I downloaded the New AI-WX door and intalled it on Win 7 32 bit. The issue I'm having is I have to install .NET Framework 4.8.1 unfortunitely Windows 7 doesn't suppport that version. Is there amyway to get this Door to run in Windows 7?

Thanks!

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Cozmo to Lonewolf on Wed Sep 24 2025 10:02 am

I downloaded the New AI-WX door and intalled it on Win 7 32 bit. The issue I'm having is I have to install .NET Framework 4.8.1 unfortunitely Windows 7 doesn't suppport that version. Is there amyway to get this Door to run in Windows 7?

Thanks!

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Unfortunately, in order to hit the weather APIs, .NET Framework 4.8 is the minimum that supports the needed security requirements. Older frameworks simply will not connect to modern API's. I actually built a .NET 4.7 version as a test to see and no bueno. ;(

Lonewolf

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Unfortunately, in order to hit the weather APIs, .NET Framework 4.8 is
the minimum that supports the needed security requirements. Older frameworks simply will not connect to modern API's. I actually built a .NET 4.7 version as a test to see and no bueno. ;(

I tried like hell to get 4.8 to run but no go. I read in some forums that it is possible but I don't think it is. :(

Anyway it's a pretty cool Weather Door.

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On 24 Sep 2025, Cozmo exclaimed the following...

I tried like hell to get 4.8 to run but no go. I read in some forums
that it is possible but I don't think it is. :(

Anyway it's a pretty cool Weather Door.

Nothing to do with win 8, but after I purchased AI-WX, I installed it on Mystic win 10 (here) and also tested it on a Mystic install on Debian, its worked great and looks terrific. I had to learn to keep all it's related files in a single directory (not all over the place) :-)

So far, it's the only door running on my Linux install that works. Even MRC is giving me a hard time.

Good luck with Win 8.

Mick Manning
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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Cozmo to Lonewolf on Wed Sep 24 2025 07:06 pm

Unfortunately, in order to hit the weather APIs, .NET Framework 4.8 is the minimum that supports the needed security requirements. Older frameworks simply will not connect to modern API's. I actually built a .NET 4.7 version as a test to see and no bueno. ;(

I tried like hell to get 4.8 to run but no go. I read in some forums that it is possible but I don't think it is. :(

Have you considered switching to Windows 10 32 bit?

Vince

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Have you considered switching to Windows 10 32 bit?

I have condisidered Win 10. Originally I had the BBS running on a P4 With Win 7. Recently moved it over to a Mini PC under proxmox. It was easy just to move all install from the old computer the new one so I kept Win 7.
I'm assumming running doors on Win10 32 is just as easy as Win 7 32?

Something to condsider.

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Cozmo to Lonewolf on Thu Sep 25 2025 01:49 pm

Have you considered switching to Windows 10 32 bit?

I'm assumming running doors on Win10 32 is just as easy as Win 7 32?

I have found it to be almost identical myself. Just ensure NTVDM is enabled in the Additional Windows Settings section of the Add and Remove Program applet of Win 10 (32 bit). I've also found legit OEM copies of Windows 10 32 bit for cheap online.

Windows 10 is ending security update support next month. However, I just updated my Win 10 32 bit BBS machine today and chose the Enroll Now option when prompted to within their Extend Support nag screen. At which point it gave me FREE security updates until October of 2026. An additional year of security updates for free works for me.

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I have found it to be almost identical myself. Just ensure NTVDM is enabled in the Additional Windows Settings section of the Add and Remove Program applet of Win 10 (32 bit). I've also found legit OEM copies of Windows 10 32 bit for cheap online.

Windows 10 is ending security update support next month. However, I just updated my Win 10 32 bit BBS machine today and chose the Enroll Now
option when prompted to within their Extend Support nag screen. At which point it gave me FREE security updates until October of 2026. An additional year of security updates for free works for me.

Lonewolf

I see that they have offered the extended support. I play around with it in Proxmox.

Thanks!

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Lonewolf to Cozmo on Fri Sep 26 2025 02:42 am

I just updated my Win 10 32 bit BBS machine today and chose the
Enroll Now option when prompted to within their Extend Support
nag screen. At which point it gave me FREE security updates until
October of 2026. An additional year of security updates for free
works for me.

if you have sync turned on, or if you are a non commercial user of windows you can get that 1 year.
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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: MRO to Lonewolf on Fri Sep 26 2025 01:28 pm

I just updated my Win 10 32 bit BBS machine today and chose the
Enroll Now option when prompted to within their Extend Support
nag screen. At which point it gave me FREE security updates until
October of 2026. An additional year of security updates for free
works for me.

if you have sync turned on, or if you are a non commercial user of windows you can get that 1 year.

Ah, I was wondering why I got an extra year free.

Lonewolf

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Lonewolf to MRO on Fri Sep 26 2025 09:10 pm

Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: MRO to Lonewolf on Fri Sep 26 2025 01:28 pm

I just updated my Win 10 32 bit BBS machine today and chose the
Enroll Now option when prompted to within their Extend Support nag screen. At which point it gave me FREE security updates until
October of 2026. An additional year of security updates for free
works for me.

if you have sync turned on, or if you are a non commercial
user of windows you can get that 1 year.

Ah, I was wondering why I got an extra year free.

yep they are sending out emails about it. i can't update to 11 because my processor is blacklisted even though it meets the requirements. i was too lazy to change my processor and now so much time has passed i'll just get a new desktop computer eventually.
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I have condisidered Win 10. Originally I had the BBS running on
a P4 With Win 7. Recently moved it over to a Mini PC under
proxmox. It was easy just to move all install from the old
computer the new one so I kept Win 7. I'm assumming running
doors on Win10 32 is just as easy as Win 7 32?

It is. While Windows 10 support ends next month (October, 2025),
there is an option for an extended year of security updates for
Windows 10.

Daryl

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Vince,

Windows 10 is ending security update support next month.
However, I just updated my Win 10 32 bit BBS machine today and
chose the Enroll Now option when prompted to within their
Extend Support nag screen. At which point it gave me FREE
security updates until October of 2026. An additional year of
security updates for free works for me.

I would've done that on what was my late Mom's Windows 10 system,
but it go so lethargically slow, that I think it was time to put it
out to pasture, as it were. As it turns out, the monitor I was using
on it, had to be swapped out to another system, as that systems
monitor had failed. So the W10 tower is unplugged and disconnected.

Daryl

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: MRO to Lonewolf on Fri Sep 26 2025 11:58 pm

if you have sync turned on, or if you are a non commercial
user of windows you can get that 1 year.

Ah, I was wondering why I got an extra year free.

yep they are sending out emails about it. i can't update to 11 because my processor is blacklisted even though it meets the requirements. i was too lazy to change my processor and now so much time has passed i'll just get a new desktop computer eventually.

I've bought several Dell 7050 and 3050 machines off of eBay that the processors are one generation too old. But if I turn on TPM 2.0 in the bios, I can install a fresh copy of Windows 11 Pro and they run without issue. They won't update from Windows 10, but they will accept a fresh install. May be worth buying a new SSD and giving it a try.

Lonewolf

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Lonewolf to MRO on Sat Sep 27 2025 03:38 pm

because my processor is blacklisted even though it meets the requirements. i was too lazy to change my processor and now so much
time has passed i'll just get a new desktop computer eventually.

I've bought several Dell 7050 and 3050 machines off of eBay that the processors are one generation too old. But if I turn on TPM 2.0 in
the bios, I can install a fresh copy of Windows 11 Pro and they run
without issue. They won't update from Windows 10, but they will
accept a fresh install. May be worth buying a new SSD and giving
it a try.

i'm not that eager to run windows 11. i have not hit any roadblocks and i'm not a big gamer. i can still play newer games most of the time as well.
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I 'm not getting Sixel in the radar. What am I doing wrong?

thanks!

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Nevermind! I forgot to change the Geocoding API to B in the .ini My Bad :)

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