Thanks for the offer of the URC software gents, but even more, thanks for the vote of confidence as a contributor here. This is a hobby for me, and I'm glad that I'm able to give you a little different perspective at times.

The disk I have that came with the remote, which I assume is a version number, says 1.12.122

Are they important details I should know regarding how to get this to run in a VM using Win7? I already have a WinXP mode VM setup that came configured with Win7 Pro, so I'm set there. It seems to fire up and run right. Any unusual things I'll have to do during install? Also, does anyone else have a newer version?

If this does run under a VM on Win7, that seems like a viable alternative. I think I'll give this a try. Thanks for the info on running under a VM.