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At least *I* will appreciate it

if you want to make your 'regular' Win2K CD into a bootable CD, simply download boot image and burn new copy (ie Nero can make bootable CD using downloaded image). (yes its all legal in case it bothers anyobody) 1 click on google and here it is: W2K boot image which makes me wonder... either you didnt knew how to use google ( ) or its not what you needed? hmm

I just found out that there is a hotfix for a hotfix (how typical of Msoft LOL), but Msoft does not provide link to ENglish version. More specifically: "After you apply security update 839645 to a computer running Windows NT 4.0 without Active Desktop, shortcuts to files and folders from the desktop may no longer work." Thats exactly the problem Im having on the NT4 box I just fixed up. And so there is KB871262, which is a hotfix for what hotfix KB839645 screwed up... BUT: it is available in various Asian languages (ie HERE in Japanese, and HERE in Traditional Chinese), yet if you want it in EN you get a link to "contact Microsoft" (probably another case of a fee-based support). WTF! I had enough bad experience (mostly) with Msoft support not to bother with mmailing them, so my questions is this: does anyone have a download link or a file "WindowsNT4Workstation-KB871262-x86-ENU.exe" TIA edit: I retraced my steps, installed shell update, and after installation of 839645 shortcuts work, but they no longer display customized shortcut overlay icons - I remember having same problem on W2K after Rollup Update few years ago IIRC, but I don't remember how I fixed it :/ edit2: and now 885258 and 905495 insist I don't have IE6 SP1 installed... oh for crying out loud, really F* you all crappy Msoft coders!

IMHO Movie Maker is POS & POC in the same time But to each his own, I've seen people using it and liking it. XP system restore won't work on 2K, I have tried to implant it few times too, basically every time someone "discovers" something I follow new tips and try it... so far no one found a way to do it. However there is one cheap yet excellent tool for complete backups: SnapShot (works on anything NT-based and I read once someone using it on OS/2 too) edit - I checked the link and it seems this tool cost now ~40 Euro (wow). It used to be $6.99 or $9.99 IIRC... I guess inflation in Europe is very high so I don't recommend it anymore and removed the link (use google)

awergh great job Would it be possible to have some "minimalistic" version of your VU? Ie just all the xp icons? (or just the icons + patched explorer for n00bs) I like your work, but to be honest Im not fan of vista's stuff, sorry

Just for me to know, what would you find exclusive? Features that appear in newer version, but aren't available in previous version, for example "internet sharing" available on Win98SE but not on Win98 original. That is 'exclusive' feature of Win98SE. Does this Win98 "TE" will have anything exclusive to its version onlY? Im pretty sure it won't. Hence its a compilation of patches, aka "service pack" rather than any new version of windows...

Interesting thread (didnt read the whole thing tho) However, since there is nothing new or exclusive (not available on SE or FE) in the "Third Edition" , just the cumulation of all updates hotfixes and patches, I don't get name? "Windows 98 SE with integrated updates" would be most appropiate name...

whats with the Capital Letters In Every Word?

thx 4 links, dencorso. I still think its a very rare occasion when such circumstances may arise to need to disable ACPI or APM. As I said earlier, it never happened to me while hundreds of computers set/fixed/build. IMHO it have to be really bad bad luck to someone if it happens And as Sfor noticed, it is general rule of thumb not only ACPI/APM related: sharing resources is never good idea...

IMHO the whole notion of a "Home Server" is wrong. If youre like most of my family and friends, all you need is a stable machine that can run on its own for months and every user and every computer (in your home network) can access it, thats all. You don't need IIS etc stuff that comes with 'real' server like Windows 2003 Server. This is my typical 'server' at my home network: Just a plain Windows 2000. All home users have been added and have access to its 2x300GB hard drives (old 6GB hdd with Windows on it is not shared of course) and even some of my friends - few are *overseas* - can access it too. I often access it from remote computers and my PocketPC Phone too. It runs uTorrent with remote administration enabled, so everyone can remotely add new torrents to its cue (finished downloads are moved to one of the shared directories) and we dont have to all fight for bandwidth at home It also runs NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing for the convenience of remotely administering it (similarily as you would with VNC if youre not familiar with NM RDS). For the purpose of using NM RDS few selected users (only those who know *a bit* about computers) have been elevated to Administrator status on this machine (there is also another reason important reason for that, but its not related to the subject). Basically thats it. A W2K with its NM RDS and properly configured user accounts on the system, thats all whats needed. For the purpose of streaming videos and music to our cellphones I had some other stuff there, but since I switched to using PocketPCs only as my cellphone few years ago, and everyone else basically use smartphones or PPCs too or they don't need to stream the stuff there is no other stuff running there now (but if your machine has i.e. newer or older ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon video card, it can records tv series etc of off tv, and it is possible to stream the recorded stuff within home network or outside the firewall/router too if needed) So anyways, unless you need to run a webserver, mailserv, IIS or such - you don't really need any "real server" on a typical home network. Just my 0.02 to discussion

latest version is fine. OTOH - you make sure youre using last Rage 128 driver ati released; I used to have ATi Rage-based All-In-Wonder 8MB card (older version than yours) and AFAIR only very last driver released by ATI worked on W2K. Also read the readme.txt that comes with the driver; it may have other pre-requisites (i.e. my old ATI A-I-W Radeon card required installation of DAO before the driver; latest ATI cards require .NET Framework; and so on and on - whichin your case might be something else or nothing at all, I never had your exact card so I dont know, but I suggest you read Readme for your driver)

Im always surprised that so many people have no clue about its existence and capabilities Im using it to remotely use my W2K main box from a PocketPC phone (and 'regular' computers) on a daily basis almost

Note that more often than not this is a website-related problem, not an Opera problem. There are still many sites out there that do dumb user agent sniffing, and/or have non-standards compliant code. Thats why they run UA sniffers - its easier to do than to fix stupid non-compliant code on some giant websites IMHO it all started with Office 2000 and its MS-centric non-standard web-page-cranking-apps (front page or whatever else it was). MS fault, as (almost) always...

Ah, yes: I do wish Firefox was a bit snappier and more efficient on older computers, although it still runs adequately on hardware back to the Pentium II era or so. What keeps me from endorsing K-Meleon is the fact that the menu bar of the last few versions I've tried displays garbage on Windows 95 and (from what I've heard) NT 4.0. All it takes is to disable background, rebar menus and something else (Its been described what to do on KM forum like 100 times). It runs like a charm on 95, and with "Set as Default" since ~0.9 version you can truly use it on a windows without IE or any of its parts at all. BTW Windows 95 today: LOL (click on picture to see short video)

Some of my computers run for months without any crashes whatsoever (I dont remember when was last time any of my PCs crashed lol); one's uptime is almost 2 years (it works as PVR/DVR/Media Center, stable W2K and no connection outside my home network except for weekly tv guide updates - hence no reboots because no updates or such is needed ;-) ) Im skeptic - I never "removed" (disabled) ACPI or APM from any machine, and I never had any problems with "spontaneous reboots" after >7hrs... but then I never run W98 or ME (just 95 on 1 old box for them DOS/9x games). Why would your computer crash because of ACPI or APM? I really can't see how having ACPI/APM enabled may have bad influence on your machine (short of having f**d up BIOS). Someone please explain?

My NT4 box runs virus-free since April 1998

Correct order of driver installation *IS* important. BenoitRen, have you installed latest *chipset drivers* for your mobo? You should have install it first right after OS installation. If your mobo have VIA chipset, then it probably uses one of the VIA's "4in1 driver" or something like that (search for it). For Intel chipsets Im sure you know where to go... *After* chipset driver you can go with sound/lan drivers (if not autinstalled). Then install WMI (not neccessary - but sometimes needed), IE6 SP1, .NET 1.1 SP1 + updates (I'd do full Windows Update run at this moment), and finally ATI drivers package. USB2 and other devices drivers are always last for me. BTW, what happened with your devotion to Win95? Something couldnt run on it?

NT4 user here too

Not all batteries are made equal... My father's laptop battery is going in its 11th year now (yes, it is a very old but still perfectly working laptop hehe) still on its original battery. Last year we tested the battery (we do it about every year) it powered up the laptop for 2hrs 17min at constant 100% CPU use. IMHO thats very good, considering my 1yr old laptop lasts only 1hr 28min at 100% CPU :/ Granted, the battery is used for only an hour at most M-F when my father drives to and from work, and it is on AC all the time, but I still think its amazing that the battery can last that long. Somehow I doubt my new laptop's battery will last half that much.