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  • Will Wood
    Evil Monkey
    • May 2002
    • 3475
    #31
    I love my Windows 98. I'm immune to it.

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      • RamboPreacher
        Player, not a Pro
        • Oct 2002
        • 1084
        #32
        it is a DCOM/RPC issue, I don't think you ar "immune", it is just such an obsolete OS, that MS is not acknowledging it (same with Win95 and Milen.) - just my geek-opinion.
        Thanks, Brent "RamboPreacher" Hoefling, CPPA founder

        Here is my user feedback thread. and my online jottings

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          • Will Wood
            Evil Monkey
            • May 2002
            • 3475
            #33
            Obsolete? Maybe...But I love it. It's the best OS IMO. .. but I'm weird and hate XP. We used 2000 at my school, that was good too, basically 98 with better networking usage. We have 2k3 Server now.. and it's XP style. Meh.

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              • MantisMag
                Dim Sum
                • Dec 2001
                • 1895
                #34
                i don't think that win98 has the capability that the worm needs to gain access to your computer. only NT based OSes are vulnerable.

                will - you can get XP to work like 98. you just have to change a few settings. microsoft realizes that not everybody likes the bubbly bright look. so they made the old style available to XP users. probably won't help you at school since if your admins are anywhere near competent they've disabled it but you should consider getting XP if your system has enough memory and disk space to handle it.

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                  • impostal22
                    disgruntled...
                    • Apr 2003
                    • 1623
                    #35
                    what is the worm supposed to do today (or yesterday)? and how does everyone know about this, since a time bomb would be code specific...and the only ppl that'd truly know this are the creators...

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                      • MantisMag
                        Dim Sum
                        • Dec 2001
                        • 1895
                        #36
                        i think there was some kind of documentation or something. part of it had a message that said something like "why do you keep making things like this possible billy gates?" it's attacking the windows update servers today and going on constantly through december. then after that every 16th day of the month. i finally figured out people are saying yesterday because the virus uses local time. it triggers at midnight going into the 16th so some time zones will begin the attack the evening of the 15th.

                        ADDED: just checked a few tech sites. they say the microsoft update page is still up. they simply took down the page that was being targeted by the worm. that page was only a redirect anyway.
                        Last edited by MantisMag; 08-16-2003, 10:59 AM.

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                          • Will Wood
                            Evil Monkey
                            • May 2002
                            • 3475
                            #37
                            Mantis.. Yea I know you can change the way it looks..But.. can you cange it further to make the start menu old stylem, and same with the My Computer window and such?

                            But for the Windows 2k3.. I'll see if I can change it now.. (Remote Access)

                            .. I hate this look

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                              • MantisMag
                                Dim Sum
                                • Dec 2001
                                • 1895
                                #38
                                yeah right click and hit properties on your start button. then hit "classic start menu"

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