I hate Windows 98.

Yes, that's all I had to say.

[HalfaBee]

I hate windoze too.

I upgraded to XP its a bit better but now I need a faster computer
and some of my favorite software won't work.

HalfaBee

Is Win XP good enough? Because within a week I'll be getting a new computer, most likely with Windows XP Home.

[zeroseven]

XP s'all good

[Laurey]

I've had XP for awhile now.. upgraded from 98SE (well.. did a format/fresh install.. but that's what everyone means when they say upgrade.. right????). It is more stable than 98, by a LOT. I did notice a drop in processing speed.. but an increase in network communication speed and boot-up.

Not sure why they feel the need to hide things (anyone want to start a pool on how long it took Laurey to find DeFrag???) or move things around.. but once I got used to it.. LOVE IT.

Course.. you couldn't make me touch ME w/a 15ft pole... but that's a story for another day
-L

[RSaucier]

I'm a fan of XP...Pro anyway. A friend just got a new Sony Vaio laptop and has had all kinds of issues with XP Home.

I'd see if you can get Pro on the new 'puter. Runs fine on a 1GHz/256MB system...even runs acceptably on a 750MHz.

IMO, XP is MUCH more stable than any of the 9x code-base and has been more stable than Win2000 for me. I leave my 'puter on 24x7 and I may reboot once a month --- by CHOICE!

[(jj)]

Laurey,

You do know what the "ME" stood for don't you? It was Microsofts Masochistic Experience.

But then I've heard some say that XP stands for Xtremely Painful

[zeroseven]

Originally posted by Laurey
Not sure why they feel the need to hide things (anyone want to start a pool on how long it took Laurey to find DeFrag???) or move things around.. but once I got used to it[/b]

You know, there IS a way to set back the settings to the way Windows 98/etc was. I set it back like that, except for the look... the slightly bubbly look is cool

Course.. you couldn't make me touch ME w/a 15ft pole... but that's a story for another day

Hahahaha

[Bradley]

Still running ME here about to make the plung I think to XP Pro. We have another computer with XP Home on it here, and I haven't restarted it in ummmmmmmmm forever because I don't need to! I restart my ME computer at least 5 times an hour or so... haha

[zeroseven]

Oh yuck! ME... yuck!

Oh my god, somebody up there said rebooting only once a month! Damn, I got to do that like 20 times a week in my Win98 OS!

[paulselhi]

i have just finished a complete overhaul of my pc removing win 98 and putting on win2k , then i login and see this post !!!

perviously i dual booted to 98 and w2k adv server simply beacuse i was happy with 98 and wasn't sure about program compatability, also my av wouldn't run on 2k. now i have upgraded my av and have checked all my progs out i have dumped 98 and gone totally w2k service pack 3

the performance improvement is staggering, but you have to remember that any time you do a clean install, even if it's the same o/s again, you will get a performance boost beacause the pc gets nice and clean, feels pampered and bounces around like a sping lamb (for a while)

saying that, w2k and xp run on the same architecture as nt whilst me and 98 run on the win 95 architecture which is a bit constrained

i have heard that 2kpro is a better bet then xp because xp is really bloated with microsoft add ons, i am not to sure as i don't have xp, but i would imagine if you cleaned a lot of junk out and tweaked it it would be as good if not better than 2k pro

[Laurey]

You do know what the "ME" stood for don't you? It was Microsofts Masochistic Experience.

ROFL.. that is dead on with my experiences! I really haven't had much probs w/XP though.. I reboot once or twice a week (right before I record a show.. or need to edit out commercials), but it's only for 'freshness'.. I have left it on for 6 weeks - no reboot.

You know, there IS a way to set back the settings to the way Windows 98/etc was

Yup.. but if I used those.. I'd still be viewing my screen as it was w/windows 3.1 <G> Gotta get used to the differences when it comes out.. or I may never do it.

As I sit here with three computer one on Linux one on Mac OS and one on W2Kpro two have not been rebooted in 4 months (and yes they are powered up and running) I bet you can't guess which hasn't been rebooted in 4 months.

the penguin and the apple.

Originally posted by (jj)
Laurey,

You do know what the "ME" stood for don't you? It was Microsofts Masochistic Experience.

But then I've heard some say that XP stands for Xtremely Painful

I like those. Here's a few more for you:

Windows 98SucksEggs
Windows 3.1 (out of a possible 10 points)
Windows 2000 (cost, in US dollars, to upgrade 10 users)
Windows 95 (average number of bugs encountered during boot-up)

And just to poke fun at the Windows haters:
(wish I could)Be(an)OS
Mac OS X (11th time's gotta be the charm)
Unix (what could be funnier than sounding like "eunuchs"?)
FreeButStillDreck
Linux (almost like Unix; doesn't Mel Brooks have a joke about that?)

i just had to give ya'll my input! i love win98SE!!! it's the bomb! seriously. i refuse to upgrade my OS or my computer! 650 mHz PIII, 384 MB PC100 RAM, 27 GB HD, and the ORIGINAL GeForce graphics card. beat that. i reboot about once a day and my hard drive has started making noises, but i still won't upgrade.

Long Live WIN98!
brad

[Ddr]

I am using a machine that is a little older than yours (I know, but replacement is just going to have to wait a while). Its a PII 450 with lots of RAM and two HD. I thought one of the drives was making noise, too, but it was actually the fan. The bearings had dried up.

What I did was use a pair of tin snips, clip the shroud covering the fan at the back of my mid tower case enough so that I could "hinge" the shroud open to get access to the back of the fan unit. There was a sticker that covered the plastic cap that protected the end of the fan shaft from dust. I peeled the sticker back, popped the cap, and put a few drops of fishing reel oil on the shaft. VOILA!!! Quiet machine again. You can use any light machine oil. "3 in 1" is a popular brand. I smoothed the sharp cut edges of the metal fan shroud with a file, then bent it back to cover the fan blades.

And yes, I know, opening the case the way I did and peeling the sticker violates all kinds of warrantee clauses, but the machine is about to celebrate it's 4th birthday and warrantees are not an issue any more.

Dale

thanks dale, i'll do that. then i will stop scaring me at night when i'm trying to sleep

[(jj)]

Dale,

You know that a new fan for the power supply runs between $5 and $10... Saves having to "modify" the case and they aren't THAT hard to replace, ya just have to remember to unplug the power cord or you have a "shocking good time".

Brad... Maybe I'm just paranoid anymore, but I never leave a computer or monitor turned on when I go to bed or leave the house. I've seen too many computers and monitors that have went up in flames, even with all the "protection" circuits that they have in place. Remember, electronic equipment was designed by "man" and "man" does make mistakes.


Just my "For What It's Worth"

[Bradley]

haha funny thread. I think for Christmas I am going to give myself windows xp and save my self a million head aches.

PS: Sorry I haven't been around much. Things have been uncontrolably busy here lately. Luckly Thanksgiving holidays are very near!

[Croc Hunter]

98 SE was the best by far "user friendly' edition.
Xp Home ain't to bad, fast, still went back to 98 SE.
Xp Pro has a mind of it's own, again back to 98 SE.

Might be my 'ball and chain' but think I'll stick with 98 SE.

[rainbore]

As long as we're all trashing Win98 - and I'm perfectly willing to join they fray - I would also appreciate some help.

My wife's computer runs Win98 and the other day it stopped displaying her wallpaper graphic. Normally, my brute-force solution to all such problems (that is, either (a) simply re-boot, and/or (b) go into the Control Panel and restore all related defaults) quickly repairs any problems she has, but this time its not working. I go into the Display Control Panel, pull up the wallpaper tab, select her .bmp graphic from the list, click "Apply" and absolutely nothing happens. The only wallpaper I can get to appear are the .html types. Other graphic software still displays this file on her system without any problems, but I can't get it to appear as wallpaper at all. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

[(jj)]

Go into the "Display Properties" and select the "Web" tab then see if the "View my Active Desktop as a Web Page" is checked. If so, uncheck it.

One other area where this may cause this problem, is to open the Windows Explorer and go to "View" and see if the "As Web Page" is checked in the View menu.


Just my "For What It's Worth"

[rainbore]

Worked like a charm.


Thanks, jj!

[user00265]

XP works good on my pc, BUT I simply HATE every single time it crashes, It is a pain in the a#@ cus after that every time you turn it off explorer.exe hangs and when you turn it on it says Windows has recovered from a serious error (this happens no matter what you do) and I have the latest patches/updates.

I notably prefer W2k, but XP is OK.

Windows ME (Mileium Edition) = JOKE =>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DO YOU KNOW WHY MICROSOFT INVENTED ME BEFORE W2K?

- GIVE UP?

THEY FIRST CREATED THE SCRATCH TO CREATE THE MASTERPIECE!

HAPPY DECEMBER 1ST!!



-E

Oh my god, how big and great this thread has become! What have I created!

Anyways, I went ahead and upgraded everything. Actually, I went out and bought a cool $2Gs worth Sony Vaio system. It's a 2.4GHz, 512 RAM, RX series machine with Windows XP Home Edition. I'm on it right now and it's super fassssst!

However, there are some things I don't like - like the total organization and structure. I mean, there's two hard drives! And you have a hard time finding things that you downloaded or saved, or simple folders like the Cookies folder or the My Downloaded Fiiles folder! Whew! I'm still on the mission.

Well, atleast it's better than that old Windows 98 machine.

First of all, out of a pile of questions I'm going to ask later on, how do I even get shortcuts in that thing that is opposite the system tray. It's supposed to quickly launch stuff. Like MSIE or to show the desktop or something. Nothing's even there!

Oh well, I think it's just a matter of time until I'm used to it.

Maybe I actually should've installed Linux!

[HalfaBee]

I've had XP pro running for weeks and never rebooted.

Ouch did I say a Windoze product actually ran for more than 7 days without rebooting.

SLAP my (_x_) and call me whatever you want!

XP must be close to the best thing MS has ever produced!

Off to play with my linux box now, just to keep it happy!

HalfaBee

[paulselhi]

i'm not to familiar with WXP i run Windows advanced server and i was thinking, with the 2 drives can you not consolidate them into a volume set or spanned volume, thus giving both drives the same drive letter ?

[HalfaBee]

I haven't heard of that being done -- its not UNIX you know.

HalfaBee

I have no idea about making both hard drives into one.

But I think the reason for two drives (C & D) is to process two or more user accounts at the same time (when both are logged on), I think.

But why do you want to do that?
For simplicity's sake, huh?

Well, if you find out how, please post back! Because I'd do the same thing if I knew how.

[paulselhi]

and for that matter windows nt allows you to do this, you can create spanned volumes, volume sets, software raid, you can also mount virtual drives to folders (so you would mount a new partition to say Y:/this is a new partition) in effect you are redirecting to the partition all read and wriye requests to that folder so any requests you send to y:/this is a new partition wil be routed to the new partition even thought the real drive y is on a different partition

advantage ? you can't run out of drive letters, and you can effectively enlarge a volume on a disk for example if drive y is running short of space you add a new disk, create a volume on that disk then map the new volume to an empty folder on drive y, drive y now effectively becomes larger by the size of the new volume

the new volume could also be a stripe set with parity or a mirror set (in other words you could map a RAID volume to the folder on the y drive even though the y drive itself may not be fault tolerant)

volumes as alternatives to partitions:

a partition is confined to a single drive however you can create a simple spanned volume or stripped volume set across several disks and they share the same drive letter, normal volume sets across several disks will not give any performance gain though you do have the advantage of a single drive letter

you can get a performance gain if you use a stipped set across 2 or more disks (without parity) RAID 0,data is distributed across the disk set and the read and write time will be improved because you can access both disks at the same time

[paulselhi]

are not for dual processing of accounts they are simply to either give you more space or for fault tolerance if you mirror the 2 drives

Woooooooowwwwwwwwww.

Never knew that.

I don't get it.....