windows xp

Well I figured this new area needed some threads so I thought I could bitch about XP for a while. Man this OS sucks, I feel like I'm in a cartoon or something and you have to go through a bunch of crap just to get anything to actualy do anything. Well I'm not exactly a "computer guy" I mean I know enough to mess things up but not enough to fix it, but I think they could have done a better job with XP.
I hate computers anyways, if it wasn't for my job and AF I would probably never touch a computer (exept for the ocasional porn search;) ) so I guess it dosn't realy matter what I think.
Well anyone else use the POS OS and have any comments on it?

I have a friend who is a networker for a large company and he's into computers. He likes it alot, but says it uses a lot of RAM. I've heard from others it looks like a Fisher Price OS with big icons and the color scheme.

I am happy with my computer at home the way it is. I am running ME right now and have had no problems yet....so I am not gonna change anything while it's being nice to me.

I haven't had a need to go to the XP platform yet. Once we start getting deep into developing .Net applications, we'll probably have to start using the framework on XP boxes since that will be what all our new clients will be purchasing.

I run Xp on the big machine right now and have since cut away the ugly look and gone back to the classic Windows 2000 look. It has it's bugs but it works better than Windows 2000 in certain areas though my frame rartes have dropped in games, though they are still well about 30 so I really don't care about that.

I love it. Getting rid of the bubbles took about 15 sec. that was pretty much all I had to do other than pop the cd in.


only thing I'm not happy with is the cd burning being "crap", but it would just be wrong for ms to do a good job with something like that.

I find it to be very "I'm-assuming-you-don't-know-shit-about-computers-so-I'm-going-to-treat-you-like-a-2-year-old-OK!"

Well, screw that. It is very soft-touch looking, but I'm not really into that, and man, it is resource-intensive. You need a kickin P4 or good AMD to run it. I will stick to ME. I just wish they would re-introduce the file extensions. (ie, .exe, .app, not merely "game")

PS, I'm considering Linux now (if my mom permits me)

If you know anything about computers, you can set XP up to run very well, with a few tweaks here and there. I like it alot more then when I was on Win2k, and it blows ME out of the water.

Originally posted by Chris
I find it to be very "I'm-assuming-you-don't-know-shit-about-computers-so-I'm-going-to-treat-you-like-a-2-year-old-OK!"

How so?


Well, screw that. It is very soft-touch looking, but I'm not really into that, and man, it is resource-intensive. You need a kickin P4 or good AMD to run it.


My pIII 866 runs it fine.


I will stick to ME. I just wish they would re-introduce the file extensions. (ie, .exe, .app, not merely "game")

PS, I'm considering Linux now (if my mom permits me) [/B]


Heh, implying ME is the OS to choose over XP is just silly.

And you could dual boot XP and Linux, or does the "I'm-assuming-you-don't-know-shit-about-computers-so-I'm-going-to-treat-you-like-a-2-year-old-OK!" thing apply?

I love my copy of XP, it's a very stable platform.

I usually wait a year before buying Microsoft's newest platform, just to give them time to fix all the bugs they have with it, I didn't buy Win 98 when it first came out, and guess what? They came out with Win 98 Second Edition :D As for ME I didn't even consider it, it's just a toy platform based on Win 98 with a touched up apperance to jack more money out of the consumer :lol2:

Well, I'm not going to get Linux (my mom thinks it will kill the comp:confused: )

I just find that XP is so richly textured it is hard to run, and I'm not used to it yet (I still miss the file extensions)

Originally posted by Chris
Well, I'm not going to get Linux (my mom thinks it will kill the comp:confused: )

I just find that XP is so richly textured it is hard to run, and I'm not used to it yet (I still miss the file extensions)


What do you mean by the file extensions? I see all my extension just fine. :confused:

If you mom knows that little about computers, you could clearly install linux without her knowing.



And what are you on about with the file extensions and the over-rich texture?

Originally posted by Chris
...I still miss the file extensions
It's called the "MS default idiot setting". If you're a power user, they've hidden everything from you and turned on all the annoying "helpful" settings. :mad: :mad: I don't have XP, but I'm sure there's a way to make it show up like in the previous versions of Windows.

When I get XP, the first thing to go is the default theme. I don't want that cartoony preschool shit fucking up my computer. It's bloody ugly!! I'll get the whistler theme instead. (Watercolor/Professional).

File extensions: The name of the file is there, but in win95, it will have .exe, .app, .wpd, etc. ME and XP (havent used 2K) hide them. Can I turn that feature off?

The over-rich texture. It reminds me of a porus plastic-thing, like those creatures you put in water and then expand. I like it a little more functional. Just personal preference from years of win95 and 98.

didn't even notice the lack of file extensions on some of my files.. wonder why it shows some and not others?

Anyway, its hardly a problem. If you say it is, then XP must 'fit like a glove'.

And I still don't get what you're on about with the "over-rich texture". I mean, after the theme is changed and all that, what's the difference?

my XP runs great. i have a P4 with a 2 gigahertz computer. so i think im good as far as stats...

but as far as problems go, im doing just fine. nothing is going wrong whatsoever....



























(knock on wood) (shit!)

Texture: Take for example, the start button. In 95-ME, its a square, with a window sign on it. Its grey. Nothing great, but it works. The new one is (for this theme, anyway) gree, kinda rounded, looks like it would be kinda tasty. Then when you click: 95: a few simple, clearly defined choices, not much foo-foo. XP: Many choices (which can be good, or dumb, when 2 or more could be done by 1 choice), and they are not really well defined, they have soft edges. Just my preference for the time being.

Originally posted by Chris
Texture: Take for example, the start button. In 95-ME, its a square, with a window sign on it. Its grey. Nothing great, but it works. The new one is (for this theme, anyway) gree, kinda rounded, looks like it would be kinda tasty. Then when you click: 95: a few simple, clearly defined choices, not much foo-foo. XP: Many choices (which can be good, or dumb, when 2 or more could be done by 1 choice), and they are not really well defined, they have soft edges. Just my preference for the time being.


Are you using the 'classic' theme and 'classic' toolbar?

Are you using the 'classic' theme and 'classic' toolbar? i am...

I don't know about WinXP, but since it's based on Win2000, here's how you do it in Win2000:

- In the Control Panel...
- Open Folder Options
- Select the View tab
- Somewhere in the window (might have to scroll) it should have "Hide file extensions for known file types" checked, uncheck this!

Viola, now you can see extension... I think. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't see the file extension! I edit them so often.

if you have enough hard drive space the best setup I have found it windows 98 duel booting with windows 2000. Win2k looks better, very stable and it has ran most eveything for me only problems is a very few selection games. thats what the 98 is for. :D

I tweaked the HELL out of it so now it looks like Windows 98/2000 still. But I'm VERY PISSED off that winamp doesn't run on it!! :eek: :mad:

Originally posted by MBTN
I tweaked the HELL out of it so now it looks like Windows 98/2000 still. But I'm VERY PISSED off that winamp doesn't run on it!! :eek: :mad:



Um, you have problem if you cannot get winamp to run on XP.

NM. I downloaded an update. It was a problem with our laptops (school supplied) and XP, but now it's all fine and dandy.:)

Originally posted by Chris
I find it to be very "I'm-assuming-you-don't-know-shit-about-computers-so-I'm-going-to-treat-you-like-a-2-year-old-OK!"

Well, screw that. It is very soft-touch looking, but I'm not really into that, and man, it is resource-intensive. You need a kickin P4 or good AMD to run it. I will stick to ME. I just wish they would re-introduce the file extensions. (ie, .exe, .app, not merely "game")

PS, I'm considering Linux now (if my mom permits me)

Chris in order to get back the file extensions in xp folow these steps:

1.Open Windows Explorer (not IE)
2.Click on Tools>Folder Options
3.In folder options go to View
4.Scroll down just a little bit and unclick Hide file extensions for known file tipes
4.Click Apply.

You are done now you can see the file extensions. Do not use ME ask any computer expert is a piece of junk XP is muck better.
And most probabblly you will find LInux Too complicated.
Enjoy.

Originally posted by kbslacker




Um, you have problem if you cannot get winamp to run on XP.

I agree winamp works just fine with xp.

I use XP after having used '95, 98, 98SE, ME (yuck - lasted 3 days before it killed the system) and Win2K. XP is awesome, rock solid but I have an Athlon 1.4 with a geforce vid card and 512 meg of ram. I tweaked and removed a lot of the crap out of it such as the spyware, MSN etc and it's running like a dream. No software issues like I had with 2K - games etc run faster - not as fast as '98SE - but near enough.

Thumbs up for this one

Ive been running XP for only 2 days, but already I have noticed a significant improvement over ME and I like it better than 2000 as well.

Its very flexable, for ppl that arent all that great with computers, XP will do almost everything for you, and you get a very easy to use OS. And for the advanced user, you are able to tweak the hell out of it, and set it up almost any way you like it.

It will probably take me a while before I get things setup just the way I like them, and there are still driver issues with some manufacturers. But overall, I like it.

And yes, Winamp runs just fine on XP.

with OS's I always get the SE. You can change most of the cartoon feelings by changing the appearance as one of my friend's did.