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Originally Posted by Pwdrskr
Wait....opencpn works on your win8? I have been trying for days to get mine to. Maybe I need to re-install and not get updates.
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I absolutely loathe Win 8 but yes I have got
OpenCPN working on it. However it would not
work with my original BU 353 Globalsat
puck even after downloading and trying new drivers as suggested by others, I then bought a newer Globalsat IV
GPs which does have Win 8 drivers whereas there were apparently none available for the original BU353. I have managed to recover and set up my old Vista
laptop with OpenCPN and the original BU353
GPS as one I can leave permanently on board the
boat so not totally wasted.
I just wish I had not clicked on the ' install all' button for the two suggested updates presented by Samsung's WIN 8
software updater App. This same pesky APP previously kept telling me to re- install the free trial Norton Antivirus that I had deliberately uninstalled because it was a real PITA demanding
money for add-ons I didn't want and eventually even to continue in basic form, when I could use the highly rated MS
security Essentials for free anyway.