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Does Garmin WebUpdater Still Work?

 
Thu, 10/25/2018 - 1:29pm

Has anyone tried to run Garmin WebUpdater recently? When I launch it (most recent version 2.5.7), I just get an error banner saying "There was an error communicating with the Garmin Servers". I am running a old version of Windows Vista, so that could be the problem. Is anyone else having this problem with WebUpdater?

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Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon
Thu, 10/25/2018 - 2:48pm

Works for Me

Same version, 2.5.7, checked for updates for itself, checked for updates for installed s/w on my nuvi 68LM.

No messages complaining of anything.

I'm on Windows-7, for what it is worth. Perhaps a temporary outage at Garmin's end?

Thu, 10/25/2018 - 10:04pm

Thanks oldboy.

Must be my old Vista machine as I expected.

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Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon
Fri, 10/26/2018 - 8:06am

Also Works Here

Just updated to the latest V 2.5.7.0 and it works fine on my Win7/64 PC.

Fri, 10/26/2018 - 9:01am

Vista is dreadful

alandb wrote:

Must be my old Vista machine as I expected.

Oh Vista is dreadful in every way and is to blame for countless problems. I'd highly recommend doing yourself a favor and throwing that thing in the garbage. Head over to Best Buy this weekend and grab a new PC. Even the cheapest of PCs today will be light years ahead of Vista.

Fri, 10/26/2018 - 9:22am

Yes, On Mac

Garmin Updater (V2.1.3) still works on a Mac.

Garmin Updater is in dire need of an update. It hasn't been updated since Feb. 2012 and needs to be revised to be compatible with the modern Mac OS.

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