RT48
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Three ways to run Windows apps on a Linux box
hands on: Easy, medium, and the sledgehammer approach – or any combination you fancy
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SDS200 database options?
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Thanks for the link, one of the ways mentioned was dual booting and in my book that's not running Windows apps on Linux. I did try setting up wine on Ubuntu - did get it installed but it was very messy. Did manage to get Proscan running in wine and was able to download some data from RR but I was not able to sort out the comms issue so I was not able to upload it into the scanner.Three ways to run Windows apps on a Linux box
hands on: Easy, medium, and the sledgehammer approach – or any combination you fancy
Oh well, it was worth a try but it's easier just to manually program the scanner.
Ubbe
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You have to use Sentinel to download the complete database. It will be stored in Windows document in a Uniden folder and then BCDx36HP and Profiles. There you have the HPDB folder with all files that you then can copy to the scanners SD card, if you take it out and use a SD card reader, or save to a common drive that can be accessed from your non networked Windows.
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Windows clock involves a few things. Windows time service, bios clock and cmos battery. If you google Windows 10 won’t keep proper time, lots come up with things to try to isolate and fix the issue.
How old is the mother board? If you boot into the bios and the time there is wrong, it may just be the battery. Those are usually CR 2032 lithium which can last from 2 to 10 years. If the time is correct then that would point towards Windows time service.
Thanks for the info. I will look into the time issue if I have any more trouble. The computer was keeping perfect minutes but kept moving the hours on reboots. My last effort was to set the time zone to UTC, manually enter the correct UTC time and turn off auto time. So far it has been stable. I think what is happening is Windows looses it's mind when It can't phone home and report everything I have done and my current location then just uses the default time zone.
Update: the USB to Ethernet adapter I bought works perfectly and this let me setup a vlan on my Opnsense router.
After some trial and error I was able to get just the NTP service to work. Only had NTP and DNS open then tested it on the dual boot computer. Ubuntu timedatectl cmd showed good on the time service so I rebooted into Windows 10 and watched the show on the Opnsence live view.
Windows put on quite a show! It went nuts trying to access stuff even though I had nothing open.
Windows cmd w32tm /query /status showed good on the Time
Ended up unplugging the Ethernet cable because of concerns of the log files getting really big fast.
Not sure what the next thing to try is but I'm having fun learning Opnsense.
After some trial and error I was able to get just the NTP service to work. Only had NTP and DNS open then tested it on the dual boot computer. Ubuntu timedatectl cmd showed good on the time service so I rebooted into Windows 10 and watched the show on the Opnsence live view.
Windows put on quite a show! It went nuts trying to access stuff even though I had nothing open.
Windows cmd w32tm /query /status showed good on the Time
Ended up unplugging the Ethernet cable because of concerns of the log files getting really big fast.
Not sure what the next thing to try is but I'm having fun learning Opnsense.
If you are this Paranoid I hope you do not have an Apple, Samsung or Google Cellphone.
I'm not Paranoid, everybody is out to get me ;-)
Conclusion for anybody that might run across this thread: Looks like tzukows has the best idea, "I bought an open-box ASUS Windows 11 laptop for about $150 and used the option that allows you to install non-MS apps (switch Windows 11 out of "S Mode"). This is just for my scanners. Databases and favorites lists are very small, so bare bones laptop. No need for huge hard drives or tons of memory. Simple but does the job."
A separate computer set aside just for the scanner software is the best option. That way my dual boot computer that has some old ham radio software on it and another OS will not get clobbered by the Windows updates. I'm going to simply use it as I have been (air gaped from the Internet).
I will be looking for a cheap lap top or an Industrial mini pc to install windows 10 on.
Then I can limit the bandwidth on the vlan the laptop or mini pc will be connected to so the Windows massive updates do not cause streaming or VOIP phone issues.
A separate computer set aside just for the scanner software is the best option. That way my dual boot computer that has some old ham radio software on it and another OS will not get clobbered by the Windows updates. I'm going to simply use it as I have been (air gaped from the Internet).
I will be looking for a cheap lap top or an Industrial mini pc to install windows 10 on.
Then I can limit the bandwidth on the vlan the laptop or mini pc will be connected to so the Windows massive updates do not cause streaming or VOIP phone issues.
Ubbe
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Isn't your VOIP device automatically using Quality Of Service protocols to get priority? If I download programs to Xbox and PC at the same time and watching a video streaming I can see that downloads take a backseat and go slower while streaming still works okay and I never heard any issues while using VOIP. I think it was a setting in my VOIP box that where for QoS.
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Yes my new router has lots of advanced Qos options and if I use a vlan there is even more control.
Have not had any issues now that I'm on fiber. Just like the idea of limiting Windows.
After reading this thread, I recommend a tinfoil hat for the OP.
The cheap laptop has updated Windows twice over home wi-fi since I've had it. Nothing terrible happened and went pretty quick on update installs. ProScan and Sentinel run without any issues after updates completed. While enough memory and drive space for the scanner apps and database, there is not a ton of extra memory to go crazy with other stuff like my TurboTax or have the MS Office suite or do any photo/video edits... So the perfect excuse to simply keep the little ASUS "just for my scanner stuff and nothing else..." It works well for me and handles what I need to do for data/firmware updates (with Sentinel) and building/managing all my favorites (with ProScan).
