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31. March 2007 @ 21:07 |
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1. April 2007 @ 03:48 |
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i'd imagine that if you get around all the DRM crapola you'll have trouble applying Windows updates. But let's face it, who wants or needs those ?. Windows machines at work (XP) are prone to all sorts of issues due to Windows bugs i mean updates. I personally never apply Windows updates, haven't for years. As long as you have a decent firewall, are hidden nicely behind a router all should be good. Of course i mainly use Linux but i do use XP heavily but my point is that Windows Updates are not always necessary to use a system. Most of my XP machines are only as up to date as whenever XP2 came out, and all my machines are super stable & virus/spyware free - now stick that up your updates Microsoft :P
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1. April 2007 @ 08:28 |
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Dell have seen the light.. We need to break the cartel and get other retailers to realise an OS isn't COMPULSORY!!
I see this turkey going the same way as ME very quickly.. there are still more people running 98 than have changed existing systems to vista.. hahahahaha
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1. April 2007 @ 09:24 |
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hello creaky.
jan, i use 98se on my main desktop but have xp pro on my laptop.
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1. April 2007 @ 09:28 |
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hey ddp/jan.
i have XP on my 3 laptops, all 3 are dual-boot with Mandriva Linux, various other machines are XP or to be rebuilt, but no Vista shennanigans here, no siree
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1. April 2007 @ 09:29 |
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ddp
on ye 98se how do ye get past the max ram of 512 problem?
i have the same basic dos on my 2000 system as win-98 has..
dos can be selected at win start up,its a hp 2000 install disk
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1. April 2007 @ 09:35 |
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janrocks
ya MS needs to learn the subtletis of OS's not software hiberly,make a OS thats fast and reliable tact on the extra crap as extra not forced into it so you have to buy a new computer...
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Lets renegotiate them.
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1. April 2007 @ 09:46 |
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ireland, i have 512meg installed currently but i have a customer that ran 1gig of ram on both his computer & wife's computer for upto several months before upgrading to xp with no problems.
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1. April 2007 @ 09:58 |
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ddp
I have 3 gig ram on my system, on 3 hd's,98se,2000,and xp selected with a abc switch.. 98se does not cause a problem,its does not use the extra ram..
i though ye had a answer..
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ddp
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1. April 2007 @ 10:05 |
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their 98se saw the entire 1gig of ram in windows besides in the bios.
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1. April 2007 @ 10:31 |
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DDP
Windows 9x Power Pack Patch 4.1
Author: jimmsta
Date: 2006-07-28
Size: 73.3 Mb
License: Freeware
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Windows 9x Power Pack includes:
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· MDGx's 98SE2Me
· Tihiy's (re-release) RPLite v5, and instructions/zip for lameskin v6 preview.
· 7-Zip
· Windows Media Player 9.0 + Codecs
· MDGx's Windows Media Player 10.0 for Win98SE
· Xeno86's Kernel Update Project v0.2.7
· Maximus Decim's NUSB, NUSB Decorator patches
· Maximus Decim's MDAC update package
· Maximus Decim's IE6.0 components update for Win98SE
· Microsoft XML Update
and much more
DOWNLOAD HERE
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Windows_9x_Power_Pack_Patch_d5203.html
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1. April 2007 @ 11:11 |
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ireland
how stable is 98 now adays?
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Lets renegotiate them.
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1. April 2007 @ 11:19 |
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I have no problems with 98 or 2000..in fact 2000 is more stable then xp-poor,in fact xp is a copy of 2000 with a touch of me in it..
i been using xp since i was a beta tester for it and got a free copy..
i had to reformat xp so meny times i lost the count.
win-2000 on the original system reformed once in 2000...and thats what i am using now to post..
i do have ghosts back ups incase i run into a problem i can not fix..
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1. April 2007 @ 18:19 |
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I LOVE MICROSOFT-VISTA,NOT!!!
So i madE a pix of me PAL eating all the vistas systems returned back to mircosuck.....wait until next month he will be over 600 lbs........
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1. April 2007 @ 20:36 |
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Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:
How stable is 98 nowadays?
IMO, 2000 SP4 is the king of MS systems. I've been using 98 SE for many years and haven't had major problems with it. Had to swith to XP only when some crucial software wasn't compatible with 98, and every USB flash drive required new driver installation. In my experience most 98 stability problems came with computers being preloaded and overloaded with crapware. On a clean new install 98 runs smooth, however to keep it stable you need to restart your PC at least once a day or whenever a hiccup occurs.
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1. April 2007 @ 20:39 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:
How stable is 98 nowadays?
IMO, 2000 SP4 is the king of MS systems. I've been using 98 SE for many years and haven't had major problems with it. Had to swith to XP only when some crucial software wasn't compatible with 98, and every USB flash drive required new driver installation. In my experience most 98 stability problems came with computers being preloaded and overloaded with crapware. On a clean new install 98 runs smooth, however to keep it stable you need to restart your PC at least once a day or whenever a hiccup occurs.
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pretty much my EXP with it a clean install is always best for 98,I just run XP nowadays at least since 01 or 02 XP is good enough,I really need to build a 98 PC for my older games :3
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Lets renegotiate them.
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3. April 2007 @ 03:17 |
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I haven't had any problems with Vista, I think it's great, although the security can be very annoying, and it copied my favorite os, OS X. But i still like it.
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3. April 2007 @ 08:41 |
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hey, finally I hear from somebody that likes vista, thats one out of about 200 people I talked to so far, so thats what like 1/2%, well its a start!!
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janrocks
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3. April 2007 @ 09:55 |
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Wait until they decide to implement the full DRM capabilities in the next round of updates.. Then we will see some serious crying.
There are already tinges of this cropping up.. somebody who has tried to copy a dvd and now has no burner installed.. another who tried to play some DRM loaded downloaded music without a licence to find all music playing software disabled..
It can only get better (for those of us who really love a good laugh at others misfortune)
@FredBun.. try going dual boot with debian or mandriva.. I can promise you will like/be impressed with what you see.
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3. April 2007 @ 10:14 |
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Originally posted by janrocks:
@FredBun.. try going dual boot with debian or mandriva.. I can promise you will like/be impressed with what you see.
indeed. plus see how much more performance you will get from your machine as opposed to MS Schmista.
i'm just installing a few 100mb of Mandriva updates on one of my old laptops, no DRM here, hehe :P
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3. April 2007 @ 14:55 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:
How stable is 98 nowadays?
IMO, 2000 SP4 is the king of MS systems. I've been using 98 SE for many years and haven't had major problems with it. Had to swith to XP only when some crucial software wasn't compatible with 98, and every USB flash drive required new driver installation. In my experience most 98 stability problems came with computers being preloaded and overloaded with crapware. On a clean new install 98 runs smooth, however to keep it stable you need to restart your PC at least once a day or whenever a hiccup occurs.
Most stability problems with Win 98 happened, because it was a poor OS. Pretty much a no brainer there.
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3. April 2007 @ 17:02 |
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i have windows vista because it came with the xps410,and the only thing giving me problems is that some of the programs i have on my windows xp i cant transfer them vista and the games dont really look different
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3. April 2007 @ 17:21 |
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Honestly.. I can't detect anything actually NEW in vista..
NTFS file system.. big folder of dll hell, exploitable cursor, WGA, hibernate mode (much made of this last week in some hype), software compatibility problems, crashy... sounds just like XP.. oh wait, pretty resource hog desktop....
What's so special about that? If you are spending lots of time looking at your desktiop then you ain't using your computer for anything.. though with vista that might be the reason you need a pretty desktop.. because vista won't let you do anything with your computer because you are a pirate intent on stealing content from disks or off the internet..
Looking at the hardware specs you need and the performance hit after investing all that money to keep the mpaa's stuff safe from you, then you might as well go out and buy a $20 pentium 3 and run linux on it. It will probably seem faster.
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3. April 2007 @ 18:37 |
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@ silver112
thats exactly why i dual booted xp and vista
I know whats new, ms copied os x, =)
I love linux but can't get wine to work =(
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3. April 2007 @ 18:44 |
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wine? Try pinching a copy of your system32 folder off xp and putting it in your fake windows folder under the .wine directory.
So what is new in vista?.. I can't resist asking
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