I couldn't get the USB passthrough working with Virtual Box on Windows 7. I have gone back to Vista so may try again with that.

Ian

Regrettably Bicycle Bridge didn't work on Windows 7. It rejected the install/setup program. Even trying variants of compatibility mode (or whatever) I couldn't get it to go. Sadly he'll have to get another Bridge program.

I found that the Bicycle Bridge will run on Windows premium 32 bit but not on 64 bit windows

Just discovered this!
Copy entire Bicycle Bridge folder from an XP machine onto a storage device (flashdrive, etc) and copy to a folder on Win 7 - put in the CD and go to the app icon in your copied BB folder and double click - you don't have to run the install app - just copy the folder

Thanks a lot for that. I'm going round on Wednesday morning to give it a go.

(Someone else suggested to them they needed to buy a 'key' - no further details - for around £120. Goodness knows what that would be for).

[Edit: Just found that £120 is the cost of upgrading W7 Home Premium to W7 Professional. It's $90 in the USA and �180 in Europe. So it's not even £1 = $1, at current exchange rate $90 is about £56 - usual $/£ rip off]

As a matter of interest, is there any ready-to-go and easy-to-use virtual CD software for Windows 7? As the CD drive on their previous XP laptop had failed I used the MicroSoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel to mount an ISO image of the CD so it didn't need the CD to be always loaded. Indeed, given the amount of Bicycle Bridge he plays that could have contributed to the CD drive failure. It seems it might be a good idea to do something similar on W7.

Edited by cheshire_man (Mon 11-Jan-10 20:38:58)

To create the iso - ISO Recorder
to mount the iso - PowerISO

Just tried that method on an XP netbook that has never seen Bicycle Bridge. Didn't use the CD just a .ISO of it and MS Virtual CD.

Worked perfectly.

So fingers crossed for Wednesday morning.

Edited by cheshire_man (Mon 11-Jan-10 20:59:13)

Along similar lines to VirtualBox is the free VMware Player. I use VMware Player at work and at home, it costs nothing for either, whereas iirc VirtualBox's licence wants money for commercial use - fortunately not applicable to the OP. VMware is far trendier too so that means it must be better, right? Maybe. I have had mixed success with VMware's host/guest file system, which allows the guest OS to access files on the host without needing to use a file share for the job.

Folks interested in VMware may also be interested in www.EasyVMX.com

I don't think VMware Player needs any particularly flash/recent hardware virtualisation support, but can't say for sure.

I use the free Alcohol 52% for my virtual CD/DVD needs on Windows 7.

Regards,
Steve

Edited by sjr (Mon 11-Jan-10 21:19:29)

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