Re: computer network on Discovery unreliable?

"Brian Gaff" <Briang1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:X4oJe.84044$G8.17156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> On many Communications on this mission they seem to have had to
> reboot the systems to get a machine called proshare visible on the
> ground in order to transfer data. What version of Windows are they
> using?Sounds like 98, surely not!!

It's 98SE. They really need to replace the laptops before they can upgrade
the OS; the 760XDs just don't have the muscle to run anything more modern.

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