If this appears ok, then WooHoo! Finally XP2000+ hits the ground stumbling.... Firstly I must thank my amazing father-in-law for this amazing machine - it means I can't play with SWMBI's lesser machine. BooHoo . This was a trip into the unknown with win98 & OpenOffice and not much else installed. So I've fitted (just in case anyone's interested/building)
Firefox 0.8 - The ultimate browser? I thnk so (so far) and with a veritable plethora of plugins to suit you sir
40tude- news/mail- I tried Thunderbird but it seems to have a few issues (like having to subscribe users to ngservers individually, rather than a pool for all users to dip into (I may have missed something, but I've seen posts with similar 'problems'). 40tude Dialog - mail/news - setup no problems, just trial-posting/fine-tuning and 'auto-collect' of new posts to sort out- I'll put up with a few extra clicks meantime (UK Workaround champion 1992-2003(retd undefeated)) - easy/simple gui and logical steps with good help files. Proxomitron - I'm just starting to look at this - the potential is amazing. 'Porting' your browser through this has a slew of potential benefits. Seems easy to use and lots of shiny colours. AdAware6 Spybot1.3 ZoneAlarm 4.5.594 BlackIce 2.9 Kerio 2.1.5 AVG6 F-Prot X-Setup 6.5 EasyCleaner 2.06.369 ToniArts TweakNow 1.3.0.0 TweakNow.com ZipGenius 1.4There are three firewalls because I'm using this machine to try out apps before throwing them onto SWMBI's machine. ZA is extremely simple to set up and use and I've had no problems with it (still keep older versions, though!). Kerio and BlackICE take more setting up and thinking about, but (certainly with BI) provide more info about 'incoming' (BlackIce is starting to make me smile).
/control panel>settings>smile> on I got the pc up and running and started emptying the Sea of Apps with my download bucket - 'fun size' - dialup yahboosucks :-(
/control panel>settings>smile> enlarge I was given another MkII GTI (3dr) this week
/control panel>settings>smile> stretch to fit widescreen I got a parking ticket for a car I got rid of to someone who f**ked me previously. This will end up in court. And there's the Sorn notice... And not telling the DVLSSA about change of keeper...
/control panel>settings>smile> invest in dual monitor setup After I got mah noo pootah, SWMBI's pc was forcibly returned to its original state (as set up by FIL). Bwahahahahaa! Now it's a proper dual-boot system. Every time it's switched on, it hangs and has to be rebooted.I spent about 18mths slowly improving everything I could resulting in a crash-free, lightning-fast (well, it's all relative) stable, user-friendly private (as in ID protected) secure system. 5 dual-boots and
37 mins total runtime later, and I've been promised everything up to and including "The Congress of the Ant"..... O O :-o O O | I'm trying to do it again | U :-o U Weallhatebillgates would be found at hotmail