Does SEIV run on XP????

[se5a]

Originally posted by Solymr:
I hate having to restart and go into 98 so I can play a DOS game when I'm bored (I'm too lazy to bother with dosbox).

get one of the dosbox front ends, its great, it will help you set up all the stuff for a game then you can run it.
next time you just need to run the front end, click the game and hit run - easy as pie.


oh - and incase you guys didnt realise, that comment about the KISS principle was pointed at the longhorn specs...

[Will]

For those who do not like the WinXP cartoon-y Fisher Price Interface, and don't want to spend all the time tracking down the options to switch the interface to something resembling intelligence...

Perhaps you should look into replacing Explorer (the Windows shell shipped with Windows) with GeoShell or LiteStep. Can be as bare-bones or fully featured as you want with various plugins, and there are many, many pre-made themes which combine the plugins with a useful interface.

I'm currently using LiteStep with the Austerity theme, slightly modified to have four virtual desktops, among other things.

[Atrocities]

Hey Magnum posted. I know him from the old SE4 Forums. Hey Magnum.

[Raging Deadstar]

Originally posted by Will:
For those who do not like the WinXP cartoon-y Fisher Price Interface, and don't want to spend all the time tracking down the options to switch the interface to something resembling intelligence...

Perhaps you should look into replacing Explorer (the Windows shell shipped with Windows) with GeoShell or LiteStep. Can be as bare-bones or fully featured as you want with various plugins, and there are many, many pre-made themes which combine the plugins with a useful interface.

I'm currently using LiteStep with the Austerity theme, slightly modified to have four virtual desktops, among other things.

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

[Ragnarok]

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]

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]

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...

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...

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 ]