If I Could Ask Only One Computer Question

[fgarvb1]

I think It Would Be...Why doesn't somone write a computer program to correct all the known problems/flaws that is wrong with windows 98SE? It would make it a hell of a Operating System and them very rich.

What question would tou ask?

 

[T.H. Oughts]

What the F*** can't this machine make coffee.....

 

[fgarvb1]

You can rig your computer to make coffee and a lot of other things.

I'm sure some nerd has a built in coffee maker somewhere.

 

[Never]

fgarvb1:
["I think It Would Be...Why doesn't somone write a computer program to correct all the known problems/flaws that is wrong with windows 98SE? It would make it a hell of a Operating System and them very rich.

What question would tou ask?"

Let me try your question.
Many of the problems that an OS has occur when interacting with other programs. As there are thousands of other programs out there it's very difficult to guess what the problem is going to be until you actually encounter it.

Also, Micosoft doesn't look kindly on people messing with their software. You might get millions or you might get sued if you did fix the program.

Also, 98 is already outdated. Microsoft releases new versions of Windows every three years or so and has no indentions of ever settling on 'one' version.

 

[T.H. Oughts]

Re: Re: If I Could Ask Only One Computer Question

Microsoft releases new versions of Windows every three years or so and has no indentions of ever settling on 'one' version.

How would they make money if they stopped updating....

 

[Never]

That was my point...

 

[tswyk]

Why can't my laptop detect which printer is plugged in???


I use 3 different printers, a lazer in my home office, the network printer at the Office office and a portable when I travel with it.

So...why do I have to go into set-up and change the printer everytime - which I forget to do mostly - why can't my computer tell which printer is attached??????

 

[Spinaroonie]

A few reasons

1. Microsfot Operating systems are fast and stable until you run a microsoft program. MS programs are allowed to break the rules, thus creating problems w/ thrid party software AND other MS programs! Thus creating a muddy wreck.

2. Use Windows to connect to the internet? Bad news. Windows will "call home" ever so often to catch up. When home tells it that there's a new version out... they tell it to start... acting badly.

3. Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadallac, yeah... Windows is a time bomb. As time goes on, Windows performance and behavoir declines. Why? MS considers older version of windows competition and uses the same tactics against it.

4. There is a cure: http://www.somethingawful.com/features/usarfreindley/usar.swf

 

[Spinaroonie]

Why can't my laptop detect which printer is plugged in???


I use 3 different printers, a lazer in my home office, the network printer at the Office office and a portable when I travel with it.

So...why do I have to go into set-up and change the printer everytime - which I forget to do mostly - why can't my computer tell which printer is attached??????

Because MS doesn't get it, they don't fully understand plug-and-play

 

[Spinaroonie]

Re: Re: If I Could Ask Only One Computer Question

Also, Micosoft doesn't look kindly on people messing with their software. You might get millions or you might get sued if you did fix the program.
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EULAs aren't legally binding.. HaX0r away!

 

[Guest]

That has to be some of the sadest and yet truest sounding answers i have ever heard.

 

[Bindii]

Why doesn't my computer reconise my USB port?

It sucks I have an expensive digital camera that is now useless because I cannot load any photo's onto the computer.....all because I paid a 'professional' to reformatt my computer. It worked fine before he touched the damn thing!

 

[DéjàNu]

Why doesn't my computer reconise my USB port?

It sucks I have an expensive digital camera that is now useless because I cannot load any photo's onto the computer.....all because I paid a 'professional' to reformatt my computer. It worked fine before he touched the damn thing!

Try installing your cam with the software it come with. I dont see why it didnt work now and was working before... your USB port is all right like before. You could try to to update your cam driver you will probably find this at your cam company website.

 

[Draco]

Why doesn't my computer reconise my USB port?

It sucks I have an expensive digital camera that is now useless because I cannot load any photo's onto the computer.....all because I paid a 'professional' to reformatt my computer. It worked fine before he touched the damn thing!

Sounds like he turned off the USB support in the BIOS system
Try installing it with the original software first..or try borrowing another USB device (mouse, camera etc)

let me know by PM how you get on..I'd be keen to fix this one....

 

[Draco]

Re: Re: Re: If I Could Ask Only One Computer Question

EULAs aren't legally binding.. HaX0r away!

BAD Advice..Bill Gates has sued many a corporation/person for hacking (re-engineering, decompiling,) his copyright software.

 

[Draco]

My question would be:

If MacOS and Linux are such good OS's, why does Microsoft hold 98% market-share??

 

[AnnaB]

What the F*** can't this machine make coffee.....

I have to agree with you on this one T.H. It would make life so much easier!

 

[estevie]

My scanner.

The bane of my existance.

It used to work, worked wonderfully. Had a problem with something else, called tech support, other thing fixed, scanner now broke. USB ports in BIOS not open. Can't be opened, tried a million freakin' times.

So, my question. Why can't I get some help for my scanner problem that actually helps!

 

[Draco]

Ok, one other question.

Why the fuck did MS take a stunning OS (Windows 2000 Pro), then re-jig it into the tarted up miasma that is Windows XP? Why didn't they leave a fucking good product well enough alone?

(I'll qualify that statement before all the loyal XP-ites begin banging on my door or PMing me. I"m a A+/Net+ technician, 95% of my work comes from Windows 95/98/98SE/98ME/Windows XP.
I have many clients, both corporate and homeusers running 2000 with little or no problems. I wont use/recommend any other of the Windows series, apart from Win 95 C (OSR2) for my laptop, simply because it is a small compact fast OS.)

 

[Spinaroonie]

My question would be:

If MacOS and Linux are such good OS's, why does Microsoft hold 98% market-share??

Ah. An easy one.

There are two reasons: Conformity and History.

See back in the early 80's and late 70's there were few computer manufacturers, Apple, Atarai, Altair, etc. Some didn't start with the letter "A". However end users knew nothing about computers excpt from what they saw in the movies, and they weren't interested in learnign. Buisnesses were scared of technology, they were scared of buying a product only to see the company dry up. So they waited.

Enter IBM.

Ibm was trusted by big buisness, so when IBM rolled out the IBM-PC it was a sign to big buisness that it's ok to use a computer. And use they did. The IBM-PC quickly became the biggest selling computer model ever (Later trumped by the original iMac).

So Buisnesses began to use PC-DOS, a ripoff of a better known OS- Cp/m. In fact, put Cp/m and PC-Dos 1.0 side by side and you couldn't tell which one you were looking at. The only difference was that DOS used the letter "A" and Cp/M used the letter "C". When harddrives became standard, they were complete identical.

Contrary to popular belief, Microsoft did NOT invent DOS, they simply bought it a rip-off of another OS. Today that would violate a number of laws (Gates probably thanks the lord for ex-post facto laws every day).

So where does that leave us? Thousands of Buisness computers running DOS. This created a new trend in the buisness world- because of the computer, a buisnessman couldn't take his work home. He had to stay in his office away from the wife and kids. Usually the buisnessman missed his family or was accused of having an affair, so he did the simplest solution: He brought home an IBM-PC, wowed the kids and was able to do some of his work at home and spend more time with his family.

The IBM-PC was the machine you had to have for work, the Macintosh was the machine you really wanted. Why? More memory (a full megabyte of RAM), not as much typing (GUI), and you could DTP on it, at the time, it was steller compared to the buisness world. But, if you have a computer sitting in your den, you really can't justify buying another one.

So, year after year, the buisnessmen of the world, learned DOS and Later Windows, becoming more familiar with it, and becoming more dependant on it. Who wants to learn something new? There's money to be made! Who wants to use something different? The dress code says that we all wear suits, nobody should dress differently!

So, the children of the buisnessmen have learned Windows and DOS, and grew up on it. People looked at the Macintosh OS and saw things they liked, but they didn't want to learn something new, and they're scared that their work files won't run on it.

As for Linux.... (No, I'm not going to be as long winded)

Linux has a bunch of problems. There's dozens of versions of Linux, Red Hat, Mandrake, Yellow Dog, etc. There's no central version of Linux.

Another problem is that Linux is freakin' complicated. Based of of Unix (Which runs most webservers) you have to type complicated commands, including (my favorite) "MAN MOUNT". Linux is better if you are really into Open Source, having complete and total control, and your time is worthless. (Linux is only free if your time is worthless)

For a hilarious look at Linux (You don't have to understand a thing about it) check out this flash animation:
http://www.somethingawful.com/features/usarfreindley/usar.swf

 

[Spinaroonie]

Re: Re: Re: Re: If I Could Ask Only One Computer Question

BAD Advice..Bill Gates has sued many a corporation/person for hacking (re-engineering, decompiling,) his copyright software.

That was back in the shrinkwrap EULA era. These new ones where you hit "OK" and agree to a whole bunch of BS (The new security patches make you have to agree to have MS spyware on your computer) are not legally binding. They're scare tactics.

However if you HaX0r it, and then sell it, you'll be in a world of hurt.

 

[OpposingBalance]

I'm having a problem with my video.
When I got home from work yesterday, my computer was all messed up.
For some reason, I'm stuck with my monitor settings on 16 colors, 640 x 480 pixels.
Every time I try and change it, and it asks if I want to restart my comp in order for the changes to take effect and I say yes, it switches back to the 16 colors and 648x480 in the instant before the screen blinks off.
I thought it might be something with my graphics card that I had been using, so I took it out and switched back to the original that came with the computer. (Its directly off the motherboard)
Didn't help.
I'm still stuck with the settings. Now everything looks horrible, and half the time I can't make out whats in pictures I'm trying to view.
Oh yeah, I can't run media player anymore either. For music or movies.

 

[OpposingBalance]

I'm bumping this one, cause I could really use some help here.

 

[fgarvb1]

hi, OpposingBalance


start here
http://windows-help.net/windows98/troub-11.shtml[/url]






luck!

 

[Spinaroonie]

Bumping cos I typed a lot earlier