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New PC, ME with old BIOS
Mike M wrote:
You can only obtain updates from the Windows Update site using the PC to be updated. For the last year or so you can only obtain updates for Win 9x systems from the Windows Update Catalogue site using a Win 9x system. XP and later systems go to a more recent version of the Windows Update Catalogue site that has no Win 9x content. Okay, then I'll use the basic system until some time when I might go online with it. The intended use which triggered this exercise is in a self-contained application package. |
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William B. Lurie wrote:
Okay, then I'll use the basic system until some time when I might go online with it. The intended use which triggered this exercise is in a self-contained application package. What problems do you have when running the package in Win98/Me compatibility mode on XP? -- Mike Maltby |
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New PC, ME with old BIOS - Thread's too long!!
Sorry guys - looks like the sub-thread is too long, it won't let me add a
further reply to your message Mike. FWIW - I've started new sub thread which was only to say :- example you are suddenly unable to access Help without encountering an error post back and either Mart or myself will try and help you out. Only as far as I am able Mike, don't forget I don't have VPC g Mart William B. Lurie wrote: I guess my last question is, after installing Win98 in my VPC, and upgrading to Win ME with my upgrade CD, are there any fixes or improvements for ME, or was it just perfect when released? 290700 is essential for system restore to work and I would personally advise you install all the critical patches that are available for Win Me from the Windows Update site including IE 6 SP1 but whether you move from WMP7 to WMP9 is very much up to you. If you have problems in installing any of these patches or you find that installing one breaks things, for example you are suddenly unable to access Help without encountering an error post back and either Mart or myself will try and help you out. -- Mike Maltby "William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... That's the best I can describe it. I have a hard drive from my old PC with ME on it. It won't boot in Normal Mode in my new PC, I suspect because it was mad with a different BIOS. However, it boots just fine in Safe Mode. Is there a way to get around this? (I hope I made it clear enough). Thanks. |
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Test for Mart
-- Mike Mike M wrote: What problems do you have when running the package in Win98/Me compatibility mode on XP? |
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New PC, ME with old BIOS
Mike M wrote:
Test for Mart And another. In this case with a severely pruned References header which should allow it to be posted whilst still being correctly threaded. -- Mike |
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Thanks Mike,
snip Sorry guys - looks like the sub-thread is too long, it won't let me add a further reply to your message Mike. FWIW - I've started new sub thread which was only to say :- example you are suddenly unable to access Help without encountering an error post back and either Mart or myself will try and help you out. Only as far as I am able Mike, don't forget I don't have VPC g /snip OK, we can kill that 'new sub thread' and continue here - and BTW I do have WinMe running on another machine and will continue to help Bill as far as I am able. Mart "Mike M" wrote in message ... Mike M wrote: Test for Mart And another. In this case with a severely pruned References header which should allow it to be posted whilst still being correctly threaded. -- Mike |
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New PC, ME with old BIOS
Mike M wrote:
William B. Lurie wrote: Okay, then I'll use the basic system until some time when I might go online with it. The intended use which triggered this exercise is in a self-contained application package. What problems do you have when running the package in Win98/Me compatibility mode on XP? Mike, I don't understand your terminology. The term 'compatibility mode' is (surprisingly, I guess) new to me. Up to 18 months ago I had a 2.1GHz PC in which I formatted an HDD and installed Win98 and upgraded to Win ME. I believe that it had 768MB Ram. PC died 18 months ago but I kept the HDD which, as you know I can pull all the files off but cannot make its OS operate. That's where I started bugging you most valuable people. My old Dos programs ran fine from command prompt on that Win ME. I made graphs on screen, and captured them to IrfanView and file. If I try to run the same programs by copying them over to XP and running them from either Windows Explorer or CMD, the programs run, but I have not found a way to get the graphs that they produce onscreen, to print, or to a file, I can't Screen Capture by 'normal' methods, or by any of half a dozen 'third party' capture programs that I've tried. This has been a long story, and maybe most of what I'm telling you is extraneous.....but I'm trying to be complete. |
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Bill asked :-
Mike, I don't understand your terminology. The term 'compatibility mode' is (surprisingly, I guess) new to me. How to use Windows Program Compatibility mode in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292533/en-us How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301911/en-us And, if you've got an hour or so to spare, you might find this WebCast helpful and beneficial. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330604/en-us Good luck Mart "William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... Mike M wrote: William B. Lurie wrote: Okay, then I'll use the basic system until some time when I might go online with it. The intended use which triggered this exercise is in a self-contained application package. What problems do you have when running the package in Win98/Me compatibility mode on XP? Mike, I don't understand your terminology. The term 'compatibility mode' is (surprisingly, I guess) new to me. Up to 18 months ago I had a 2.1GHz PC in which I formatted an HDD and installed Win98 and upgraded to Win ME. I believe that it had 768MB Ram. PC died 18 months ago but I kept the HDD which, as you know I can pull all the files off but cannot make its OS operate. That's where I started bugging you most valuable people. My old Dos programs ran fine from command prompt on that Win ME. I made graphs on screen, and captured them to IrfanView and file. If I try to run the same programs by copying them over to XP and running them from either Windows Explorer or CMD, the programs run, but I have not found a way to get the graphs that they produce onscreen, to print, or to a file, I can't Screen Capture by 'normal' methods, or by any of half a dozen 'third party' capture programs that I've tried. This has been a long story, and maybe most of what I'm telling you is extraneous.....but I'm trying to be complete. |
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