I do not recommend anyone who wants to use much of the ham radio software that is available today to upgrade to Vista.
I had to purchase the XYL a new computer and as it turned out, Jan 30, 2007 was the first release day for Vista. In fact you could not find any computer on the shelves with XP or 2K on them. Vista is running fine for what the XYL does, but we have had a number of difficulties. DX4Win doe not run correctly. No problem, she can use my XP machine if propagation ever improves and we can run a few contest. Many of the ActiveX components and Windows DLL that were developed with early C compilers probably will not function or function erratically. Software that accesses the internet will also have problems depending on how you have the firewall and User Control setup. It is also interesting to note that out of the box, it downloaded about 100 Microsoft security updates once I got the firewall in Windows and MacAfee to behave properly. Jeff Steinkamp - N7YG Tucson, AZ SCUD Missile Coordinates N32-13-55.01 W110-50-51.91 http://n7yg.net http://home.earthlink.net/~jksteinkamp Linux User #420428 Skype : jeff.steinkamp _______________________________________________________ A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, but it uses up three thousand times the memory on your computer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "K0CF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 08:17 Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4Win on Windows Vista > --- K0CF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I found the reference to vichw11.sys in the archives and have successfully >> copied it to the Windows\System32\drivers folder, but DX4Win still complains >> about its absence, then terminates. Apparently this driver is not compatible >> with Vista. > > Yes, that is correct. I know of no work-around. I hope Paul will address > this, it also affects people running (or who want to run) Windows XP 64. > > I'm normally an "early adopter", but I'm sticking with Windows XP for the > foreseeable future. I see no compelling reason to upgrade to Vista. If Vista > comes pre-installed, well that's a different story.... > > 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 >
