OT OS gotchas

[David Christ]

I recall posts on this list about issues with Win 8

What do I have to watch out for if I switch to Win 8?  Will all the Elecraft programs work?  Any of the common digital or logging programs not work?  Any special things I need to do to make them work?  Or should I downgrade it to Win 7?

I would gladly search the archive but what keywords would dig this information out?  Any good sites and lists for these questions?

David K0LUM
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[Kenneth Christiansen]

Hi David and the group

I have run XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and now Windows 8.1 since each system came out. There were some growing pains moving from from Windows XP to Windows 7 and again to Windows 8 as the procedures changed from what we were used to. I had to upgrade MIXW but now Windows 8 and 8.1 have been out long enough that most programs are all set for it. I have found the Windows 8.1 and 8 to be much more stable. I can not remember the last time I had a blue screen of death.  I have been in the NAQP contest this week end with ROCKY 1.7, MIXW, MMTTY and N3FJP all running at the same time hooked to my KX3/KXPA100 with no problems of any kind. I remember my first contest on RTTY 8 years ago and this is sure a great improvement. I am also volunteering for AARP tax help and have done 35 tax returns so far this year plus the classes on line to prepare for the season all with no problems.

My advice is pick the system you want and learn how to use it. Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 are all well supported. XP works well but will not be supported which means software in the future may not run on it and of course virus protection will no longer be updated.

73

Ken W0CZ w0cz at i29 dot net

My feeling is that Windows 7 is one of the best

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> On Feb 22, 2014, at 1:17 PM, David Christ <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I recall posts on this list about issues with Win 8
>
> What do I have to watch out for if I switch to Win 8?  Will all the Elecraft programs work?  Any of the common digital or logging programs not work?  Any special things I need to do to make them work?  Or should I downgrade it to Win 7?
>
> I would gladly search the archive but what keywords would dig this information out?  Any good sites and lists for these questions?
>
> David K0LUM
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[Phil Wheeler-2]

The K3 and P3 utility programs work fine with Win 8.1.

Phil

On 2/22/14, 11:17 AM, David Christ wrote:
> I recall posts on this list about issues with Win 8
>
> What do I have to watch out for if I switch to Win 8?  Will all the Elecraft programs work?  Any of the common digital or logging programs not work?  Any special things I need to do to make them work?  Or should I downgrade it to Win 7?
>
> I would gladly search the archive but what keywords would dig this information out?  Any good sites and lists for these questions?
>
> David K0LUM

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[EricJ-2]

I also have had no real issues other than minor cockpit errors learning
a few different things. Moving from Win 7 to Win 8 was almost
transparent. You can run virtually any Win 7 program without issue, and
run it from the Win 7 desktop without even  dealing with anything Win 8.

A few programs I had on my XP machine required driver updates. No big
deal at all.

I can't thing of a single ham related program that I use that doesn't
work, even the LADPACK programs from the EMRFD disk.

The big surprise was updating my little Dell XP netbook with only 1 gb
of memory to Win 8. It transformed that computer. Many programs run
faster now than they did under XP. Some that would not run well under XP
are now completely usable. I've heard that Win 8 is much more efficient
managing memory. I can believe that.

I also have never had a blue screen or anything remotely close to it.
Win 7 and 8 are both very stable for me.

Eric
KE6US




On 2/22/2014 4:28 PM, Kenneth A Christiansen wrote:

> Hi David and the group
>
> I have run XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and now Windows 8.1 since each system came out. There were some growing pains moving from from Windows XP to Windows 7 and again to Windows 8 as the procedures changed from what we were used to. I had to upgrade MIXW but now Windows 8 and 8.1 have been out long enough that most programs are all set for it. I have found the Windows 8.1 and 8 to be much more stable. I can not remember the last time I had a blue screen of death.  I have been in the NAQP contest this week end with ROCKY 1.7, MIXW, MMTTY and N3FJP all running at the same time hooked to my KX3/KXPA100 with no problems of any kind. I remember my first contest on RTTY 8 years ago and this is sure a great improvement. I am also volunteering for AARP tax help and have done 35 tax returns so far this year plus the classes on line to prepare for the season all with no problems.
>
> My advice is pick the system you want and learn how to use it. Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 are all well supported. XP works well but will not be supported which means software in the future may not run on it and of course virus protection will no longer be updated.
>
> 73
>
> Ken W0CZ w0cz at i29 dot net
>
> My feeling is that Windows 7 is one of the best
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 1:17 PM, David Christ <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I recall posts on this list about issues with Win 8
>>
>> What do I have to watch out for if I switch to Win 8?  Will all the Elecraft programs work?  Any of the common digital or logging programs not work?  Any special things I need to do to make them work?  Or should I downgrade it to Win 7?
>>
>> I would gladly search the archive but what keywords would dig this information out?  Any good sites and lists for these questions?
>>
>> David K0LUM
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[Phil Wheeler-2]

On 2/22/14, 6:32 PM, EricJ wrote:
> The big surprise was updating my little Dell XP
> netbook with only 1 gb of memory to Win 8. It
> transformed that computer. Many programs run
> faster now than they did under XP. Some that
> would not run well under XP are now completely
> usable. I've heard that Win 8 is much more
> efficient managing memory. I can believe that.
I picked up an HP computer at Amazon of netbook
ilk: 1 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, 10.6
inch screen for $280, Eric. It came with Win 8.1
and I added a shell program to make it look like
Win 7.  I mainly use MacBooks these days (and they
do have dual boot, Win7 & OS X 10.9.1/2,
capability). But I wanted something small for the
operating position: a 15" screen obscures my
transceivers. At the price I'm very pleased with
the HP; even has a USB3 port, important because my
primary machine (13" MB Air) and production
machine (Dell Win 7 PC with 6 TB of hard drives
and very fast burners) both have USB3.

I've been pleasantly surprised by Win 8.1, now
that I have it booting to the desktop!  And for
realy weirdness, it even has a touch screen.

73, Phil w7ox
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