[ct-user] Running CT-9.67 under Windows

[John Allen]

The security problems, licensing and privacy problems are too long to list.
I recommend that you search the web,
and / or Chcek zdnet/Cnet/infoworld and other publications/web site.

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5094763,00.html

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5094763,00.html

Also Tom's hardware guide www.tomshardware.com/

http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2710688,00.html

http://special.northernlight.com/windowsxp/

http://grc.com/dos/winxp.htm

etc, etc....

John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Baron - KB3MM [mailto:SteveBaron@starlinx.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:09 PM
> To: jallen@vhfcom.com
> Subject: Re: [ct-user] Running CT-9.67 under Windows
>
>
> What's wrong with XP?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Allen" <jallen@vhfcom.com>
> To: "CT-User Reflecter" <ct-user@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 17:24
> Subject: RE: [ct-user] Running CT-9.67 under Windows
>
>
> > A couple more notes on multiple OS's, from a Windows 2000 (NT
> 5) point of
> > view -
> >
> > If you have Win95/98 or DOS on a system and you start the 2000 CDROM, it
> > will automatically set up a dual boot if you want or it will
> install over
> > the old Win 98 OS (not DOS)  and copy the old Win 98 registry into it's
> Win
> > 2K registry.
> >
> > So, if you install the older OS first, Win 2000 takes care of the dual
> boot.
> >
> > If you want to overinstall from 95 to 2000 you should upgrade
> to 98 first
> or
> > use the dual  boot feature)  caveat emptor.
> >
> > Don't ask me about Win ME or XP -- I won't be getting near
> either of them
> if
> > I can help it.
> > But, given that XP is sort of NT 5.5 ish, It is likely that the dual
> > boot/upgrade features work like Win 2K.
> >
> > NOTE:  All Win2K upgrade notes above assume that your file system is
> FAT32.
> >
> > Hope this helps some folk.
> >
> > PS: I think that there are ways other than buying Partition
> Magic to add a
> > DOS boot to a Win 2K or XP system.  A web search might turn
> something up.
> >
> > John K1AE
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ct-user-admin@contesting.com
> > > [mailto:ct-user-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jim Reisert
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 11:16 AM
> > > To: RCARIELLO; CT-User Reflecter
> > > Subject: Re: [ct-user] Running CT-9.67 under Windows
> > >
> > >
> > > Some have had success, some have not.  I hope you are running
> > > Windows 95/98.
> > > If so, just shut down Windows to a DOS prompt (Start ->
> > > Shutdown), then you can
> > > run CT.  If you go to the Hints & Kinks section of the K1EA web
> > > site, you will
> > > find some links to create a "boot menu" if you will which will
> > > allow you to
> > > boot up and get to a DOS prompt without having to use F8 or go
> > > all the way into
> > > Windows then back out.
> > >
> > > We do NOT recommend running CT in a DOS window on top of Windows.
> > >  It works for
> > > some but not for others.  Ken has compiled a character-mode (not
> > > GUI) version
> > > of CT (9.63) that should run better in a Windows environment
> > > (i.e. DOS window
> > > while Windows is running) than the DOS version.  Some have had
> > > success with
> > > this environment, some have not.  It's not as robust at the
> DOS version.
> > >
> > > If you are running one of the Windows NT flavors (Win NT 4.0, Win
> > > 2000 or Win
> > > XP), you're best off creating a separate bootable DOS partition
> > > on your hard
> > > drive that you can boot to run CT.  Partition Magic
> >
> > http://www.powerquest.com
> > ) makes this very easy.
> >
> > Why trust your hard-earned contest QSOs to something as complicated as
> > Windows?
> > CT has logged hundreds of thousands of QSOs running under plain
> DOS.  Most
> > of
> > the problems that occur are user-oriented, not operating system
> oriented.
> > Windows throws a huge complicating factor into the mix.
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
> > USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com
> >
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