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[bmw]

I'm pretty sure I'm the only one in here who still uses Windows 2000, so nobody probably cares, but I just thought I'd say how happy I am that I found some hacker known as blackwingcat who has been releasing all kinds of compatibility patches for software and drivers to make them successfully run on Windows 2000 (by using DLL wrappers). From i-tunes to Google Chrome to the newest Windows Media Player, etc, etc, they all now can run on Windows 2000. Unfortunately his blog is in Japanese.

Anyways I had just finished building a computer for somebody who I put Windows 2000 temporarily on it until he can get XP for it, and the one catch was that it had an ATI Radeon HD 4200 card requiring Catalyst 10 drivers. But just a few days ago, blackwingcat released Catalyst 10.6 drivers for Windows 2000 - I installed them and they work great (what great timing for me that they were just released a few days ago)

So yeah, I'm pretty happy about finding this I was afraid that my own Windows 2k was very nearly obsolete. Now it looks like I can run it for years go come.

[EternallyAries]

Im glad for you bmw. and i think someone here still has windows 2000 and i think its Radorn.
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[radorn]

Not anymore, but I used win2k until just a couple of years, and before that I used win98 for very long. I'm not exactly an early adopter
anyway, I now use XP, and will probably use it a few years more, not sure about 7.

[EternallyAries]

Thats good your on windows XP now. But is your computer handle is well cus you tell us not that long ago that you cud not use window XP. did you get a new computer Radorn.

Oh and radorn you got to your 1000 post congats.
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[acceptable67]

Hmm... I switched to Vista about 3 years ago.

Not bad, not bad...

And yes, congratulations, Radorn.

Just wish I had a gaming PC (: I'mma steal that 4200 HD ;D
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Rare wrote:

Perfect Dark Forever.

[zoinkity]

From what I've been hearing, XP and 2000 use a very similiar code base. There's still a lot of users who prefer it, especially since there's less overhead.
I don't know if it's quite like the "drag-and-drop" ME over 98 upgradability, but you might just get lucky. Digression, but isn't it odd that ME's system files run so much better under win98?

I've had a chance to use win7, and it really does seem like it will stick for a while. Not a bad OS.
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[acceptable67]

lol in June I posted about how I was going to steal that 4200 HD.

My new computer came with the 4200 HD On-Board, and I just bought a 4650.

Time flies by.

And yes. I'm using Windows 7 right now, and it's great, especially speed wise.
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Rare wrote:

Perfect Dark Forever.

[EternallyAries]

I need Window 7 so badly but i still need to get a new computer before i even do that.
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[acceptable67]

EternallyAries wrote:

I need Window 7 so badly but i still need to get a new computer before i even do that.

Specs?
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Rare wrote:

Perfect Dark Forever.

[EternallyAries]

Well the specs are:

Intel(R)

Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz 2.00 GHz,

256 MB of Ram

Yup they are low specs.

I can't even run Sim City 3000 with out some lag lol.
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[radorn]

the CPU is not that bad, you'll surely benefit a lot from a ram upgrade, EtAr

[EternallyAries]

Ah so all i have to do is to buy some ram yes?

And how much is ram?

I never have cash with me but i can say that when i ever get my hands on some cash im going to buy some ram.
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[acceptable67]

EternallyAries wrote:

Ah so all i have to do is to buy some ram yes? And how much is ram? I never have cash with me but i can say that when i ever get my hands on some cash im going to buy some ram.

I think everything might need new. Just a new PC period.

ESPECIALLY more RAM. Low end RAM [Which I usually buy] costs about 21 dollars for DDR2.

Most systems like yours use DDR I'm sure.

677 MHz 1GB DDR2 only cost about 22 dollars when I bought it.

But it probably still wont be worth it, you still need some new components.
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Rare wrote:

Perfect Dark Forever.

[EternallyAries]

Ill just need to save up a lot of money then and buy a new computers.

Hm i wonder where im going to get that kind of money?
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[radorn]

EtAr, look for the manual of your computer's main/motherboard to check what kind of memory it uses, or open the box and look arround to see if you can spot the maker and model number so we can find the info on the internet.

Swapping RAM modules on a PC isn't a hard operation and you'll probably get a decent ammount to see a significative speed boost for a reasonable price.

You could even go to some PC shop and ask for them to get the RAM and install it for you for little. Go to a small and friendly store, they usually don't charge for the handling in something like that, at least that's my experience with several places arround here.