Re: Memories of Win 8.1 as it goes EOL

Posted on 2023-01-13, 08:22

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I find this odd ...Windows 10 professional has never thrown adds at me, don't even have them in my start menu, Ive run Windows 10 for Workstations previously and same there. (Win8 and 11 also never had adds though 8 did have the stupid candy crush shit but its not hard to get rid of) Must be just …

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Re: Memories of Win 8.1 as it goes EOL

Posted on 2023-01-11, 20:09

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Even though support has ended, I'm keeping my Skylake i5 build on Windows 8.1. All I use that computer for at this point is disc ripping/burning and running certain Windows software. I just won't use it online often. I've moved onto Mac for a daily driver (it was the only system I could use other …

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Re: Microsoft to end updates for Defender and MSE for Windows 7 and 8.x

Posted on 2023-01-07, 02:22

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Out of curiosity, what issues did you have with Windows 10? I've already mentioned in detail in other threads, so I won't got into too much detail here, so to sum it up: Notifications. I kept getting notifications to use Microsoft products and services that I wish to not use, and even after turning …

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Microsoft to end updates for Defender and MSE for Windows 7 and 8.x

Posted on 2023-01-07, 02:08

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On January 10th, 2023, to coincide with the end of support for Windows 8.1 (and 7 with ESU), Microsoft will be ending definition updates for both Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender for Windows 8.x: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-is-microsoft-security-essentials- …

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Re: Installing Windows 98SE on Dell Latitude D600

Posted on 2023-01-06, 05:50

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Hello, I have already bought a Dell Laptop Latitude C600 but the connector for the AC charger is not the usual, it is a 3 pins conector. I cannot find any AC charger and I would like to test the laptop , at least to know if it still works or not. Do you know any trick to connect the laptop to any …

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Re: Happy New Year 2023

Posted on 2023-01-01, 08:38

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Happy New Year from Seattle, WA (Pacific Standard Time)!

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-12-29, 06:46

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Pulled out the Optiplex GX260, plugged it in, heard a pop, PSU blew out smoke, now the room smells like Caramel (oddly pleasant smell, makes me wonder what chemicals I'm inhaling currently). Now the new low profile GeForce 6200 AGP has no home :/ Not sure if this is just my collection aging (it …

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Re: First Ever "Magic Smoke" Experience

Posted on 2022-12-29, 06:35

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In 2013, I was moving my Athlon 64 build into another case since the original case broke down a few years prior and the case I was using after that one (a cheap $20 Diablotek case from eBay) was too cramped and was pretty flimsy. I managed to plug the floppy drive power cable in incorrectly and when …

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Re: Windows XP how many people still use for it their MAIN OS?

Posted on 2022-12-03, 02:33

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I haven't used Windows XP as a main OS since November 2011 when I finally got a computer that was fast enough to run Windows 7 properly. Even before then, it was feeling old-fashioned to me, but I didn't have a choice since I couldn't afford a legitimate Windows 7 license until some point in that …

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Re: Installing Windows 98SE on Dell Latitude D600

Posted on 2022-06-29, 01:38

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I've gotten Windows 98SE installed on the Dell Latitude D500 and have run into a bit of a roadblock. I've gotten every driver to install fine except for Audio. Once I got the Audio driver installed, I hear static when I should be hearing the Windows 98 startup sound. I once got it to work for a …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-06-27, 06:00

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Get a TV with VGA input or an adapter and split the video signal using a passive cable. You'll get a better picture without all of that luma chroma garbage. I've seen people modding TVs to have VGA inputs specifically for CRT EmuDriver usage, I suppose that could be an option depending on the …

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Re: Installing Windows 98SE on Dell Latitude D600

Posted on 2022-06-18, 03:02

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Does anyone have Windows 98SE/ME drivers for the Intel Wireless 2100 and PCTEL 2304WT Modem? I bought a Dell Latitude D500 to give to a friend who wants a Windows 98 laptop. I was able to find the drivers for the rest of its hardware from this thread and the Intel Graphics Driver archive on VOGONS …

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Re: Windows 98SE: Pentium III or Athlon 64?

Posted on 2022-04-24, 18:22

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Your PIII rig is almost perfect, just get a 80-120GB hard drive. 40GB is too small. I have PIII 900 and that is sufficient for games up to year 2000 (includes Fifa 2001, NHL 2001). Need for speed hot pursuit 2 is also playable with full details in 800x600x32bit, however it deserves faster hardware …

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Re: My "ultimate" Dell Inspiron 8000

Posted on 2022-04-24, 04:32

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Could you post that utility here or in the vogonsdrivers thread? Seconded, it would be nice to use to fix the service tag setting on my Dell Inspiron 8000 since I had to replace the motherboard in mine due to the 1GHz CPU upgrade constantly overheating on the old one, drastically reducing its …

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Re: Converting modern video files to older formats

Posted on 2022-04-24, 04:21

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This is great! These run perfectly without codecs (I can live with the ultra-long encoding times). Thank you! But is there a switch to compress these at all? They files come out pretty huge. A 20mb MP4 ended up being a 174mb AVI. I'm not sure if FFMPEG has any switches for compressing CinePak …

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Windows 98SE: Pentium III or Athlon 64?

Posted on 2022-04-24, 04:09

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Hello. I was wondering if it would be better to use an Athlon 64 computer for Windows 98SE gaming or if a Pentium III Tualatin would be good enough. Could anyone give me examples of 98-era games that would benefit from a faster CPU than a Pentium III? Here are the specs for the two machines. Dell …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-04-24, 03:42

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I've recapped two retro gaming consoles: My friend's NES and one of my Slim PSones. The NES had the blinking red light, even with a new 72-pin connector (I would've used a Blinking Light Win, but they haven't been in stock for several months due to a manufacturing issue), so I had to disable the …

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Re: How often do you purchase retro hardware?

Posted on 2022-04-08, 08:04

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Not very often anymore. I usually only buy hardware when I find that I need it for something, the last thing I bought was a graphics card for my Tualatin rig since its old card was constantly overheating, that was over a month ago. Prior to that, it was some stuff I bought at RE-PC last July. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-20, 00:23

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I bought another nVidia Geforce4 Ti4200 128MB AGP 8x graphics card on eBay to replace my last one which died from overheating. The seller stated that it was fully tested and confirmed working, so hopefully this will outlast my previous one. Filename IMG_3037.JPG File size 482.81 KiB Views 891 views …

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Re: What Stupid Thing Have You Done Recently with Your Retro Gaming Machine?

Posted on 2022-03-17, 04:14

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I bought a couple Original XBOX controller breakout cables with the intention of making a USB adapter cable out of one of them by following the wiring diagram in this link . I already had the XBCD drivers installed on the machine I was testing it with (my Athlon 64 rig) and I wired the USB plug …

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