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On Sun, 29 Mar 2015 18:34:07 +0100 Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 29/03/15 17:55, Neil Winchurst wrote: > <snip> > > I have been reading all this with interest. Meanwhile I have been > > researching some more. It seems to me that the first thing you have > > to do with a new sat nav is to register it. This requires me to > > download and then run an exe file. Sorry, but I can't run an exe > > file. > Not necessary in my experience. I have a TomTom, and went on their > website, created an account for updates and linked the serial number > of the SatNav to that account. No registration exe. > > Downloading updates is a deeper issue. With my old TomTom the files > downloaded individually and were stored on an SD card so all I had to > do was download them as per any other file, pop out the SD card and > transfer them to it. Now all the memory is internal to the SatNav > and you must use the Windows utility MyDriveConnect (which doesn't > run in WINE) to download and install updates. The only thing I use > Windows for these days. A VM might do it though. > > Julian > Thanks to you and Big Apple for all the ideas and help. Since the death of my desktop computer I am now using my laptop. I did have VBox set up on the desktop but have never bothered to do so on the laptop. That can soon be sorted. Meanwhile, another thought. My son-in-law runs Windows on his laptop. (My daughter uses Linux since I bought the laptop for her and put Linux on it.) So I could perhaps use that. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq