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Making XP desktop look like Win98
I have used Win98 since 98. I really didn't care to upgrade, but it
seems there's just too much stuff that dont work in 98 anymore. I just bought another (used) computer with XP installed, and will keep my Win98 computer as it is. That way I can use either one. The old one was too slow for XP and dual booting seemed like a hassle to setup. So, now I just have 2 computers. Anyhow, I recall someone long ago saying there's a way to make XP look and act like Win98. I really dont care to have to get used to a new look, and XP has too much junk I dont care to use anyhow, like that dog cartoon. Not only do I not want that stuff, but I have always believed that any computer should use it's power for tasks, not unneeded toys, which is one reason I never load anything not required by the OS into memory upon booting. I dont even run automatic virus scans. I do it manually. I dont run screen savers or any of that junk. So, what's the method to make XP look like Win98? Thanks Jerome |
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On 6/6/2010 9:39 PM, wrote:
I have used Win98 since 98. I really didn't care to upgrade, but it seems there's just too much stuff that dont work in 98 anymore. I just bought another (used) computer with XP installed, and will keep my Win98 computer as it is. That way I can use either one. The old one was too slow for XP and dual booting seemed like a hassle to setup. So, now I just have 2 computers. Anyhow, I recall someone long ago saying there's a way to make XP look and act like Win98. I really dont care to have to get used to a new look, and XP has too much junk I dont care to use anyhow, like that dog cartoon. Not only do I not want that stuff, but I have always believed that any computer should use it's power for tasks, not unneeded toys, which is one reason I never load anything not required by the OS into memory upon booting. I dont even run automatic virus scans. I do it manually. I dont run screen savers or any of that junk. So, what's the method to make XP look like Win98? Thanks Jerome You can get a lot of tips from the first page of hits alone: http://www.google.com/search?q=make+xp+look+like+win98 |
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: SNIP You can come close, but there are so many totally idiotic things in the basic guts of the system that it's a losing battle. Even XPLite (http://www.litepc.com) does hardly anything (while it's a MUST for 98SE). And if you mess around too much the machine becomes very unwieldy. Just don't bother with WindowBlinds - it's just ridiculous, and all it does is change one eyecandy for hundreds of other eye candies. Nothing to do with how the OS actually /behaves/. I strongly suggest using the file manager from www.ghisler.com That's probably the best thing you can do to improve the nightmarish XPerience. WE is NOT a file manager. Also, File-Ex from http://www.cottonwoodsw.com -- Of course, it is no easy matter to be polite; in so far, I mean, as it requires us to show great respect for everybody, whereas most people deserve none at all; and again in so far as it demands that we should feign the most lively interest in people, when we must be very glad that we have nothing to do with them. - Arthur Schopenhauer |
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: SNIP You can come close, but there are so many totally idiotic things in the basic guts of the system that it's a losing battle. Even XPLite (http://www.litepc.com) does hardly anything (while it's a MUST for 98SE). And if you mess around too much the machine becomes very unwieldy. Just don't bother with WindowBlinds - it's just ridiculous, and all it does is change one eyecandy for hundreds of other eye candies. Nothing to do with how the OS actually /behaves/. I strongly suggest using the file manager from www.ghisler.com That's probably the best thing you can do to improve the nightmarish XPerience. WE is NOT a file manager. Also, File-Ex from http://www.cottonwoodsw.com -- Of course, it is no easy matter to be polite; in so far, I mean, as it requires us to show great respect for everybody, whereas most people deserve none at all; and again in so far as it demands that we should feign the most lively interest in people, when we must be very glad that we have nothing to do with them. - Arthur Schopenhauer |
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... I have used Win98 since 98. I really didn't care to upgrade, but it seems there's just too much stuff that dont work in 98 anymore. I just bought another (used) computer with XP installed . . . Anyhow, I recall someone long ago saying there's a way to make XP look and act like Win98. I really dont care to have to get used to a new look Books are still the best source for tweaks like this, especially 1. Bott and Siechert, Microsoft WindowsXP Inside Out (Microsoft Press.) 2. Windows XP . . . for Dummies (IDG). -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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... I have used Win98 since 98. I really didn't care to upgrade, but it seems there's just too much stuff that dont work in 98 anymore. I just bought another (used) computer with XP installed . . . Anyhow, I recall someone long ago saying there's a way to make XP look and act like Win98. I really dont care to have to get used to a new look Books are still the best source for tweaks like this, especially 1. Bott and Siechert, Microsoft WindowsXP Inside Out (Microsoft Press.) 2. Windows XP . . . for Dummies (IDG). -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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I have used Win98 since 98. I really didn't care to upgrade, but it seems there's just too much stuff that dont work in 98 anymore. I just bought another (used) computer with XP installed, and will keep my Win98 computer as it is. That way I can use either one. The old one was too slow for XP and dual booting seemed like a hassle to setup. So, now I just have 2 computers. Anyhow, I recall someone long ago saying there's a way to make XP look and act like Win98. I really dont care to have to get used to a new look, and XP has too much junk I dont care to use anyhow, like that dog cartoon. Not only do I not want that stuff, but I have always believed that any computer should use it's power for tasks, not unneeded toys, which is one reason I never load anything not required by the OS into memory upon booting. I dont even run automatic virus scans. I do it manually. I dont run screen savers or any of that junk. So, what's the method to make XP look like Win98? Thanks Jerome Display Properties Appearance tab Windows and buttons Select "Windows Classic Style" Right click the taskbar Properties Start Menu tab Check "Classic Start menu" Those will clean it up pretty well. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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