Bravo! Thanks Oliver. Jim - W4BQP
On 8/26/2010 2:32 PM, O. Johns wrote: > Hi, > > I think I've found a work-around for CW Skimmer on Win 7. Not only should > you (probably not necessary, but why not?) run the installer as the > administrative user, you also have to run the programs that way. After you > do the install, the programs OmniRig.exe and CWSkimmer.exe will be in the > directories \Program Files\Afreet\OmniRig and \Program > Files\Afreet\CWSkimmer, respectively. Navigate to the program OmniRig.exe. > (This has to be the actual executable, not an alias or a menu entry). > > Right click on the executable. > Navigate to Properties at the bottom of the list. > Click Compatibility tab > Click Change settings for all users (at bottom of window) > Click to select the radio button Run this program as an administrator > Click OK > > Now do the same thing for CWSkimmer.exe > Now it should work OK. YMMV but this works on my eeePC 1001P with Windows 7 > Starter. > > When CW Skimmer starts, it starts Omni Rig. OmniRig talks to your radio via > a serial port. It is useful to start Omni Rig first and get the settings > right before you start CW Skimmer. > > Windows is growing up, getting almost Unix-like. Permissions become an issue. > > CW Skimmer does what it says it does. If everyone sent perfect code, CW > Skimmer would make perfect copy. Unfortunately, ... . > > 73, > > Oliver > W6ODJ > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
