[WriteLog] The day has come...... (Win 8)

Tue Mar 18 12:33:49 EDT 2014

Steve, and others via reflector and direct:

Thanks for all the information you've given me. Turns out I will be going to
Win 8.1 on a new machine for other reasons, so I'll install in a C:\
HAM_Programs folder and give it all a shot. I'll keep my Win XP machine as
backup.

Thanks, guys, for all the help!

73 and see you in the contests,
Ray N6HE

Message: 3
Date: 2014年3月17日 15:49:43 -0400
From: Steve AI9T <steve at ai9t.com>
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] The day has come...... (Win 8)
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Hi Ray

I wouldn't be to worried about XP. It will be in use for a long time 
without anymore patches for Microsoft. Those guys that are trying to 
sell computers are liable to tell you anything.

If you do fell that you need to buy a new computer with Windows 8.1 
installed on it. You shouldn't have any problems with most Ham programs. 
I have not found any that won't run on 8.1 yet.

You should create a new folder on the root of your c: drive. I call mine 
Ham Programs. That is where I install all my Ham related programs. So 
far everything I run with Windows 8.1 has not needed to run in 
compatibility mode.

I run MMTTY, Writelog, DX Lab Suite of programs, Airlink Express, N1MM, 
2Tone, VE7CC, PST Rotor, Morse Runner, Morse Machine, Fkeys, Microham 
Router, all the Elecraft Utilities. I have had no problems running any 
on them.

-- 
73

Steve AI9T

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On 3/17/2014 3:10 PM, Ray Day wrote:
> .when I MUST upgrade computers to move from Win XP to Win 8.1 since Win XP

> will no longer be supported and a fella I know in the tech biz says that

> after a month or two after MS stops supporting Win XP with Security
Patches,
> it'd be very bad to connect to the internet with XPO.

>
>
>
> So, from what I gather from this and other forums, installing ham programs

> should be done NOT in Windows' default directory, but in a separate

> directory, such as C:\HAM\. Then run as administrator and possibly in

> 'compatibility mode."

>
>
>
> Can someone send me to an article/post/whatever that gives a good

> description of the "new" install process? I have many programs that I
think
> I'll have trouble with in just doing what MS says to do (MMTTY, Writelog,

> N3FJP's General Log (ACL), Digipan, etc.). Or am I overly worried?

>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,

>
>
>
> Ray N6HE