[ct-user] CT & XP

[Tim Duffy K3LR]

Switch to CTwin. The problem will go away. CTwin is solid.

73,
Tim K3LR

K0HB wrote:

> XP doesn't do DOS very well.
>
> Boot up from an old DOS disk and it will work OK.
>
> 73 es beep beep,
>
> de Hans, K0HB
>
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> > [Original Message]
> > From: Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
> > To: <ct-user at contesting.com>
> > Date: 11/21/2006 3:01:05 AM
> > Subject: [ct-user] CT & XP
> >
> > Forgive me if this is a known issue -- I suspect it is -- but for the
> first
> > time since I bought CT 6.17 at Dayton longer ago than I care to think
> about,
> > I ran into a major problem with CT yesterday.
> >
> > Went to setup CT 10 on the "new" (OK, rebuilt) shack computer so I could
> run
> > a little SS for the spare hour or so I had, and it locked up on me during
> > initial setup.  Never at the same place, but I never got out of the setup
> > screen.
> >
> > The new computer is running XP Pro SP2.  It replaced a Win98SE box.  Also,
> > FWIW, I have the CT files stored on my D: drive instead of C: -- D: is a
> > smaller FAT32 drive instead of an NTFS drive, neccesary to avoid problems
> > with my primary logging and QSL management routines (written in dBase IV &
> > Visual dBase 5.7... which, being 16 bit apps, don't handle NTFS long file
> > names well, but THAT's another story altogether)
> >
> > SO, two simple questions:
> > -- Is this a compatibility problem with CT & XP?
> > -- And if so, should I switch to CTWin?
> >
> > I really hate to give up on CT.  It may be "old" software, but it's tried,
> > true, and I'm used to it.
> >
> > 73, ron w3wn
> >
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