Author: Pete Galati
Date: 18:30:19 01/11/01
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On January 11, 2001 at 18:39:55, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >On January 11, 2001 at 16:53:23, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On January 11, 2001 at 10:49:33, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>On January 11, 2001 at 00:38:00, Pete Galati wrote: >>> >>>>On January 10, 2001 at 21:26:42, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >>>> >>>>>I have had very nice e-mail discussions with Christophe regarding crashes I have >>>>>had while running Tigers(s) on ME. Christophe has informed me that he knows of >>>>>no issues with Tiger and the ME platform. >>>>> >>>>>That being the case then I would like to hear from others using ME. I can not >>>>>fault the Computer and yet The program has been given a clean bill of health. >>>>> >>>>>I had a issue with ME and Fritz6 that was resolved very promptly from T-note on >>>>>ChessBase and now Fritz6 run very clean. >>>>>I want to get to the bottom of it (I will) but I need help, please >>>>> >>>>>Thanks >>>>> >>>>>Wayne >>>> >>>>This new computer came with Windows ME installed on it, and I have not had any >>>>conflicts with any Chess programs yet. Winboard runs just fine, same with >>>>Junior6, and I didn't have to use Steve's T-notes fix. So far all of my >>>>Winboard engines have worked without conflict, but admitedly there aren't many >>>>yet (I plan to keep it that way). So, I don't have Tiger, but there are no >>>>Chess program problems that I know of. >>>> >>>>BUT, there's no question in my mind that this is the worst OS that MS has ever >>>>put out. It's bloatware to an extreme, and it doesn't even run some of their >>>>OWN programs that were designed for Windows 98 but came loaded on the computer. >>>>It's more crap fromMicrosoft that they released at least a year before they had >>>>a ready product. >>>> >>>>If you got Windows98 and you're thinking of upgrading to Windows ME, it's a very >>>>bad idea IMO. >>>> >>>>Pete >>> >>>So which is the best windows version available now? >>>S.Taylor >> >> >> >>Windows ME + 98lite. >> >>If you don't want to buy 98lite, forget about WinME. >> >>98lite de-bloats Windows by letting you remove (or better: not install) some of >>the crap from MS. >> >>When you remove the extra fat, WinME runs just fine, does not take more disk >>space than Win98, and I find it better than Windows 98. But you need a recent >>computer, because MS has removed a lot of the old hardware support from the OS. >> >>They have also removed the real mode DOS, but actually it's still there. The >>only problem is that you will need to boot from a floppy in order to go into >>pure DOS mode. I need this mode from time to time, so I have created a boot >>floppy and it works fine. DOS boxes still work very well if you don't need a >>real mode DOS. >> >>Once again: 98lite is the only medicine that will help your computer to swallow >>Windows without pain. >> >My computer was born 7 days ago, so that is preety uptodate. I hope everyone >understands here that is AMD 1200 athlon _and_ ME > >Wayne 7 days old? It's not even potty trained yet then. Christophe is right about 98lite in my opinion. It cleaned up my computer very well, with very little work on my part other than having to pay attention to it's installation. http://www.98lite.net/ I find it odd that something like this is needed in the first place. If you decide to try 98lite, try this first, hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and look at the list of programs that are running before you do the install. Bet you won't know what more than half of them are for. Then after you do the install, try hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del again, you'll see a much smaller list of programs doing God only knows what after the install. Pete
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