Need help with W7

Try this:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/BulletinView.asp?QC=1469

Ok,that is what the previous owner had installed. I'll give it a shot,thank you.

Done & rebooted. Now there is just one Freedom Scientific Mirroe Display Driver .in Device manager.

You have W7 64-bit, right? Just click on the right side and d/l the 64 bit version of the driver. Drop-down option will lead you to the same place.

Yes, W7 64 bit.Ok, will give it a shot.
Ok, it said nothing about a reboot, but I'm asking anyhow, is it necessary to reboot?

My patience is expiring with this. I just got this

Don't have to.

Can you get by w/ using GE in a browser? Or do you need the full functionality of the program? In post #69, you said the plug-in is up-to-date.

I've been using https://maps.google.com/ but would like the program because of the Layers.
I was going to post the individual tabs in Google Earth so you could see the settings if you think that might help.
I'll continue using google in the browser in hopes time will heal this headache.

try this link

My my - - lot's of issues (imo) due to the moving target. First X, then Y, google earth then maps.google.com
Certainly you know Google Earth has nothing to do with Maps and they are not an alternative one for the other.

With all your issues, it's starting to beg the question, "Is your system current with Windows Updates?"

Yes, according to WU,it is curent. I'm just curious why it worked fine from the 23rd till the start of this tread
Ithink I'm goin to forget about it & be stuck wit sing itin e browser. Tanks jobeard.
I did do the link inpost 129 & ot this

I'm not going to proceed any furher. I'm tired & you've been more than patient. Thank you.

jobeard & cliffordcooley & Rabbit01 & the other helpers, Problem solved. I totally removed the most current version & installed an older version a few days ago & it has been working.
For obvious reasons I hesitated posting this fearing the repeat syndrome. I know its not cool to install/use older versions, but I don't think this will matter, hopefully. Thank you all for your patience.

By the way, your pic above says this: in order to install the software, you need the C++ redist that is newer than the currently installed.

You can get the update via the windows update, or manually - search for 'C++ redist' in Google and install the MS one.

Stickman, there are 3 different links http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555
& http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2019667

It appears that the first link is an update, and the second link is the whole package. Where as the third link is a listing page for more than the first two links. I would say that since you have a message stating, you currently have a version installed then the update should be all you need. The whole package would be for those who don't currently have a version installed.

Not sure if he needs the update. The way I read it is that a newer version has been detected on the computer, so the installation cannot proceed.

Thats actually the way I read it too but it confused me, a newer version should be backward compatible for older dependent apps. What version would need to be installed, if there is an error while running apps that are VC++ dependent?

Rabbit01 and cliffordcooley: Yeah, I see this now too. It's confusing.

Yeah, the error message is confusing. It should have said something like "you already have the most recent version, setup will now exit". Or "would you like to reinstall?"

Yes, one would think so but that doesn't seem to be case for VC++ redistributables.

Not speaking with 100% certainty, but based on what I've seen while troubleshooting in the past: A windows app that's built on a VC++ library, needs that same library version installed in order for the app to run. The tricky part is that there are many different "versions" of "assemblies" of the C++ libraries in both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture "flavors". So the trick is tracking down the right flavor of the right assembly and version of the C++ library you need for an app.

I think most apps tend to install the C++ library they need. If you look under your installed programs you may find a few or quite many different C++ libraries installed. (These are also referred to as "Windows Side-by-side" since all these different versions reside on the machine and Windows dynamicaly selects which library version it needs for an app)

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p.s. Windows Side by Side (Win SxS) was Microsoft's solution/approach for what once referred to as "dll hell".