Does SEIV run on XP????

Ragnarok · #1 May 17th, 2004, 04:59 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
2000 is just as stable as, if not more stable than, XP, because there is less bloat.

I disagree there. I have never had an XP Pro machine lock up and give me the BSOD, or any other form of crashing. With W2K I had it happen at least every couple months if not more, and this was with all the latest drivers and not running any programs that would cause such an event.

Magnum357 · #2 May 17th, 2004, 05:11 PM

Yo Atrocities, its been a while. I've hardly had time too come too the SEIV message Boards, been very busy.

Anyway, I'm seriously going too look into this Linspire program. I think it has potential.

Fyron · #3 May 17th, 2004, 06:36 PM

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Originally posted by Ragnarok:
I disagree there. I have never had an XP Pro machine lock up and give me the BSOD, or any other form of crashing. With W2K I had it happen at least every couple months if not more, and this was with all the latest drivers and not running any programs that would cause such an event.

You were unlucky then. I have had XP crash more times than 2000... Also, the BSOD does NOT appear in XP, because they designed the OS to do a reset instead of display the error screen, as a crappy marketing ploy. I believe there is a way to fix this crappy behavior so that you can know what the cause of the crash was, but it is a pain...

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Originally posted by JayBdey:
What areas can you not change back to normal on XP? You can change most everything in XP, some things are not easy to change, but they still can be changed.

I don't recall all of them, but there are a lot of things that require hacking the OS to change, such as the loading screens, the logging off screens, the user control panel screens, and some others that I do not recall... the "Classic" interface only goes so far...

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I agree, currently i'm using a program called Windowsblinds and have a very nice gold Lord of the Ringstheme on xp, very pretty

You can use such things on win 2000 as well... as well as the explorer shell replacements Will mentioned.

[ May 17, 2004, 17:41: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Mephisto · #4 May 17th, 2004, 10:56 PM

I have run both W2k and XP Pro and XP. XP is just better equipped for its time as could be expected since W2k is the older one. From the point of gaming I never had any significant problems with both OS so XP is somewhat better at handling DOS. Are you sure that XP does not display BSOD?

Fyron · #5 May 17th, 2004, 11:01 PM

If you look closely, you will see it appear for half a second or so, however long it takes the OS to decide to reboot to hide the BSOD. But, you should never see an unmodified install of XP just display a BSOD and stop. It should always reboot, rather than show you the error so that you can have a chance to correct the problem. Marketing ploy, nothing more.

The few devices that the 2000 CD does not have drivers for can be gotten from the internet in seconds, minutes if you do not have broadband. The advantage of being newer is null.

[ May 17, 2004, 22:02: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Renegade 13 · #6 May 18th, 2004, 01:45 AM

XP has never restarted on me instead of giving me the BSOD. Also, I'd never thought about it, but I've never seen the BSOD at all in XP. Personally, I don't think the UI is so bad, but then again, I'm not a programmer, or have a massive knowledge of computers, so....that might have something to do with it.

JayBdey · #7 May 18th, 2004, 01:50 AM

Imperator, an XP programmer could look at some of those error Messages and scratch his head in confusion, they don't help anyone. Rebooting is better. And I've never heard anyone 'market' that setting of XP.

Login screens are easily changed, boot up screens are easily changed, and several screens in XP have no real equivalent in 2000 so how else would they look? You have no argument there.