[Lowfer] Argo and Spectran under Windows 8.1

[Cliff Sojourner]

On 2014-11-23 22:24, JD wrote:
>>>> I can't see why you would expect troubles with a newer OS.
>
> Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, either, then one day they show 
> up at your door. :)
>
> Actually, a lot of things can go wrong trying to use established 
> software on a newer OS.  Often it's because of new drivers that work 
> differently from what the application is expecting.
>
> Even a supposedly routine update to the same OS can "break" an 
> application that was previously working fine.  Last winter when I 
> resumed using WSPR 2.0 under Windows 7, it would no longer even 
> attempt to decode at the end of the 2-minute window.  No error 
> messages...simply nothing happened.  Well, I figured it was time to 
> try the slightly newer WSPR anyway, so I installed it--and it didn't 
> work either!  Turned out Microsoft decided to prevent applications 
> from writing certain files of their own in the default installation 
> folder, as part of one of those periodic security upgrades...and 
> didn't warn users about the change. Surprise!
>
> JD

this particular change is not a good example, it was well documented, 
from before Vista shipped.  not Microsoft's fault if every application 
developer on earth ignored it.  they should have made that change 
earlier, and they should have handled it better, yeah.