On 2/19/2008 6:19 AM, W5LT wrote: > Well, a power failure is only one cause of lost QSO's. > As I learned a few weeks ago, Bill Gates' infernal device will do it too, > when it downloads a 'patch' and reboots twice during the night, over writing > the temporary file that holds your 'automatically saved' Q's that you forgot > to actually (Alt-S) save.
One of the first things my application note says is NEVER walk away from the computer if the backup timer is red. SAVE YOUR LOG! 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C/?, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Feb 19 10:11:13 2008 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kjell W. Strom) Date: Tue Feb 19 10:16:27 2008 Subject: [Dx4win] Re: Lost QSO's In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For double safety in XP Pro, go to Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System and set Automatic Updates to "Notify me but don't automatically download or install". 73 de Kjell, PB3SM - SM6CPI > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C > Sent: 19 February 2008 15:38 > To: W5LT > Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Re: Lost QSO's > > On 2/19/2008 6:19 AM, W5LT wrote: > > > Well, a power failure is only one cause of lost QSO's. > > As I learned a few weeks ago, Bill Gates' infernal device > will do it > > too, when it downloads a 'patch' and reboots twice during > the night, > > over writing the temporary file that holds your > 'automatically saved' > > Q's that you forgot to actually (Alt-S) save. > > One of the first things my application note says is NEVER > walk away from > the computer if the backup timer is red. SAVE YOUR LOG! > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C/?, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > http://www.ad1c.us _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >
