Hm. I don't think you want to run win2k on a P2- 266. Well, you can take some comfort in that you are at least running the second edition of windows98 (aka windows99), which has quite a number of bug fixes in it.
I was thinking that if you had high speed internet, you could d/l Win2k from me, but it wouldn't work over dialup (take too long, and not reliable connection). BTW, if your high speed internet was to be Bell Sympatico DSL, plan on waiting a long, long while. Sympatico hasn't rolled out a single new DSL access point in over a year. They've frozen all DSL rollout until they start recouping some of their losses in the original investment. fortunately, some cable providers are still expanding (my cable modem from Cogeco comes in next Thursday). ..Cameron ---------- Original Message ------------------------- --------- From: "Don & Tonie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 13:08:31 -0400 >Thanks to ALL of you for the suggestions and valuable information. I truly appreciate it >I'm running Windows 98SE, and have had to reinstall it a number of times to clear up problems. >However, this time I'm not able to shut down from the start" button/menu. When I attempt to, it hangs >and gives a blue screen with the error message that a fatal error OD has occured. etc.etc. and I'm forced >to shut down manually, >I agree with your assessment of Windows 98 etc. and plan to get a newer system if possible. This is only a >Pentium 2 at 266 mh. Compare to the latest running at 2.4 gigs. No comparison. >And NO Cameron, I'm not on high speed internet. It's supposed to be coming to this area sometime soon. >In the meantime, I'm stuck with connecting to an ISP through a 33.6 K modem and dialup connection. >If I'm lucky, I can sometimes reach the blazing download speed of 3.8kb/sec. Ugh.! >But, since I'm retired, I can really afford to spend the extra time downloading if that is possible. That is, if >I knew where to go for the info. ha. Any suggestions?????? >Thanks again. Donnie. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cameron MacLean > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:03 PM > > > Nah, it's not you, it's a bad operating system. > Windows98 is simply enhancements to Windows95, > which is an 8 year old operating system. Since > then, there have been a few operating systems out > of Redmond that actually approach stability. I > know it sounds like a lot, but if you can get your > hands on Windows2000 professional, you will be > signficantly happier. It is WAY more stable, and > has all of the feature/functionality of Windows98, > and more. > > I recently reverted back to Windows98 after several > years away, simply to create a gaming machine. I > was so disgusted by the instability of the OS (on a > brand name PC where I KNOW everything works), that > I abandoned the whole effort. > > > Don't go near WindowsME, and stay away from > WindowsXP. Windows2000, however, (and I hate to > say this), I really like. It's fast, powerful, and > most of all, STABLE. I can't recall ever receiving > the BSOD with Win2k. (blue screen of death, that > is). > > Don, do you have high speed Internet? > > ..CAmeron > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------- -- > ---------- > From: "Don & Tonie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 19:54:20 -0400 > > >OK folks. I'm admitting to total defeat. This > machine seems a lot more intelligent than me. It > keeps refusing to shut down and presents me with a > blue screen with an error message to the effect > that a fatal error has occurred etc. etc. > >It seems I'm going to have to reformat my hard > drive and reinstall my windows 98 program. I'm > totally lost on the correct procedure to get the > hard drive to format since it contains the windows > program which controls the format procedure, (I > think) I'll save most of the stuff that I want > to keep by burning it onto a cd. Then I'll re > install that later. > >Is there a soul out there who would be willing to > help me by suggesting a procedure to follow or by > sending me to a HELP place where I can possibly > download the info. I surely would appreciate any > help. > >Thanks in advance. > >Donnie... > > > > > >--- > >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.394 / Virus Database: 224 - Release > Date: 03-10-02 > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.394 / Virus Database: 224 - Release Date: 03-10-02 >
