[EIDXA] Windows 10

[Jon Klinkefus]

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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