[EIDXA] Windows 10

[Joe Hetrick]

That's good to know.  I'd expect the vended apps to be mostly OK on 10.  The non-ham equivalent software that I've seen have issues are the odd ball, small-player type things.  My dad's business PC's were 7, and they've got a lot of oddball estimating/insurance company management software (Autobody shop) that just wasn't ready for the switch.

I think in the ham-world, some of the smaller/older stuff that hasn't been updated since XP may have issues, but that'd only be a guess.

I think the main turn off was how it was deployed.  Marking it a critical update which caused it to auto install for customers was a mistake.  They've rectified that now.

Anyone happen to have an Elecraft KRC2 that they can report success with under windows 10!  Thats my one necessary app for keeping the shack running..

VKN



On 10 Jul 13:47, Rick Hadley wrote:
> Nelson,
> I have no direct experience with the programs you named, but I've been
> running Win 10 for a year with my Flex.  The only problems we have
> encountered have been with major Windows updates sometimes messing up the
> com & digital audio port assignments.  I've found by making sure none of
> those programs are running when I do the update things work fine.  I've not
> found any of my other programs on any of my 3 Win10 computers to have any
> problems whatsoever, and 10 has been at least as stable as 7, maybe more
> so.  You may want to check some of the user-support forms for your
> particular programs and see what other users have experienced.
> 
> Rick, W0FG
> 
> On Sunday, July 10, 2016, Joe Hetrick <jhetrick at bitjanitor.net> wrote:
> 
> > There is no free lunch.
> >
> > My advice is to very carefully read and add salt to the systems
> > requirements for 10 and compare those to your system.
> >
> > No direct experience with hamware on 10, however, I have had several
> > family systems come to me that were a great deal less usable with 10 than
> > they were with 7.
> >
> > Personally, I feel it should be avoided given the way that Microsoft has
> > botched the rollout.  The aren't worthy of much trust in my opinion.
> >
> >
> > VKN
> >
> > On 10 Jul 12:46, 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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