

Spoke to Audi Bolton and firstly they didn’t know what I was talking about, then said there’s something coming in 2021 but to be honest most dealers haven’t been told about this update. I contacted Audi digital services and they said my car could have the Audi connect “Satellite Card” applied free during the warranty period as the car has a 5 year warranty. Guys, I had the exact same predicament you did in October this year, car was 3 years old and connect services was renewed FOC but Google Earth wasn’t part of that and stopped working. Maybe the air con will stop working after a software update?įrankly this is crap customer services, as google maps remains available on newer models (with smallprint) If i had known this tech would be removed after 3 years, i would have given BMW more of a consideration. One of the reasons i purchased the S3 with tech pack was for the VC and google maps. The "preferred" dealer is useless, and refers me back to Audi uk.

If a software update is available, surely they should know. Please contact your local Audi Centre, to see if one is available for your vehicle. An alternative mapping overlay may be available via a software update. I am afraid that this service is no longer available. Thank you for your follow up email regarding Google maps. While they did renew the license for the connect service, google maps became unavailable 3 years exactly after first registration.

No "protection" software, Group Policy, or any other method that attempts to both grant Administrator rights and somehow limit what users do with those rights is a substitute.This is the reply I received from Audi Customer Services. Nothing has a better "payoff" than making this change. The single best thing an IT administrator overseeing client computer operations in a Windows environment can do to increase reliability and security is to insure that users have non-Administrator access to the client computers. Anybody who tells you otherwise is either lying to you or doesn't know what they're talking about. There's nothing that you can practically do to accomplish what you're asking for. non-Administrator) user (things like ClickOnce installs), the vast majority of software installers don't work that way. While there is an increasing trend toward software that installs only within the writable directories accessible to a limited (i.e. This is an artifact of the design (or lack thereof, some might say) of the Windows platform. Most software installation programs for Windows require Administrator rights to function properly.
