Hello Peter et al,
I have just had a very interesting hour on a W7 64bit machine (I really must get out more
)
- Installed the SharpSky driver
- Installed my client
- Installed SGP (latest version)
- Tried my client - no issues all good any number of steps
- Tried SGP with 100 steps - no issue
- Tried SGP with 1000 steps ........ whoops fell over
Same error message Peter is getting, I won't repeat Peter's report but my experience was the same.
- So tried SGP 100 steps again - all good
- Tried SGP 101 steps - whoops, fell over as before !!!!!
So, and this is the interesting bit ! I then decided to install another client, in this case I installed APT. Unfortunately, APT wouldn't install in the 64bit environment. The APT installation realised this and automatically un-installed itself cleanly.
NOW - I then tried SGP again ...... fixed ! Any number of steps in any direction always worked. I removed my driver and SGP and re-installed both everything working fine still any number of steps
This is what I think & I'm more than happy to be corrected :
I think SGP has a small issue with the 64bit environment, possible a run time library problem or something like that (bit too hard core for me). When APT tried to install it brought with it some run time library modules or made some change to the environment probably installing some x86 stuff that SGP is relying on. So after the APT failed install SGP subsequently has access to whatever it was missing in the environment and is now happy. I have been unable to replicate the SGP problem following the failed APT installation.
So, Peter you could try an APT installation (it's free) and see if this fixes your problem. I will report my findings to the SGP boys and see what they think.
Let me know how you get on ....
Clear skies,
Dave