[Dxbase] DXCC Databse

[Wes N7WS]

crownhaven at bellsouth.net wrote:
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>  Well, one of my two computers, desk top, went down hard.  They think it is either a memory or motherboard issue.  In any event, I am getting a new one.  Fortunately, my data is backed up and I run the program off of a laptop.  Actually two back-ups, one to the other computer and an external HD.  So, I'm not crying.
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> However, I am inclined to upgrade from W2K to XP vs. Vista.  I can still get a computer built locally with XP.  I have seen too much about Vista, especially in terms of DXBase issues, to make me want to risk it.  
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> I am NOT a computer enthusiast nor an intuitive Windows user.  Just ask W4DUP, Sandy.  :)))))
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> Am I making the right decision???????
>
> Steve, N4JQQ
>   
Steve, I second everyone else.  I have a newer Dell XPS quad-core duo 
desktop that came with Vista.  All of that horsepower and I can't run my 
old Mathcad, Autocad Lite, and most importantly, MultiNEC.  I have 
recently installed a second hard drive and installed XP on it.  I will 
be building a hardware switch to select which drive boots at power up, 
to get this functionality back, but this is a PITA (as is trying to run 
XP under Virtual PC.)

I have a new Lenovo T400 laptop on order, to replace my old Toshiba 
Tecra logging machine, with the XP "downgrade" ( boy do they have that 
backwards).  Vista is okay for most things but running legacy software 
isn't one of them.

Wes  N7WS