I had a virus causing similar problems a while back.
I got ito the habit of using Start->AllPrograms->Accessories->SystemTools->SystemRestore
You can use it to save 'Checkpoints' and recover them.
It saved a lot of aggravation and should work for you.
There're a couple of conditions for which I...
The antennas are normally/commonly oriented vertically for a roughly 'horizontal' 'connection'.
Have you tried, simply, rotating the boxes/antennas, so that antennas are horizontal? preferably parallel, unit to unit?
You could also try adding reflectors (watch distance re wavelength), positioned...
I was beginning to wonder if FORTRAN programmers were being put to pasture.
FORTRAN and Windows, eh?
I was recently offered a contract to port a FORTRAN application to an SQL environment!?
Pretty wierd "skillset" required, eh?
Steven C. Potter I.S.P., IEng, MIED
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