[WT-support] Problems observed at LZ9W M/M with Win-Test

[wally]

Hello Mario,

Thanks for your comments and questions.
The problem is that you are asking a dentist a specific computers linked
questions - Hi :-(.
The only reason for me writting here on this list on behalf of LZ9W guys is
that I am the one who can write in English sufficiently well - Hi.

In fact, we had to restart some PCs during the contests, but it has never
been the problem with other PCs after restarting a particular PC and
restarted PC worked OK after restart any time.

Blinking of monitors definetly was not linked to particular cluster spot or
sending GAB messages.
I have just talked on phone to Ross LZ1RGM and he will try to reproduce the
problem during the Christmas vacation.
I have just been told by him that anti-virus software is installed and was ON
and running constantly during the contests - so this may be the "key to the
shed's door" :-(.
During simulation he will "switch off" the anti-virus software and we'll see
if this one was causing the problems, we observed. I'll keep you informed on
test results.

Thanks to all of you for comments.

73, Wally LZ2CJ

--- Mario Lorenz <ml-wt at vdazone.org> написано:
> Am 13. Dec 2008, um 18:11:18 schrieb wally:
> > Hi Laurent,
> > 
> > That is Wally LZ2CJ from LZ9W M-M Contest Team.
> > As you know we have purchased recently Win-Test and we have used it in
M/M
> > Category in last CQWW SSB and CW 2008 tests.
> 
> Hello Wally,
> 
> We (DF0HQ) have been running WinTest as well, on a mixture of WinXP,
> Win2K, and Win98 machines, without the problems you mention. 
> There is still the occasional crash of some machines after the
> CLEARLOGNOW (Remote-)Command, but as that command is not used _during_
> the contest it didnt matter.
> 
> > After reaching the QSO number of  say over 5000 QSOs a simultaneous
> blinking
> > with appearance for a second or two of white blank screen on all monitors
> at
> > each operating position. This was combined with unability to transmit
> > normally on CW as a separate problem. After pushing the F1(or other)
> button
> > for example, it was taking 2 seconds for transmission to start and this
is
> > not good when one has 2 - 3 stations calling. There was a delay
> > in writing the calls in the log - similar delay of 2-3 seconds, too.
> 
> I have never seen a "simultaneous blinking white blank screen" on any,
> let alone all, machines. It would be very interesting to learn what
> happened here. Can you reproduce the exact time of this happening ?
> Can you verify if this per chance coincides with some GAB message
> someone might have sent, or some cluster spot ?
> Do you have, per chance, a backup of the contest log shortly before the
> problem happened, and if you activate your network, with this log, and
> then re-enter the QSOs, can the problem be reproduced ?
> 
> What did you do for the problem to go away ?
> 
> 73s,
> Mario
> 
> -- 
> Mario Lorenz                            Internet:    <ml at vdazone.org>
>                                         Ham Radio:  
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> Trust the computer industry to shorten "Year 2000" to Y2K.  It was this
kind
> of thinking that caused the problem in the first place.
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