[Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

[Ian Kahn, NV4C]

Actually, this is one of the worst ways Microsoft could handle updates. 
I work in information security for a hospital. I shudder to think what 
would happen if patching reset our life-saving critical clinical systems 
to all the default settings every month. Our infrastructure team would 
spend all their time putting out fires.

While the impact for end-users isn't as life-or-death, it is still 
unreasonable to think that every time our systems get patched/updated, 
we have to reconfigure them. This is amplified by the fact that 
Microsoft no longer gives the home user any advance notice of when their 
system will be patched, nor way to disable automated patching.

73 de,

Ian, NV4C

On 6/7/20 4:21 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> Since Microsoft does not know of every piece of software, on every 
> Windows computer in the world, for simplicity, very often a Windows 
> update will set values to DEFAULT values.  Therefore, it is necessary 
> for the user to set certain parameters to their preferred values after 
> an update.    I view that this is no fault of Windows, it is just the 
> way they handle updates.    Unless one is very familiar with the 
> in-depth operation of Windows,  it is wise for anyone to make notes of 
> values, locations and they way one access certain application settings.
>
> 73
>
> Bob, K4TAX
>
> On 6/7/2020 2:48 PM, barry halterman wrote:
>> This is a classic case of CRE or Cosmic Ray Effect. No reason, just 
>> happens.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 1:51 PM Ian Kahn, NV4C <nv4c.ian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ray,
>>>
>>> By any chance did your first computer receive any updates from 
>>> Microsoft
>>> recently? MS updates are well-known to completely bugger custom
>>> settings, including COM port settings.
>>>
>>> Just a thought.
>>>
>>> 73 de,
>>>
>>> Ian, NV4C
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/7/20 10:42 AM, Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft wrote:
>>>> Hi Buck
>>>>
>>>> What did I do to fix it?
>>>>
>>>> Well I left the K3S disconnected for an hour or so while I read the
>>> "trouble
>>>> shooting" sections in the owners manuals. I decided to change the 
>>>> power
>>>> supply & use a different PC & a different USB cable.
>>>>
>>>> To my surprise the K3S then started normally & with the new PC I was
>>> able to
>>>> download a new copy of the Utility program & the latest firmware. This
>>>> connected immediately to the K3S.
>>>>
>>>> So, what was wrong & why did it not work before?
>>>>
>>>> I have absolutely no idea!
>>>>
>>>> 73 Ray G3XLG
>>>>
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