You're correct Jim, It are the Microsoft updates that causes most of the shit !!!!!!!!!!!!! I turned of my auto updates since Jeff Steinman N7YG posted This on 17 april 2006
========================================================================== If you are using a Win XP product and have automatic updates enabled, or have updated you systems in the past couple of day, you may have installed update KB908531. This update is a security update to verify COM Automation type of objects. In Micro$oft's normal manner of "it compiles, release it" philosophy, they have created a number of problems for Explorer, Office products, WinZip, anything involving HP and a number of other software products that use COM technology. You may have discovered a program called verclsid.exe running in your task manager, or perhaps a number of these suckers as I discovered. You may have also discovered that things just come to a screeching halt for a few minutes then resumes. This is because most firewalls will not allow this program to execute properly. Micro$oft has finally admitted there is a problem with this update and is recommending that users do not install it or remove it. This comes from their tech support folks. To check if you have this update installed do the following: Click Start | Control Panel | Add/Remove programs Click Show Updates and make sure it is checked. Scroll through the list until you see KB908531. If it is there you will need to remove it. If you have automatic updates enabled, I suggest you disable it prior to removing this update, otherwise, it will reinstall itself. Once the removal is complete, you will need to reboot the computer. After reboot. open the web browser and go the Microsoft Update site: http://update.microsoft.com Click the custom box and when the update for KB908531 shows up, check the box to hide the update so it is not installed in the future. Disregard Microsoft security warning that will be displayed because this updates is hidden. Jeff Steinkamp - N7YG =========================================================================== Probably there are more of these updates that causes problems. Sometimes They are solved with later upgrades but some you need to uninstall manually Wonder when they stop will stop with the upgrades! Then we will be complaining even more........ I had Vista installed on a test PC Result: no more LPT ports or Serial ports are recognized or supported ...... USB to SERIAL is working with some brands but not with all (for PTT-CW-FSK) But USB to parallel is only supporting printers not all I/O Can be dedicated anymore. 73 Guy ON4AOI BAND DECODER and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/banddecoder.htm DX4WIN soft and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/dx4win.htm DX4WIN, WRITELOG, WF1B & RITTY CW & RTTY interfaces at http://www.on4aoi.be/keyer.htm ARSWIN link and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/web7.htm DXTELNET soft and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/dxt.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:59 PM To: n4dsp; dx4win Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Orion II with dx4win --- n4dsp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Made a second call to Ten-Tec and they feel it is not a problem with the > radio but with the logging program. Whenever I tab from different portions of > the qso window entering the logging data such as callsign, rst, etc there is > hesitation and many times this lag effect will last for a couple of seconds. It's not your radio! I never had this problem in DX4WIN, until I recently (within last couple of months) had to install Windows XP from scratch. Now I have the problem occasionally. My CPU usage is near 0%. I have an ICOM, not Orion radio. I'm using the microHAM microKeyer as my radio interface. I have McAfee AntiVirus running, but that's about it. As I said, the problem just developed recently. I wonder if one of Microsoft's recent updates cause it? 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
