theres a big black box here running Win 2000…my win 98 box is out in the backyard.,all my stuff is copied and somwhere in here but i havent found it yet.
what a mess, theres folders and icons all over the place!
Re: Win 2000
i need a holiday
i thought this was going to be yet another political thread…
You normally cant ‘restore’ a OS to a different machine, and get a boot.
You must have the same components on each computer to do so, OR, prepare the OS before doing the ‘image’ backup.
I’m suprized it worked for you.
Re: Re: Win 2000
I thought so too:(
My buddy got a Sawzall a few months back and wanted to “try it out” before he used it to modify his hooptie.
We turned my old Windows 3.1 box into a small pile of scrap in under ten minutes. Highly recommended. Good clean fun.
Oddly enough we couldn’t saw the microprocessor in half. We snapped two blades and could barely scratch the surface. Must’ve been made out of uranium or something.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
sacrilage!
I forget what they are made of, but you are correct… I even put a fried AMD in a vice and took a drill to it to make a keychain…
(didnt work)…
You’ll need a diamond tipped blade to do any damage…
The chip is of course built on silicon, which wouldn’t be too hard to cut. But they often have ceramic on top, which is probably the hard stuff. It is probably a combination of a heat-shedding ceramic with unknown other materials to adhere it and keep the CPU safe.
Here’s a Win 2000 story for anyone interestsed:
I like Windows 2000. It’s very stable compared to all previous versions of Windows, and can be installed on multiple machines, unlike XP. I have it on both my home and work PCs. I also have a Mac Powerbook G4 laptop, which is more stable than any version of Windows. And less trouble, too.
So I run Norton Anti-Virus and Norton Internet Security on there to protect it from my always-on fibre-optic internet connection. No problems, other than too many warning windows popping up every time I launch IE or other same-as-yesterday programs.
So now I purchased the 2005 versions of Norton Internet Security and Norton SystemWorks. Overkill, as both contain Norton Anti-Virus, but I got a decent deal. To install the new software, you must first uninstall the old versions. Too bad Symantec can’t make an installer that can do this for you. Apparently they can’t. They can’t even troubleshoot getting the old software off your machine.
I couldn’t get it off. The uninstall utility didn’t work. Then I manually deleted the files. New stuff still wouldn’t install. Then I started hacking my registry, removing references to “norton” and “symantec”. All with the requisite multiple reboots to see if things had improved.
After removing literally several hundred references to “norton” and “symantec” from my registry, I noticed some problems with the OS. But as far as the 2005 installer was concerned, Norton Internet Security was still running. I couldn’t kill it. Plus I read a number of online articles about people having similar problems. Nothing useful from Symantec, other than a few basic registry hacks to try to remove certain things. Those were long gone on my machine.
So I figured now would be a “good” time to wipe my machine and start over. What fun! Fortunatley I have a new Maxtor One Touch external hard drive. Plenty of room to back up all my files. But I still have to reinstall every piece of software after rebuilding the machine.
Once rebuilt, I couldn’t connect to the Internet. Pings wouldn’t work. I have a wireless router, which the PC is wired into. I finally figured out it was the network card in the PC. No drivers. This network card came with my installation of SBC Yahoo DSL about a year before the SureWest fibre-optic I have now. I had to open my computer’s case, take out the card and look at it. Hmm. Same brand as my router! Using my Mac, I downloaded drivers for the card, burned them to a CD, then copied them onto the PC. Fun.
This took two tries, as the first time around I got the wrong set of drivers. Two CDs later, the network card was again working, and I was back on the home network and Internet.
I’m writing this on my trusty Mac laptop. Unlike a Windows machine, I don’t think you have to wipe and re-install a Mac after the registry (or similar) gets too gopped up. You just buy a new one after a few years, when your current one becomes outdated.
I like my Mac. Now I just wish Cerious Software made a version of ThumbsPlus for it. I haven’t found a good equivalent for the Mac. 
I had a similar problem with norton. I went to install my schools super duper corporate version and tried to uninstall my old version as recommended by the school. The uninstall was “sucessful” and I restarted my comp. Then I couldn’t run the new norton installer. So I went in and started axing things until I could install it, which I could. I did so and it randomly tells me every few days that norton isnt running and my computer is not safe (gasp). But it clearly is running, as I can see it in the taskbar and the warnings pop up etc.
Norton AV sucks for personal use. The corporate edition might be good for corporate style installations, but for personal use, Norton AV is more problems than it’s worth.
The problem with uninstalling Norton AV is well known. I see complaints about it in some of the newsgroups that I follow. Norton has info in their tech support database on how to remove it when the uninstall fails (search for “remove”). A Google search will also find instructions on how to manually remove it. I would never allow Norton AV anywhere near my computer.
I use eTrust EZ Antivirus by Computer Associates. I got it back when it was less expensive, but it’s still a good deal. I’ve never had problems with it. It’s well behaved, doesn’t use massive amounts of memory, and has never gotten in the way. It has also never saved me from a virus yet (I practice safe hex).
Another option is AVG Antivirus. It’s free for home use.
For firewalls there is ZoneAlarm or Sygate Personal Firewall. I used to use Zone Alarm Pro (the paid for version) but I started to like it less when they started adding more and more non-firewall features to it. I now use the free version of Sygate Personal Firewall.
There is no need for a home user to need Norton’s security products. There are better alternatives available, and some of them are free.
I don’t think I had any problems with Norton Anti-Virus. All the problems I described were from Norton Internet Security. This product includes the anti-virus part, but I think the other stuff was more the cause of my woes. Yes I read several online uninstall methods, but none of them worked for me. Part of the product’s purpose is to keep you proof against malicious software, and I guess that means making it really hard to kill the product. They made it so good nobody can get it off!
Now I think in most cases things are fine, or there would be a big uproar somewhere. PC Magazine gave AV and Internet Security very high marks and didn’t mention my problems.
Yes, as Windows has gotten more bloated, and the Norton products have as well, they don’t seem to do nearly the laser-sharp job they did back in the DOS/Windows days. When these new versions run out their subscriptions, I’ll definitely keep an open mind for alternatives.
Ah, ha, now there’s one virus that Norton AV never reports…
the dreaded WIN32OS virus by Microshaft