locked Installing WSJT on Windows 10 computer
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eam1212003
My Windows 7 computer is beginning to fail...it has met all my ft8 needs well and for some years...
As I move to Windows 10, I think I’ve heard that installation issues sometimes arise. Any tips, considerations, things to look out for? Feedback from recent experience would be highly valued. tnx in advance Eli, N6PF
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chas cartmel
No issues here in moving to Windoze 10.
Charlie G4EST www.g4est.me.uk
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John
You have been listening to the wrong people. I bought a new computer with Win 7
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about five years ago, I waited till the last minute to migrate to Win 10. I had no issues what so ever and I think you will find that if you have a system that is made of name brand components and capable of running Win 10 reasonably efficiently, you won't either. Get yourself a USB memory stick of the recommended size, label it Win 10 Install, just in case, put it somewhere safe and easily remembered. Backup your present system then do the Win 10 install, you will need your Win 7 license code to activate Win 10, yes it is valid for Win 10 as MS is offering the move to Win 10 free for those who have a valid Win 7/8 license, key word here is VALID. For anti virus, MS Defender is great and comes with Win 10, no need for the Norton Virus at all, or any other anti virus software come to think of it. Here's a thought, if your Win 7 machine is "beginning to fail", wouldn't it also be "beginning to fail" under Win 10? Hardware failures are not generally due to an operating system. GL John VE3KKQ
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David AD4TJ
AND remember to NOT install ham programs to the Programs folder; install directly to C:\ to avoid problems. David AD4TJ
On Monday, February 24, 2020, 10:33:31 AM EST, chas cartmel <chas@...> wrote:
No issues here in moving to Windoze 10.
Charlie G4EST www.g4est.me.uk
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My Windows 7 computer is beginning to fail...it has met all my ft8 needs well and for some years... This email has been scanned by BullGuard antivirus protection.
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AB8WD-Willie
Load it up some issues but can be worked out you have support
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jwvaughn
The only difference I am aware between a Win 7 install and a Win 10 install is that with Win 10, you may have to give WSJT-X permission to access the microphone and speakers. See the link below for “how to”.
https://groups.io/g/FT8-Digital-Mode/topic/56062293?p=Created,,,20,2,0,0::,,,0,0,0,56062293
Jerry, KK6QHZ
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My Windows 7 computer is beginning to fail...it has met all my ft8 needs well and for some years...
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Dave_G0WBX
Rather than install into the root of C: make a folder \HamPrograms and install in there. 73. Dave G0WBX
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Dave, I really like the sound of your suggestion to put all my ham programs into their own folder. I found that some don't give you a choice. So now I have some in my new HamPrograms folder, and some in Programs 86 folder. Now can't seem to get things working again. Rig goes to TX when I try to open WSJTX. Rig goes into TX randomly. Do my ham apps need to be all in the same folder? Right now I've got a mess. Only just realized I don't have "restore point" turned on. I'm still good on CW, but any advice how to recover would be much appreciated. 73, Herb WB8ASI
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Dave_G0WBX
Dave, I really like the sound of your suggestion to put all my ham
programs into their own folder. I found that some don't give you a choice. So now I have some in my new HamPrograms folder, and some in Programs 86 folder. Now can't seem to get things working again. Rig goes to TX when I try to open WSJTX. Rig goes into TX randomly. Do my ham apps need to be all in the same folder? Right now I've got a mess. Only just realized I don't have "restore point" turned on. I'm still good on CW, but any advice how to recover would be much appreciated. 73, Herb WB8ASI ~ ~ ~ Herb. The dedicated "HamPrograms" folder has worked well for me in the past, when I was using Win7, as that OS too "protects" "Program Files" and "Program Files(x86)" so that they can't write to their own folders, as many older (and some newer but porly written) software tools do. So long as the individual programs are working correctly, they can be in any folder anywhere you want (within reason!) The random TX'ing. Is that when the machine starts up, and/or when a USB device is introduced, or removed? If so, then whatever device you have to key the radio, is probably using a virtual serial port handshake line (RTS or DTR) to work the PTT. They will flap about whenever Windows (or Linux for that matter!) "Re-Enumerates" (re-discovers) the attached USB devices. Now, if you have a USB device that croaks in the presence of RF, that will in essence "disappear" from view, so the OS may well go through the re-enumerating process, and again when it recovers and re-presents itself. I've seen that behaviour cause utter mayhem in a shack when a HF radio was setup to use a 10FM repeater, the PC and radio went utterly potty to say the least, until the rig was turned off. (Other than the OS, no other software was running on the computer.) The only real cure, is to make sure that you have minimal RF in the shack, and/or that all the USB devices (and other attached toys) are as immune to RF as they can be. Sadly, quite a few "big name" ham accessories are not as immune to RF as you might expect. Ground bonding does not always help. In some cases, can actually make things worse. But if you try and keep the "Loop Area" formed between multiple cables interconnecting things to a minimum, that does generally help. All the best.. Dave G0WBX. -- Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using free and open source software:
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Tnx Dave, I've got things back to normal. Disconnected everything and got each working on its own. Had to revise the new path to HamPrograms folder in a few places I missed the first time around. Hooked everything back together one step at a time, and I'm back in business. Haven't yet added OmniRig since it was a recent addition for me, and knew everything worked beforehand. I'll try adding it again soon, but happy to be done pulling my hair out for now. Also need to add back multiple displays, and hope that doesn't introduce problems. 73, Herb WB8ASI
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