley) I still know a few folks who run XP. My brother being one of them. Not a thang wrong with that (until you have to reload it).
Most people have software that progressed with the Op Sys., and that software wasnt as good as the old stuff - go figure! So they stayed with older systems. That and XP was a real stable system.
I myself run XPMode. For older programs, data, and actually to help with customers who.... still use XP. Probably my second favorite op. sys., Win7 being the numero uno.
I dont see any need to get rid of it. It still has value as an op sys.. Thus why its called XP...... eXtra Potential!
Clear Ahead!
PMR
PS: XPMode is like a VM of XP, but different.
I know this is an old thread; however, the fix for Windows 11 is to disable the Core Isolation security and get the latest FTDI USB Driver. Works fine on Windows 11 after this.1. Settings -> Windows Security -> Core Isolation - set this to disable and reboot.
2. You'll need to get the latest FTDI USB driver. The one provided by ESU is out of date. Get the latest one at: Drivers - FTDI (ftdichip.com)
mav1msbestaa I know this is an old thread; however, the fix for Windows 11 is to disable the Core Isolation security and get the latest FTDI USB Driver. Works fine on Windows 11 after this.
I know this is an old thread; however, the fix for Windows 11 is to disable the Core Isolation security and get the latest FTDI USB Driver. Works fine on Windows 11 after this.
Rich
Alton Junction
This is an issue related to how multiple manufacturers are trying to improve security by more tightly integrating changes in the hardware and software, particularly OS and CPU.
To correct the issue with the LokProgrammer drivers on a Windows 11 PC:
1. Click on the Windows icon in the Task Bar at the bottom of your display.
2. Select "Settings"
3. Make sure you're on the "Home" page of Settings
4. On the right side of your display you should see an area called "Recommended Settings"
5. Under "Recommended Settings", select "Windows Security"
6. Then select "Device Security"
7. Select "Core Isolation"
8. Under "Core Isolation", set "Memory Integrity" to "OFF" using the slider switch
9. Shut down the PC.
10. Reboot PC
LokProgrammer should work after performing the above.
As I mentioned in my previous post, "IF" you were using another programming track interface (for instance, Digitrax PR3 with JMRI - as I do), you'll probably have to shut down the PC, disconnect the PR3 or other interface, reboot with LokProgrammer USB connected (to a different USB port than the PR3 was connected to), and then select the USB port that LokProgrammer has found in its Settings (in my case, this was COM4). Otherwise, LokProgrammer seems to only see the other USB com port that the PR3 was connected to.
Hope this helps.
PS: This issue is also probably why my old PC would no longer update to the latest Windows 10 version. I suspected MS may have made changes to the OS that require hardware such as motherboard, cpu, memory, etc to be more integrated with the OS to improve security. But apparently some older PC don't support this level of hardware/OS integration. For the normal user this is probably overkill. For me, this PC is used only for the model railroad. Ocassionally I might use a browser to access websites like this one. No Email. Just LocoNet, JMRI and my home's LAN.