Windows XP ...

FuNsTeR · Aug 25, 2002, 12:43 PM

.... fcuking sux its a pile of donkey droppings .... man im soo pissed off with the interface and windows popping up im gonna loose it ... Looks like time to do a clean install of Windows Me or 98se grrr ..... and while im on the subject of annoying things what the fcuks with this childish fcuking term "woot" and what da fcuk does it mean .... its in no dictionary i've ever seen ... its something a 10/12 year old would say/type if your are in that age group sorry .... if your older .... GET A FCUKING LIFE YA BEACH BUMS

kinetic · Aug 25, 2002, 03:14 PM

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Originally posted by FuNsTeR1970
.... fcuking sux its a pile of donkey droppings .... man im soo pissed off with the interface and windows popping up im gonna loose it ... Looks like time to do a clean install of Windows Me or 98se grrr ..... and while im on the subject of annoying things what the fcuks with this childish fcuking term "woot" and what da fcuk does it mean .... its in no dictionary i've ever seen ... its something a 10/12 year old would say/type if your are in that age group sorry .... if your older .... GET A FCUKING LIFE YA BEACH BUMS

I take it you didn't get a jump last night!

fornicatarachnid · Aug 25, 2002, 05:03 PM

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Originally posted by kinetic
I take it you didn't get a jump last night!

Naw, he's just a typical whigeing Scot lol lol

( only kiddin

)

SPANKtheMONKEY · Aug 25, 2002, 05:16 PM

[size=xx-large]w00t! w00t! w00t![/size]

fornicatarachnid · Aug 25, 2002, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by FuNsTeR1970
and while im on the subject of annoying things what the fcuks with this childish fcuking term "woot" and what da fcuk does it mean .... its in no dictionary i've ever seen ... its something a 10/12 year old would say/type if your are in that age group sorry .... if your older .... GET A FCUKING LIFE YA BEACH BUMS

I've never heard it so I havent a clue what you're on about but I did find a couple of things about it on the net .........

Woot
A young boy from the far corner of the Gillikin Country of Oz. Everything at his home is so quiet, happy, and comfortable he does not find life very interesting; so he sets out to see new sights and strange people. Woot is instrumental in convincing the Tin Woodman he should seek out and marry his former sweetheart, Nimmie Amee. This sets in motion a new adventure in the Land of Oz. aka Woot the Wanderer.............

or..............

woot

Take your pick

giganick · Aug 26, 2002, 08:55 AM

I dont see anything wrong with XP and I have been running it for about 6 months now??

Smoothdrive · Aug 26, 2002, 09:38 AM

I don't see anything wrong with 98SE or ME so haven't bothered with XP yet

Have no idea wat Woot means yet..i'm just a n00b myself and only l33t know what Woot is probably.

Ryoko · Aug 26, 2002, 07:47 PM

w00t is just a game chat word meaning "awesome", "sweet", or other shite terms like it. it is generally used by ppl who think they are happy.

oh, and winxp is shit.

fornicatarachnid · Aug 26, 2002, 11:39 PM

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Originally posted by Ryoko

oh, and winxp is shit.

I love it

.... I must admit to a few teething problems at the beginning, especially with drivers, but apart from one or two niggling problems that Im trying to sort out through this forum I would never go back to 98/Me

~~TIGER~~ · Aug 26, 2002, 11:58 PM

XP is great if you can find all your drivers again.

Frodo301 · Aug 27, 2002, 02:33 AM

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Originally posted by FuNsTeR1970
.... fcuking sux its a pile of donkey droppings .... man im soo pissed off with the interface and windows popping up im gonna loose it ... Looks like time to do a clean install of Windows Me or 98se grrr ..... and while im on the subject of annoying things what the fcuks with this childish fcuking term "woot" and what da fcuk does it mean .... its in no dictionary i've ever seen ... its something a 10/12 year old would say/type if your are in that age group sorry .... if your older .... GET A FCUKING LIFE YA BEACH BUMS

To get rid of the balloon tips: START > RUN > GPEDIT.MSC > USER CONFIGURATION > ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES > START MENU AND TASKBAR > FIND REMOVE BALLOON TIPS ON START MENU ITEMS > CHECK ENABLED > OK

To enable the classic Win 9x look: Double click My Computer > select Advanced tab > select settings button under Performance > Under Visual Effects tab select Adjust for best performance.

To select classic start up menu: Right click on Start > select start menu tab > tick classic Start Menu.

When this is done go to this web site www.tweakxp.com for more tweaks to get your XP purring. I too had problems when I first moved over to XP. Now after several months of continued use I find myself going to Win 98se less. Sorry for the all caps in the balloon tips section, it was copied from a document I have collected throughout the net on XP tips.

~~ByteMe~~ · Aug 27, 2002, 03:41 AM

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Originally posted by FuNsTeR1970
.... fcuking sux its a pile of donkey droppings .... man im soo pissed off with the interface and windows popping up im gonna loose it ... Looks like time to do a clean install of Windows Me or 98se grrr ..... and while im on the subject of annoying things what the fcuks with this childish fcuking term "woot" and what da fcuk does it mean .... its in no dictionary i've ever seen ... its something a 10/12 year old would say/type if your are in that age group sorry .... if your older .... GET A FCUKING LIFE YA BEACH BUMS

Do yourself a favor and learn how to use/tweak a computer. Once XP is setup correctly it is superior to the OS's before it (from microsoft).

[SIZE=xx-large]WOOT![/SIZE]

MikeDaMan · Aug 27, 2002, 04:30 AM

[size=large]WindowsXP[/size] = [size=large][color=red]WOOT[/color][/size]

!!!!WindowsXP is awesome!!!!

FuNsTeR · Aug 27, 2002, 09:28 AM

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Originally posted by ByteMe
Do yourself a favor and learn how to use/tweak a computer. Once XP is setup correctly it is superior to the OS's before it (from microsoft).

[SIZE=xx-large]WOOT![/SIZE]

duh i know how too tweak xp .... but why should i need too XP is still shiat

iceboy · Aug 27, 2002, 01:26 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...erformance.asp

Ryoko · Aug 28, 2002, 02:10 AM

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Originally posted by iceboy
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...erformance.asp

from my own findings:

windows xp is 70% slower than win98se for bootup.

windows xp is 30% slower than win98se for starting applications

windows xp is 10% slower than win98se for running applications

windows xp is 900% more likely to crash than win98se for any use.

the way they did those tests was to run as many things in the background as they could, and that's where win98se falls behind. i run explorer, systray, and rundll in the background, and nothing else.

DiamondZ · Aug 28, 2002, 10:35 AM

You guys are all lost,.

/uptime

Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1 - 2600) CPU: 2-AMD Athlon K7, 1334MHz [HD Space Free: (C: 12227.4MB) (D: 1652.81MB) (E: 5143.5MB) (F: 21487.24MB) (G: 26452.69MB)] Uptime: 28days 13hrs 11mins 14secs Time 05:26:42 @ Wednesday 28 August 2002 RAM Usage: 229/1024MB (24.73%)

Do that with Win9x,.. No?
I didnt think you could either.

True RAW TCP/IP stack to boot,. not even 2k has that.
Only my linux box beats that uptime.
[root@server diamondz]$ uptime
4:39am up 88 days, 7:32, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00
[root@server diamondz]$

DZ

Smoothdrive · Aug 28, 2002, 11:43 AM

?? 28 Days uptime is what you call special ?? If it's uptime you want there's enough MS&others OS's out there that will have uptime of years..that doesn't say it's a good OS..neither is having features..a good OS is one that does the job it's supposed to do without being to difficult to setup, without too many errors and in the fastest time..

Still i'm not judging XP since i don't use it..main reason for not using being that my favourite game does not run correctly under XP + I've heard of more things that don't work under XP.

Frodo301 · Aug 28, 2002, 01:27 PM

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Originally posted by Smoothdrive
??
Still i'm not judging XP since i don't use it..main reason for not using being that my favourite game does not run correctly under XP + I've heard of more things that don't work under XP.

That is the reason I still have a dual boot for older games that do not run on XP. I find it's the best of both worlds.

Ryoko · Aug 28, 2002, 08:01 PM

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Originally posted by DiamondZ
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1 - 2600) CPU: 2-AMD Athlon K7, 1334MHz [HD Space Free: (C: 12227.4MB) (D: 1652.81MB) (E: 5143.5MB) (F: 21487.24MB) (G: 26452.69MB)] Uptime: 28days 13hrs 11mins 14secs Time 05:26:42 @ Wednesday 28 August 2002 RAM Usage: 229/1024MB (24.73%)

Do that with Win9x,.. No?
I didnt think you could either.

wow... talking about putting words in others' mouths... i have a win98se server here at work that is a file server, print server, and sometimes doubles over as an overflow workstation... but it hasn't been restarted or turned off in.. let me check...

multi · Sep 2, 2002, 12:07 PM

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Originally posted by Frodo301
That is the reason I still have a dual boot for older games that do not run on XP. I find it's the best of both worlds.

thats the best idea ^
or a tri boot with linux
IMHO xp is better for stability
98se/ME reaks and creaks

Ryoko · Sep 19, 2002, 01:37 AM

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Originally posted by Ryoko
wow... talking about putting words in others' mouths... i have a win98se server here at work that is a file server, print server, and sometimes doubles over as an overflow workstation... but it hasn't been restarted or turned off in.. let me check...

double that.

Kelsenellenelvian · Sep 27, 2002, 03:08 AM

holy crap man haven't restarted in 4-ever huh...

Smoothdrive · Sep 27, 2002, 07:41 AM

Call me crazy .. i just shut down my computer when i'm done

don't see the need to keep it on all day

Kelsenellenelvian · Sep 27, 2002, 06:36 PM

I just turn mine on and off as needed I mean it only takes like 38seconds to boot and leaving it on while I'm not at it is just a waste of energy>>>

Ryoko · Sep 30, 2002, 07:28 PM

thats the thing... that win98 machine is our server and an overflow workstation. i'm keeping it on all the time because it is also folding. the reason why i posted the uptime was to show that win98se is very stable if you know how to use it.

uptime is now...

54 days...

Kelsenellenelvian · Oct 4, 2002, 09:22 AM

as long as it works well for you thats great, but I am the type to try and always have the newest techie crap and win 98 just would not be able to keep up with me...

alewisa · Oct 4, 2002, 05:10 PM

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Originally posted by FuNsTeR1970
.... fcuking sux its a pile of donkey droppings ....

Nothing wrong with C= DOS v4 here ma man. I must try out this new fangled WIMP thing. Must get GEOS up n running

RIV@NVX · Oct 7, 2002, 03:08 PM

The thing I hate the most at XP is integrating drivers into it, but drivers which are not complete and do not work good. F***ing Radeon 8500 Series driver that is automatically installed - it would be better without any drivers - size of whole OS installation would be smaller, and integrated drvs are usually useless (except for Vortex/Vortex2).

Smoothdrive · Oct 10, 2002, 09:14 AM

Installed Win XP last week..it's better than expected i think..driver rollback is a nice one, lack of custom install is indeed a bad one.

"New" interface is good, will be easier again for people to start using a pc under XP than it used to be under 98.

Like the ability to turn of the "standard" desktop items, takes some getting used to but at least the desktop is less crowded..

Like the quick boot, lot better than NT, W2k of 9x haven't timed it yet but it looks faster anyway..

Aug 25, 2002, 12:43 PM	#1
FuNsTeR Caledonian and Proud Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Darkest Ayrshire Posts: 1,305 Rep Power: 88 System Specs	Windows XP ... .... fcuking sux its a pile of donkey droppings .... man im soo pissed off with the interface and windows popping up im gonna loose it ... Looks like time to do a clean install of Windows Me or 98se grrr ..... and while im on the subject of annoying things what the fcuks with this childish fcuking term "woot" and what da fcuk does it mean .... its in no dictionary i've ever seen ... its something a 10/12 year old would say/type if your are in that age group sorry .... if your older .... GET A FCUKING LIFE YA BEACH BUMS __________________ "They say when you play a Microsoft CD backwards you can hear satanic messages ..... but that's nothing, if you play it forward it will install Windows"

Aug 25, 2002, 05:16 PM	#4
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Aug 26, 2002, 09:38 AM	#7
Smoothdrive Foolish Genius Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 455 Rep Power: 0	I don't see anything wrong with 98SE or ME so haven't bothered with XP yet Have no idea wat Woot means yet..i'm just a n00b myself and only l33t know what Woot is probably. __________________ GA-7VRXP, AMD2000+, 256MB PC-2700 DDR, Radeon 8500LE, 2x Maxtor 740 (40GB) stripe set, AGNeovo X-150.

Aug 27, 2002, 04:30 AM	#13
MikeDaMan DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 874 Rep Power: 0	[size=large]WindowsXP[/size] = [size=large][color=red]WOOT[/color][/size] !!!!WindowsXP is awesome!!!! __________________ DFI Lanpart UT 250GB motherboard. 1GB 2X512 Crucial Ballistix PC 3200. AMD Athlon 64 3400+. Retail ATI Radeon X850XT PE AGP

Aug 28, 2002, 11:43 AM	#18
Smoothdrive Foolish Genius Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 455 Rep Power: 0	?? 28 Days uptime is what you call special ?? If it's uptime you want there's enough MS&others OS's out there that will have uptime of years..that doesn't say it's a good OS..neither is having features..a good OS is one that does the job it's supposed to do without being to difficult to setup, without too many errors and in the fastest time.. Still i'm not judging XP since i don't use it..main reason for not using being that my favourite game does not run correctly under XP + I've heard of more things that don't work under XP. __________________ GA-7VRXP, AMD2000+, 256MB PC-2700 DDR, Radeon 8500LE, 2x Maxtor 740 (40GB) stripe set, AGNeovo X-150.

Aug 26, 2002, 08:55 AM	#6
giganick Frikkin COmputer~! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kaysville, Utah Posts: 131 Rep Power: 0	I dont see anything wrong with XP and I have been running it for about 6 months now??

Aug 26, 2002, 07:47 PM	#8
Ryoko American Soldier Join Date: May 2002 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 1,725 Rep Power: 0	w00t is just a game chat word meaning "awesome", "sweet", or other shite terms like it. it is generally used by ppl who think they are happy. oh, and winxp is shit.

Aug 26, 2002, 11:58 PM	#10
~~TIGER~~ BANNED Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: OLDHAM Posts: 591 Rep Power: 0	XP is great if you can find all your drivers again.

Aug 27, 2002, 01:26 PM	#15
iceboy DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SG Posts: 185 Rep Power: 0	http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...erformance.asp

Aug 28, 2002, 10:35 AM	#17
DiamondZ DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sunny southern USA Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	You guys are all lost,. /uptime Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1 - 2600) CPU: 2-AMD Athlon K7, 1334MHz [HD Space Free: (C: 12227.4MB) (D: 1652.81MB) (E: 5143.5MB) (F: 21487.24MB) (G: 26452.69MB)] Uptime: 28days 13hrs 11mins 14secs Time 05:26:42 @ Wednesday 28 August 2002 RAM Usage: 229/1024MB (24.73%) Do that with Win9x,.. No? I didnt think you could either. True RAW TCP/IP stack to boot,. not even 2k has that. Only my linux box beats that uptime. [root@server diamondz]$ uptime 4:39am up 88 days, 7:32, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00 [root@server diamondz]$ DZ

Sep 27, 2002, 03:08 AM	#23
Kelsenellenelvian Master of my own Destiny Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: EverDawn Kingdom,TruEarth Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	holy crap man haven't restarted in 4-ever huh... __________________ [color=#0000ff] Download Windows Post-Install Wizard v4.3.8 and WPI Lite v1.2 Here [/color][color=red][color=blue][/color][/color]

Sep 27, 2002, 07:41 AM	#24
Smoothdrive Foolish Genius Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 455 Rep Power: 0	Call me crazy .. i just shut down my computer when i'm done don't see the need to keep it on all day __________________ GA-7VRXP, AMD2000+, 256MB PC-2700 DDR, Radeon 8500LE, 2x Maxtor 740 (40GB) stripe set, AGNeovo X-150.

Sep 27, 2002, 06:36 PM	#25
Kelsenellenelvian Master of my own Destiny Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: EverDawn Kingdom,TruEarth Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	I just turn mine on and off as needed I mean it only takes like 38seconds to boot and leaving it on while I'm not at it is just a waste of energy>>> __________________ [color=#0000ff] Download Windows Post-Install Wizard v4.3.8 and WPI Lite v1.2 Here [/color][color=red][color=blue][/color][/color]

Sep 30, 2002, 07:28 PM	#26
Ryoko American Soldier Join Date: May 2002 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 1,725 Rep Power: 0	thats the thing... that win98 machine is our server and an overflow workstation. i'm keeping it on all the time because it is also folding. the reason why i posted the uptime was to show that win98se is very stable if you know how to use it. uptime is now... 54 days...

Oct 4, 2002, 09:22 AM	#27
Kelsenellenelvian Master of my own Destiny Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: EverDawn Kingdom,TruEarth Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	as long as it works well for you thats great, but I am the type to try and always have the newest techie crap and win 98 just would not be able to keep up with me... __________________ [color=#0000ff] Download Windows Post-Install Wizard v4.3.8 and WPI Lite v1.2 Here [/color][color=red][color=blue][/color][/color]

Oct 7, 2002, 03:08 PM	#29
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	The thing I hate the most at XP is integrating drivers into it, but drivers which are not complete and do not work good. F***ing Radeon 8500 Series driver that is automatically installed - it would be better without any drivers - size of whole OS installation would be smaller, and integrated drvs are usually useless (except for Vortex/Vortex2). __________________ -- Vedran

Oct 10, 2002, 09:14 AM	#30
Smoothdrive Foolish Genius Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 455 Rep Power: 0	Installed Win XP last week..it's better than expected i think..driver rollback is a nice one, lack of custom install is indeed a bad one. "New" interface is good, will be easier again for people to start using a pc under XP than it used to be under 98. Like the ability to turn of the "standard" desktop items, takes some getting used to but at least the desktop is less crowded.. Like the quick boot, lot better than NT, W2k of 9x haven't timed it yet but it looks faster anyway.. __________________ GA-7VRXP, AMD2000+, 256MB PC-2700 DDR, Radeon 8500LE, 2x Maxtor 740 (40GB) stripe set, AGNeovo X-150.