Win 10 Upgrade 1909

W9WLX_Chuck

Using v3.1.8 and upgraded to Win 10 1909 without any DAX naming issues.  The upgrade seemed pretty light, so not sure if there was anything in the upgrade that would have caused the problem.   In any event, thanks Flex team for resolving this one!

Chuck, W9WLX

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John WA7UAR

Yes. For me, since upgrading to version 3.1.7, I have not had any Win 10 DAX renaming issues. 

Santiago Mejia HI8O

That is something I must consider then, because I’m upgrading to a new shack PC with Windows 10.

Rick Hadley - W0FG

Santiago Mejia HI8O

Finally made the move to version 3.1.x to go with my new shack PC. Fingers crossed for Windows 10 updates from now on.

Ernest - W4EG

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W9WLX_Chuck

You can set DAX and CAT to auto launch with SSDR.  On the DAX and CAT control panels, check the On Startup, Auto Connect Last Radio. uto 

WA2SQQ

Yes, already done. 

Logan KE7AZ

I "downgraded" from Win 7 to Win 10.  Lots of problems from a formerly stable, reliable system.  The 1909 upgrade had downloaded but not installed.  When I opened SmartSDR, I got a portcls.sys BSOD.  A couple of reboots and 1909 installed.  When I opened SmartSDR, all of my CAT entries were gone and I had the default set!  The virtual ports are still listed in the Device Manager.  So the adventure begins as I try to restore my setup....  A knob radio looks better every day that my $1500 deposit sits in Watsonville waiting for the new year.f

W9WLX_Chuck

WA2SQQ

W9WLX_Chuck

I also take it one step further and have a short .bat file that I run which does a 'taskkill' on each task Smart SDR may be running--just to make sure there are no remnants left running.

WK2Y

Logan KE7AZ

I tried that but it didn't work.  I put in a Help Desk ticket and Tim pointed me to a file that I needed to delete.  That fixed the problem.

Logan KE7AZ

I usually uninstall SmartSDR before an update.  Unfortunately, unknown to me, the 1909 update was lurking in the background waiting for a reboot.  When I started SmartSDR to check a frequency, I got the PORTCLS.SYS BSDOD and it shut down SmartSDR, forced a reboot and "we are off to the races."  Got it straightened out with a Help Desk ticket, this morning.

W9WLX_Chuck

Yep, deleting CAT.setting is part of the procedure.  Pleased to hear you're back up!

Santiago Mejia HI8O

k3Tim

Same story here, two PC's updated with latest 1909 and no issues.

WA2SQQ

My Intel Nuc refuses to complete the update. It fails and gives me a screen that it needs to gather more info. Following that it shuts down. Two more attempts eventually gets me to a self repair mode which reverts back to the previous 1903 version. I’ve tried all the on line suggestions including trying to update from ab ISO downloaded from MS. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

aa3ssradio

I had to uninstall Smart SDR then do the update then reinstall Smart SDR on my NUC.

WA2SQQ

There has been some discussion both here and on the Flex Community about installation problems related to the latest Windows 10 update. I have an i5 Intel NUC as my Flex backup computer and recently received a popup message that build 1903 was nearing the end of its life cycle. I decided to do the update. Multiple attempts got me to ~ 80%, after which I got a blue page informing me a problem occurred and “information must be collected”. After another 2 reboots it went into a “self diagnostic” mode and eventually reverted to the previous version. This cycle continued for about 2 weeks. None of the “solutions” I found online worked. On Dave’s (WO2X) suggestion I even downloaded the ISO image of the latest version and tried an update by booting from the thumb drive – still, no success. On the same page MS offers an upload assistant where you can download the latest version which appears to totally manually install Win 10 and reboot. It took 45 minutes, but it worked! I’m now using “20H2” Build 19042.630.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

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