Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit ... caution needed...

2011-01-06 Thread Mike
John, RE: Your 1a. After deleting the Linux partitions from Windows, using Acronis Disk Director, removing GRUB was easy. I Booted from my XP install CD, went into Recovery Console, and did 'fixmbr'. 73. Mike NF4L On 1/5/2011 12:28 PM, John Ragle wrote: As a long-time Unix and Linux user,

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-05 Thread Bob Naumann
, I don't give a rip. 73, Bob W5OV -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tommy Alderman Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 5:39 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit This is probably

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-05 Thread Jerry
OK, I see there are a lot of happy Win 7 folks on this subject so I'll take a minute and see if any of you can help with this Win 7 issue. I'm running Win 7 Home premium 64 bit. It works great for most things. I one issue I've run into and haven't been able to resolve? When I'm running HRD,

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-05 Thread Mike
Ron, I thought I'd try Linux, so I installed Julia Mint on my older (2.1 Celeron) flaptop. I cannot get it to connect to the internet. I had a LOONG exchange on the Mint groups, and no joy. It only fills a portion of the screen. The download was very long, and it was a real trial to

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-05 Thread Paul
This has also been my experience. The ubuntu Dual Boot installation works great. Or you can run ubuntu off a CD. No anti virus needed for ubuntu. You can get used to ubuntu but still have Windows. Paul N4LCD Bob, if you are that concerned about windose, why not look into Linux. Both 32 and

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit ... caution needed...

2011-01-05 Thread John Ragle
As a long-time Unix and Linux user, I have the following comments... 1. It is indeed possible to have a dual-boot machine running both WIN (e.g. WIN 7 or WIN XP) and Linux. 1a. The bootstrap loader (GRUB) is not easy to remove, and I would highly recommend you have a complete bit-image (not

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit ... caution needed...

2011-01-05 Thread Don Wilhelm
John, You are correct, GRUB is difficult to remove, In the past, I have given up and just format the hard drive and then re-load. However, I recently discovered on the Ubuntu website a loader that loads Ubuntu in a Windows computer. It can be removed with Windows Add/Remove Programs. It

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit ... caution needed...

2011-01-05 Thread Alan Bloom
Much as I hate Microsoft Windows, I have to admit that if you just want a computer that works, Windows is the best choice. If you don't mind climbing up a steep learning curve and spending hours playing around with the computer trying to get everything to work, then Linux is the way to go. I use

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-05 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
On 1/4/2011 11:41 PM, Dave Hachadorian wrote: Writelog won't drive an LPT Port under Win7/64. If you need the A/B signal or band info, or any of the other LPT stuff, you are out of luck. True. However, N1MM Logger, Win-Test, DX4Win, DXLab Suite, MMTTY (FSK via EXTFSK), and MMVARI (FSK

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-05 Thread Jerry
Tried that and it didn't work - Amateur Radio Operator N5GE n...@n5ge.com wrote: Run everything as administrator... 73, Tom Childers Radio Amateur N5GE Licensed since 1976 QCWA Life Member 35102 ARRL Life Member Retired Professional C# Software developer http://www.n5ge.net

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-05 Thread Bill K9YEQ
there. Good luck. Bill K9YEQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:43 PM To: List Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit Tried that and it didn't work - Amateur Radio

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-05 Thread Doug Person
Are you sure its Windows Permissions blocking you (which makes no sense)? If one program allocates the serial port then other programs are blocked from using it. Often, even after closing one program, you must reboot in order to make the serial port available to another program. I simply use

[Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread riese-k3djc
Gang looking to do an upgrade and they tell me that win 7 is finally working so my question is will the non commercial programs do OK with win 7/64 bit ,,, argo et all. FLDIGI and other uhh ham software. Should I stick wit, win 7 32 bit ?? Bob K3DJC

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread Don Wilhelm
Bob, There are going to be some ham applications that will not work with Win7 at all (either 32 bit or 64 bit). If you have an XP computer available, maybe now is the time to make it the dedicated hamshack computer which will free you to use the Win7 computer for non-ham related work. I for

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread Tommy Alderman
@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit Bob, There are going to be some ham applications that will not work with Win7 at all (either 32 bit or 64 bit). If you have an XP computer available, maybe now is the time to make it the dedicated hamshack computer which will free you to use

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread Mike
Unless there is a really compelling reason to change, I'd stick to XP. Win7 tightens down the screws, especially if you like to crawl around in the system and poke things. Since NT, MS has suggested that it's not good to write to files under the program files directory, but didn't enforce

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread Don Wilhelm
- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 6:05 PM To: riese-k3...@juno.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit Bob, There are going to be some ham applications

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread tuxman
Bob, if you are that concerned about windose, why not look into Linux. Both 32 and 64 bit. The Linux system comes in different flavors with more popular ones being Ubuntu, LinuxMint, Fedora. Google distro watch and view the complete list. You can download any os and try it without install

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
Don et al, You can run anything that runs on XP on Win 7 by installing an XP virtual machine on the computer. It's a free download from Microsoft's web site and you can have your choice of the 64 bit or 32bit version. You don't have to dual boot, and it won't run unless you start it up from

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread Don Wilhelm
Tom, That is good information, but actually, my choice is to have 2 computers - one for the shack and one for other personal stuff like email and documents. Computers have become a commodity item - you can buy a refurbished PC loaded with WinXP pro for less than $200. More than adequate

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread Randy Moore
I recently upgraded to a Win 7 (Home Premium) 64-bit machine and am successfully running Spectrogram 16, N1MM, HRD, LP-Bridge, PowerSDR/IF, and WinRadHD. Randy, KS4L __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread Tony Estep
snip ...so far I have found no ham related programs that will not run under Win 7 Yep, I have two Win 7 machines and have generally had excellent results. There still are some pieces of hardware (e.g. M-Audio studio sound interfaces) for which the Win 7 drivers either

Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit

2011-01-04 Thread Dave Hachadorian
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] win 7 32/64 bit snip ...so far I have found no ham related programs that will not run under Win 7 Yep, I have two Win 7 machines and have generally had excellent results. There still are some pieces of hardware (e.g. M-Audio studio sound interfaces