[SFDXA] Need Win 7 program for FMC

[Kai]

I advise to NEVER up-rev an OS on an old machine. Chances are strong that the 
bios will not be compatible, and many drivers will be incompatible.
Option 1 should be stick with current OS.
Option 2 procure a machine with factory installed current OS (7, 8.1, 10 ... 
doesn't matter as long as it was factory installed).

On our K4FK machine the problem is not the age of the OS but the updating of all 
the AVG virus definitions, and other updates that the machine needs because we 
turn it on just once every two-four weeks!
Of course it will hang up while it does the needed downloads! So will Win 7, 
8.1, and 10, if turned on just once a month.

73,
Kai, KE4PT


On 10/6/2017 09:23, Keith Garner wrote:
> I don't understand the Windows 10 fear. It's faster and an improvement over 7.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sfdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:sfdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mickey Baker
> Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 9:52 PM
> To: Pete Rimmel N8PR
> Cc: aSFDXA
> Subject: Re: [SFDXA] Need Win 7 program for FMC
>
> Actually Windows 10 is more robust, secure and feature rich than Windows 7.
>
> But you need a better computer and a legitimate OS. You don't want to spend your time looking at registration notices for a pirated operating system.
>
> For example:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Z200-WorkStation-Desktop-i5-650-3-20GHz-8GB-RAM-1TB-HDD-Windows-10-Pro-/202071548768?hash=item2f0c672360:g:CpEAAOSwAc1ZrGjL
>
> Or something new:
> https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102183&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Barebone+Systems+-+Mini+%2F+Booksize-_-N82E16856102183&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsNfOBRCWARIsAGITapbvxs6B4aVUPNQ5MmR2X0XIGOmeg5-n7DlBvks8WYXMJjktohWMNvMaAk5fEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
>
> You're not going to be happy running Win 7 Pro on that configuration.
>
> 73,
>
> Mickey N4MB
>
>
>
> Mickey Baker, N4MB
> Fort Lauderdale, FL
> *“Tell me, and I will listen. Show me, and I will understand. Involve me, and I will learn.” *Teton Lakota, American Indian Saying.
>
> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Pete Rimmel N8PR <n8pr at bellsouth.net> 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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