[Maced] Stunned again

[Chris O'Rourke]

Here's my experience from just last week installing Sibelius a music  
notation program to get it working with a USB keyboard from Roland.
Warning: long!

Chris

On an iBook. 10.4.9
Click a few buttons as you usually do to install the app. Download  
driver from Roland and install without issues. Everything works.  
Takes maybe 10 minutes of hands on time (ie go off and do other  
things while waiting for progress bars)

On a 6 year old eMac 10.4.9
Unable, at first, to install Sibelius because bottom parts of  
dialogue box not visible. Frustrated and click randomly. App installs  
but still perturbed about not being able to see the whole dialogue box.
Ring Sibelius  tech support on a 13 number. This is a known issue  
they say. Update the OS. Do that. All OK. Download Roland driver and  
install without issue. Takes about 30 minutes of hands on time.

On a 4 year old PC (XP, SP2)
Install Sibelius without issues. Download driver from Roland. Will  
not install properly. Go to read me as and follow these instructions.

# Make "Driver Signing" settings.

    1. Open the "Control Panel," and double-click "System."
       *	If the above icon cannot be found, click "Performance and  
Maintenance," and then click "System."
    2. Click the "Hardware" tab, and then click [Driver Signing]. The  
"Driver Signing Options" dialog box will appear.
    3. Make sure that "Driver Signing Options" is set to "Ignore." If  
it is set to "Ignore," click [OK]. If not, make a note of the current  
setting, change the setting to "Ignore," and then click [OK].
    4. Click [OK] to close "System Properties."

# Double-click Setup.exe.

[EDIT: there is not .exe in the package, so search for and download  
another]

# The message "Roland PC-300 Driver will be installed on your  
computer. ---" will appear. Click [Next].
*	If any other message appears, follow the directions of the message.
# Click [Next] to begin installation.
*	A dialog box will appear if "Driver Signing Options" was not set to  
"Ignore" in step 4. In this case, refer to "Did you make "Driver  
Signing" settings?" and proceed accordingly.
# The message "Ready to install the driver. ---" will appear.
*	If any other message appears, follow the directions of the message.
# Use a USB cable to connect the PC-300 to your computer, then power  
up the PC-300.

< Windows 2000 users >
The driver will be installed automatically.
*	If "Driver Signing Options" was not set to "Ignore" in step 4, a  
"Digital Signature Not Found" dialog box will appear. In this case,  
refer to "Did you make "Driver Signing" settings?" and proceed  
accordingly.
Proceed to step 13.

< Windows XP users >
Proceed to step 10.
# Wait until the lower right of the screen indicates "Found New  
Hardware" and the "Found New Hardware Wizard" appears.
*	It may take some time for the "Found New Hardware Wizard" to appear.
# If you are asked whether you want to connect to Windows Update,  
choose "No" and then click [Next].
# Choose "Install the software automatically (Recommended)" and click  
[Next].
*	If "Driver Signing Options" was not set to "Ignore" in step 4, a  
"Hardware Installation" dialog box will appear. In this case, refer  
to "Did you make "Driver Signing" settings?" and proceed accordingly.
# If the "Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard" appears, Click  
[Finish].
# Click [Close] to close the "Driver Setup" dialog box.
# If the "System Settings Change" dialog box appears, click [Yes] to  
restart Windows.

Tried this a couple of times but without success. Try uninstalling  
and reinstalling the driver package several times including plugging  
and unplugging USB cable. No go.
Restart PC several times in between just in case. On the third or  
fourth attempt it works but followed same procedure as instructed.  
Keyboard and Sibelius see each other!
Time taken between 1 and a half to 2 hours HANDS ON.

Cost: an extra hour of labour (over and above the eMac) or
         an well over an hour of labour in the case of the iBook.

>>
>> On 26 Feb 2008, at 7:34pm, Dave Hounsell wrote:
>>
>>> One of my sons had to download a file for the new uni course he's  
>>> doing.
>>> He uses XP on a PC (games).
>>> IE wouldn't recognize it.
>>> Downloaded firefox and installed.
>>> Share ware unzipper program expired.
>>> Uninstall.
>>> Find freeware replacement and instal.
>>> Word file opens.
>>> Try to pick up network laser - 20 minutes wasted even after  
>>> downloading drivers.
>>> Connect printer locally.
>>> instal hardware.
>>> Takes another 20 minutes!!
>>> Give me strength!
>>> And how many billions of people do this crapola daily thinking  
>>> they're using state of the art?
>>> Macs are so far ahead it's not even a contest.
>>>
>>> Dave
>
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