[EIDXA] Windows 10

[Larry Albrecht]

Jim, like you, I can see no reason to change to the "latest and greatest"
either.  My Windows 7 does everything I need it to do......"if it ain't
broke, don't fix it."  I'm of the old school that doesn’t believe you need
to have the latest thing, you'll go crazy and broke trying to keep up.  My
wife and I both also still use flip phones because that's all we need....a
phone.  So you aren't alone in sticking with what you know works for you.
The more bells and whistles the more that can go wrong.

73, Larry  K0IS

-----Original Message-----
From: EIDXA [mailto:eidxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Spencer
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 4:38 PM
To: eidxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [EIDXA] Windows 10

I've been getting along just fine with four older, 2 years plus, Windows 7
computers.  I'm not doing anything very fancy and most of my software is
old--like Office 2003.  What are the advantages for me in switching to
Windows 10?  I'm wondering what offsets the risks of my old computers,
printers and software not working.  I know Dell says one of my notebook
computers cannot be updated to Windows 10 because they are not going to
supply the drivers!

I hate to be the only kid on the block with Windows 7 but I still remember
the problems I had switching from XP to Windows 7.

Is anyone else sticking with 7?

73,   Jim  WØSR

-----Original Message-----
From: Al
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:58 PM
To: eidxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [EIDXA] Windows 10

Nelson,
    I have been running win10 on my PC's Win10 was first available and have
found it very stable with the programs that I run.
1) I have no direct expericane with any of the programs you wish to run.
2) Problems that I have seen reported with win10 and ham programs generally
been related to
   a) Older hardware (MB, video, comports ) may not have drivers that fully
support Win10
   b) Win10 does not allow any user data to be written anywhere to the
C:\program files folder so older programs will likely have to be installed
somewhere else  ( which generally works out ok. )
   c) Comports and sound device may be enumerated in a differently than you
have your software configured. Plan on re-configuring ports after you
upgrade.
3) Most ham programs that have recent updates will work fine and many older
programs can be made to work if reinstalled.
4) Most Win10 upgrades do allow you to rollback to the previous OS if
win10 does not work. Or make a disk image before you do the upgrade.
5) save your valuable data somewhere else, just in case.


AL, K0VM


On 7/10/2016 12:46 PM, Nelson Moyer wrote:
> I have desktops running WindowsXP, Vista, and System 7. Microsoft has 
> been badgering me for months to install the free upgrade from Windows 
> 7 to Windows 10. My concern is that some of my ham software might not 
> work on Windows 10, e.g. DX Atlas, HamCAP, IonoProbe, W6EL Prop, 
> DXPWin 3.0, DigiPan, etc. Does anyone have direct experience with 
> these programs in a Windows 10 environment? I have until the end of 
> the month to decide whether or not to upgrade.
>
>
>
> Nelson, KU0A
>
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