- 1. [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Gordon Bousman <nw7d.ham@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 08:34:28 -0700
- Not exactly directly related to RTTY but since we use computers to run RTTY, I wanted to comment on an article in the April 2014 QST about the end of Windows XP - which in my opinion had some very in
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00225.html (8,227 bytes)
- 2. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: John Merrill <john_n1jm@icloud.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:35:28 -0700
- I think it depends on how you define "upgrade". If you go from XP to Win7 you must do a custom ( clean) install. If you go from Vista to Win7 you can do a direct upgrade. 73, John N1JM ______________
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00226.html (9,934 bytes)
- 3. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Magarelli" <wa2pni@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:55:36 -0400
- I apologize for staying on this topic about OS software in this group. but if I don't ask questions from knowledgeable people and people who have been there. upgrading from XP My question is should I
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00227.html (10,552 bytes)
- 4. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:13:05 -0700
- Hi Gordon. I was on the MS website and it says you can upgrade your XP machine to the newest version for $199. I guess the solution to anything nowadays is just throw the old one away and buy somethi
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00228.html (9,177 bytes)
- 5. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: "Gary - NC3Z" <nc3z_gary@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:57:42 -0400
- Yes a bit of inaccuracies in the article. I upgraded couple of my XP boxes, but I am keeping one as XP as I do have 1 program that will not run under 7 due to a driver issue. So for that box I did a
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00229.html (10,393 bytes)
- 6. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat1242@wildblue.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:48:14 -0700
- ORIGINAL MESSAGE: (may be snipped) REPLY: No problem. As stated before, many of us use XP-based computers to do RTTY. Perfectly OK. 73, Bill W6WRT RTTY List Administrator at contesting.com __________
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00230.html (7,763 bytes)
- 7. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Mike <k4gmh@arrl.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:10:58 -0400
- Hello, There is a program called, Microsoft 7 Upgrade Advisor, that check your XP running computer to see if it will handle the W 7. Also, gives a compatibility check on most of the installed S/W pro
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00231.html (12,782 bytes)
- 8. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat1242@wildblue.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:15:21 -0700
- For what it's worth: I just purchased a new Dell Inspiron 3647 from Best Buy for $299. It comes with Windows 8.1 64 bit installed, but no com ports. I installed a com port card with two ports which a
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00232.html (9,841 bytes)
- 9. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:25:35 -0700
- And if you are not interested yet in diving into 8.1, you can buy a very good refurbished computer that come with win7 pro-64 for under $200. Some of them even have serial ports, and I was able to fi
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00233.html (9,000 bytes)
- 10. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: "Dave AA6YQ" <aa6yq@ambersoft.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:23:53 -0400
- The author of that article, WA9PIE, is an owner of Ham Radio Deluxe; he works for J.C. Penney, and can be contacted via Mike (at) wa9pie.net 73, Dave, AA6YQ Not exactly directly related to RTTY but s
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00234.html (10,690 bytes)
- 11. [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Ben Antanaitis - WB2RHM <wb2rhm@wb2rhm.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:48:54 -0400
- All, FWIW, FYI, It isn't perfect, but Laplink makes an XP to Win7 or Win8 PCMover Tool that does 95% of the work for you to 'migrate' your APPs, settings, moves licenses (if you had to license a prog
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00235.html (8,924 bytes)
- 12. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:19:11 -0500
- I was going to say "An executive? Well, there's your problem!" but then AA6YQ (a long-time IT executive himself!) pointed out that the author of the error-riddled article was someone who really shoul
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00241.html (9,133 bytes)
- 13. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 14:00:40 -0400
- I guess it depends on your definition of "upgrade path". Mind you, I'm not defending either the article or the guy who wrote it. In Microsoft Windows-speak, an upgrade updates an existing instance of
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00242.html (11,394 bytes)
- 14. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Ben Antanaitis - WB2RHM <wb2rhm@wb2rhm.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:40:08 -0400
- Al, Sorry, but your advice is dangerous to apply in all cases of Win XP to Win 7/8 upgrading/migrating: Al: "You cannot upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7 by simply updating the installed instance of Wi
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00246.html (9,926 bytes)
- 15. Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP (score: 1)
- Author: Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:04:26 -0400
- The only difference between a custom install of Windows and a clean install is that the former retains the old windows directory (so you could, if motivated, set the computer up to dual boot) while t
- /archives//html/RTTY/2014-03/msg00248.html (11,621 bytes)
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