On Friday 08 February 2008 18:36, James Knott wrote:
I know it's on 2000, and just looked at XP which doesn't like you said. I guess they finally figured out how to write code to replace it. I remember running Win3.x programs on OS/2 and always having to update the .dll's after M$ changed the API. I did some further reading, and VMS is in there somewhere. The guy that M$ hired was from VMS and didn't think too much of OS/2.
Those changing .DLL's were attempts by MS to prevent apps from running on OS/2 and in many cases also caused problems for Windows users, when one app was expecting an older DLL, only to find it had been replaced by a newer one.
Yep.. I remember it well. I started saving them, and when I new one came out, I'd put it in the directory with the app.
One thing I've noticed is that when there is an NTFS partition to be mounted, I see it as hpfs/ntfs. I liked hpfs because it worked. I don't remember defgragging it. But once M$ started screwing with it, you had to do it. Not as often as FAT, but it still needs to be done.
I suspect that sector ID number was intentional, to cause confusion.
Of course.. Isn't that their prime objective? Deceit and confusion?
Either way, it's still a crappy OS. BSOD is the screen of the day. When it goes, it goes quickly.
My work computer (XP) never does anything quickly. It takes five minutes from log in to almost usable desktop.
You're lucky. You've got XP. My work computer is still 2000. And slow is an understatement. Log in, go and get coffee, come back and watch it finish. And the coffee pot is at the other end of the building.. ;-) Mike -- Powered by SuSE 10.0 Kernel 2.6.13 X86_64 KDE 3.4 Kmail 1.8 6:52pm up 176 days 23:24, 5 users, load average: 2.04, 2.08, 2.12 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org