major presidential problem

[Ninot]

Originally posted by adaMada
If you're working XP, and you can get it to boot up, try to use system restore to the last restore point before your friend touched it... if your only problem is currupt files, that may well fix it...

(Just in case you don't know, system restore can be accessed by start->all programs->accessories->system tools->system restore)

As for Windows XP, I love it. It does give me some trouble with some older games, but it doesn't crash that much, can stay on for a long time without getting really crabby and slow (something I always found with Windows 9x computers). Overall, I personally think it's better than Windows ME in every way, and better than Windows 98 in most...

Hope this helps...

-- adaMada

rofl, funny you should mention that
about a month ago, in a quest to get as much out of my system resources as possible, i turned OFF system restore... so that option is gone.

Oh.. and formatt is the best choice for me anyways. my hardrive is getting cluttered with things i dont want to see anymore.

[The_Spartan]

I run Winxp I dont care much for but after i tweaked it it crashed once or twice but i havent had a problem with it in a while.

I found this a while ago.

http://www.geocities.com/the_spartan31/showthread.htm

[Kuciwalker]

Still, XP is ugly. I hate the new look. ME is great.

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by skywalker
XP is goddamned ugly. No way I'm upgrading from ME!

If you know how to do it, *ahem*, you can make XP look exactly the same (except for desktop icons and the start menu symbol) as any previous version of Windows.

Do you want me to show you how...

You should upgrade to XP. I've had no game compatability issues at all, and it's never crashed or have I gotten the BSOD. It's even a lot more stable than 98 SE, which is hard to do.

[Timeline]

XP sucks, just admit it

[Jon Shafer]

"My Mac is wonderful. My version of Civ costs extra, and at first Civ wouldn't play, and later on when I finally got it working I found out there was no support for the patches!

Hi, my name is Trip, and, uh, I'm a lazy bum who don't work. Ha ha!"



Join our ranks Linney! The reformed!

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by skywalker
XP is goddamned ugly. No way I'm upgrading from ME!

I got ME too, but it seems unstable, compared to even other MS OS. It crashes more than my fathers win 98, but I got alot more **** on my computer....

Kman

P.S. Trip, i like your Mac commercial parody

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Kramerman


I got ME too, but it seems unstable, compared to even other MS OS. It crashes more than my fathers win 98, but I got alot more **** on my computer....

Kman

P.S. Trip, i like your Mac commercial parody

Windows ME is like stalinism. Looks good on paper, but just doesnt work.

Windows XP is like capitalism. It exploits system resources to great effect, but its highly corrupted.

Windows 98 is like communism. It's just better than both Stalinism and Capitalism.

Sorry, I couldnt resist.

[adaMada]

Originally posted by Ninot


rofl, funny you should mention that
about a month ago, in a quest to get as much out of my system resources as possible, i turned OFF system restore... so that option is gone.

Oh.. and formatt is the best choice for me anyways. my hardrive is getting cluttered with things i dont want to see anymore.

. I had to suggest it anyway .

Though doing it when you're not ready isn't always fun, reformating your drive every once in a while is nice to keep things running smoothly -- whenever I do it, it does wonders for my system... having said that, I LOVE Windows Xp -- the default is ugly, but I like the Silver theme. It doesn't crash ever, and (unlike Windows ME) doesn't seem to get worse and worse the more I install and use. Xp is the best Microsoft system by far. As for Mac OS, I like it a lot, but had to switch away -- I couldn't wait that long for games to come out on it and then spend that much more on the games once they were finally out.

-- adaMada

[Guardian]

Originally posted by skywalker
XP is goddamned ugly. No way I'm upgrading from ME!

ME??!?

Ouch!!!!

Never tried it out myself, but I've heard A LOT about ME, and NONE of it has been good!

Anyway, suit yourself, I guess...

[mwaf]

Regarding Trip's Apple-switch-campaign-parody, Trip is not the first, check out http://www.drunkgamers.com/switch0001.shtml .



By the way, I'm a mac user myself, running Mac OS X, which neither crashes nor looks ugly . (And Civ3 did run straight away.) But on the other hand, if playing games is the only (or at least the main) thing you want to do with your computer, then I can't really suggest buying a mac.