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cc333

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  1. 2000 works okay, is very 98SE-like and it'll run Firefox ESR 45 pretty well, provided you install BWC's extended core and kernel (bookmarking/downloads don't seem to work, though; The Plain Old Favorites and Downloads Window plugins can workaround those problems for now). I'm using it now, in fact, and you can even install Flash, so it's all current (for now, anyway).

    But yeah, for a relatively trouble free experience, Windows 7 (or, dare I say, Windows 8.1 with all the metro gunk stripped out) is probably the best way to go.

    7 should work okay on the hardware you got, but unless you decide to get newer stuff, I wouldn't recommend 8.1 (I don't think it'd even run on it, as it requires, what, SSE3?)

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  2. I recently downloaded the Atheros Client Utility, version 8.0.0.204, and it supports WPA2 on Windows 2000! (tested on my iPhone's Personal Hotspot, which is WPA2 only).

    It seems to only support Atheros WiFi cards, though. The good news is that the card I got uses the AR9285, which is fully compatible with 2000, and other cards that use this chipset are cheap and plentiful ($18 USD get's you a lot of five on eBay). The fact that it's also Wireless a/b/g/n is good too, as it's relatively modern (no wireless ac, but for most purposes, wireless n is still good enough I think, especially given that only the fastest internet links can even come close to saturating an ac link).

    So, for any PC laptop that uses Mini-PCIe for its internal Wifi card, this is a good upgrade that doesn't hurt one's ability to run 2000.

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  3. 15 hours ago, ProfessorUltraviolet said:

    I'm still on CS6 PS and AE here. I got them 4.5yrs ago now, so it was much cheaper than going CC which just arrived at the time.

    They're both still perfectly great for doing all my professional work.

    I'm using CS2, and it's perfectly adequate for my needs. I also have a copy of Photoshop 7 (yes, 7) from 2001, and it works fine as well.

    Why do I need anything else? The only thing about CS6 I like is that it includes an updated version of Audition (Adobe's DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software), and finally ported it to OS X. I had been using Audition 3.0 forever (and that version remains my all time favorite), and since it was Windows only, I was somewhat dismayed because I wanted to use it on my Mac without booting into Windows (I bit the bullet and just booted it into Windows, and as it turns out, my Mac runs Windows better than most PCs I've encountered, so it ended up being a very good thing (XP was current then, so it was very fast; Vista and 7 (and most recently, 8.1) are fairly fast as well, but Audition's interface somehow feels a bit laggier when run on 7 compared to XP).

    (TL;DR) Until something better comes along, I'm sticking with what I have, no matter how old and decrepit it becomes.

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  4. Where is the log file? I will upload it when I find it.

    It was an untouched SP0 source, although I used nLite to create a bootable ISO.

    Do I have to add my own WINNT.SIF, or is that only for your own uses?

    It's a great package, and it allows me to treat 2000 more or less the same as XP in terms of throwing software at it (with the addition of BWC's Extended Core and Extended Kernel). It's like the good old days (for me, 2004 - 2009), when I could use the two almost interchangeably.

    Thank you for your hard work!

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  5. I have downloaded it and integrated it into my Win2k installer, but I have a weird problem with driver signing: it seems that every driver (including stock ones) are no longer digitally signed. I get the "cannot verify digital signature" dialog during setup when it's installing drivers for the IDE/SATA adapter and the mouse.

    Any idea why?

    It doesn't harm functionality (so far), so it's little more than an annoyance, which I can live with.

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  6. On 11/16/2016 at 8:24 AM, Dave-H said:

    ...what is it with these huge "preview" updates that are appearing in between patch Tuesdays?

    On 11/16/2016 at 8:24 AM, Dave-H said:

    Anyone know what the point of them is?

    I think it's an attempt by MS to make Windows 8.1 and 10 as bloated and unreliable as Windows 10 :lol:

    In all honesty, though, I don't know what they're for.

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  7. 4 hours ago, Tripredacus said:

    No politics talking here, be it US or otherwise. Only exception is something that is specifically technology related. There are plenty of other places to talk about world politics.

    Agreed. Let's keep talking about Windows!

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  8. Separate post for clarity....

    Windows 10 seems to be defying logic. It keeps getting worse with every update it seems!

    Well, I'm sticking with XP/7/Vista (yes, Vista)/7/8.1 for as long as I can, and when I no longer can, I'll look into switching to Linux (I'm split 50/50 between Mac and Windows, and I might go 100% Mac, except I'm not terribly enthralled by the direction they're going either (much better than Microsoft's, though).

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  9. 9 hours ago, bookie32 said:

    Getting off track.....Microsoft is the least of our problems....USA has a w****r for president and he is likely to cause major wars with all his insane talk....if you have a man that is as wealthy as he is....and with a history he has...then USA is just about to wake up to the biggest threat their country has ever known...and that threat goes by the name Trump.... He didn't get as rich as he is without treading on toes....so the cost to USA could be more than they can imagine....

    He is going to create jobs for hundreds while he builds this insane wall between them and Mexico....God help us!! The riots across the states are just the beginning...

    I agree 10,000%!

    I'd like to share one anecdote: yesterday, an acquaintance said that we're all being manipulated by the media, and D.T. is actually a good guy who has been lied about and misrepresented. Really?

    However, I believe that talking of these things is against forum rules, is it not?

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  10. I found that with Standard PC, you lose ACPI power management (you also need to manually power off the computer when you shut down Windows).

    Have you tried "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface PC"? That may accomplish the same goal, and preserve your power management abilities.

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  11. Well, I guess it keeps getting selected by W10 because it's been proven to be the "best" driver-away of any potential users :lol:

    This is yet another reason why I am avoiding W10 like the plague. Even 8.1 is looking very good by comparison! It's still not quite on par with 7 or older (I miss the classic theme), but it's a whole lot better than 10 will ever be it seems.

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  12. Are your graphics drivers configured correctly? You might go and check your acceleration settings under the Performance tab in the System control panel (click the "Graphics..." button, I think bottom center). The slider should be fully to the right, for full hardware acceleration.

    If that doesn't work, perhaps some settings in the graphics drivers are messed up/not optimal?

    You might also try cehcking out your BIOS settings, in particular anything related to the AGP port and/or graphics. Maybe there's a setting in there that 98 isn't agreeing with 100%?

    I hope this helps...

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