Vista Support

[alh84001]

Option Colt

Hi.

Any info on Option Colt support in Vista?

 

[Buster1328]

WOW!! Great post! Has anyone else tested that this works?

:L:

Very new here, yes the you tube thing works

However, it seems to have blocked out my wireless system

The wireless picks up my network but tells me it is only connected and the internet is not available

any help greatly received

Richard

 

[Buster1328]

Thanks for the welcome,

You are correct with the DHCP, my wireless system is a belkin which is working fine with my MS professional laptop with the usb modem working fine

I loaded the usb thing in via the you tube thingy

Then the wirelss bit in the laptop stopped working

 

[Buster1328]

Ok, for those who know whats what

When I install the vodafone connect program, some where within doing this, it locks me out of using the wireless net work

When I un-install the vodafone program the wireless then works again

I assume Voda will come up with a fix, but does anyone know how to make the both systems, The usb modem and the built in wireless work together

It is a pain in the arese having to un- install and re-install depending on locations

Thanks

Richard

 

[vodacom3g]

Ok, for those who know whats what

When I install the vodafone connect program, some where within doing this, it locks me out of using the wireless net work

When I un-install the vodafone program the wireless then works again

I assume Voda will come up with a fix, but does anyone know how to make the both systems, The usb modem and the built in wireless work together

It is a pain in the arese having to un- install and re-install depending on locations

Thanks

Richard

Richard, what version of the dashboard do you use?

 

[Iam3G]

Hi... Can someone please help me, this is driving me insane!!

I've upgraded to Vista, installed the new Vodafone software (9.1) from their site, but when I run VMC I get a Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library error that pops up with the following, "Buffer overrun detected"... "Program:...\Vodafone Mobile Connect\Bin\MobileConnect.exe"...

If I click "Ok" to this error message, it closes VMC down and I can't run the internet. If I leave it alone, it stays in the background, but I can view internet pages. Does anyone know how to fix this??

Also, I don't get usage stats, or upload or download speed indicators, or sms function. Again, if anyone knows the solution to this very irritating problem, please respond...

Thanks,
Marek.

I have this same problem with a customer of mine. Can anyone tell me what's causing it and why? And what's a way to work around it?

 

[Buster1328]

Richard, what version of the dashboard do you use?

The version I am using is 9.1 I believe. it is the latest one on the Vodafone web site

As i have mentioned, I can live wih it at the moment but there must be a fix out there

Thanks

Richard

 

[albert einstein]

Vista/Vodacom vont vork

Friends, Romans and country(wo)men

Most of my friends and colleagues are familiar with my month long, albeit unsuccessful plight to marry VISTA and VODAFONE on my new sexy notebook that came pre installed with Vista (Thanks Billy even though I did not ask). It looked as though the two V’s were in serious combat and refused to share the same territory (read: NOTEBOOK). My plight took me to Vodacom, Nashua mobile (head office and local branch), to Sony, to the local distributors of the Sony and, alas to Hellopeter.com. I even enlisted the help of a good and highly qualified friend at an institution that speaks only Afrikaans and is situated beyond Laingsburg.
In the end, the solution came from a colleague.It took him a Linux machine, a(n) (slow)(Uiversity internet connection and about an hour at most. And he most likely did it because he was curious and like me, thought it had to work. In the end, the solution was pretty obvious and in fact, in a logical place. I will not give away his solution as I think the IP rightfully belongs to him and he should play around in his glory a little longer before sharing the obvious.
To all who tried: Thank you for trying. To the Linux professional: I am writing this on a Sony VIAO, in Vista and using my (dated) Huwei card and a Vodafone connection. Thank you for succeeding.

 

[Buster1328]

Albert

No problem with the Huawia working with vista, my problem is it then locks my wireless internet out

This is my prob so will have to wait fr the vodafone cure

If i require to use one or the other, i have to first un-install or re-install the vodafone runtime program

other than this it works great

Regards,

richard

 

[vodacom3g]

The version I am using is 9.1 I believe. it is the latest one on the Vodafone web site

As i have mentioned, I can live wih it at the moment but there must be a fix out there

Thanks

Richard

Have you tried to disable the WiFi functionality in the VMC?

I think it's under Setting->Manage Device->Enable WLAN Functionality. Un-tick this box and try again.

 

[pigdog]

PCMCIA Driver

Acer actually released drivers for their Vista compliant desktops and laptops about 2 weeks ago as I posted in an earlier post.

All in all, the only device I had problems with on my upgrade to Vista was the Huawei card which took me 2-3 weeks to sort out. Part of the problem was the "default/incorrect" vista drivers for the PCMCIA slot. Once Acer released their updated drivers, Vista was immediately able to detect the card properly and load the Huawei drivers which work exceptionally well. As far as software goes I do not have one software package (so far) which does not work on Vista.

I do of course agree with you that anyone wishing to upgrade to vista, first check that all their hardware is compliant. There are a number of places online to run an upgrade advisor tool which scans your system for compliancy and will make recommendations.

Having been a user of Microsoft products myself since DOS version 1.0. I can say that hardware, driver and software support for Vista has been lightning fast compared to any predecessor. I remember upgrades to Win98, WinNT, Windows 2000 and even XP where it would often take several months before you could get certain hardware working again.

The fact that most 3G cards are already supported and now working on Vista is phenomenal, the product was only officially launched to public only 28 days ago. I think Vodacom3G has also been really trying hard to make sure that VMC 9 was released quickly which Vodacom did.

I have an Acer TM4070 and downloaded a 211Mb file with vista drivers but no PCMCIA driver was in there. Where did you get the driver? I have a Texas Instruments PCMCIA controller and I know this is where my problem lies. I have also spoken to Acer about the issue and they say bios upgrade should fix the problem, which I have done. I know the Aspire 1640Z uses the same board as the 4070 but even this does not have a PCMCIA driver in the file (in fact it is the exact same file as the driver pack for the 4070). If you have the driver for the PCMCIA controller can you post them somewhere please.

At the moment my work around is dual booting the PC with vista and Mandriva Linux (with NTFS-3g installed for read/write access to NTFS partitions) now I can at least download stuff while on the road copy it to the NTFS partition and then reboot into Vista. (But this is a schlep man).

 

[Buster1328]

Have you tried to disable the WiFi functionality in the VMC?

I think it's under Setting->Manage Device->Enable WLAN Functionality. Un-tick this box and try again.

Yes, now tried this and it still will not work

I have resorted to un-installing the voda program when at home and re-install when I am at work

 

[Beli]

Yes, now tried this and it still will not work

I have resorted to un-installing the voda program when at home and re-install when I am at work

I'm having the same problem as you do, but maybe you could use a static IP address like I do.
I couldn't connect to my wireless and wired network using DHCP, but when I configured an IP address manually I do get access on my network.

That's just a bit less frustrating than un- and re-installing vodafone software continuously

 

[Buster1328]

There must be a fix

Come on Vista/ Vodafone

Voda have been saying on there web site just wait untill next month and then 5 days into the next month they advise of waiting for until the next month

Pretty poor back up if a bunch of wizzo's can invent these things but can not back it up

 

[leonb]

What is the official (or best) way to get the E220 working on Vista? Got it working on one laptop using the Huawei vista software/drivers, cant get it working on my 2nd laptop.

 

[roadhog]

E220 Dashboard software

Can anybody please help me with the original Vlite software for E220 Usb Modem. I have installed the Generic Huawei DashBoard/ Firmware and to try to get it to work on Vista but no it does not want to work at All. Please Help.

 

[3g usr]

Do anyone know if VMC9 works on WinXP? Don't know if this has been asked in this post but don't have the time to go through all 13 pages now...

Tnx

 

[Diago]

Do anyone know if VMC9 works on WinXP? Don't know if this has been asked in this post but don't have the time to go through all 13 pages now...

Tnx

It does however with some of the older cards it will give Dynamic Library errors. With the newer cards it works fine.

 

[3g usr]

It does however with some of the older cards it will give Dynamic Library errors. With the newer cards it works fine.

older cards = first release 3G, newer cards = HSDPA?

or does it have to do with manufacturer? I have the HSDPA E620...

 

[vodacom3g]

Do anyone know if VMC9 works on WinXP? Don't know if this has been asked in this post but don't have the time to go through all 13 pages now...

Tnx

Should work fine. All versions are backward compatible.