computer issues are the worst

[Charles Dunlop]

I've had it, so many computer crashes and programs not working correctly, I've got my IT guys at Ambry installing XP pro and wiping the hard drive. Last night for instance I was fixed on a star cluster and CCDautopilot crashed... then I restarted and did the same cluster but just with CCDsoft and SkyX running, and it crashed again. Something is wrong, and I'm tripping out. So I wiped the drive and am starting again with XP, which we know works well with all of these programs.

[Charles Dunlop]

That's my first programmed run on Autopilot. It's cloudy so the guider didn't work obviously, but yeah, my setup is working apparently.

[Charles Dunlop]

Exposure hours: 0.0 0.0 0.0
Average Altitude: -1 -7 -7
Recommended Combine Ratio: 11.24 1.00 2.19


Dark and bias frames elapsed time: 0.02 hours
Start: 10:14
End: 10:16
1 dark frame(s), 5.0 sec. exposure, Red filter, 1x1
1 bias frame(s), Red filter, 1x1
1 bias frame(s), Green filter, 1x1
1 bias frame(s), Blue filter, 1x1
1 bias frame(s), Luminance filter, 1x1

Dawn flat Frames elapsed time: 0.04 hours
Start: 22:16
End: 22:18
1 flat frame(s), Red filter, 1x1, 0° PAEast
1 flat frame(s), Green filter, 1x1, 0° PAEast
1 flat frame(s), Blue filter, 1x1, 27° PAEast
1 flat frame(s), Luminance filter, 1x1, 0° PAEast

Astronomical dawn: 00:00
Civil dawn: 00:00
Dawn: 05:58

Updated Activity Times
1x1 Download Time: 9.4 sec.
2x2 Download Time: 0.0 sec.
3x3 Download Time: 0.0 sec.
Focus Time: 0.0 sec.
Meridian Flip Time: 0.0 sec.
Plate Solve Time: 0.0 sec.
Adjustment/Frame: 2.0 sec.

22:18:33 Session completed

[Trevor Woodrow]

Did see it! I was like...hey, I have that hat! lol

[Charles Dunlop]

no. lol. Hey did you see Hawaii five-o last night? Pretty cool.

[Trevor Woodrow]

Was this the cpu Kala was playing on?

[Charles Dunlop]

I run it on a desktop. It's a new computer, 8 gig ram, etc. Should be able to handle all of these programs as many others are handling it. I'm not doing anything off as it were.

[Trevor Woodrow]

You don't think it is becayuse you are asking too much from your laptop do you? Or doyou think it is just a matter of the different programs not liking each other?