Brad, I think what Zoran tells you is the right thing. I always have a USB connected to the computer and a small program that a friend made me, and every time I leave DX4WIN, it tells me, do you want to make a backup copy of your PC to the pendrive? And also in reverse, he asks me every time I start the DX4WIN, do you want to restore from the pendrive to the PC? Apart, I climb my adif file with my QSO`s, to different platforms such as Lotw, QRZ, Hamlogonline; Club Log .... (are almost 100,000) QSO`s in case one day, I need to recover them from there. Greetings for everyone.
73 EA8AM El sáb, 18 ene 2025 a las 3:58, WA7AA via DX4WIN (<dx4win@mailman.qth.net>) escribió: > 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 > > > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > 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:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
