I just ordered a new laptop today and faced the daunting question of "XP or
VISTA", so I checked with my broadcast colleagues on the Radio-Tech
reflector and not a single person recommended VISTA. One guy called it a
"trainwreck" and another said it was the worst OS release since Windows
"Mistake Edition" (ME)! Since the laptop comes with VISTA and since someday
Microsoft will stop supporting XP, I checked into "downgrading", at least
for now, until VISTA gets fixed and I found this information about
"Downgrade Rights" on the MS website:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/f/4/5f4c83d3-833e-4f11-8cbd-699b0c164182/royaltyoemreferencesheet.pdf
So I ordered the laptop with no OS installed, but with the VISTA DVD shipped
with it, and I will run on XP Pro until moving to VISTA makes sense. I have
dozens of ham radio programs that, at this point, don't support VISTA.
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John" <fraz1@bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion and WriteLog users?
Yes Dave.....more and more it's related back to the Vista OS. In fact,
none
of my ham apps work with it. I'm going back to XP, myself.
73 John K4NP
----- Original Message -----
From: "David W LeJeune, Sr" <lejeuned@centurytel.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion and WriteLog users?
I finally switched back from VISTA to XP Pro. I don't use WL - use Logic8
and CWType. I was unable to get CWType to work consistently on VISTA.
Sometimes it would work, sometime not. Very strange. On XP Pro, never
have
a problem.
Dave K5WNV
----- Original Message -----
From: <K5XS@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion and WriteLog users?
I hope you all keep this discussion on the reflector and don't take it
off
line. It is interesting.
Thanks.
Bernie K5XS
In a message dated 7/9/2007 7:42:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
fraz1@bellsouth.net writes:
Hi Steve, and thanks for the kind reply.
I presently have a cable from the Orion serial port to the USB port of
my
new laptop via a USB adapter. I can change bands from the WL program,
and
can key the transmitter. However, I cannot send CW from the laptop
using
WL. It keys the rig, but does not send the CW. Also, while it changes
bands via WL, it does not show the exact freq when logging? Any ideas?
I
should indicate that I'm using the wonderful Vista OS (NOT).
73 John K4NP
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