Who uses Windows 95??

dustinyo · 02-14-2001, 08:01 PM

besides my grandparents, who still uses that crap?

Dru 858 · 02-25-2001, 09:13 PM

My entire workplace! AHHH!!! I HATE WIN95!!! "...will be upgraded to Windows 2000 this year but we do not have an ETA"... NO!!!

Rayzor · 02-26-2001, 01:31 AM

I work Tech support for the City of NY and at least 1/3 of the city computers still run W95 :P

dustinyo · 02-26-2001, 01:54 AM

no guys, fat16 is where it's at! hehe my grandparents computer takes about 2 1/2 minutes to boot too. can we please leave win95 in the dust where it belongs??

Dru 858 · 02-26-2001, 03:13 AM

Well at my work place they HAD (keyword: had) it so that in the autoexec.bat it would deltree the Temporary Internet Files... that took a good 10 minutes to do with my internet usage... so let's just say I took care of that autoexec.bat problem.

wayneleake · 03-27-2001, 12:16 AM

I used Win 95 up till late fall of 99.
No real problems with it.
I only upgraded because of seeming memory problems that later turned out to be a program (Trojan/worm) that McAfee never found.
As far as booting up, it was as fast, if not faster than win 98.
Now you wanna talk old and slow, think about windows 3.1.
Yes, there are some people still running that system.
If you have an old system with very limited drive space, then you may be stuck with win 3.1.
I much prefer Win NT, but it's impossible to install on my drives with fat 32.
It was very very stable. never crashed on me like 95 would do at times.
Main drawback with 95 is almost no USB support, and having far fewer drivers built in.
I kinda miss it though...
May just set up a win 95/NT drive, if I can figure out a practiacl multi boot setup...

asus · 03-29-2001, 03:56 PM

windows 95 sucks ***, i stopped using it in 98'

sumrtym · 05-06-2004, 09:34 PM

I just felt like bumping this.

Relevant to the conversation, though, I think my parents are looking forward to my old PII 300 with win 95 over the current 486DX2 66 with Win 3.1 that they have now......

count minaba · 05-06-2004, 09:41 PM

Windows what?

bajo · 05-06-2004, 09:41 PM

hmm... why would anyone use it today ..??

sumrtym · 05-06-2004, 09:47 PM

Because I can't install XP on a PII 300 with 128 MB of RAM??

Yes, people, that's what I was running until last July....

Smurfer · 05-06-2004, 09:50 PM

Congrates!! on your upgrade you definitly deserve it!!

sumrtym · 05-06-2004, 10:01 PM

Thanks Smurfer!

You know, I almost won a free videocard last year from some hardware site contest. One of those "let us know how bad you need it thing".

I don't know if it was the whopping three or four-hundred point score in 3dmark that impressed them or not. I can't remember what version that was....whatever the new one out at that time was it wouldn't even run on my system and aborted. Most tests were 1-3 frames per second. This was a TNT card with 16 MB of RAM....an upgrade to the original that had been int he machine which was 8 MB.

In the end, I got third place, which wasn't even a t-shirt. I don't know what the poor b****** who won turned in, but mine was my only system.

Surprisingly, it did run Unreal Tournament ok.....although I died a lot.......

We'll have this conversastion again in a few years when I'm still running this one only with a newer AIW in the AGP slot and a 3.2 or 3.4 Ghz Northwood......

P.S. In fact, I just bookmarked this page. I guarantee it.

epicbard · 05-06-2004, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sumrtym
Because I can't install XP on a PII 300 with 128 MB of RAM??

Yes, people, that's what I was running until last July....

yes you can... i've done it on a p2 266

sumrtym · 05-06-2004, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by epicbard
yes you can... i've done it on a p2 266

Good lord! What does that run like? <shudders>

Did you have more RAM than 128 MB?

02-14-2001, 08:01 PM	#1
dustinyo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 9	besides my grandparents, who still uses that crap?
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02-25-2001, 09:13 PM	#2
Dru 858 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: San Diego, CA USA Posts: 24	My entire workplace! AHHH!!! I HATE WIN95!!! "...will be upgraded to Windows 2000 this year but we do not have an ETA"... NO!!! __________________ Dru "Assumption is the mother of all fµ¢k ups."
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02-26-2001, 01:31 AM	#3
Rayzor Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bronx, NY Posts: 21	I work Tech support for the City of NY and at least 1/3 of the city computers still run W95 :P __________________ Heatware Evals My Rig MeMail 01010010 01100001 01111001 01011010 01101111 01110010
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02-26-2001, 01:54 AM	#4
dustinyo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 9	no guys, fat16 is where it's at! hehe my grandparents computer takes about 2 1/2 minutes to boot too. can we please leave win95 in the dust where it belongs??
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02-26-2001, 03:13 AM	#5
Dru 858 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: San Diego, CA USA Posts: 24	Well at my work place they HAD (keyword: had) it so that in the autoexec.bat it would deltree the Temporary Internet Files... that took a good 10 minutes to do with my internet usage... so let's just say I took care of that autoexec.bat problem. __________________ Dru "Assumption is the mother of all fµ¢k ups."
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03-27-2001, 12:16 AM	#6
wayneleake Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: California Posts: 93	Win 95 I used Win 95 up till late fall of 99. No real problems with it. I only upgraded because of seeming memory problems that later turned out to be a program (Trojan/worm) that McAfee never found. As far as booting up, it was as fast, if not faster than win 98. Now you wanna talk old and slow, think about windows 3.1. Yes, there are some people still running that system. If you have an old system with very limited drive space, then you may be stuck with win 3.1. I much prefer Win NT, but it's impossible to install on my drives with fat 32. It was very very stable. never crashed on me like 95 would do at times. Main drawback with 95 is almost no USB support, and having far fewer drivers built in. I kinda miss it though... May just set up a win 95/NT drive, if I can figure out a practiacl multi boot setup... __________________ Wayne wayneleake@wayneleake.net http://www.wayneleake.net Pipeline flies...
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03-29-2001, 03:56 PM	#7
asus Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 255	windows 95 sucks ***, i stopped using it in 98' __________________ EPoX 8KHA+ AXP 1700+ @ 1800+and going higher Crucial PC2100 512Megs GeForce 3 by Gainward
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05-06-2004, 09:34 PM	#8
sumrtym King without a castle Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 987	I just felt like bumping this. Relevant to the conversation, though, I think my parents are looking forward to my old PII 300 with win 95 over the current 486DX2 66 with Win 3.1 that they have now...... __________________ \| P4 3.2c Northwood\| Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Rev 1.0 BIOS F10 \| GDM-FW900 24" widescreen Trinitron \| 2 GB Mushkin "Special" DDR400 2-3-2-6 @ 2.7v \| Antec 1080 black with 430 W TruePower \| 2 x 120 GB WD1200JB in RAID 0 for video \| 200 GB WD2000JB for OS and all programs \| 200 GB WD2000JB for .wav music \| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz \| VideoLogic DigiTheatre DTS speakers \| ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128 MB \| Sony 1.44" floppy \| Toshiba SD-1712 DVD-ROM \| Benq 1620 DL DVD+/-RW \| Win XP Pro \| MS Intellimouse Explorer \| MS Natural Multimedia Keyboard \|
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05-06-2004, 09:41 PM	#9
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bajo C1eaner Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: TX, USA Posts: 17,198	hmm... why would anyone use it today ..?? __________________ USA "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." Duke (The Shootist) Gigabyte_AGP_LGA775, PentiumD960_dual core 3.6GHz, SapphireHD3850_AGP512MB_DDR2, WD RaptorX 150GB SATA_clearTop_16MB + Seagate 1TB SATA_32MB, CorsairDominator 2GB 8500_1066MHz, Dell 24" 2408WFP *AGP +DVIx2 +HDMI +DisplayPort +USB2x4, XPproSP3 Inspiron9400 17"uxga CentrinoC2duoT7600_2.39GHz_685MHz 4GB Micron6400@800_675_400MHz GeForceGo7900GSMobileForce_M6Enhanced_256MB 2x200GbSATA_7200rpm_16MBcache Vista hp, VistaP6001SP1
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05-06-2004, 09:47 PM	#11
sumrtym King without a castle Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 987	Because I can't install XP on a PII 300 with 128 MB of RAM?? Yes, people, that's what I was running until last July.... __________________ \| P4 3.2c Northwood\| Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Rev 1.0 BIOS F10 \| GDM-FW900 24" widescreen Trinitron \| 2 GB Mushkin "Special" DDR400 2-3-2-6 @ 2.7v \| Antec 1080 black with 430 W TruePower \| 2 x 120 GB WD1200JB in RAID 0 for video \| 200 GB WD2000JB for OS and all programs \| 200 GB WD2000JB for .wav music \| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz \| VideoLogic DigiTheatre DTS speakers \| ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128 MB \| Sony 1.44" floppy \| Toshiba SD-1712 DVD-ROM \| Benq 1620 DL DVD+/-RW \| Win XP Pro \| MS Intellimouse Explorer \| MS Natural Multimedia Keyboard \|
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05-06-2004, 09:50 PM	#12
Smurfer Land of the Brave Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: W. Los Angeles, California Posts: 1,854	Congrates!! on your upgrade you definitly deserve it!!
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05-06-2004, 10:01 PM	#13
sumrtym King without a castle Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 987	Thanks Smurfer! You know, I almost won a free videocard last year from some hardware site contest. One of those "let us know how bad you need it thing". I don't know if it was the whopping three or four-hundred point score in 3dmark that impressed them or not. I can't remember what version that was....whatever the new one out at that time was it wouldn't even run on my system and aborted. Most tests were 1-3 frames per second. This was a TNT card with 16 MB of RAM....an upgrade to the original that had been int he machine which was 8 MB. In the end, I got third place, which wasn't even a t-shirt. I don't know what the poor b****** who won turned in, but mine was my only system. Surprisingly, it did run Unreal Tournament ok.....although I died a lot....... We'll have this conversastion again in a few years when I'm still running this one only with a newer AIW in the AGP slot and a 3.2 or 3.4 Ghz Northwood...... P.S. In fact, I just bookmarked this page. I guarantee it. __________________ \| P4 3.2c Northwood\| Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Rev 1.0 BIOS F10 \| GDM-FW900 24" widescreen Trinitron \| 2 GB Mushkin "Special" DDR400 2-3-2-6 @ 2.7v \| Antec 1080 black with 430 W TruePower \| 2 x 120 GB WD1200JB in RAID 0 for video \| 200 GB WD2000JB for OS and all programs \| 200 GB WD2000JB for .wav music \| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz \| VideoLogic DigiTheatre DTS speakers \| ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128 MB \| Sony 1.44" floppy \| Toshiba SD-1712 DVD-ROM \| Benq 1620 DL DVD+/-RW \| Win XP Pro \| MS Intellimouse Explorer \| MS Natural Multimedia Keyboard \|
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