Microsoft Autoroute Europe 2011 (PC)

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 19 x 13.7 cm
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• ASIN: B005A98PMQ
• Release Date: 28 Aug 2011
  

By : Microsoft
Price : £39.59

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Plan your ultimate trip, from sightseeing to petrol stops
Your trip. Your way. Microsoft® AutoRoute is the travel planning software that helps you get accurate directions, easily explore new areas and find the services you want and need along the way. Customisable trip planning options help you plan your travel to multiple destinations or quickly alter your route by just dragging and dropping it on your map. Points of interest are easy to browse and add to your journey. Personalise and save your maps, adding drawings, notes and pushpins with important information or import your contacts directly from Microsoft Office Outlook and Excel. On or off-line, AutoRoute gives you detailed door to door directions and more than 5 million miles of navigable roads and motorways throughout Europe at your fingertips. AutoRoute makes it easy to plan the perfect trip.
· Updated maps for Eastern and Western Europe: 37 countries covered.
· Find your way quickly and easily by entering an address, postcode or place to get maps and step-by-step directions for your journey.
· Simple to plan the perfect trip, including multiple stops, points of interest (POI), and start and stop times.
· Flexible trip planning options like custom start times, driving speeds and rest breaks.
· Tailor your trips by driving speeds, and road types to avoid motorways, or to choose a more scenic route.
· More points of interest find inspiration for destinations and find the services you need—without an Internet connection—choose from 1.5 million points of interest.
· View the quickest routes with one-click trip optimization.
· Add pushpins to mark places of interest—especially helpful on longer journeys.
· Optimise your trip by calculating mileage, time, and expenses in advance.
Which Version of AutoRoute is Right for You?
For spoken directions and turn-by-turn navigation, consider AutoRoute with GPS Locator. It has all the same features, but adds a sleek GPS receiver making your laptop or netbook a navigation device.
GPS functionality requires a GPS device that supports NMEA 2.0 or later. GPS device is sold separately/not included with AutoRoute Standard.
Verbal driving directions are available in English only.
AutoRoute System Requirements
To use Microsoft® AutoRoute 2011, you need:

• Windows ® 7 with 1 GB RAM, Windows 7 (64 bit) with 2 GB RAM, Windows Vista ® with 1 GB RAM, Windows Server ® 2008 with 512 MB RAM, or Windows XP with 256 MB RAM (64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Server excluded); service packs for operating systems recommended.
• Available hard-disk space: 2.3 GB.
• For installation: DVD-ROM drive or high-speed Internet access.
• Super VGA (1024 X 768) or higher-resolution monitor.
• Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device.

Additional items or services are required to use certain features:

• For Voice Output: any of the operating systems listed in the above system requirements and a compatible sound card.
• Microsoft compatible email software such as Microsoft Office Outlook® is required to use Send to Mobile and Send To as attachment; Office Outlook 2007 or Office Outlook 2010 is required to use Send To as picture.
• Broadband Internet service recommended for certain features, which may require payment of a separate fee to an Internet service provider; local and/or long-distance telephone toll charges may apply.
• GPS functionality requires a GPS device that supports NMEA 2.0 or later and an available USB port.
• Certain features require Internet Explorer ®. If not present, Internet Explorer will be installed but will not displace your primary browser.
• Voice directions require a SAPI compliant text to speech engine¹.

¹An English Text-To-Speech engine is shipped with the product
Microsoft AutoRoute Euro 2011 Win DVD 68901105 Software Office Software

 

Microsoft Autoroute Europe 2011 (PC)

 

Customer Reviews

After purchasing the download version of Autoroute 2011, I was keen to install it as I have been using older version for quite a few years, ending with Autoroute 2010. At first things seemed to go well, I downloaded the files from Microsoft Store (Not Amazon)having downloaded the 3 files I started the installation routine, all files were extracted ok, Microsoft Access 2010 Engine was installed (Not sure why as I have Office Pro 2010 already on)Then came Dot Net 4 or whatever, then the routine stops in its tracks with the meassage "One of the prerequisite componants failed to install, Setup will now exit" You click ok and thats the end of that. I tried various things, no way was it going to install. After quite a few attempts, phone calls, emails, chats to Micro$oft tech support, nothing was fixed. Then I started searching the internet, it comes about that there is a well know problem with Autoroute 2011 and its incompatibilty with Windows 7 Pro SP1, though by all accounts, it does not affect all computers, results are varied, but the problem is widely known. It affected both my machines
As a result, I have requested a refund, as I was not able to get my version running with Microsofts help. I have found a work around that someone told me about, It worked, but I tried it in trial mode, and did not use my registration key as that would stop my refund, and I have not bothered with it until Microsoft issue a fix. I am still awaiting a refund, but if a fix is found first, I will register the product, assuming a fix is found before my 60 day trial is up. For what its worth, it looks and feels no different to Autoroute 2010, and as such I am not all that bothered about it and truths known, I would probably rather have my refund and go back to AR 2010.
If I were you, I would download the free trial first, make your mind up before parting with you cash.
Lincsman (UK)

Microsoft's Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 broke its mapping products (Autoroute and Streets and Tips). I have been an Autoroute user for years and years and have been very happy with it. I purchased Autoroute 2011 in January 2011 but when Win 7 Service pack 1 came down a few months later it broke it (Hangs at the splash screen - see <... ). They basically broke in Q1 2011 but it is still broken and no signs of a fix. So my recommednation is DON'T BUY IT if you are on Windows 7 or are planning to upgrade because as soon as SP1 downloads it will break. I just got my money back from Microsoft. If you must consider it then check out the knowledge base first 2618410 first - MS told me they would publish the fix there. That was months ago, no fix yet!

 

Microsoft Autoroute Europe 2011 (PC)