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Is there still a free AV for ME?
"Dave Lee Travis Bickle" wrote in message ... Oh, yes. Windows 2000 won't install on the new board. It is almost certainly due to the HCL not matching enough of the H. The installation hangs. The question now is: fix it or leave it, I suppose? Oh yeah, and what does 'HCL' and 'H' stand for? Didn't have too much time for searching, but aren't Dave Lee and Travis Bickle two different characters? Hopefully you find it in your heart to excuse my ignorance. Harry. Dave Lee Travis Bickle wrote: Thanks for the thought, Harry. I fried the MB same as I did with the last pc - playing with the BIOS. But this time was about a year ago and yes, a decent MB is cheap enough but as there were a couple of specs of the original I didn't like, I got a different one (which almost certainly necessitates replacing other components to match - which is an excuse to upgrade them too). Whereas for a decade I had a VIA chipset, now I have nVidia - inc. onboard graphics far better than the GeForce card that expired before the MB did and mainly why I determined to get a new MB which in turn, frankly, is what tempted me into playing with the BIOS, i.e. the risk of frying it was acceptable and I think I was counting on it. Not only do I now have SATAII controllers to go with the SATAII HDs that were already in there, I can run Aero without needing a seperate card, though the RAM limit is still 2G. The nVidia RAID is incompatible with DriveImage whereas the VIA's worked a treat, by which I mean DI could see the drive(s) from DOS, so I'm not using RAID any more - but being able to use SATAII data transfer more than makes up the performance loss and the backup regime I've instigated is better for having two seperate disks instead of two mirrored, and of course I have twice as much disk space available (though DriveImage from DOS cannot see beyond 137G - so you put partitions for holding stuff that doesn't need backing up, there). There is one fewer IDE controller, so I backed up certain stuff - such as my mp3 collection (of a year ago), and jpegs etc - to one of the PATA drives, zero-ed the other and removed them both (which makes room for a 2nd fan). I lose the useful option of having XP (and/or any other OS) on a PATA drive disabled in the BIOS. I used to turn the computer off, leave it off for a good few minutes, turn it back on and go straight into the BIOS, enable that PATA controller and boot to this 'hidden' OS and scan the disks in everyday use from that. Even if I had the old HDs in there still, my DVD-RAM is PATA. Previously I could disable one controller and leave the other enabled. Now to have a PATA HD in there disabled by default I would have to buy another DVD burner, though maybe that is not such a bad option (except that I'd rather build another pc than continue upgrading this one). Currently - though it is a limited solution - I have an encrypted XP installation on the 2nd disk. Shane webster72n wrote: "Dave Lee Travis Bickle" wrote in message ... Apologies if I came across as unnecessarily abrasive at any point, Harry. I've been getting the feelimg I was, though I'm too tired now to read back through and verify that. Anyway, no, all this is on one pc - as I suspect Noel may have said (but I'll know momentarily). Almost all the systems I'm running lately or have run are virtual machines. I actually tried installing some of the older ones to the real hard drives, but they simply won't anymore! 9x was never entirely stable on the 'this' computer - but since I rebuilt it (after frying the MB) not even Windows 2000 will install on it! After reading Noel's notes I was able to add 2+2 together. And no need to apologize, we go back way too far for that. But you frying the MB? How in the world did you manage such a feat? Anyway, a decent new MB isn't all that expensive, is it? If it weren't for the big water tub between us, I might have stopped by and help you with the repair work. I am sure you'll get it straightened out yet yourself, so you can install Win2000. You've got my complete moral support. Now I must find out who Dave Lee Travis Bickle Is or was. Chow, Harry. Shane webster72n wrote: Hello Shane: At the time of my posting the 'names game' didn't occur to me. Since it does now, I shall respectfully regress and live with my choice(s). You must have quite an assortment of pc's at your disposal. It is always good to be in touch with you. Cheers, Harry. "Dave Lee Travis Bickle" wrote in message ... Oh yes, forgot to add: end of 2010 is the date supplied by Alwil to Jerry Martin as reported here a month or so ago (which I found by searching, i.e. if I'd seen the thread previously I might have realised Rocky T had contributed to it before informing him of what he knew before I did). Though the question then becomes which is better: to continue using a product that will be essentially pointless in just over 6 months or switch now to one that could still be getting def updates for years? With my situation it is different in that - apart from NOD32 being arguably a lot better than Avast! - it was paid for, so why not keep using it to the last? Though - while the 98/ME version of NOD32 v.2 not only still works perfectly well in Windows 95 (a quality now as rare as what comes out of the back of a rocking horse) let alone 98 and ME - I continue to run the NT version (of v.2) mostly to get the def updates for use in portable installations. It is a shame that those will end when the licence does, but it sure as home isn't worth the price *just* to keep an updated thumb drive installation. Stinger is not worth bothering with. I don't know why McAfee do, let alone the humble user. Their sdat scanner either run from DOS for FAT or from a BartPE (which can also be run from USB) for NTFS, can't be trusted after the recent McAfee FP debacle. It is nice to have something other than Sysclean, but Sysclean is pretty good - if you scan without cleaning, then interpret the results. Oh, look at the time! Toodle-oo! "HRH The Example John Smith" wrote in message ... "webster72n" wrote in message ... "HRH The Example John Smith" wrote in message ... "Rockytsquirrel" wrote in message ... Avast 4.8 still works on ME and does update several times a day.. Til the end of 2010, apparently. I tried it but it almost continually popped up notifications of the new build and as it wasn't immediately obvious how to turn that off, I uninstalled it. Not so sure about the end of 2010, and I don't have the problem with those notifications anymore since I renewed my registration. IMHO Avast is still the best. You haven't tried enough alternatives then, Harry. Incidentally it also caused problems in 2 or 3 of the systems I installed it on - on which I now have either NAV2002...or nothing. This is no longer anything to do with the interface, as I don't give an inverted dos about that when it is on a system I rarely use. btw I had only recently registered it, on account of the first key I used was out of date. Really, if you mean 'the best AV' you're seriously deluded. Personal preferences aside, Avast! shows the occasional good result in tests but spends most of it's time at or maybe slightly above mediocre - rather like AVG, which I used to swear by (as far as free AVs go), but I was never under the illusion it was 'the best'. While I still have a little time left on my NOD32 licence, I am migrating to free Avira - using it here in Windows7 as I type. Once you disable the nag screen it is pretty good (probably is *with* the nag too if you can stand that sort of thing). I am undecided as yet as to just how good Antivir is - though as with all of them it varies over time anyway. Certainly these days, though, I will go with the German product over the Czech products any day of the week. Rather like if any version of Linux was polished enough to stay on a primary here (I just tried Kubuntu 10.04 both on the metal and in VPC and neither stayed more than 5 minutes, failing as miserably as *buntu always does except for the too-easily pleased) it would be the originally-German openSUSE. Though I think Beemers and Porches are a variation on crepe. Harumph! |
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The Hardware Compatibility List (and the Hardware). NT versions have this
list - I suppose you'd call it a database - off hardware compatible with the OS. Obviously nothing later than the OS is on there. It can cause problems, though it's such a long time since I had them that I don't recall the details. But with hardware nigh on 10 years newer than the OS it can be difficult to get to where you can install the drivers required to run it. Particularly when, as even with XP, you need a floppy to supply them during installation. I have an XP disc I built for installing the VIA raid drivers automatically, but I can't be bothered for Windows 2000, which isn't in any sense necessary and it would require finding out what hardware is the problem in the first place (and maybe it isn't just one component either!), if indeed it could be 'fixed'. I don't have enough time to spare to look on it as a challenge so that is that. Dave Lee Travis and Travis Bickle. I did a search on the name to see what you would find only to find someone has already done that one! I am mortified. But that is the internet for you, helps you see your true insignificance in the universe, creatively-speaking. So, I'm someone else now. Can't remember who though! Mr Moonlight webster72n wrote: "Dave Lee Travis Bickle" wrote in message ... Oh, yes. Windows 2000 won't install on the new board. It is almost certainly due to the HCL not matching enough of the H. The installation hangs. The question now is: fix it or leave it, I suppose? Oh yeah, and what does 'HCL' and 'H' stand for? Didn't have too much time for searching, but aren't Dave Lee and Travis Bickle two different characters? Hopefully you find it in your heart to excuse my ignorance. Harry. Dave Lee Travis Bickle wrote: Thanks for the thought, Harry. I fried the MB same as I did with the last pc - playing with the BIOS. But this time was about a year ago and yes, a decent MB is cheap enough but as there were a couple of specs of the original I didn't like, I got a different one (which almost certainly necessitates replacing other components to match - which is an excuse to upgrade them too). Whereas for a decade I had a VIA chipset, now I have nVidia - inc. onboard graphics far better than the GeForce card that expired before the MB did and mainly why I determined to get a new MB which in turn, frankly, is what tempted me into playing with the BIOS, i.e. the risk of frying it was acceptable and I think I was counting on it. Not only do I now have SATAII controllers to go with the SATAII HDs that were already in there, I can run Aero without needing a seperate card, though the RAM limit is still 2G. The nVidia RAID is incompatible with DriveImage whereas the VIA's worked a treat, by which I mean DI could see the drive(s) from DOS, so I'm not using RAID any more - but being able to use SATAII data transfer more than makes up the performance loss and the backup regime I've instigated is better for having two seperate disks instead of two mirrored, and of course I have twice as much disk space available (though DriveImage from DOS cannot see beyond 137G - so you put partitions for holding stuff that doesn't need backing up, there). There is one fewer IDE controller, so I backed up certain stuff - such as my mp3 collection (of a year ago), and jpegs etc - to one of the PATA drives, zero-ed the other and removed them both (which makes room for a 2nd fan). I lose the useful option of having XP (and/or any other OS) on a PATA drive disabled in the BIOS. I used to turn the computer off, leave it off for a good few minutes, turn it back on and go straight into the BIOS, enable that PATA controller and boot to this 'hidden' OS and scan the disks in everyday use from that. Even if I had the old HDs in there still, my DVD-RAM is PATA. Previously I could disable one controller and leave the other enabled. Now to have a PATA HD in there disabled by default I would have to buy another DVD burner, though maybe that is not such a bad option (except that I'd rather build another pc than continue upgrading this one). Currently - though it is a limited solution - I have an encrypted XP installation on the 2nd disk. Shane webster72n wrote: "Dave Lee Travis Bickle" wrote in message ... Apologies if I came across as unnecessarily abrasive at any point, Harry. I've been getting the feelimg I was, though I'm too tired now to read back through and verify that. Anyway, no, all this is on one pc - as I suspect Noel may have said (but I'll know momentarily). Almost all the systems I'm running lately or have run are virtual machines. I actually tried installing some of the older ones to the real hard drives, but they simply won't anymore! 9x was never entirely stable on the 'this' computer - but since I rebuilt it (after frying the MB) not even Windows 2000 will install on it! After reading Noel's notes I was able to add 2+2 together. And no need to apologize, we go back way too far for that. But you frying the MB? How in the world did you manage such a feat? Anyway, a decent new MB isn't all that expensive, is it? If it weren't for the big water tub between us, I might have stopped by and help you with the repair work. I am sure you'll get it straightened out yet yourself, so you can install Win2000. You've got my complete moral support. Now I must find out who Dave Lee Travis Bickle Is or was. Chow, Harry. Shane webster72n wrote: Hello Shane: At the time of my posting the 'names game' didn't occur to me. Since it does now, I shall respectfully regress and live with my choice(s). You must have quite an assortment of pc's at your disposal. It is always good to be in touch with you. Cheers, Harry. "Dave Lee Travis Bickle" wrote in message ... Oh yes, forgot to add: end of 2010 is the date supplied by Alwil to Jerry Martin as reported here a month or so ago (which I found by searching, i.e. if I'd seen the thread previously I might have realised Rocky T had contributed to it before informing him of what he knew before I did). Though the question then becomes which is better: to continue using a product that will be essentially pointless in just over 6 months or switch now to one that could still be getting def updates for years? With my situation it is different in that - apart from NOD32 being arguably a lot better than Avast! - it was paid for, so why not keep using it to the last? Though - while the 98/ME version of NOD32 v.2 not only still works perfectly well in Windows 95 (a quality now as rare as what comes out of the back of a rocking horse) let alone 98 and ME - I continue to run the NT version (of v.2) mostly to get the def updates for use in portable installations. It is a shame that those will end when the licence does, but it sure as home isn't worth the price *just* to keep an updated thumb drive installation. Stinger is not worth bothering with. I don't know why McAfee do, let alone the humble user. Their sdat scanner either run from DOS for FAT or from a BartPE (which can also be run from USB) for NTFS, can't be trusted after the recent McAfee FP debacle. It is nice to have something other than Sysclean, but Sysclean is pretty good - if you scan without cleaning, then interpret the results. Oh, look at the time! Toodle-oo! "HRH The Example John Smith" wrote in message ... "webster72n" wrote in message ... "HRH The Example John Smith" wrote in message ... "Rockytsquirrel" wrote in message ... Avast 4.8 still works on ME and does update several times a day.. Til the end of 2010, apparently. I tried it but it almost continually popped up notifications of the new build and as it wasn't immediately obvious how to turn that off, I uninstalled it. Not so sure about the end of 2010, and I don't have the problem with those notifications anymore since I renewed my registration. IMHO Avast is still the best. You haven't tried enough alternatives then, Harry. Incidentally it also caused problems in 2 or 3 of the systems I installed it on - on which I now have either NAV2002...or nothing. This is no longer anything to do with the interface, as I don't give an inverted dos about that when it is on a system I rarely use. btw I had only recently registered it, on account of the first key I used was out of date. Really, if you mean 'the best AV' you're seriously deluded. Personal preferences aside, Avast! shows the occasional good result in tests but spends most of it's time at or maybe slightly above mediocre - rather like AVG, which I used to swear by (as far as free AVs go), but I was never under the illusion it was 'the best'. While I still have a little time left on my NOD32 licence, I am migrating to free Avira - using it here in Windows7 as I type. Once you disable the nag screen it is pretty good (probably is *with* the nag too if you can stand that sort of thing). I am undecided as yet as to just how good Antivir is - though as with all of them it varies over time anyway. Certainly these days, though, I will go with the German product over the Czech products any day of the week. Rather like if any version of Linux was polished enough to stay on a primary here (I just tried Kubuntu 10.04 both on the metal and in VPC and neither stayed more than 5 minutes, failing as miserably as *buntu always does except for the too-easily pleased) it would be the originally-German openSUSE. Though I think Beemers and Porches are a variation on crepe. Harumph! |
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"Hironimus Potroast" wrote in message ... The Hardware Compatibility List (and the Hardware). NT versions have this list - I suppose you'd call it a database - off hardware compatible with the OS. Obviously nothing later than the OS is on there. It can cause problems, though it's such a long time since I had them that I don't recall the details. But with hardware nigh on 10 years newer than the OS it can be difficult to get to where you can install the drivers required to run it. Particularly when, as even with XP, you need a floppy to supply them during installation. I have an XP disc I built for installing the VIA raid drivers automatically, but I can't be bothered for Windows 2000, which isn't in any sense necessary and it would require finding out what hardware is the problem in the first place (and maybe it isn't just one component either!), if indeed it could be 'fixed'. I don't have enough time to spare to look on it as a challenge so that is that. Seems logical... Dave Lee Travis and Travis Bickle. I did a search on the name to see what you would find only to find someone has already done that one! I am mortified. But that is the internet for you, helps you see your true insignificance in the universe, creatively-speaking. So, I'm someone else now. Can't remember who though! Mr Moonlight I've always found the moon intriguing, even though I don't know why. H. webster72n wrote: "Dave Lee Travis Bickle" wrote in message ... Oh, yes. Windows 2000 won't install on the new board. It is almost certainly due to the HCL not matching enough of the H. The installation hangs. The question now is: fix it or leave it, I suppose? Oh yeah, and what does 'HCL' and 'H' stand for? Didn't have too much time for searching, but aren't Dave Lee and Travis Bickle two different characters? Hopefully you find it in your heart to excuse my ignorance. Harry. Dave Lee Travis Bickle wrote: Thanks for the thought, Harry. I fried the MB same as I did with the last pc - playing with the BIOS. But this time was about a year ago and yes, a decent MB is cheap enough but as there were a couple of specs of the original I didn't like, I got a different one (which almost certainly necessitates replacing other components to match - which is an excuse to upgrade them too). Whereas for a decade I had a VIA chipset, now I have nVidia - inc. onboard graphics far better than the GeForce card that expired before the MB did and mainly why I determined to get a new MB which in turn, frankly, is what tempted me into playing with the BIOS, i.e. the risk of frying it was acceptable and I think I was counting on it. Not only do I now have SATAII controllers to go with the SATAII HDs that were already in there, I can run Aero without needing a seperate card, though the RAM limit is still 2G. The nVidia RAID is incompatible with DriveImage whereas the VIA's worked a treat, by which I mean DI could see the drive(s) from DOS, so I'm not using RAID any more - but being able to use SATAII data transfer more than makes up the performance loss and the backup regime I've instigated is better for having two seperate disks instead of two mirrored, and of course I have twice as much disk space available (though DriveImage from DOS cannot see beyond 137G - so you put partitions for holding stuff that doesn't need backing up, there). There is one fewer IDE controller, so I backed up certain stuff - such as my mp3 collection (of a year ago), and jpegs etc - to one of the PATA drives, zero-ed the other and removed them both (which makes room for a 2nd fan). I lose the useful option of having XP (and/or any other OS) on a PATA drive disabled in the BIOS. I used to turn the computer off, leave it off for a good few minutes, turn it back on and go straight into the BIOS, enable that PATA controller and boot to this 'hidden' OS and scan the disks in everyday use from that. Even if I had the old HDs in there still, my DVD-RAM is PATA. Previously I could disable one controller and leave the other enabled. Now to have a PATA HD in there disabled by default I would have to buy another DVD burner, though maybe that is not such a bad option (except that I'd rather build another pc than continue upgrading this one). Currently - though it is a limited solution - I have an encrypted XP installation on the 2nd disk. Shane webster72n wrote: "Dave Lee Travis Bickle" wrote in message ... Apologies if I came across as unnecessarily abrasive at any point, Harry. I've been getting the feelimg I was, though I'm too tired now to read back through and verify that. Anyway, no, all this is on one pc - as I suspect Noel may have said (but I'll know momentarily). Almost all the systems I'm running lately or have run are virtual machines. I actually tried installing some of the older ones to the real hard drives, but they simply won't anymore! 9x was never entirely stable on the 'this' computer - but since I rebuilt it (after frying the MB) not even Windows 2000 will install on it! After reading Noel's notes I was able to add 2+2 together. And no need to apologize, we go back way too far for that. But you frying the MB? How in the world did you manage such a feat? Anyway, a decent new MB isn't all that expensive, is it? If it weren't for the big water tub between us, I might have stopped by and help you with the repair work. I am sure you'll get it straightened out yet yourself, so you can install Win2000. You've got my complete moral support. Now I must find out who Dave Lee Travis Bickle Is or was. Chow, Harry. Shane webster72n wrote: Hello Shane: At the time of my posting the 'names game' didn't occur to me. Since it does now, I shall respectfully regress and live with my choice(s). You must have quite an assortment of pc's at your disposal. It is always good to be in touch with you. Cheers, Harry. "Dave Lee Travis Bickle" wrote in message ... Oh yes, forgot to add: end of 2010 is the date supplied by Alwil to Jerry Martin as reported here a month or so ago (which I found by searching, i.e. if I'd seen the thread previously I might have realised Rocky T had contributed to it before informing him of what he knew before I did). Though the question then becomes which is better: to continue using a product that will be essentially pointless in just over 6 months or switch now to one that could still be getting def updates for years? With my situation it is different in that - apart from NOD32 being arguably a lot better than Avast! - it was paid for, so why not keep using it to the last? Though - while the 98/ME version of NOD32 v.2 not only still works perfectly well in Windows 95 (a quality now as rare as what comes out of the back of a rocking horse) let alone 98 and ME - I continue to run the NT version (of v.2) mostly to get the def updates for use in portable installations. It is a shame that those will end when the licence does, but it sure as home isn't worth the price *just* to keep an updated thumb drive installation. Stinger is not worth bothering with. I don't know why McAfee do, let alone the humble user. Their sdat scanner either run from DOS for FAT or from a BartPE (which can also be run from USB) for NTFS, can't be trusted after the recent McAfee FP debacle. It is nice to have something other than Sysclean, but Sysclean is pretty good - if you scan without cleaning, then interpret the results. Oh, look at the time! Toodle-oo! "HRH The Example John Smith" wrote in message ... "webster72n" wrote in message ... "HRH The Example John Smith" wrote in message ... "Rockytsquirrel" wrote in message ... Avast 4.8 still works on ME and does update several times a day.. Til the end of 2010, apparently. I tried it but it almost continually popped up notifications of the new build and as it wasn't immediately obvious how to turn that off, I uninstalled it. Not so sure about the end of 2010, and I don't have the problem with those notifications anymore since I renewed my registration. IMHO Avast is still the best. You haven't tried enough alternatives then, Harry. Incidentally it also caused problems in 2 or 3 of the systems I installed it on - on which I now have either NAV2002...or nothing. This is no longer anything to do with the interface, as I don't give an inverted dos about that when it is on a system I rarely use. btw I had only recently registered it, on account of the first key I used was out of date. Really, if you mean 'the best AV' you're seriously deluded. Personal preferences aside, Avast! shows the occasional good result in tests but spends most of it's time at or maybe slightly above mediocre - rather like AVG, which I used to swear by (as far as free AVs go), but I was never under the illusion it was 'the best'. While I still have a little time left on my NOD32 licence, I am migrating to free Avira - using it here in Windows7 as I type. Once you disable the nag screen it is pretty good (probably is *with* the nag too if you can stand that sort of thing). I am undecided as yet as to just how good Antivir is - though as with all of them it varies over time anyway. Certainly these days, though, I will go with the German product over the Czech products any day of the week. Rather like if any version of Linux was polished enough to stay on a primary here (I just tried Kubuntu 10.04 both on the metal and in VPC and neither stayed more than 5 minutes, failing as miserably as *buntu always does except for the too-easily pleased) it would be the originally-German openSUSE. Though I think Beemers and Porches are a variation on crepe. Harumph! |
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Surely that should be
Heironymus ?? .... or is that also a load of bosch? -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk |
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Noel Paton wrote:
Surely that should be Heironymus ?? ... or is that also a load of bosch? I think you might have something there. I blame my parents. Also, I mean the HAL, don't I. Why when I try to install Win2k it says "I'm afraid I can't do that, Shane". Which came first, the chicken or the egg? A. The Hardware Abstraction Layer. My ol' Laverda had a Bosch alternator. It didn't begin charging until 3500 rpm, which was 70mph in top. So, at night you weren't actually meant to ride at legal speeds, ever. Though I suspect that was the fault of Laverda for choosing to fit it rather than Bosch for astonishingly-bad design. Sure was a blast though! |
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I suspect it was the gearing or spindle-size used that caused the problem -
if the alternator was run of a slightly larger spindle, the speed required would have been reduced in proportion - so it was Laverda's design error, rather than Bosch's. I'll bet it was fun trying to keep the headlight going! (I assume we're talking bikes here, rather than combine harvesters? - I just had this vision.....) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk |
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Is there still a free AV for ME?
Noel Paton wrote:
I suspect it was the gearing or spindle-size used that caused the problem - if the alternator was run of a slightly larger spindle, the speed required would have been reduced in proportion - so it was Laverda's design error, rather than Bosch's. No, no gearing, it was mounted directly on the crankshaft. I'll bet it was fun trying to keep the headlight going! (I assume we're talking bikes here, rather than combine harvesters? - I just had this vision.....) Yes, I remember my surprise watching the movie about the assassin - I get the feeling it was James Coburn - visiting the retired predecessor Sterling Hayden who has a farm (in Italy?) and is driving a Laverda tractor. But, yes, bikes; specifically the 140mph Jota 180 (the original 'muscle bike'). And being a 180 - that is, 180 deg. crank which meant serious vibration (being a triple, the 120 deg. arrangement as with the BSA Rocket 3/Triumph Trident would have been exceptionally smooth, but originally they opted for 180, which made it more like a 1.5 650 Bonnevilles and joined the ranks of bikes whose components would vibrate loose and drop off or would fracture. A year or two after my model they redesigned it to have a 120 deg. crank but tamed it somewhat in the process and I wouldn't want one - whereas I feel the 180 is a bike I should have again while I still can). Anyway, one time the petrol tank vibrated through the stupidly routed wiring harness and shorted out the power lead. Coming back (to Basingstoke) from London late one night - alone, apart from my gf on the back - the bike died just south of Blackbushe, on the A30. This is about midnight, December, nowhere near a streetlight, effectively in the middle of nowhere (could have walked to Hartley Wintney but nothing would have been open). First I had to figure out what was wrong, in total darkness. You can figure a certain amount from e.g. that the headlight is dead - which otherwise I'd have removed from the shell and pointed at the bike so I could see something. As it was I had to do it by feel. I seem to recall getting an inkling but as I couldn't see for sure...so figured I better try to start the bike and if so, rev it to at least 3500 to keep it running, jump on and get back home like the proverbial bat! The Jota is a high compression 1000cc massively over-engineered motor that even a brand new fully-charged battery struggles to turn. Naturally there is no kickstart and for that even today I thank the FSM. So it was bump it or walk. Wonder of wonders I did manage to bump it, and I doubt anyone remained asleep in Hartley Wintney or Hook as we went through that night (it is a very loud bike, exemplary of the Italian production racer put on the road with the minimum of legal niceties). I once got back (to Basingstoke) from Henley-in-Arden, just south of Solihull, again at about midnight, along the old A34 (fabulous biking road!) in driving rain, in about an hour (on the Jota). I forget whether I had Pirelli Phantoms or Michelins - the former I think - but it also helps to have Italian handling. But whichever it is a remarkeable feat, I think, if you care to work out the average speed and bear in mind that the old A34 - between Brum and Woodstock - is a wonderfully windy road going through the likes of Stratford-Upon-Avon, Shipston-on-Stour and several small villages and there is no way in hell I went through *those* at that average speed. I set out - from my aunt and uncle's - intending to try not to drop below 90mph except where it was unavoidable. Incidentally, I was still courier-ing (?) at the time. This was when I would over/undertake vehicles on the M25 by squeezing between them at 125mph. One time - on the Jota - I was stopped in Churchill Way, Basingstoke, having been clocked at 90mph under the town centre and I genuinely had no idea I was going that fast! Another time I got pulled heading out of the New Forest towards Bournemouth under-taking (almost appropriate) a traffic jam. The bike cop said I was going too fast for a reading - but as they knew I was doing over 70...Amazingly I escaped automatic bans the entire two years of courier-ing, though I did get to where one more speeding ticket and I would have been banned. After I quit that career came time to take stock and I found I couldn't justify riding like that, and stopped. On Ilkley Moor Bah Tat! it was a thrill, but one lost to Evolution. |
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Hironimus Bosch Beta, Aux. is one thing and Pot Roast quite another, with me preferring the pot roast @ 16.99 for 4. I'm beginning to understand the moon theory. Don't be too harsh, some take a bit longer to get there, as long as they do. Obviously you had enough cents (or is it sense?) to avoid the two-year suspension. "For he's a jolly good fellow..." Top Hat, Harry. "Hironimus Potroast" wrote in message ... Noel Paton wrote: I suspect it was the gearing or spindle-size used that caused the problem - if the alternator was run of a slightly larger spindle, the speed required would have been reduced in proportion - so it was Laverda's design error, rather than Bosch's. No, no gearing, it was mounted directly on the crankshaft. I'll bet it was fun trying to keep the headlight going! (I assume we're talking bikes here, rather than combine harvesters? - I just had this vision.....) Yes, I remember my surprise watching the movie about the assassin - I get the feeling it was James Coburn - visiting the retired predecessor Sterling Hayden who has a farm (in Italy?) and is driving a Laverda tractor. But, yes, bikes; specifically the 140mph Jota 180 (the original 'muscle bike'). And being a 180 - that is, 180 deg. crank which meant serious vibration (being a triple, the 120 deg. arrangement as with the BSA Rocket 3/Triumph Trident would have been exceptionally smooth, but originally they opted for 180, which made it more like a 1.5 650 Bonnevilles and joined the ranks of bikes whose components would vibrate loose and drop off or would fracture. A year or two after my model they redesigned it to have a 120 deg. crank but tamed it somewhat in the process and I wouldn't want one - whereas I feel the 180 is a bike I should have again while I still can). Anyway, one time the petrol tank vibrated through the stupidly routed wiring harness and shorted out the power lead. Coming back (to Basingstoke) from London late one night - alone, apart from my gf on the back - the bike died just south of Blackbushe, on the A30. This is about midnight, December, nowhere near a streetlight, effectively in the middle of nowhere (could have walked to Hartley Wintney but nothing would have been open). First I had to figure out what was wrong, in total darkness. You can figure a certain amount from e.g. that the headlight is dead - which otherwise I'd have removed from the shell and pointed at the bike so I could see something. As it was I had to do it by feel. I seem to recall getting an inkling but as I couldn't see for sure...so figured I better try to start the bike and if so, rev it to at least 3500 to keep it running, jump on and get back home like the proverbial bat! The Jota is a high compression 1000cc massively over-engineered motor that even a brand new fully-charged battery struggles to turn. Naturally there is no kickstart and for that even today I thank the FSM. So it was bump it or walk. Wonder of wonders I did manage to bump it, and I doubt anyone remained asleep in Hartley Wintney or Hook as we went through that night (it is a very loud bike, exemplary of the Italian production racer put on the road with the minimum of legal niceties). I once got back (to Basingstoke) from Henley-in-Arden, just south of Solihull, again at about midnight, along the old A34 (fabulous biking road!) in driving rain, in about an hour (on the Jota). I forget whether I had Pirelli Phantoms or Michelins - the former I think - but it also helps to have Italian handling. But whichever it is a remarkeable feat, I think, if you care to work out the average speed and bear in mind that the old A34 - between Brum and Woodstock - is a wonderfully windy road going through the likes of Stratford-Upon-Avon, Shipston-on-Stour and several small villages and there is no way in hell I went through *those* at that average speed. I set out - from my aunt and uncle's - intending to try not to drop below 90mph except where it was unavoidable. Incidentally, I was still courier-ing (?) at the time. This was when I would over/undertake vehicles on the M25 by squeezing between them at 125mph. One time - on the Jota - I was stopped in Churchill Way, Basingstoke, having been clocked at 90mph under the town centre and I genuinely had no idea I was going that fast! Another time I got pulled heading out of the New Forest towards Bournemouth under-taking (almost appropriate) a traffic jam. The bike cop said I was going too fast for a reading - but as they knew I was doing over 70...Amazingly I escaped automatic bans the entire two years of courier-ing, though I did get to where one more speeding ticket and I would have been banned. After I quit that career came time to take stock and I found I couldn't justify riding like that, and stopped. On Ilkley Moor Bah Tat! it was a thrill, but one lost to Evolution. |
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No prob. Incidentally - and if you haven't yourself installed NAV2002 yet -
contrary to 98Guy's assertion, it does not perform program updates. He can't be as clued as he thinks - which does not sit well with belittling others - to post that it does, end of story. I'm just reinstalling NT 4.0 and there are currently 80MB of def updates but that is all there is. That and Chelsea have just done the double (apart from anything else, beating the team that knocked out Spurs so ha ha, Noel!). Shane Smirnoff wrote: Much obliged "HRH The Example John Smith" wrote in message ... Ironic, since I would say 'not one worth actually running' - but there is one, doubly ironic because '98 Guy' has mentioned it. Norton Antivirus 2002 can be acquired in various locations - the most trustworthy one of which is probably: http://www.oldversion.com/download_N...irus_2002.html This installs fine (obviously you skip registration). You'll find it is registered for updates for one year i.e. from the date you install it (and after which it is presumably as easy as it was back then to reset the deadline). Live Update will do it's thing and get about 75MB of def updates first time and it will continue to run just as it did when Me was still supported, updating on a regular basis. I doubt there will be further program updates, but IMO NAV2002 is likely better than any of the current free AV software that does support Me. This is the 'lesser of two evils' approach. FWIW I have scanned this download with several quality current antimalware tools and it appears clean. Wingnut's cousin "Smirnoff" wrote in message ... Is there still a free version of an AV product that supports ME with definition updates? If so, would be grateful for a link. |
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