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Originally Posted by LVR
Hello all
I have an older version of INSTA etc that only worked on an older windows version, and not having had a bimmer for a while haven't followed updates.
I'm about to buy another bimmer and my laptop is a Windows 11 version and so far I haven't been able to make it work.
Can anyone tell me if there is a version around that works on later operating systems?
Thanks
Appreciate it....
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I asked the same question about both programs, when I bought a Windows 11 laptop. I never received any definite answer here, about either program, but I found links to install INPA, using
BMW Standard Tools from
Bimmergeeks and also
Mike's Easy BMW Tools for Windows 10, and I jumped thru hoops making it run on Windows 11.
from another thread: https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/...diagnosis.html, post #39:
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Originally Posted by workingonit
OK, INPA is working again!
I removed every trace of BMW Standard Tools from Bimmergeeks downloads, and also the Mike's Easy BMW Tools downloads fom my laptop this morning
I also confirmed that the .OCX files remained installed (in the new sysWOW64 folder), the FTDI driver (for the cable) was still active, and the cable still operated on COM 1 port as well, before I tried the Mike's Easy BMW Tools download & install, again.
I followed Evan Goyuk's YouTube video again, installing as before, and went outside to the X5, and tried INPA again. It's now working. Then I tried the other programs and discovered that I was bypassing the NCS Expert/NCS Dummy "profile loading" steps (I couldn't manually load my VIN), so it seems there is a learning curve to go beyond basic INPA. I think I was rushing ahead of myself, earlier this week.
The BMW tools that are now on the laptop are drawing 15% less memory than before, since there were files and traces of files in various locations, leftover from five previous attempts to get INPA et al installed. Mea culpa. I'm going to stick with the learning curve required, and take my time from this point onwards, since INPA was basically all I wanted, and the other programs are bonuses.
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My 4GB ARM64-based laptop doesn't have enough memory, and with a soldered-in SOC, there's no way to add more, so I guess I was lucky just to get INPA to run. It's been 1.5 years since then, and I really haven't needed it, since my Foxwell NT510 Elite does everything I've needed.
As for installing ISTA, I tried installing it, but it was too big for my puny laptop, and would get tp 56% loaded, IIRC, than say that there wasn't enough memory available (no surprise there!). here's another post of mine, from anotheryet another thread
https://xoutpost.com/1236259-post16.html
I gave up after that, and could never find anyting that would work on my laptop (which I currently/mainly use as a video player, when the power goes out every other week, or sometimes many times in a month...I have 285 mostly old/bad Sc-Fi videos stored on a SD card dedicated to that laptop).
My advice: try getting another (used) laptop, with Windows 10 or older, so you can more easily install the BMW diagnostic programs...and definitely make sure the laptop has at least 8GB Ram, preferably 16 GB.And, if you're not a computer expert, but a rank amateur like I am, then ask a friend or still with a handheld scantool, like I do.