[ct-user] CT & XP

[Alan Zack]

I agree.  I use CTWin ver 10 with XP with no problems.  Nothing new to 
learn, just a better version of the good old CT we love and know.  Free 
download.
Alan, K7ACZ

Tim Duffy K3LR wrote:

>Switch to CTwin. The problem will go away. CTwin is solid.
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>73,
>Tim K3LR
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>K0HB wrote:
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>>XP doesn't do DOS very well.
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>>Boot up from an old DOS disk and it will work OK.
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>>73 es beep beep,
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>>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
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>>>time since I bought CT 6.17 at Dayton longer ago than I care to think
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>>about,
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>>>I ran into a major problem with CT yesterday.
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>>>Went to setup CT 10 on the "new" (OK, rebuilt) shack computer so I could
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>>run
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>>>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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