On 17-Jan-25 19:06, Brad Anbro wrote:
Now I have a working DX4WIN program again. As I said in my earlier post, I have
never had so much trouble with any program as I have had with DX4WIN. The
program DOES NOT LIKE power outages and it DOES NOT LIKE Microsoft updates. I
had bought a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) to take care of the power
outage problem, but so far, I have not yet been successful in getting the
Microsoft updates blocked. If anyone has a sure method of blocking the
Microsoft updates, I would very much like to receive information on that.
It's been a while since I did it, but I believe it takes either the
first method, or possibly both:
*1
*
*To change Windows 10 automatic updates to manual, go to your system
settings, navigate to "Update & Security" > "Windows Update" > "Advanced
options", then under "Restart options", toggle the switch to disable
"Automatically restart" - effectively making updates download and
install automatically, but requiring you to manually restart your
computer to complete the process.*
*2*
*Open Services: Press Windows key + R, type "services.msc" and press Enter.
Find Windows Update: Scroll down to locate "Windows Update".
Change Startup Type: Right-click on "Windows Update", select
"Properties", and change "Startup type" to "Manual".
Apply Changes: Click "Apply" and then "OK".
*
The above should not block the updates, but it should let you restart
Windows manually, i.e. when you allow it and not when your computer
decides to reboot itself.
Also, a lot of DX4Win users apparently like to live dangerously, having
no log backup at all. A simple thumb drive should be mandatory on your
PC - set it up in your DX4Win configuration as the "Secondary Backup
Directory". Next, you should have another backup drive for manually (or
on the fly if you want it done by a third party s/w) backing up your
data, and not just for DX4Win. And finally, your last resort should be
all your QSOs uploaded to LoTW. Do all these, use them regularly, and
there is no way you can ever lose any QSOs.
73,
Zoran WA7AA
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