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Old June 13th 09, 05:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general,alt.windows-me
webster72n
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And I knew that too, Joan, just tried to put in a plug for 'Vista'.
Hopefully no one noticed. H.


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I knew what they meant Harry I was just being a little sarcastic. g

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I've never heard of Windows Fista what's that like ?


A breath of fresh air, Joan, the Windows Vista. H.


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"teebo" wrote in message newsp.uve3i9f4br8ivg@300pl...

yeah a reason to change would be that their computer died
and the new computer refuses to let them install win9x/me on it
(if they care much enough about OS to invest some time to remove
that ugly Windows Fista that is preinstalled on the new one)
but they wouldn't search here for linux then either



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  #22  
Old June 14th 09, 09:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general,alt.windows-me
No Alternative[_2_]
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On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:41:29 -0700, Greegor wrote:

Considering upgrade paths for WinMe users seems to be appropriate here,
Harry.

What percentage of WinMe boxes out there COULD be upgraded to Win XP and
would it be a rational move for somebody?

Aren't the WinME newsgroups dead enough to make it reasonable to post
upgrade path considerations?

Just as an example, I've got a Compaq Presario 5000US sitting here that
has a really nifty "Designedf for ..WinME" sticker on it but doesn't
have the original Restore CD and was before COA stickers were affixed to
the box as well.

It's questionable whether it's worth buying the Restore CD ($30 or $40
online).

What would you as a Loyal WinME guy
suggest for this beautiful WinME computer?


u-lite linux is perfect for a computer of that vintage.

http://u-lite.org

Won't cost you a thing, and it now comes in a live cd.



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Old June 14th 09, 02:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general,alt.windows-me
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No Alternative wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:41:29 -0700, Greegor wrote:

Considering upgrade paths for WinMe users seems to be appropriate here,
Harry.

What percentage of WinMe boxes out there COULD be upgraded to Win XP and
would it be a rational move for somebody?

Aren't the WinME newsgroups dead enough to make it reasonable to post
upgrade path considerations?

Just as an example, I've got a Compaq Presario 5000US sitting here that
has a really nifty "Designedf for ..WinME" sticker on it but doesn't
have the original Restore CD and was before COA stickers were affixed to
the box as well.

It's questionable whether it's worth buying the Restore CD ($30 or $40
online).

What would you as a Loyal WinME guy
suggest for this beautiful WinME computer?


u-lite linux is perfect for a computer of that vintage.

http://u-lite.org

Won't cost you a thing, and it now comes in a live cd.



Try PCLinuxOS. I have it running on an old Windows ME PC. In fact I
have it setup to dual boot to Windows ME or PCLinuxOS. Download the
livecd and boot from it to see how it works on your hardware.

Jim
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Old June 15th 09, 01:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general,alt.windows-me
webster72n
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"Jim Dell" wrote in message
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No Alternative wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:41:29 -0700, Greegor wrote:

Considering upgrade paths for WinMe users seems to be appropriate here,
Harry.

What percentage of WinMe boxes out there COULD be upgraded to Win XP and
would it be a rational move for somebody?

Aren't the WinME newsgroups dead enough to make it reasonable to post
upgrade path considerations?

Just as an example, I've got a Compaq Presario 5000US sitting here that
has a really nifty "Designedf for ..WinME" sticker on it but doesn't
have the original Restore CD and was before COA stickers were affixed to
the box as well.

It's questionable whether it's worth buying the Restore CD ($30 or $40
online).

What would you as a Loyal WinME guy
suggest for this beautiful WinME computer?


u-lite linux is perfect for a computer of that vintage.
http://u-lite.org

Won't cost you a thing, and it now comes in a live cd.



Try PCLinuxOS. I have it running on an old Windows ME PC. In fact I have
it setup to dual boot to Windows ME or PCLinuxOS. Download the livecd and
boot from it to see how it works on your hardware.

Jim


Why is it that none of you 'linux-people' tell us about the fact,
any of their praised systems require at least broadband to connect to the
internet (no dial-up) and a heap of printers have no available drivers?
I went through a lot of trouble to get the latest version of ubuntu
installed and, when I finally reached that point, ran into the above
obstacle.
Thanks a million.

Harry.

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Old June 15th 09, 02:41 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general,alt.windows-me
No Alternative[_2_]
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On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:49:35 -0400, webster72n wrote:

"Jim Dell" wrote in message
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No Alternative wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:41:29 -0700, Greegor wrote:

Considering upgrade paths for WinMe users seems to be appropriate
here, Harry.

What percentage of WinMe boxes out there COULD be upgraded to Win XP
and would it be a rational move for somebody?

Aren't the WinME newsgroups dead enough to make it reasonable to post
upgrade path considerations?

Just as an example, I've got a Compaq Presario 5000US sitting here
that has a really nifty "Designedf for ..WinME" sticker on it but
doesn't have the original Restore CD and was before COA stickers were
affixed to the box as well.

It's questionable whether it's worth buying the Restore CD ($30 or
$40 online).

What would you as a Loyal WinME guy
suggest for this beautiful WinME computer?

u-lite linux is perfect for a computer of that vintage.
http://u-lite.org

Won't cost you a thing, and it now comes in a live cd.



Try PCLinuxOS. I have it running on an old Windows ME PC. In fact I
have it setup to dual boot to Windows ME or PCLinuxOS. Download the
livecd and boot from it to see how it works on your hardware.

Jim


Why is it that none of you 'linux-people' tell us about the fact, any of
their praised systems require at least broadband to connect to the
internet (no dial-up)


because you can setup dialup pretty easy in ubuntu, so I don't know what
you are talking about.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto

and a heap of printers have no available drivers?

Never had this problem.




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Old June 15th 09, 03:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general,alt.windows-me
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and a heap of printers have no available drivers?
I went through a lot of trouble to get the latest version of ubuntu
installed and, when I finally reached that point, ran into the above
obstacle.


I had the opposite problem when I installed Ubuntu at
a friends home, too many printer drivers :-) or printer system
or whatever... that was some year ago though so I hope that is
fixed since then(?)

He have a standard HP Laserjet 4 (there must be billions of them
and they last forever), but still I had to choose between in
a list of impossible-to-know things because if you selected
the default or the one at the top or so....
....your prints was written to the little display on the printer
instead of the paper! (a one line display with 16 chars)

:-D


Now that I read here that there are ubuntu-derivates that isn't
so extreemly memory hungry, why can't they fix so Ubuntu itself
work that way when starting on a computer with less memory?
You can't even start the standard Ubuntu liveCD with 128MB
(and not the "small" Xubuntu either)
but that isn't what this newsgroups is about I guess.

btw, I just saw that this thread is crossposted to
alt.microsoft-me too, is that newsgroup any different
from m.p.windowsme.general?
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Old June 16th 09, 01:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general,alt.windows-me
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"No Alternative" wrote in
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On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:49:35 -0400, webster72n wrote:

"Jim Dell" wrote in message
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No Alternative wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:41:29 -0700, Greegor wrote:

Considering upgrade paths for WinMe users seems to be appropriate
here, Harry.

What percentage of WinMe boxes out there COULD be upgraded to Win XP
and would it be a rational move for somebody?

Aren't the WinME newsgroups dead enough to make it reasonable to post
upgrade path considerations?

Just as an example, I've got a Compaq Presario 5000US sitting here
that has a really nifty "Designedf for ..WinME" sticker on it but
doesn't have the original Restore CD and was before COA stickers were
affixed to the box as well.

It's questionable whether it's worth buying the Restore CD ($30 or
$40 online).

What would you as a Loyal WinME guy
suggest for this beautiful WinME computer?

u-lite linux is perfect for a computer of that vintage.
http://u-lite.org

Won't cost you a thing, and it now comes in a live cd.



Try PCLinuxOS. I have it running on an old Windows ME PC. In fact I
have it setup to dual boot to Windows ME or PCLinuxOS. Download the
livecd and boot from it to see how it works on your hardware.

Jim


Why is it that none of you 'linux-people' tell us about the fact, any of
their praised systems require at least broadband to connect to the
internet (no dial-up)


because you can setup dialup pretty easy in ubuntu, so I don't know what
you are talking about.


It most certainly isn't easy in my case, if possible at all.
My version of ubuntu is 8.10 and there is no 'Networking', only 'Network
Tools', which doesn't include the given options, mentioned in the link you
provided.
It might be noteworthy to mention that my IPS doesn't support Linux
(Ubuntu).


https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto

and a heap of printers have no available drivers?

Never had this problem.


My printer model is a Lexmark X2600, being recognized but not activated.
Don't know whether this has anything to do with the fact that I'm running it
on a virtual machine hosted by Vista, but it shouldn't, really.
In case you would have any other suggestions, it may be better to continue
this conversation via email, if acceptable to you.
Thank you for your interest.

Harry.




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Old June 17th 09, 07:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Unix = good business OS (in it's time)
Linux= Fun to play around with. All versions have +s and -s.
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Old June 17th 09, 09:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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"Corday" wrote in message
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Unix = good business OS (in it's time)
Linux= Fun to play around with. All versions have +s and -s.


At the moment I wish to have never heard of it, FCOL.
Looks like I mastered Vista. H.

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