Fw: [Dxbase] Dxbase and vista

Mon Apr 28 20:34:39 EDT 2008

It looks like the problem is with guys named George! See my note below to 
George, W3WXZ. He later emailed me that this fixed his problem.
73,
Gary AL9A
>I have enabled telnet in Vista64. I can log into a dxcluster thru windows 
>telnet but not thru Dxbase. I think I saw something about the >"host file" 
>location?
>>Can someone help me solve the problem? All other parts of the program are 
>working fine--- radio control, etc..........
>>George Nicholson
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: "George L Bernlohr" <w3wxz at zoominternet.net>; <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: February 22, 2008 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Dxbase and vista
> Hi George,
>> I too recently migrated to a new machine with Vista Home Premium and had 
> the same internet connection problem with DXB2006. I'm not sure what Jack 
> suggested you try, but this is what worked for me. In my case my old XP 
> machine was still running, so I copied the Hosts file in the Windows 
> directory from that machine over to the new machine. Note this was the 
> Hosts file in the Windows directory, in which I had made new entries, not 
> the original one in the Scientific Solutions/DXB2006 folder. In your 
> case, because your old machine crashed, you'll need to use the Hosts file 
> in the DXB2007 folder that you indicate you can open and see the list of 
> IP addresses. (Or I can send you a copy of mine direct.)
>> The trick is to get that Hosts file in the right location for Vista. It 
> must reside in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. If you look in that 
> location you will find a Hosts file there. The first line in that file 
> says "This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows". 
> In my case DXB renamed that file Hosts.dxb26.bak. I can't remember the 
> exact sequence of how this happened, but just rename it to something like 
> Hosts.bak. Then copy the Hosts file from DXB2007 to 
> C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. Start up DXB and go to to 
> Tools/Options/User Options/Internet and see if you can see the IP 
> addresses. If you can, select the one you want and it should connect. You 
> may have to edit the Hosts file to add a favorite IP if it's not in the 
> list. Good luck.
>> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George L Bernlohr" <w3wxz at zoominternet.net>
> To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: February 22, 2008 8:01 AM
> Subject: [Dxbase] Dxbase and vista
>>>>I recently had a fatal crash on my old computer with XP installed and 
>>recently got a new computer with Vista home premium installed. I 
>>installed my Dxbase 2007 and find I cannot connect to the internet now. 
>>Jack was kind enough to recommend several things to do but I still cannot 
>>connect to the internet. Anybody using the same setup that I have and has 
>>no problem please let me know what you did to connect. I can find the 
>>host file in Dxbase but the file list of addresses do not show up. I 
>>can open the file of addresses with WordPad but that is all. Any help 
>>would be appreciated. Thank you.
>>>> George Bernlohr W3WXZ
>>>> w3wxz at zoominternet.net
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