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wlittle
Explorer
Oct 11, 2016

Microsoft GPS Puck causes Windows 10 to abort to BSOD

MS Streets and trips has been working under Win 10 until the Anniversary update. Now the system crashes when the USB cable for the Pharos GPS-500 is plunged in, with BSOD msg "KERNEL SECURITY CHECK FA...
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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Sep 11, 2017
WIndows "fixed" the drivers for the GPS dongle.

Originally 8it showed up as a COM:# device and that is what S&T is designed to work with, but Microsoft "Fixed" it so it shows up as a "Sensor".. Well as a "SENSOR" S&T can not see it. Nor can most other programs. (One assumes that they are coming out with a new version of S&T).

I think the last update "Un-Fixed" it. so it works again but I had a 3rd party driver that fixed it.

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