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"Windows Xp-Not stable"

Ive had windows xp for about 5month, at first it was fast,but now its just so so slow,and everythin has an error, so i installed me,had no problems ever since

ËÏi†è ¢h@ø$ wrote:
> Duh! Gawd, use linux, or if you HAVE to use a windows, use windows
> 99se.

Use Linux? I use Linux 70% of the time I'm using my primary home computer (for Internet browsing, sending e-mails, typing-up homework, designing webpages, programming in Python, etc) but I'm into PC gaming and when it comes to games Linux can't rival Windows - yet. There are some good games for Linux like Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament 2003 but most modern games are only released for Windows and require Microsoft DirectX. Whilst I could try to play some of these games using a Windows emulator in Linux, I'd rather just dual-boot my computer with Windows 2000 because it's a much simpler solution and makes it far easier for me to play Internet and local network games. Windows 98SE isn't a particularly bloated version of Windows and it's semi-reliable but when I absolutely have to use Windows I go for Windows 2000 because it has far better memory management than Windows 98SE and it's less crash-prone, in my experience.

-Hodgo.

I've got Windows XP Professional Edition and it's crap, i used to have Windows ME and all my games played brilliantly on that but i'm only able to play half of them now, as Windows XP rejects my old drivers for the ones it provides.

"why buy the cow when you can get the sex for free"

Duh! Gawd, use linux, or if you HAVE to use a windows, use windows 99se.

I personally prefer Windows 2000 over Windows XP. Windows 2000 offers all the same security features and backwards compatibility features as Windows XP Professional but without the "bloat" - Windows 2000 doesn't include features like the linking accounts with .NET Passports, the tight integration of Windows Messenger and irritating things like Windows Product Activation, which forces you to call Microsoft if you ever change more than a couple of pieces of hardware or if you reinstall Windows. Windows 2000 also doesn't have the childish default blue and green rounded-windows interface of XP and the new Start Menu which dominates the desktop,

Windows 2000 is just as stable as Windows XP, if not more stable, and much quicker (because there are fewer unnecessary system services started by default which hog memory).

-Hodgo.

thats what I do

...Which makes me think:

Why has this forum still got windows tagged on the end of it? I know it's Microsoft, but most people in the web forum would know a lot more than people here about windows.

Everyone knows if you want a PC question answered, you ask it in the web forum. Right?

WHy didnt you uninstall it and then reinstall it?

ftozzi wrote:
> Ive had windows xp for about 5month, at first it was fast,but now its
> just so so slow,and everythin has an error, so i installed me,had no
> problems ever since


The clue to your problems is in the text....

"at first it was fast,but now its just so so slow,and everythin has an error"

You thibk it did that all on its own?

Well, their last tactic was writing "Please do not copy this software" on the CDs, so I see this as a large step forward..

Tóm wrote:
> Click the 'is this copy of windows legal?' button.
>
> Ah, go on.
>
> Please?
>

What a bloody joke that is.

Because as if any person who didn't buy it legit would click.

ROFL! Microsoft's new way of catching illegal copies is asking and saying please... :-D