You will find the answers to your questions on Jim's site: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/
Carter wrote: > I have a few questions I hope someone in the group can answer... > > First, I am what is referred to in the DX4win literature as a "casual > DXer". <grin> > > I have DX4win version 5.03, installed on my ham computer -- which uses > Win98SE. Wanting to at least put a toe into the 21st century, I got a > new computer with XP Pro. I DO have the 5.03 manual and my registration > number and the CD. To take the easy way out, I just copied the DX4win > folder and all of its sub directories from the old computer onto a CD > and then loaded it on to the new computer rather than using a new > install with the CD on the new computer. > > 1) In general, will this work? > > 2) It seemed to work (but the new computer is still on the bench, not > hooked up to my Omni 6 or anything else). When I launch DX4win on the > new computer, it comes up with a warning that says "Could not open CW > driver". What does this refer to? Is it fatal or am I just missing some > driver that did not carry over from the old machine (or is it something > new required by now being on an XP machine)? Once I click on "OK" to > clear the warning message, everything else seems to be there and be OK > (or as OK as I can tell, realizing that no radios or anything else is > yet hooked up to the computer). > > 3) If I decide to upgrade to the latest version, how would I do that? > Can I just upgrade what I brought over from the old computer or would I > be better off trying a fresh install using the 5.03 CD on the new > computer, do the upgrade and then just worry about bringing over my > log(s) later? (only problem I see with that is that I would lose all the > upgraded CTY files, etc, that were installed on the old computer, it may > not recognize Ducie and others in the existing log). > > Hope the questions make sense and thanks in advance for any help you can > provide. > > Carter K8VT > ______________________________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
