[EIDXA] Windows 10

[Jim Spencer]

Hi Jon,

Years ago some of us thought freedom in our computer choices was the most 
important thing and we hitched our wagons to this little outfit up in 
Washington called Microsoft.  Over the years I've questioned the wisdom of 
that decision many times but I've never been willing to make the leap except 
for buying an iPad a few years ago.  Windows probably should have been 
called "walls" or "gates" because the early freedom was mostly illusion!

Now, be smug!

73,  Jim  WØSR

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jon Klinkefus
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 6:19 PM
To: Jim Spencer
Cc: eidxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [EIDXA] Windows 10

What's Windows?

> On Jul 10, 2016, at 16:38, Jim Spencer <Jim at SpencerHills.com> wrote:
>
> 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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