Upgrading to WinXP is Arse

brainwashed more likely 😖

Indeed!

Have you heard about some guy in America called Micheal Roe. He's a software designer or something, anyway he's registered his website and called it michealrow.com and microsoft spat their dummies out cos they thought it was too much like their name! How sad is that!

and did he win the case?

Still on going apparently. Microsoft did at least offer to pay him back his site registration fee... wait for it... £5.00!

How long did it take you to get hacked from installing? You might have broken a record...

well, braking into by a bug from microsoft isn't that difficult raz😉

Originally posted by Raz
How long did it take you to get hacked from installing? You might have broken a record...

Well the SP1 was probably about half downloaded when I got the 'Remote Procedure Call Service terminated unexpectedly, windows will now shut down' message. Given that I have broadband, probably about 5 or 10 minutes 🙁 😮 😠 😠 😠

Yeah, I've got an XP, Baylin. The graphics card is an arse and white washes the screen whenever you strain it with complicated video games. Jedi Outcast, my friend spawned a bazillion stormtroopers, whited washed!

cause you have a crappy pc, rex 😛

My PCs not too bad far an oldish machine P3 1Ghz, 256Mb ram, 32Mb ATI Rage128 Pro Graphics.

still... it isn't exactly good 😖

the graphical card needs updating fast

btw just wondering who wins the fastest crash record?
when I installed win2k for the first time ever on my comp it had completed its installation and rebooted (as always) when it was rebooted it immediatly went to blue screen and crash 😄 I think it run for 0.7 seconds or something

Originally posted by Baylin
My PCs not too bad far an oldish machine P3 1Ghz, 256Mb ram, 32Mb ATI Rage128 Pro Graphics.

Well I'm not really a game player I use it for some music production - which has always worked well, and I use it for net access so it does alright 🙂

But that aside hopefully in the next 6 months I'll be giving it to Mrs Baylin and I'll buy myself a new one! 😄 😄

Originally posted by Fire
btw just wondering who wins the fastest crash record?
when I installed win2k for the first time ever on my comp it had completed its installation and rebooted (as always) when it was rebooted it immediatly went to blue screen and crash 😄 I think it run for 0.7 seconds or something

I had the same prob the 2nd time I installed Win98, infact it didnt really install properly cos I couldn't get it to reboot at all, so I had to spend another 2 hours re-installing it again - I was not a happy bunny that day! 😠

Originally posted by yerssot
well, braking into by a bug from microsoft isn't that difficult raz😉

On the old applications not working front, if you follow the upgrade advise from Microsoft then generally most things will work.

The advise being: You should REMOVE any applications you wish to use after the upgrade, UPGRADE the OS, then reinstall the applications.

This is because the UPGRADE only UPGRADES the OS. Micrsoft have never ever said that it will reliably guarentee the operations of any application across an upgrade.

What they have said is that the MAJORITY of W98/Me compatable applications will run on XP, IF you complete the upgrade in the specified manner...

just format your HD and reinstall everything best way 🙂

I never had hacker trouble or virus trouble either, now my parents thats another problem

Originally posted by Catch 22
I dunno how you guys do it. I've been running XP Pro since nearly release day and I never a problem with a hacker.

well, Fire, nice try, but my dad got a bluescreen with W95 the first time he installed it, right after clicking on "finish" 😂

Yes, firewalls are a MUST if you have broadband, or you use the internet for a long time.

a) They protect you from outside hacking
b) They protect you from inside hacking i.e. trojan programs etc.

Sygate do a free firewall which is pretty handy: http://soho.sygate.com/default.htm

well my new router has an in build firewall