[SFDXA] Need Win 7 program for FMC

[Kai]

Windows OS is not necessarily the problem. What is the problem is that the 
computer is not run often enough, and when it is turned on you will see a 
massive influx of OS updates (yes even some W95), and AntiVirus updates ans 
runs. After its been on and all these are done, it should be reasonably fast. 
Once we get the CMAOS clock battery changed, that is! Let's get that fixed first.

Loading Win7 on and old machine might not be the answer, nor is a faster 
internet connection. Win7 + Antivirus will still bog the computer down with 
updates and virus scans unless the computer is turned on much more often. Then 
there is the CMOS clock!

Exactly what are the incompatibilities that you've discovered?

73
Kai, KE4PT





On 10/5/2017 14:08, Pete Rimmel N8PR wrote:
> While Randy and I were up at FMC we found that the computer was really running slowly.
>
> Part of this, we think is that it still runs WIndows XP.
>
> There are a lot of incompatibilities with XP that would run on Win 7.
>
> We tried to go to a couple of web sites and run a couple of programs that did not like XP.  I realize that the hospital internet connection is slow, but I cannot believe it is as slow as we saw !
>
> NO – I do not want to update to Win 10 !  That would be almost as bad as what we have  LOL
>
> What we have now is:
>
> Win XP PRO SP3
> Pentium 4  --  3 GHz processor
> 3 GB RAM
> 250 GB Hard drive which is only about 10% full.
>
> However, we need a new battery, the memory won’t hold the date !
>
> If anyone has a good copy of Win 7 that we can put on the computer, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> PeteR  N8PR
>
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