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elaich wrote:
> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo <>
> wrote in news:g8psdc$ivs$:
>
>> This is the program I used to get rid of that crappy
>> little dog in the search function of XP, and give me a
>> proper search window.
>
> Hmmm. I used the XP search function for the first time today, saw the
> crappy little dog, and got rid of him by clicking "Get rid of animated
> helper." Your version of XP didn't have that?

I guess I didn't see it. I changed the registry entry
back, and now I see it. BUT, the registry entry give
you a better looking search screen.

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Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo <>
wrote in news:g8sb21$4sn$:

>> If you're running anything older than XP, dont waste your time
>> downloading X-SETUP.
>> If you go to the Tucows link above, clicking on the download button
>> does nothing. It dont work because they moved their website.

I downloaded it perfectly fine from Tucows. I don't know about 98, because
I am running XP, but the readme gives you some instructions for using it
with 95 and 98.

On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:05:27 -0700, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
<> wrote:

>Ed Mullen wrote:
>> elaich wrote:
>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
>>> <> wrote in
>>> news:g8sb21$4sn$:
>>>
>>>>> If you're running anything older than XP, dont waste your time
>>>>> downloading X-SETUP. If you go to the Tucows link above, clicking
>>>>> on the download button
>>>>> does nothing. It dont work because they moved their website.
>>>
>>> I downloaded it perfectly fine from Tucows. I don't know about 98,
>>> because I am running XP, but the readme gives you some instructions
>>> for using it with 95 and 98.
>>
>> Does anyone other than me find this discussion totally inane? It's
>> 2008, going on 2009. And people are still discussing Win 98? In any
>> form? Why?
>>
>> Sorry. I'm as expert as anyone on Win 98 (not to mention Win3.x and Win
>> 32) and none of them hold a candle to Win XP. You may not want to
>> embrace change but, if so, what the hell are you doing calling yourself
>> an expert on anything technical, at least not software-wise?
>>
>> Look, your 1996 Buick is obsolete too. Sure, you can buy parts for it
>> but, uh, why? It will still be a 13 year old car that probably
>> shouldn't have been built in the first place. Sell the frigging thing
>> and get into the 21st century before it passes you by.
>>
>> All the objections I've heard in this thread to XP (which is, in itself,
>> a dying OS) is that it isn't Win 98. Geez. Sigh. Luddites!
>>
>> Get over it. Either you will change and adapt or you will be left
>> behind. Technology moves on. And thank God! Win 98 was a
>> barely-workable "thing" that required huge amounts of attention and time
>> from it's users to make it "sorta work well." I was one of those.
>>
>> I spent hundreds of dollars on books and untold thousands of hours
>> trying to tweak it to make it behave. And I was heartily happy to leave
>> it behind.
>>
>> All the criticisms I've seen here in this thread about XP amount to
>> ignorance of the users. Registry hacks to get rid of the dog? LOL! A
>> few Google searches and mouse clicks and you're done. Forever.
>>
>> Loo, my carp here is that you all are arguing about something that will
>> be moot shortly. You'll either be too late to updgrade to XP, which
>> means that you'll have to upgrade to Vista, or you'll be stuck for
>> another 5 years arguing why 98 or XP is your best option.
>>
>> Good luck with that strategy as all your major and minor application
>> producers drop support. It's economics, pure and simple.
>>
>> Argue morality etc. but, honestly, my viewpoint is technical. XP works
>> great for me now. But, when Vista (or, more probably, the next release)
>> becomes viable? Yes, I'll move.
>>
>> And I'll swallow the learning curve. And move on with my life.
>> Computers are just one aspect of my life. I'll deal with it and move on.
>>
>> Geez. Whining. Carping. Etc. Good grief.
>>
>> And, look, if you're whining because of the cost? If you can't afford
>> to gamble and play in the sand box, just shut up, ok? No one forced you
>> to dive in in the first place.
>>
>> Technology is a game. Ongoing. It costs to keep up. If you can't, ok.
>> Not making any value judgments, just asking you to stop complaining
>> that most of us are moving on and you can't afford to. If you can't?
>> Ok! If you can but decide not to ... you're an idiot.
>>
>>
>
>boy, talk about someone whining and carping! Get over
>it and move on why don't you!

I was thinking the same thing.....
Could he be Bill Gates using an alias?

Just because Microsoft makes it, dont mean I have to like it. I have
never liked XP, and never will. If I had a choice, I wouldn't be
using ANY MS operating system. But unless I get a Macintosh, I'm
stuck with using a MS OS. There is no mainstream alternative. In
fact the only alternaive is Linux, but thats in a class of itself, and
not really made for the home user who just wants to use their computer
with the least amount of fuss.

And, if Win98 was such a lousy piece of software I would not still be
using it after 10 years or almost daily use. It's far from perfect,
but it gets the job done, and is much better than xp in my opinion.