[Dx4win] Program OK now

[WA7AA]

On 17-Jan-25 19:06, Brad Anbro wrote:
> Now I have a working DX4WIN program again. As I said in my earlier post, I have never had so much trouble with any program as I have had with DX4WIN. The program DOES NOT LIKE power outages and it DOES NOT LIKE Microsoft updates. I had bought a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) to take care of the power outage problem, but so far, I have not yet been successful in getting the Microsoft updates blocked. If anyone has a sure method of blocking the Microsoft updates, I would very much like to receive information on that.

It's been a while since I did it, but I believe it takes either the 
first method, or possibly both:

*1
*

*To change Windows 10 automatic updates to manual, go to your system 
settings, navigate to "Update & Security" > "Windows Update" > "Advanced 
options", then under "Restart options", toggle the switch to disable 
"Automatically restart" - effectively making updates download and 
install automatically, but requiring you to manually restart your 
computer to complete the process.*


*2*

*Open Services: Press Windows key + R, type "services.msc" and press Enter.
Find Windows Update: Scroll down to locate "Windows Update".
Change Startup Type: Right-click on "Windows Update", select 
"Properties", and change "Startup type" to "Manual".
Apply Changes: Click "Apply" and then "OK".
*


The above should not block the updates, but it should let you restart 
Windows manually, i.e. when you allow it and not when your computer 
decides to reboot itself.

Also, a lot of DX4Win users apparently like to live dangerously, having 
no log backup at all. A simple thumb drive should be mandatory on your 
PC - set it up in your DX4Win configuration as the "Secondary Backup 
Directory". Next, you should have another backup drive for manually (or 
on the fly if you want it done by a third party s/w) backing up your 
data, and not just for DX4Win. And finally, your last resort should be 
all your QSOs uploaded to LoTW. Do all these, use them regularly, and 
there is no way you can ever lose any QSOs.

73,

Zoran WA7AA