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Forum: General 09-20-2019, 08:15 AM
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Posted By enine
So more fun with Windows 10. Switched ISP's, get...

So more fun with Windows 10. Switched ISP's, get new modem, my laptop connects, wireless printer connects fine so everything looks OK. Next day wife opens her (windows10) laptop, connects to wifi...
Forum: General 08-29-2017, 08:03 AM
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Posted By enine
I posted in the wrong thread by accident.

I posted in the wrong thread by accident.
Forum: General 08-28-2017, 03:01 PM
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Posted By enine
Its not hardware, sound works under a Linux live...

Its not hardware, sound works under a Linux live dvd. And while its technically possible for Linux to screw up sound it is at least fixable. We have two Windows 10 laptops that we have not been...
Forum: General 08-27-2017, 01:38 PM
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Posted By enine
Windows 10 strikes again. Daughter unplugged...

Windows 10 strikes again. Daughter unplugged headphones from her laptop and it won't switch to the speakers. Wife always has the opposite issue with hers. Don't know how they managed to screw up...
Forum: General 08-02-2017, 02:32 PM
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Posted By enine
Computers and the world in general can just be...

Computers and the world in general can just be plain evil at times, I don't think you can paint all computers as evil, just the closed source ones.

I use my own sync system running owncloud. so...
Forum: General 08-01-2017, 02:12 PM
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Posted By enine
Yeah, it took XP a couple Service packs to get...

Yeah, it took XP a couple Service packs to get stable. But the initial year of instability coupled with the huge security hole thinly disguised as a web browser was enough to turn me away for good....
Forum: General 07-31-2017, 08:27 PM
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Posted By enine
Windows NT/2000 was stable. XP is when they...

Windows NT/2000 was stable. XP is when they messed up the stability of the NT line. I always built my own too until laptops, but even then I've always used business laptops which don't have all the...
Forum: General 07-22-2017, 09:53 AM
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Posted By enine
Because I have slackware on everything else.

Because I have slackware on everything else.
Forum: General 07-21-2017, 06:33 PM
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Posted By enine
I put linux on our old netbook. It came with...

I put linux on our old netbook. It came with windows 7 and got the windows 10 virus. It took it 30 minutes just to boot windows 10. Slackware booted and ran in less than two minutes.
I had to...
Forum: General 03-23-2017, 07:53 PM
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Posted By enine
XP home and pro were the same core, XP was the...

XP home and pro were the same core, XP was the first to unite the core of the 9x and NT lines. The biggest issues were the IE integration, the removal of the reg key to control the swappiness, etc.
Forum: General 03-23-2017, 02:50 PM
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Posted By enine
XP though was a step in the wrong direction after...

XP though was a step in the wrong direction after w2k. 2k I could run for months without an issue or reboot. XP would be lucky to make it a week.
Forum: General 03-22-2017, 05:16 PM
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Posted By enine
I believe that was Windows 98 that crashed, 95...

I believe that was Windows 98 that crashed, 95 was a bit more stable than 98.

I tried 98 for a day and went back to NT4.
Forum: General 03-04-2017, 09:00 AM
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Posted By enine
no, thats the full thing, check the download at...

no, thats the full thing, check the download at the link I posted.
Then there was a single floppy to update from 3.1 to 3.11
Forum: General 03-03-2017, 09:33 PM
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Posted By enine
you can still get it if you want ...

you can still get it if you want
https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-3
Forum: General 03-03-2017, 06:28 PM
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Posted By enine
Windows 3.1 was only a few floppies (6 IIRC). I...

Windows 3.1 was only a few floppies (6 IIRC).
I bought Borland C++ 4.0 and it was 22 disks. On my little 286 it would get to disk 21 of the install and run out of memory. After trying it multiple...
Forum: General 03-03-2017, 04:07 PM
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Posted By enine
Thats how I got. Spent too much time maintaining...

Thats how I got. Spent too much time maintaining windows rather that doing anything I wanted. I had to make a change to get some time back.
Forum: General 12-11-2015, 06:45 PM
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Posted By enine
Pics or it didn't happen

Pics or it didn't happen
Forum: General 07-10-2015, 07:39 AM
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Posted By enine
I'm not a fan of Google's business ways but...

I'm not a fan of Google's business ways but Android is the least suck of the major mobile OS's. Yes Google wants your data buy you can use Android devices without signing in to Google to give it to...
Forum: General 04-13-2015, 08:08 PM
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Posted By enine
Wife has tried to use Bluetooth with her windows...

Wife has tried to use Bluetooth with her windows 8.1 laptop for two weeks without success now. First time we used it it worked fine, now it will pair and simply not route sound through the headset...
Forum: General 02-23-2015, 01:00 PM
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Posted By enine
Making drivers isn't exactly easy for any other...

Making drivers isn't exactly easy for any other large OS
Forum: General 08-19-2014, 01:37 PM
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Posted By enine
I've said before, w2k was the best. XP they...

I've said before, w2k was the best. XP they removed the support to be able to control swap %, it had IE so tangled into it that running as a non admin malware could still easily install. I had...
Forum: General 06-09-2014, 07:39 AM
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Posted By enine
Depends on what your doing with it, and if you...

Depends on what your doing with it, and if you never try anything else you won't know there are better tools.

For example a $99 Craftsman 1/4" router is fine for making birdhouses but when I...
Forum: General 06-07-2014, 09:22 AM
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Posted By enine
Proprietary software doesn't have to be evil, but...

Proprietary software doesn't have to be evil, but the largest companies who make it tend to be evil. Doing things like taking ideas from the open source world, patenting them and then suing everyone...
Forum: General 05-22-2014, 07:29 PM
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Posted By enine
Actually on his Dell Latitude D620 its playable. ...

Actually on his Dell Latitude D620 its playable. Or my latitude D630, my 430 can do it if I don't have too complex of a map.
Forum: General 05-22-2014, 02:57 PM
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Posted By enine
There used to be an eeepc package, my distro had...

There used to be an eeepc package, my distro had it by default which handled things like that.

Mine was fast enough except for video. My son wanted me to play minecraft with him and it was too...
Forum: General 05-22-2014, 06:15 AM
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Views: 407,546
Posted By enine
That was my biggest issue, some dialog boxes were...

That was my biggest issue, some dialog boxes were taller than 600, Adobe for one and a couple KDE ones, poor design that they couldn't be resized but also bad design that every LCD now a days has to...
Forum: General 05-18-2014, 05:10 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,546
Posted By enine
I'm running old machines myself. No need for the...

I'm running old machines myself. No need for the newer faster. I don't encode videos or edit images and SBo compiles are pretty fast.
Forum: General 05-16-2014, 07:03 PM
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Posted By enine
If you can still find it there is/was an IP stack...

If you can still find it there is/was an IP stack and text web browser for the C64.
Forum: General 05-16-2014, 06:17 AM
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Posted By enine
Windows is very bad at transferring lots files to...

Windows is very bad at transferring lots files to usb drives, it will be slow, more so on an atom. Even my Linux box when I rysnc to an external drive can slow down and appear hung at times.
If you...
Forum: General 05-15-2014, 12:48 PM
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Posted By enine
IIRC the Atom in my eeePC had the vx switch but...

IIRC the Atom in my eeePC had the vx switch but was 32 bit.
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 11:34 AM
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Views: 407,546
Posted By enine
worked fine on mine. I have an eeepc 901ha 2G...

worked fine on mine.
I have an eeepc 901ha 2G ram. I can run Windows Xp or server 2003 virtual. The issue I ran into is newer OS's were 64bit. I bought a newer laptop capable of 64bit OS with the...
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 07:17 AM
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Posted By enine
I was comparing XP with whatever version of Linux...

I was comparing XP with whatever version of Linux kernel/distro I had around that time, basically the same era OS as the hardware. Trying to run Win8 as a guest on that hardware would fail just as...
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 06:04 AM
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Posted By enine
I've done it on non modern hardware. The box I...

I've done it on non modern hardware. The box I used to do this demo on was a Dell latitude C400. I'd compare it to similar other laptops in the office usually Dell Latitudes or HP or IBM equiv.
...
Forum: General 05-13-2014, 04:43 PM
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Posted By enine
Actually virtual windows under Linux isn't bad. ...

Actually virtual windows under Linux isn't bad. Unless you need something really video intensive like a high FPS game you won't be able to tell. I used to run XP under Linux on my laptop and could...
Forum: General 05-07-2014, 08:56 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,546
Posted By enine
I didn't run as admin on Windows back when i ran...

I didn't run as admin on Windows back when i ran it and still got compromised. As long as Internet Explorer is part of windows outside people have admin access anyway.
Forum: General 05-07-2014, 08:55 AM
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Posted By enine
My main use is LibreOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird...

My main use is LibreOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird so I set mine to default to GUI.
Forum: General 05-07-2014, 08:53 AM
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Posted By enine
Wicd is easy enough to figure out, just install...

Wicd is easy enough to figure out, just install and make sure its running. You just click on it and a list of wifi networks comes up.
Forum: General 10-31-2013, 08:12 AM
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Posted By enine
Thats in part what made it easy for me to switch,...

Thats in part what made it easy for me to switch, I'm not a big gamer. Since I've switched and now have kids I go look for open source cross platform games. Supertux and Tux racing, Lincity,...
Forum: General 08-14-2013, 08:46 AM
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Posted By enine
Yes, the stock android maps is Google's map. ...

Yes, the stock android maps is Google's map. Google maps and Google earth are very similar and share the same back end data. Google earth is available for Android as well. You can turn on the...
Forum: General 08-07-2013, 07:05 AM
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Views: 407,546
Posted By enine
Are you talking about the stock Android maps...

Are you talking about the stock Android maps which is google maps? if so that needs the cloud for the map data.
Forum: General 05-17-2013, 08:07 AM
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Views: 407,546
Posted By enine
So today working on a huge spreadsheet in MS...

So today working on a huge spreadsheet in MS Excel. Selected three columns and did a search and replace and it does it within the three columns I've selected like I expected. Did another search and...
Forum: General 01-23-2012, 08:36 PM
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Posted By enine
Operating systems are tools just like any other...

Operating systems are tools just like any other tool there are different ones. Years ago I started woodworking, bought a Sears table saw, drill, router, etc. Sears power tools are made by other...
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