[WriteLog] CTY-1801 Contest Country Files - 12 February 2008

[Gary AL9A]

John,

I'm 64 years old.  I probably don't have 'several decades' left before 
Microsoft gets Vista and/or its successors operating properly!  Besides, 
what ever happened to the concept of delivering the customer a working 
product for his money?  I don't believe Dell gave me Vista on their machine 
for free.

I spent 15 years in an IT department for a Fortune 50 company too, so I know 
some of the games that get played there.  I've used Windows since the 3.1 
days and its main problem has always been that it is an over hyped and under 
performing product.  Like any product, software or hardware, that attempts 
to do everything for everybody it is ultimately doomed to fall short of 
expectations somewhere along the line.

In this case, my expectation of Vista is that it should let me (as 
administrator) download a small 45 kb text file into the folder of my choice 
without a hitch.  Apparently Vista has a problem with even this simple 
mundane task.  I hope you're young enough to be able to wait around long 
enough for Bill and company to get the kinks out!

73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John R. Klim II" <john.klim at verizon.net>
To: "'Gary AL9A'" <al9a at mtaonline.net>; <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: February 13, 2008 3:19 PM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] CTY-1801 Contest Country Files - 12 February 2008


Gary,

Vista is not a PIA.

Vista is a very powerful and ultra-complex piece of software.  The software
took years to write.  In addition, it will take several decades to get it
operating properly.

Shame there is not guarantees on operating system software.

DE (Retired computer professional)

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-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary AL9A
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:47 AM
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] CTY-1801 Contest Country Files - 12 February 2008

Think I got it with a work around.  I used 'Save Target As...' again, but
this time saved wl_cty.dat to my AL9A/Downloads folder.  From there I copied

the file to C:\Program Files\WriteLog\Programs and the file updated to
02/12/2008.  Vista was its usual PIA and demanded administrator permission
to perform the copy, even though I am already logged in as administrator!  I

then ran the 'Convert CTY to WriteLog' utility and it appears to have been
successful.  Are there any calls I can enter into WL to check if the file is

working correctly?  So why didn't web download from WL work?  Or doesn't the

web download update the file dates in the Programs directory?

73,
Gary AL9A



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: February 12, 2008 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] CTY-1801 Contest Country Files - 12 February 2008


> Just tried to download the latest wl_cty.dat file and am having a problem.
> I'm running Vista 32 as administrator.  When I click on the wl_cty.dat
> file
> it opens in IE - it never did that under XP.  I backed up and right
> clicked
> the file and selected 'Save Target As...' then browsed to C:\Program
> Files\WriteLog\Programs and clicked Save.  Got a warning message that
> wl_cty.dat already exists, replace?  I say Yes and it starts to download
> and
> then immediately aborts.  When I look at the wl_cty.dat file in my
> Programs
> folder it is dated 11/25/2006.
>
> I then start WL and select File/Download from web.  I realize this may not
> be the latest file, but it should be newer than 11/25/2006.  After
> downloading from the WL web site the wl_cty.dat file still says
> 11/25/2006!
> I've never had a problem with this before under any previous version of
> Windows.  What's the problem and how do I fix it?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> To: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Sent: February 12, 2008 6:03 AM
> Subject: [WriteLog] CTY-1801 Contest Country Files - 12 February 2008
>
>
>> The Contest Country (CTY) Files were updated on 12 February 2008.
>>
>>    http://www.country-files.com/cty/
>>
>> Please follow the "Installation" link to find instructions for your
>> particular software.
>>
>> Here are the release notes:
>>
>> 12 February 2008 (CTY-1801)
>>
>>    * 3D2AG/P is Rotuma, 3D2/r
>>    * "/EURO" is Cyprus, 5B
>>    * FO/OH1RX is Marquesas Is., FO/m
>>    * GB0U is Guernsey, GU
>>    * Removed KP4E from call/prefix list for United States, K
>>    * W1AA/MSC is United States, K
>>    * R245GS is European Russia, UA
>>    * VK9DWX is Willis I., VK9W
>>    * ED3RKL is South Shetland, VP8/h
>>
>> 73 - Jim AD1C
>>
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