[Dx4win] Strange Occurrence - Help Needed

[Gary E. Jones]

This has happened at least twice before to me. DX4Win is fully installed and
performing just fine, then...

 

I walk in and find that my computer has been rebooted, most probably
Microsoft Windows has forced it to shut down. I let this computer run 24/7
otherwise so the only shut downs are those forced by Microsoft. 

 

Dell Optiplex  GX770 running XP, SP3

 

I start DX4WIN and EVERYTHING ABOUT IT HAS CHANGED. !!!!

 

The fonts are different (Ariel font which I hate), and appear too big. The
windows are different sizes and the QSO/log window is much bigger than it
was. The LAT/LON is wrong and has defaulted to somewhere else. I can reset
some of the parameters and I can get it to connect to the cluster. However,
the cluster spots load but all the calls seem to be grayed-out. There are no
colors showing stations that I still need and those that I have confirmed
etc. I can open the CW keyboard window and it will key my WinKey but the
COMM port has to be reset. I cannot change any of the screen fonts and
everything looks strange. If I try to see the "Country" box (showing the
bands and modes that I need for the country), I get an error that says:  "An
exception occurred !!  Fixed column count must be less than column count"
and I get a small box with a red X in one corner. 

 

I swear that this happens about every 6 months (the fact that DX4WIN seems
to go through this process of resetting) since I upgraded to Version 8.5

 


The two prior times that this has occurred, I could never get it fixed until
I downloaded a new copy of DX4Win from the homepage and then it installs OK.
This time, I downloaded a new copy and it comes up exactly the same as
before.. No change.  

 

I'm completely baffled......    Any ideas?

 

    73

 

              Gary     W5FI