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Re: HP 4192A GPIB measurements


 

It wasn't from a 'dodgy site'. It was from a well known software site that I had downloaded hundreds of programs from, over a ten year period. That ONE file was hacked. I had downloaded it and used it on a different computer a few days earlier with no problems. I deleted the hacked file and downloaded a fresh copy about six hours later, and that file was OK.

Do whatever you want with your systems. I just avoid known risks.

Microsoft may have corrected that 'feature', but I prefer Wordpad because it has always worked better, until Win7. I copied the XP version to my Win7 computers, because it didn't give me the option of saving new files as .htm/.html I've created dozens of websites with just Wordpad. They are flashy, but they are compact and don't load dozens or hundreds of scripts into the user's system. There are a few different CSS, and just one tiny Javascript for the Email button to function. That file also sets the copyright date on the pages.

I've never installed or used Word, Works or any of their other bloatware. I have repaired and built PCs for over 30 years. I've done hundreds, and any program that ran micros was considered a security risk.

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian
Sent: Feb 8, 2019 3:46 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP 4192A GPIB measurements

I'm the last person on the planet to defend anything from Micro$oft but isn't it a bit harsh to blame an application if you download it from a dodgy site?
That aside FWIW I like Notepad++, I'm not a proper programmer but I've used it for years. It can be used in a basic way but is highly configurable and 'knows' a bunch of languages so when writing in EzGPIB for example, just set it to Pascal and keywords and so on are highlighted. Lots of plugins around, like a very handy hex editor/viewer which I found invaluable when trying to figure out what the heck was going on when downloading data sets from a spectrometer using EzGPIB as the controller.
Oh yes, it's released under Gnu license and so it's free too!
Adrian

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