My home computer has had Windows 2000 in it...

31 Oct 2005 08:59:02 PST

...for nearly five years and the OS has not crashed once. No lockups, no nothing. I've had individual apps crash but n ...

I've got more 98se games

31 Oct 2005 08:50:43 PST

than I do XP era games as my interests have moved away from games as I hit my 40's. Many of these games that were develo ...

PS.....

31 Oct 2005 08:32:50 PST

It used to be (before WinXP) that many games would play better without problems on Win98 than Win2000 as gamers found ou ...

Hmmm.......

31 Oct 2005 08:26:41 PST

Yes, it was published some time bacvk that WinXP Home is more suited for non-business programs and games, however many ' ...

No poblem...didn't even notice it

31 Oct 2005 07:50:20 PST

to be honest, John.

I have XP Pro and I've found that even when the specs on a game box says it's for XP, it does ...

Sorry about the name spelling. I've known

31 Oct 2005 07:41:56 PST

you for many years & this is 1st time. Have a friend named Anthony, and then the Sopranos Tony is ingrained...

I would agree that Macs crash as often as PCs...

30 Oct 2005 13:08:38 PST

except that in my two weeks testing of OS 10.4 I could not make it crash even once. Alas, I was laid off shortly afterwa ...

I could be wrong, but I've gotten the distinct impression

30 Oct 2005 12:07:37 PST

that Mac users think they are bullet proof, and totally ignore security. That's why I think they are fat, dumb and happy ...

If you like 10.3 you'll love Tiger.

30 Oct 2005 11:44:23 PST

I agree Macs are more secure but note that XP has a built-in firewall as well.

My PC is totally secure, but my k ...

Err....Tony, WinXP Home is also designed for games.

30 Oct 2005 11:33:27 PST

Millions of gamers use either WinXP Home or WinXP Pro, in fact none that I have read of use Win98/95/ME anymore. Many g ...

Thanks for the tip on XP

30 Oct 2005 10:49:11 PST

I knew about the fix you mentioned but never tried it and since I gave away my XP machine to a nephew it is a moot point ...

With 23 acres

30 Oct 2005 09:12:25 PST

cattle, horses, three dogs, and a cat, I'm ALWAYS looking down as I walk. LOL

TONI ...

XP and games

30 Oct 2005 09:10:01 PST

XP was never intended to be a gaming machine, but most games can be run well with it if you right click the .exe or shor ...

Hey Tron

30 Oct 2005 08:27:38 PST

The only PC I'm running in the house at the moment is an old AMD K6 500 mghz. It's not a rager but I keep it for certain ...

(NT) correct !

30 Oct 2005 05:50:04 PST

...

What comes home on the bottom of your shoes

30 Oct 2005 05:47:55 PST

depends more on where you go walking.;) ...

100 % protection !!!!!!!!!!

30 Oct 2005 05:13:25 PST

Don't do what causes the bad thigs !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...

rookie you is, wise you will be....

29 Oct 2005 21:00:15 PDT

I'm a rookie at this, but it seems if you purge that crap after the fact it's just as effective as prevention and a l ...

Re spybot from Grim

29 Oct 2005 20:49:10 PDT
I have used it, but like I said my current computer is slower than President Bush already and anything running in the ba ...

It's not a question of hate. It's money, and, like all

29 Oct 2005 20:27:01 PDT
successful embezzlements, it's the one Mac users don't know about that they need to worry about. They're all sitting fat ...

Spybot search & destroy

29 Oct 2005 09:25:40 PDT
has a immunization feature that blocks downloads of spyware rather than real time removal. I find it to be highly effect ...

SpyWare, What? me Worry? Nah!

29 Oct 2005 08:52:36 PDT
I am pretty new to home computing and the internet adventure but I am not new to Electronics, been a Tech for nearly 30 ...

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