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to: Robert Comer
from: Ellen K
date: 2003-05-14 15:33:42
subject: Re: dumb upgrade question

Would W2K even run on such a box?  (I bought in in early '98 I think.)  So
far I can't find memory for it, only have 64MB.

Also, with W2K wouldn't I want NTFS?   Right now it's FAT32.

> From: "Robert Comer" 
> Why not upgrade to W2KPro or WinXP -- it wouldn't be the speediest box in
> the world, but it'd be more stable and run more of today's programming
> stuff?
> - Bob Comer
> "Ellen K"  wrote in message
> news:509347.ac8012{at}harborwebs.com...
>> Urk.  If that's the case then the only thing I'd get with 98SE would be
> the
>> ability to run newer versions of stuff that don't run on 95 any more (like
> the
>> Norton security stuff).
>> 
>> Anything resembling power management is already disabled.
>> 
>> How do you shut down to the "orange-on-black idiot screen only"?
>> 
>> What about Rnaapp?
>> 
>> Maybe the original hard drive is starting to go bad... ?
>> 
>> > From: "Frank Haber" 
>> > Why do you think 98SE will help your shutdown problem?  Win 95 did a
> pretty
>> > good job shutting down early APM systems.  98SE had notorious problems
> with
>> > that, got two partially successful patches for it, has had whole
> websites
>> > written about its power problems.  There are still a bunch of machines
> out
>> > there that won't shut down properly.
>> > Have you considered just disabling power management, shutting down to
> the
>> > orange-on-black idiot screen only, then leaning on the power switch for
> five
>> > seconds?

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