[bookport] Re: Bookport Not connecting

  • From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:32:03 -0500

The probalem is that if you've invoke the Properties item from the 
Application Menu and choose the Autorun setting for any drive letter and 
tell Windows to always open Windows Explorer, that seems to override the 
Book Port Transfer software.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:19 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Bookport Not connecting


Go into msconfig, and make sure BP Launcher is checked to start when
Windows does.



At 10:04 AM 1/18/2006, you wrote:
>Rob,
>
>Unfortunately I no longer have access to the old computer.
>
>I did, however, reinstall the beta software.  Now, after I connect the BP:
>
>1.      I immediately hear the Windows tone indicating that a connection 
>has
>been made with the USB port.
>2.      After about 30 seconds, a window comes up on the PC showing the E:
>drive as the Bookport and also showing the files on the Bookport.
>3.      The Bookport Transfer program itself does not automatically pop up
>as it always has before using this new computer and new BP software.
>4.      If I manually start the Bookport Transfer program it works properly
>and shows all books on the Bookport.
>
>My system is a Windows XP Home system, I have administrator rights, and 
>it's
>a 2.6 GHz processor.  Although this seems to be workable now, something
>isn't quite right if the Bookport Transfer program isn't automatically
>launching and it takes so long to recognize the Bookport as the E: drive.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>-- Pete
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:29:17 -0500
>From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Bookport Not connecting
>
>Pete:
>
>Try the Book Port on your old computer to be sure it still recgonizes
>the Book Port after the firmware upgrade. Let me know.
>
>Rob Meredith
>
> >>> ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/14/06 08:20PM >>>
>I had been testing/using the Bookport's beta software and firmware.
>
>Now, I have a new computer, and the Bookport software I have loaded on
>this
>new computer does not recognize that I am testing/running betas.
>Therefore,
>the automatic beta upgrade was not available.
>
>So, I uninstalled the Bookport software and installed the Bookport
>software
>from the AFB beta site.  All went well with the install.
>
>Now the problem...
>
>1.      When I connect my Bookport via the USB cable, Windows says that
>it
>cannot find the "E:" drive and the Bookport is not recognized.
>2.      If I launch the Bookport program and then try to connect the
>Bookport, the unit is still not recognized.
>
>Note, I have a D: drive (DVD), but no E: drive on my computer.
>
>I know there is a solution for this but forgot what to do.  Can anyone
>help?
>Thanks.
>
>-- Pete
>E-mail: ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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