Actually, this is one of the worst ways Microsoft could handle updates.
I work in information security for a hospital. I shudder to think what
would happen if patching reset our life-saving critical clinical systems
to all the default settings every month. Our infrastructure team would
spend all their time putting out fires.
While the impact for end-users isn't as life-or-death, it is still
unreasonable to think that every time our systems get patched/updated,
we have to reconfigure them. This is amplified by the fact that
Microsoft no longer gives the home user any advance notice of when their
system will be patched, nor way to disable automated patching.
73 de,
Ian, NV4C
On 6/7/20 4:21 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
Since Microsoft does not know of every piece of software, on every
Windows computer in the world, for simplicity, very often a Windows
update will set values to DEFAULT values. Therefore, it is necessary
for the user to set certain parameters to their preferred values after
an update. I view that this is no fault of Windows, it is just the
way they handle updates. Unless one is very familiar with the
in-depth operation of Windows, it is wise for anyone to make notes of
values, locations and they way one access certain application settings.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 6/7/2020 2:48 PM, barry halterman wrote:
This is a classic case of CRE or Cosmic Ray Effect. No reason, just
happens.
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 1:51 PM Ian Kahn, NV4C <nv4c....@gmail.com> wrote:
Ray,
By any chance did your first computer receive any updates from
Microsoft
recently? MS updates are well-known to completely bugger custom
settings, including COM port settings.
Just a thought.
73 de,
Ian, NV4C
On 6/7/20 10:42 AM, Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft wrote:
Hi Buck
What did I do to fix it?
Well I left the K3S disconnected for an hour or so while I read the
"trouble
shooting" sections in the owners manuals. I decided to change the
power
supply & use a different PC & a different USB cable.
To my surprise the K3S then started normally & with the new PC I was
able to
download a new copy of the Utility program & the latest firmware. This
connected immediately to the K3S.
So, what was wrong & why did it not work before?
I have absolutely no idea!
73 Ray G3XLG
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