Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

2018-03-31 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C 
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 11:10 AM, David Kozinn K2DBK wrote:

> The only short-term workaround that I can think of would be to host the
> actual files on a different website without https and work up a manual
> process to download and install. (No Jim, I am not suggesting
> son-of-dxupdate-for-XP-only).

Actually, the country files and award databases are uploaded to my
website.  They would have to be installed manually.

The latest country file is always here:

http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/download9/dx4win9_cty.zip

I have not done anything like this for the custom awards and I've
blocked the directory listing.

If you use these files you are ON YOUR OWN.  I do NOT want to support
this method of updating DX4WIN 9.  I'd rather you upgrade your
operating system.  Seriously.  I'm not joking.

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Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

2018-03-31 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK 
A little digging shows that this is hosted by qth.com. It might be possible
to have a single website (dx4win.com) not redirected to https, but A) That's
a terrible idea, and B) Sooner or later this is going to become a problem
for almost every website, as https is becoming standard for everyone.

The only short-term workaround that I can think of would be to host the
actual files on a different website without https and work up a manual
process to download and install. (No Jim, I am not suggesting
son-of-dxupdate-for-XP-only).

-Original Message-
From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On
Behalf Of Rick Murphy
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 12:59 PM
To: Jim Reisert AD1C 
Cc: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C 
wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Ed Stratton W1ZZ wrote:
>
> The DX4WIN website was issued a new security certificate on March 12 
> that is incompatible with Windows XP.  If you try to access the URL:
>
>https://www.dx4win.com/
>
> using Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, which is the latest for Windows 
> XP, that access will fail.
>
> I believe that's correct.  Rick, please correct me if I'm wrong.
>

That's it. Either the March 12th website certificate update caused this, or
whomever is running the dx4win.com website enabled automatic redirection
from http to https.
To support Windows XP, that redirect will need to be turned off.
Unfortunately, this has a security impact for everyone not running Windows
XP.
73,
-Rick
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Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

2018-03-31 Thread R.T.Liddy 
Can we XP folks get a path to it that is "non-https" witha caveat that there 
may be security issues? I would certainlytake whatever risk there might be 
rather than have my worldturned upside down as described in my earlier 
sob-story.-- Bob  K8BL

  From: Rick Murphy 
 To: Jim Reisert AD1C  
Cc: "DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net" 
 Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 12:59 PM
 Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
   
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C 
wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Ed Stratton W1ZZ wrote:
>
> The DX4WIN website was issued a new security certificate on March 12
> that is incompatible with Windows XP.  If you try to access the URL:
>
>    https://www.dx4win.com/
>
> using Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, which is the latest for Windows
> XP, that access will fail.
>
> I believe that's correct.  Rick, please correct me if I'm wrong.
>

That's it. Either the March 12th website certificate update caused this, or
whomever is running the dx4win.com website enabled automatic redirection
from http to https.
To support Windows XP, that redirect will need to be turned off.
Unfortunately, this has a security impact for everyone not running Windows
XP.
73,
    -Rick
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Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

2018-03-31 Thread Rick Murphy 
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C 
wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Ed Stratton W1ZZ wrote:
>
> The DX4WIN website was issued a new security certificate on March 12
> that is incompatible with Windows XP.  If you try to access the URL:
>
>https://www.dx4win.com/
>
> using Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, which is the latest for Windows
> XP, that access will fail.
>
> I believe that's correct.  Rick, please correct me if I'm wrong.
>

That's it. Either the March 12th website certificate update caused this, or
whomever is running the dx4win.com website enabled automatic redirection
from http to https.
To support Windows XP, that redirect will need to be turned off.
Unfortunately, this has a security impact for everyone not running Windows
XP.
73,
-Rick
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Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

2018-03-31 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C 
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Ed Stratton W1ZZ wrote:

> Rick thank you for a technical response.   Since you said "The SSL
> certificate for the site was issued 3/12/2018, so that's what caused the
> issue, not some update to DX4WIN." What was / is  different from other
> updates for V9, that worked before this SSL certificate of 3/12/2018?
> Sorry for the BW, but just curious.

Hi Ed,

The updates are tangential to the problem, not the problem itself.

The DX4WIN website was issued a new security certificate on March 12
that is incompatible with Windows XP.  If you try to access the URL:

   https://www.dx4win.com/

using Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, which is the latest for Windows
XP, that access will fail.

I believe that's correct.  Rick, please correct me if I'm wrong.

I have been offered to change the default security for my websites
(*.ad1c.us) from http to https.  That will probably break some folks
which is why I have been holding off.

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Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

2018-03-31 Thread R.T.Liddy 
Rick,

Thanks for the work and bad news!!!  ;-)

Looks like I'll need to get a new Radio Computer
which means I'll need to get a new keying system
since mine works off the Printer port and I'll need
to install a new Contesting Program since mine uses
DOS and I'll need to migrate my files to the new
computer (if they will work there) and I'll need to
re-install DX4WIN on the new computer (if I decide
to stay with it since I'm so p'd-off right now) and
I'll need to get T-QSL working on the new box and
I'll need to modify the mounting for the new computer
since its dimensions will surely be different than now
and I'll need to ... yadda-yadda-yadda ... so many things that I haven't 
even thought of at this point.

At my age and after just moving to a new QTH and having to buy/install
a new tower/antennas, I don't know if all this is really worth it. 57 years
in Ham Radio might be enough.

...time for my nap.

73, Bob  K8BL




From: Rick Murphy 
To: W1ZZ  
Cc: R.T.Liddy ; Ed Stratton ; 
"DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net" 
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run



It's not antivirus - I copied DX4WIN 9.0.4.1176 on a Windows XP system I use 
for TQSL testing and got the same error:
System error : The host name in the certificate is invalid or does not match

I dug into this as penance for giving an incorrect answer earlier.

The issue is Windows XP - the SSL certificate for DX4WIN is signed with the 
SHA256 algorithm, which Windows XP does not support.
Try opening Internet Explorer and using that to download the .INF file and 
you'll get the same error. You can download the file using Firefox because 
Firefox has it's own built-in cryptographic libraries that aren't stuck in 2010.

The SSL certificate for the site was issued 3/12/2018, so that's what caused 
the issue, not some update to DX4WIN. You can not get website certificates that 
work with Windows XP's crypto libraries because most browsers will reject those 
certificates. You can't run anything new than IE 8 on Windows XP, so there's no 
upgrade available for you.

There's not a lot of choices here.
First, DX4WIN could change their website to not automatically redirect 
http://dx4win.com/ to https://dx4win.com/ - that would allow the updates to 
work at the cost of compromising the security of everyone not running Windows 
XP.

Second, DX4WIN could change how it's downloading - using something like cURL to 
do the downloads (that's what a do for TQSL so Windows 2000 and Windows XP can 
work) rather than the built-in Windows libraries.


Probably the only simple fix is turning https off, which is horrible. Everyone 
not running XP being held hostage to the XP systems.

There's nothing that you can do to correct this on your end other than an 
upgrade to a supported OS.
73,
-Rick



On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM, W1ZZ via DX4WIN  
wrote:

XP is not the problem as the v9 updater worked before several times. And I can 
get to the .inf file opened with Firefox 
>
>
>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
>
>On Friday, March 30, 2018, 10:07 PM, R.T.Liddy  wrote:
>
>Maybe if we could get the previous version of the Data Updaterthat DID  run, 
>then we could continue with our XP systems?Otherwise, we'll have to buy new 
>computers merely to run ourLogging Program?  That doesn't seem 
>practical/sensible.Everything worked fine on 1/31, which was the last timeI 
>used the Data Updater. How can we go back to that?
>Bob  K8BL
>
>  From: Ed Stratton 
> To: R.T.Liddy 
>Cc: "DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net" ; Jim Reisert AD1C 
>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
> 
>All I have the same problem now too.  I have used the ver 9 updater before, 
>and it worked ok.  ""Help and Check for Updates""
>
>What operating system?  My computer runs XP professional, Ver 2002, SP3
>
>Have you tried rebooting your computer?  YES,  
>
>What happens if you try to open this URL in your browser:   THIS FILE  OPENS 
>UP OK., even while running AVG Antivirus.
>
>http://www.dx4win.com/files/ updatesv9/update.INF
>
>.
>
>[update]
>unconditional=1
>descr=My update description
>[files]
>count=15
>[file1]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/custawds.txt
>localversion=custawds.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=Custom Awards Database
>newchecksum=-1437156677
>filesize=13897301
>[file2]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/awdmap.txt
>localversion=awdmap.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=Maps old Custom Awards to New Awards
>newchecksum=-993615836
>filesize=15762
>[file3]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/islands.txt
>localversion=islands.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=IOTA Island names
>newchecksum=989685161
>filesize=324070
>[file4]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/prf2iota.txt
>localversion=prf2iota.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=IOTAs by prefix
>newchecksum=-424668373
>filesize=12091
>[file5]
>url=http://www.dx4win

Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

2018-03-31 Thread Ed Stratton 
Rick thank you for a technical response.   Since you said "The SSL
certificate for the site was issued 3/12/2018, so that's what caused the
issue, not some update to DX4WIN." What was / is  different from other
updates for V9, that worked before this SSL certificate of 3/12/2018?
Sorry for the BW, but just curious.



thank you..  /w1zz

ed



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On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Rick Murphy  wrote:

> It's not antivirus - I copied DX4WIN 9.0.4.1176 on a Windows XP system I
> use for TQSL testing and got the same error:
> System error : The host name in the certificate is invalid or does not
> match
>
> I dug into this as penance for giving an incorrect answer earlier.
>
> The issue is Windows XP - the SSL certificate for DX4WIN is signed with
> the SHA256 algorithm, which Windows XP does not support.
> Try opening Internet Explorer and using that to download the .INF file and
> you'll get the same error. You can download the file using Firefox because
> Firefox has it's own built-in cryptographic libraries that aren't stuck in
> 2010.
>
> The SSL certificate for the site was issued 3/12/2018, so that's what
> caused the issue, not some update to DX4WIN. You can not get website
> certificates that work with Windows XP's crypto libraries because most
> browsers will reject those certificates. You can't run anything new than IE
> 8 on Windows XP, so there's no upgrade available for you.
>
> There's not a lot of choices here.
> First, DX4WIN could change their website to not automatically redirect
> http://dx4win.com/ to https://dx4win.com/ - that would allow the updates
> to work at the cost of compromising the security of everyone not running
> Windows XP.
>
> Second, DX4WIN could change how it's downloading - using something like
> cURL to do the downloads (that's what a do for TQSL so Windows 2000 and
> Windows XP can work) rather than the built-in Windows libraries.
>
> Probably the only simple fix is turning https off, which is horrible.
> Everyone not running XP being held hostage to the XP systems.
>
> There's nothing that you can do to correct this on your end other than an
> upgrade to a supported OS.
> 73,
> -Rick
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM, W1ZZ via DX4WIN 
> wrote:
>
>> XP is not the problem as the v9 updater worked before several times. And
>> I can get to the .inf file opened with Firefox
>>
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>>
>>
>> On Friday, March 30, 2018, 10:07 PM, R.T.Liddy 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Maybe if we could get the previous version of the Data Updaterthat DID
>> run, then we could continue with our XP systems?Otherwise, we'll have to
>> buy new computers merely to run ourLogging Program?  That doesn't seem
>> practical/sensible.Everything worked fine on 1/31, which was the last timeI
>> used the Data Updater. How can we go back to that?
>> Bob  K8BL
>>
>>   From: Ed Stratton 
>>  To: R.T.Liddy 
>> Cc: "DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net" ; Jim Reisert AD1C <
>> jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>
>>  Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 9:06 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
>>
>> All I have the same problem now too.  I have used the ver 9 updater
>> before, and it worked ok.  ""Help and Check for Updates""
>>
>> What operating system?  My computer runs XP professional, Ver 2002, SP3
>>
>> Have you tried rebooting your computer?  YES,
>>
>> What happens if you try to open this URL in your browser:   THIS FILE
>> OPENS UP OK., even while running AVG Antivirus.
>>
>> http://www.dx4win.com/files/ updatesv9/update.INF
>>
>> .
>>
>> [update]
>> unconditional=1
>> descr=My update description
>> [files]
>> count=15
>> [file1]
>> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/custawds.txt
>> localversion=custawds.txt
>> targetdir={app}\save
>> descr=Custom Awards Database
>> newchecksum=-1437156677
>> filesize=13897301
>> [file2]
>> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/awdmap.txt
>> localversion=awdmap.txt
>> targetdir={app}\save
>> descr=Maps old Custom Awards to New Awards
>> newchecksum=-993615836
>> filesize=15762
>> [file3]
>> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/islands.txt
>> localversion=islands.txt
>> targetdir={app}\save
>> descr=IOTA Island names
>> newchecksum=989685161
>> filesize=324070
>> [file4]
>> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/prf2iota.txt
>> localversion=prf2iota.txt
>> targetdir={app}\save
>> descr=IOTAs by prefix
>> newchecksum=-424668373
>> filesize=12091
>> [file5]
>> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/clusters.txt
>> localversion=clusters.txt
>> targetdir={app}\save
>> descr=List of DX Clusters
>> newchecksum=1262121802
>> filesize=27383
>> [file6]
>> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/mstrcals.dat
>> localversion=mstrcals.dat
>> targe

Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

2018-03-31 Thread Rick Murphy 
It's not antivirus - I copied DX4WIN 9.0.4.1176 on a Windows XP system I
use for TQSL testing and got the same error:
System error : The host name in the certificate is invalid or does not match

I dug into this as penance for giving an incorrect answer earlier.

The issue is Windows XP - the SSL certificate for DX4WIN is signed with the
SHA256 algorithm, which Windows XP does not support.
Try opening Internet Explorer and using that to download the .INF file and
you'll get the same error. You can download the file using Firefox because
Firefox has it's own built-in cryptographic libraries that aren't stuck in
2010.

The SSL certificate for the site was issued 3/12/2018, so that's what
caused the issue, not some update to DX4WIN. You can not get website
certificates that work with Windows XP's crypto libraries because most
browsers will reject those certificates. You can't run anything new than IE
8 on Windows XP, so there's no upgrade available for you.

There's not a lot of choices here.
First, DX4WIN could change their website to not automatically redirect
http://dx4win.com/ to https://dx4win.com/ - that would allow the updates to
work at the cost of compromising the security of everyone not running
Windows XP.

Second, DX4WIN could change how it's downloading - using something like
cURL to do the downloads (that's what a do for TQSL so Windows 2000 and
Windows XP can work) rather than the built-in Windows libraries.

Probably the only simple fix is turning https off, which is horrible.
Everyone not running XP being held hostage to the XP systems.

There's nothing that you can do to correct this on your end other than an
upgrade to a supported OS.
73,
-Rick


On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM, W1ZZ via DX4WIN 
wrote:

> XP is not the problem as the v9 updater worked before several times. And I
> can get to the .inf file opened with Firefox
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
> On Friday, March 30, 2018, 10:07 PM, R.T.Liddy  wrote:
>
> Maybe if we could get the previous version of the Data Updaterthat DID
> run, then we could continue with our XP systems?Otherwise, we'll have to
> buy new computers merely to run ourLogging Program?  That doesn't seem
> practical/sensible.Everything worked fine on 1/31, which was the last timeI
> used the Data Updater. How can we go back to that?
> Bob  K8BL
>
>   From: Ed Stratton 
>  To: R.T.Liddy 
> Cc: "DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net" ; Jim Reisert AD1C <
> jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>
>  Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 9:06 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
>
> All I have the same problem now too.  I have used the ver 9 updater
> before, and it worked ok.  ""Help and Check for Updates""
>
> What operating system?  My computer runs XP professional, Ver 2002, SP3
>
> Have you tried rebooting your computer?  YES,
>
> What happens if you try to open this URL in your browser:   THIS FILE
> OPENS UP OK., even while running AVG Antivirus.
>
> http://www.dx4win.com/files/ updatesv9/update.INF
>
> .
>
> [update]
> unconditional=1
> descr=My update description
> [files]
> count=15
> [file1]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/custawds.txt
> localversion=custawds.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Custom Awards Database
> newchecksum=-1437156677
> filesize=13897301
> [file2]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/awdmap.txt
> localversion=awdmap.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Maps old Custom Awards to New Awards
> newchecksum=-993615836
> filesize=15762
> [file3]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/islands.txt
> localversion=islands.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=IOTA Island names
> newchecksum=989685161
> filesize=324070
> [file4]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/prf2iota.txt
> localversion=prf2iota.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=IOTAs by prefix
> newchecksum=-424668373
> filesize=12091
> [file5]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/clusters.txt
> localversion=clusters.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=List of DX Clusters
> newchecksum=1262121802
> filesize=27383
> [file6]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/mstrcals.dat
> localversion=mstrcals.dat
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Master List of Callsigns
> newchecksum=-1638384776
> filesize=1056379
> [file7]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/members.dat
> localversion=members.dat
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Various Membership Lists for Packet
> newchecksum=-1390689521
> filesize=1500283
> [file8]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/wpxdeltd.txt
> localversion=wpxdeltd.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=List of deleted WPX prefixes
> newchecksum=124082783
> filesize=8403
> [file9]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/Dx4win.exe_NEW
> localversion=Dx4win.exe
> targetdir={app}
> descr=DX4WIN Executable
> newchecksum=-997195574
> filesize=4224000
> [file10]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/calendar.dat
> localversion=calendar.dat
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Current Calendar
> newchecksum=-569660261
>

Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

2018-03-31 Thread R.T.Liddy 
Ed, et al:

There must have been an "update" after 2/1
since everything worked FB before then and
now it's broken.

What now???

Bob  K8BL

From: Ed Stratton 
To: W1ZZ  
Cc: R.T.Liddy ; "DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net" 

Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run



This is not a XP issue, it is a Paul issue at DX4Win to fix.   If you can open 
the www URL at listed, then there is nothing wrong with XP.  As an aside I can 
update N1MM+ with no issues. And load new versions of WSJT without any problems.

w1zz

ed



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On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 3:21 AM, W1ZZ  wrote:

XP is not the problem as the v9 updater worked before several times. And I can 
get to the .inf file opened with Firefox 
>
>
>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
>On Friday, March 30, 2018, 10:07 PM, R.T.Liddy  wrote:
>Maybe if we could get the previous version of the Data Updaterthat DID  run, 
>then we could continue with our XP systems?Otherwise, we'll have to buy new 
>computers merely to run ourLogging Program?  That doesn't seem 
>practical/sensible.Everything worked fine on 1/31, which was the last timeI 
>used the Data Updater. How can we go back to that?
>>Bob  K8BL
>>
>>  From: Ed Stratton 
>>
>>To: R.T.Liddy  
>>Cc: "DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net" ; Jim Reisert AD1C 
>>
>>Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 9:06 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
>>  
>>All I have the same problem now too.  I have used the ver 9 updater before, 
>>and it worked ok.  ""Help and Check for Updates""
>>
>>What operating system?  My computer runs XP professional, Ver 2002, SP3
>>
>>Have you tried rebooting your computer?  YES,   
>>
>>What happens if you try to open this URL in your browser:   THIS FILE  OPENS 
>>UP OK., even while running AVG Antivirus. 
>>
>>http://www.dx4win.com/files/ updatesv9/update.INF
>>
>>.
>>
>>[update]
>>unconditional=1
>>descr=My update description
>>[files]
>>count=15
>>[file1]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/custawds.txt
>>localversion=custawds.txt
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=Custom Awards Database
>>newchecksum=-1437156677
>>filesize=13897301
>>[file2]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/awdmap.txt
>>localversion=awdmap.txt
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=Maps old Custom Awards to New Awards
>>newchecksum=-993615836
>>filesize=15762
>>[file3]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/islands.txt
>>localversion=islands.txt
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=IOTA Island names
>>newchecksum=989685161
>>filesize=324070
>>[file4]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/prf2iota.txt
>>localversion=prf2iota.txt
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=IOTAs by prefix
>>newchecksum=-424668373
>>filesize=12091
>>[file5]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/clusters.txt
>>localversion=clusters.txt
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=List of DX Clusters
>>newchecksum=1262121802
>>filesize=27383
>>[file6]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/mstrcals.dat
>>localversion=mstrcals.dat
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=Master List of Callsigns
>>newchecksum=-1638384776
>>filesize=1056379
>>[file7]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/members.dat
>>localversion=members.dat
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=Various Membership Lists for Packet
>>newchecksum=-1390689521
>>filesize=1500283
>>[file8]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/wpxdeltd.txt
>>localversion=wpxdeltd.txt
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=List of deleted WPX prefixes
>>newchecksum=124082783
>>filesize=8403
>>[file9]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/Dx4win.exe_NEW
>>localversion=Dx4win.exe
>>targetdir={app}
>>descr=DX4WIN Executable
>>newchecksum=-997195574
>>filesize=4224000
>>[file10]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/calendar.dat
>>localversion=calendar.dat
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=Current Calendar
>>newchecksum=-569660261
>>filesize=7508
>>[file11]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/ignsufs.txt
>>localversion=ignsufs.txt
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=List of ignored suffixes
>>newchecksum=-723677348
>>filesize=1224
>>[file12]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/country.dat
>>localversion=country.dat
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=Country Database
>>newchecksum=-1530132890
>>filesize=4554975
>>[file13]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/Dx4win.chm
>>localversion=Dx4win.chm
>>targetdir={app}
>>descr=Help file
>>newchecksum=634149896
>>filesize=2185888
>>[file14]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/HelpFile.pdf
>>localversion=HelpFile.pdf
>>targetdir={app}\docs
>>descr=Help file as pdf
>>newchecksum=-129400814
>>filesize=4573593
>>[file15]
>>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/impexpflt.dat
>>localversion=impexpflt.dat
>>targetdir={app}\save
>>descr=Import Export filters
>>newchecksum=1898483095
>>filesize=42408
>>[application]
>>appupdate=1
>>appname=dx4win.exe
>>silentrestart=1
>>appcomps=Dx4win.exe_NEW
>>.. ..
>>
>>
>

Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

2018-03-31 Thread Ed Stratton 
This is not a XP issue, it is a *Paul issue at DX4Win to fix*.   If you can
open the www URL at listed, then there is nothing wrong with XP.  As an
aside I can update N1MM+ with no issues. And load new versions of WSJT
without any problems.

w1zz

ed


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On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 3:21 AM, W1ZZ  wrote:

> XP is not the problem as the v9 updater worked before several times. And I
> can get to the .inf file opened with Firefox
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
> 
>
> On Friday, March 30, 2018, 10:07 PM, R.T.Liddy  wrote:
>
> Maybe if we could get the previous version of the Data Updaterthat DID
> run, then we could continue with our XP systems?Otherwise, we'll have to
> buy new computers merely to run ourLogging Program?  That doesn't seem
> practical/sensible.Everything worked fine on 1/31, which was the last timeI
> used the Data Updater. How can we go back to that?
> Bob  K8BL
>
>   From: Ed Stratton 
>
> To: R.T.Liddy 
> Cc: "DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net" ; Jim Reisert AD1C <
> jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
>
> All I have the same problem now too.  I have used the ver 9 updater
> before, and it worked ok.  ""Help and Check for Updates""
>
> What operating system?  My computer runs XP professional, Ver 2002, SP3
>
> Have you tried rebooting your computer?  YES,
>
> What happens if you try to open this URL in your browser:   THIS FILE
> OPENS UP OK., even while running AVG Antivirus.
>
> http://www.dx4win.com/files/ updatesv9/update.INF
>
> .
>
> [update]
> unconditional=1
> descr=My update description
> [files]
> count=15
> [file1]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/custawds.txt
> localversion=custawds.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Custom Awards Database
> newchecksum=-1437156677
> filesize=13897301
> [file2]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/awdmap.txt
> localversion=awdmap.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Maps old Custom Awards to New Awards
> newchecksum=-993615836
> filesize=15762
> [file3]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/islands.txt
> localversion=islands.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=IOTA Island names
> newchecksum=989685161
> filesize=324070
> [file4]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/prf2iota.txt
> localversion=prf2iota.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=IOTAs by prefix
> newchecksum=-424668373
> filesize=12091
> [file5]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/clusters.txt
> localversion=clusters.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=List of DX Clusters
> newchecksum=1262121802
> filesize=27383
> [file6]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/mstrcals.dat
> localversion=mstrcals.dat
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Master List of Callsigns
> newchecksum=-1638384776
> filesize=1056379
> [file7]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/members.dat
> localversion=members.dat
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Various Membership Lists for Packet
> newchecksum=-1390689521
> filesize=1500283
> [file8]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/wpxdeltd.txt
> localversion=wpxdeltd.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=List of deleted WPX prefixes
> newchecksum=124082783
> filesize=8403
> [file9]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/Dx4win.exe_NEW
> localversion=Dx4win.exe
> targetdir={app}
> descr=DX4WIN Executable
> newchecksum=-997195574
> filesize=4224000
> [file10]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/calendar.dat
> localversion=calendar.dat
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Current Calendar
> newchecksum=-569660261
> filesize=7508
> [file11]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/ignsufs.txt
> localversion=ignsufs.txt
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=List of ignored suffixes
> newchecksum=-723677348
> filesize=1224
> [file12]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/country.dat
> localversion=country.dat
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Country Database
> newchecksum=-1530132890
> filesize=4554975
> [file13]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/Dx4win.chm
> localversion=Dx4win.chm
> targetdir={app}
> descr=Help file
> newchecksum=634149896
> filesize=2185888
> [file14]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/HelpFile.pdf
> localversion=HelpFile.pdf
> targetdir={app}\docs
> descr=Help file as pdf
> newchecksum=-129400814
> filesize=4573593
> [file15]
> url=http://www.dx4win.com/files/updatesv9/impexpflt.dat
> localversion=impexpflt.dat
> targetdir={app}\save
> descr=Import Export filters
> newchecksum=1898483095
> filesize=42408
> [application]
> appupdate=1
> appname=dx4win.exe
> silentrestart=1
> appcomps=Dx4win.exe_NEW
> 
>
>
> What can I try now?
>
> W1ZZ
>
> Ed
>