A new generation of low-cost ANT+ USB dongles — frequently sold under names like Anself, Fitcent, Mantel and other rebrands — has made indoor cycling and fitness data transfer cheap and convenient, but they also bring a mix of plug‑and‑play simplicity, intermittent driver headaches on Windows...
Garmin continues to integrate many of its higher end features into more affordable fitness wearables. Today the company announced a new addition to its Forerunner line, the Forerunner 35.
The Forerunner 35 hosts a stylish look and delivers features that are for those that are more than just...
Both USB ports at my laptop (Toshiba Satellite C650, Windows 7 home premium, SP1, x64) stopped working after plugging in and unplugging several Garmin Forerunner 305 watches in a row.
Everything looks all right in the device manage (no exclamations marks).
I have reinstalled everything that...
Vista created a subdirectory named Buford, and stored data from certain programs (e.g., Garmin MapSource waypoints/track files) in that subdirectory. I cannot find this subdirectory in W7. Please advise.
I have a Garmin GPS connected to a USB port.
In XP I was able to see the USB ports under PORTS in the device manager and figure out which port it was connected to.
I cannot see that in W7, I can't figure out which com port the usb port represents and my mapping software only sees COM1 (a...
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Dear sirs
I have installed Win 7 (x86) PR RTM
And VERY happy with it.
I have to use Visual Studio 2008.
This gave me many troubles, until I discovered that after installation of Garmin USB driver 2.21, then VS2008 is suddenly not able to save any changes at all, in any projects.
Also, if the...
I have installed win7 beta on a 2nd hard drive called drive letter W:
I have Garmin MapSource programs and map data on the main drive in drive letter C: which were loaded under XP.
When I am running win7 and try to run the MapSource.exe program that is on C: I get an error:
MapSource could...
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