
- #OLYMPUS DSS PLAYER WINDOWS 7 HOW TO#
- #OLYMPUS DSS PLAYER WINDOWS 7 INSTALL#
- #OLYMPUS DSS PLAYER WINDOWS 7 DRIVERS#
- #OLYMPUS DSS PLAYER WINDOWS 7 UPDATE#
- #OLYMPUS DSS PLAYER WINDOWS 7 DRIVER#
DSS Player Pro R5 was end-of-life in July 2014 and ODMS R6 back in March 2019. Both DSS Player Pro R5 and ODMS R6 are long discontinued and out-of-support.
#OLYMPUS DSS PLAYER WINDOWS 7 HOW TO#
More info on this in our old but still popular blog post Dead PC or Upgrading Your Computer? How To Transfer Your Olympus DSS Player Pro or ODMS Licence I Have DSS Player Pro R5 / ODMS R6 Software Should I Upgrade That Also? This also covers moving from an old computer to a new Windows PC. The Olympus EULA (End User Licence Agreement, the long text that nobody reads as they hit next, next, next when installing software) requires that a unique licence key be used for each individual installation of ODMS. No not at all, the Olympus ODMS R7 licences are transferable to a new computer. Does This Mean I Can No Longer Use The ODMS Licence I Have On My Windows 7 Computer Please research this, your existing computer may not be able to run Windows 10. We recommend that you look to upgrade your Windows operating system to Windows 10.

With the general availability of Windows 8.1, customers on Windows 8 have two years, until January 12, 2016, to move to Windows 8.1 in order to remain supported.” What Should I Do? “ Windows 8.1 falls under the same lifecycle policy as Windows 8, and will reach end of Mainstream Support on January 9, 2018, and end of Extended Support (paid option) on January 10, 2023.

A snippet from the Microsoft Lifecycle FAQ for Windows 8. Although that came after Windows 7 it was just a Microsoft stop-gap to Windows 10 and version 8’s support from Microsoft ended back in January 2018. Yes Windows 7 Is That Old All Good I Have Windows 8? Hang on, isn’t that a contradiction “ end the support of their latest supported version“? Well no, ODMS R7 is supported by Olympus and their Pro Audio dealers but only on supported operating systems which for Windows is now the ever-evolving Windows 10. With an operating system no longer supported by its own software vendor it makes sense for Olympus (and many other software manufacturers) to also end the support of their latest supported version of their Olympus Dictation Management System (ODMS) R7 software. Well, Olympus is doing the same for their ODMS R7 Dictation & Transcription Module software. We have all long known that Microsoft would pull the plug on the support of their older yet still popular Windows 7 operating system mid-January 2020. Select browse button and goto the folder with the files you extracted, namely: VNSUB.INF VNSUB.SYS WdfCoinstaller.Olympus ODMS R7 No Longer Supported On Windows 7 After January 14, 2020 So I had to go back to windows Device Manager – find the VN Series device and then:.
#OLYMPUS DSS PLAYER WINDOWS 7 DRIVER#
Plus the InstTool.exe in the extracted driver archive ran but said latest driver already installed. Then back to device manager and the VN Series device listing. So extracted the files (using 7-zip) from the VNSeries64Driver.zip which gave me one exe file -> VNSeries64Driver.exe then further extracted the files from VNSeries64Driver.exe which gave me a set of files I put in their own directory. Then looked in Device Manager (control panel) and the VN device had an exclamation mark ! in yellow. Running the software with the recorder attached and I did not see the device files.
#OLYMPUS DSS PLAYER WINDOWS 7 UPDATE#
Then the Vista+AMD update as you say and then the 64bit driver (just clicked on the exe). I have Windows10 v1511 and followed your instructions and installed the original software from the CD that came with my Olympus VN-1000PC (bought in Lidl some years ago now) then the latest 214 update to the software. Windows 7 users should use the 1.3 beta version.
#OLYMPUS DSS PLAYER WINDOWS 7 INSTALL#
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#OLYMPUS DSS PLAYER WINDOWS 7 DRIVERS#
( 32-bit Windows users stop here.)ģ) Install the 64-bit Windows drivers ( Olympus link | local mirror)Īfter you’ve completed this step, you should be able to connect your device and transfer the audio files to your computer. This will make a green and gray digital recorder icon appear in your System Tray. Installing the original software will not get your device working, but it provides the baseline for the updates that you downloaded.Ģ) Install the Digital Wave Player update ( Olympus link | local mirror) In the hopes that I can save other frustrated users 20 minutes of wasted time, I’ve provided download links and a short guide to getting your recorder working with versions of Windows newer than XP.ġ) Install the original Digital Wave Player software ( Olympus link | local mirror) The problem with getting your Olympus digital recorders to work with newer versions of Windows is that Olympus doesn’t provide all of the drivers you need in one place. This article applies to the VN-120PC, VN-240PC, VN-480PC, VN-960PC, VN-2100PC, VN-3100PC, VN-3200PC and VN-4100PC digital audio recorders being used on 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.
