Author Topic: fun things to do with windows XP (Read 1145 times)

Kupotek · « **on:** 13 June 2003, 07:43 »

Well, if you are one of those who are sick of XP being such a resource hog, you can do what I did.

Setup progman.exe and copy it to your windows folder.

Then goto your registry to location:

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

and change shell from Explorer.exe to Progman.exe

Make sure Progman.exe is in your windows folder, cos in XP it is in system32 by default.

ChakanTGM · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 June 2003, 08:09 »

what does that do? i'm a dumb Linux user, excuse me . . .

Laukev7 · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 June 2003, 08:56 »

It replaces the default Windows Explorer (MSIE) by the Program Manager from Windows 95.

How to crash your computer:

Open file://c:\con\con in Windows Explorer.

Result garanteed.

Edit: I'm not sure about Windows XP, though.

[ June 13, 2003: Message edited by: Laukev7 ]

Kupotek · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 June 2003, 21:02 »

well i replaced it with the windows XP shell. works fine.

then i used a dll to give mIRC a desktop, so i dont even need to use a shell for windows..

, actually im using mIRC as my windows XP shell now.

Faust · « **Reply #4 on:** 13 June 2003, 16:47 »

Erm no offence Emiko but dont we usually bin posts like this? This is an anti microsoft forum remember?

Kupotek · « **Reply #5 on:** 13 June 2003, 17:06 »

If I'm going to switch to Linux, this is what I should be able to do:

1. Browser

2. Mail client

3. Media Player

4. mIRC

5. FTP client

6. Dreamweaver

7. Adobe Photoshop

8. Sprint DSL pppoe connection

9. mouse/keyboard drivers

10. Geforce 4 ti 4200 video drivers

11. Anarchy Online ( 3d RPG game )

12. Norton Systemworks ( not required )

13. mircstats

14. cheetachat for yahoo ( not required )

Refalm: Even I'm not perfect. Instead of quoting Emiko's message, I edited it. I'm very very sorry, for this mistake Emiko, it was accidental. I tried to bring it back though...

[ June 13, 2003: Message edited by: Refalm ]

Maniaman · « **Reply #6 on:** 13 June 2003, 19:00 »

quote:
1. Browser

Linux has around 10 browsers you can choose from and they're all better then internet explorer.

quote:
2. Mail client

Mozilla has a built in mail client, and there's Evolution

quote:
3. Media Player

Not quite sure of the names, but it has some good quality media players...

quote:
4. mIRC

Linux Alternatives: XChat, BitchX, probably more that I dont know about. Or you could emulate mIRC in Wine I believe.

quote:
5. FTP client

Again, Most distros come with about 5 ftp clients that you can use

quote:
6. Dreamweaver

I always thought there was a version of this for Linux. I could be wrong though... I prefer doing HTML in text editors

quote:
7. Adobe Photoshop

The Gimp.

quote:
8. Sprint DSL pppoe connection

Can easily configured.

quote:
9. mouse/keyboard drivers

99.9% of the time you ownt need to isntall drivers for hardware in Linux

quote:
10. Geforce 4 ti 4200 video drivers

See response to #9

quote:
11. Anarchy Online ( 3d RPG game )

Never heard of it. You might be abe to run it in Wine.

quote:
12. Norton Systemworks ( not required )

Exactly right. Antivirus software is not required.

quote:
13. mircstats

Can probably be emulated in Wine...

quote:
14. cheetachat for yahoo ( not required )

Yahoo probably jas a Linux port of that software. Could be wrong. Again, try Wine.

Of course, you could always do a dual boot with windows/Linux

Refalm · « **Reply #7 on:** 13 June 2003, 19:48 »

3. Media Player

VideoLAN (my favourite, sorry Doctor V ), XMMS, Mplayer...

10. Geforce 4 ti 4200 video drivers

nVidia has very easy to configure GeForce 4 drivers. Don't stick to the ones that come with Linux if you want to play UT2003, Return to castle Wolfenstein or something...

11. Anarchy Online ( 3d RPG game )

Maybe through Wine... if that doesn't work out, you can always check out Falcons Eye or even the cross-platform Runescape (going to be in full 3d next month).

Kupotek · « **Reply #8 on:** 13 June 2003, 20:38 »

Thankyou for the replies. I know mirc will work with Wine, although AO will not run ( yet ) on either Wine or WineX... this has been a long standing debate ever since Funcom, the designers of the aforementioned game Anarchy Online, promised there would be a native linux client for AO madein 2000, and since then it has been said by FC that it will never happen, most likely soemthing about switching out OpenGL, double patches, not enough man hours... etc etc ad nauseum.

I code in mirc which is why I won't choose an alternate IRC client at this time.

I'll keep you posted how my progress goes.

Faust · « **Reply #9 on:** 13 June 2003, 21:15 »

quote:

3. Media Player
VideoLAN (my favourite, sorry Doctor V ), XMMS, Mplayer

Xine is better, you just know it :-P

Faust · « **Reply #10 on:** 13 June 2003, 21:18 »

quote:

6. Dreamweaver
I always thought there was a version of this for Linux. I could be wrong though... I prefer doing HTML in text editors.

Not everyone likes coding html by hand (I sure don't) and Dreamweaver doesn't run on Linux (at least natively) to the best of my knowledge. There is always Mozilla Composer and Open Offices html composer though. Versions are available for WIndows if you want to check them out when deciding whether to switch.

AAMOF I like Mozilla Composer so much that I use it in preference to Dreamweaver when I'm on the public Mac OSX boxes - although I'm hardly a master web designer.

Fett101 · « **Reply #11 on:** 13 June 2003, 21:48 »

Nope. No Cheetahchat for Linux, but you could see if it would work in Wine. Or... you could realize that chat rooms are festering collections of time wasting, useless jabber. But that's just an opinion.

TheQuirk · « **Reply #12 on:** 13 June 2003, 22:35 »

BTW, Dreamweaver works almost flawlessly in Wine.

suselinux · « **Reply #13 on:** 14 June 2003, 21:58 »

quote:
Originally posted by Faust:

Not everyone likes coding html by hand (I sure don't) and Dreamweaver doesn't run on Linux (at least natively) to the best of my knowledge. There is always Mozilla Composer and Open Offices html composer though. Versions are available for WIndows if you want to check them out when deciding whether to switch. AAMOF I like Mozilla Composer so much that I use it in preference to Dreamweaver when I'm on the public Mac OSX boxes - although I'm hardly a master web designer.

look on source forge and fresh meat there some gui web design stuff

suselinux · « **Reply #14 on:** 14 June 2003, 10:09 »

Hey Emiko from Ohio

This is SUSE Linux from BC CANADA

try looking in Linux. Use KDE and really look around.

I went through my list of things I would need to totally migrate from the Cock suckers OS to Linux

I found that it had everything that I needed, and alot fucking more,the last thing I needed was a native gui for burning ISO's....... KDE 3.2 has one called "K3B"
easier than Nero

get a NEW distro and actually look

Im tired of people bitching, Oh it dosen't have this or have that

well it doesn't have a fucking price tag either so
stop your fucking bitching..........bitch,

Fuck me, Eh

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Logged crackice.cjb.net Laukev7 VIP Posts: 2,828 Kudos: 494 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #2 on: 13 June 2003, 08:56 » It replaces the default Windows Explorer (MSIE) by the Program Manager from Windows 95. How to crash your computer: Open file://c:\con\con in Windows Explorer. Result garanteed. Edit: I'm not sure about Windows XP, though. [ June 13, 2003: Message edited by: Laukev7 ] Logged Kupotek Member Posts: 74 Kudos: 0 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #3 on: 13 June 2003, 21:02 » well i replaced it with the windows XP shell. works fine. then i used a dll to give mIRC a desktop, so i dont even need to use a shell for windows.. , actually im using mIRC as my windows XP shell now. Logged "The only thing that is impossible is the possibility of impossibility" KittySafe Ntwrk. Faust Member Posts: 1,223 Kudos: 0 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #4 on: 13 June 2003, 16:47 » Erm no offence Emiko but dont we usually bin posts like this? This is an anti microsoft forum remember? Logged Yesterday it worked Today it is not working Windows is like that -- http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/error-haiku.html Kupotek Member Posts: 74 Kudos: 0 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #5 on: 13 June 2003, 17:06 » If I'm going to switch to Linux, this is what I should be able to do: 1. Browser 2. Mail client 3. Media Player 4. mIRC 5. FTP client 6. Dreamweaver 7. Adobe Photoshop 8. Sprint DSL pppoe connection 9. mouse/keyboard drivers 10. Geforce 4 ti 4200 video drivers 11. Anarchy Online ( 3d RPG game ) 12. Norton Systemworks ( not required ) 13. mircstats 14. cheetachat for yahoo ( not required ) Refalm: Even I'm not perfect. Instead of quoting Emiko's message, I edited it. I'm very very sorry, for this mistake Emiko, it was accidental. I tried to bring it back though... [ June 13, 2003: Message edited by: Refalm ] Logged "The only thing that is impossible is the possibility of impossibility" KittySafe Ntwrk. Maniaman Member Posts: 188 Kudos: 0 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #6 on: 13 June 2003, 19:00 » quote: 1. Browser Linux has around 10 browsers you can choose from and they're all better then internet explorer. quote: 2. Mail client Mozilla has a built in mail client, and there's Evolution quote: 3. Media Player Not quite sure of the names, but it has some good quality media players... quote: 4. mIRC Linux Alternatives: XChat, BitchX, probably more that I dont know about. Or you could emulate mIRC in Wine I believe. quote: 5. FTP client Again, Most distros come with about 5 ftp clients that you can use quote: 6. Dreamweaver I always thought there was a version of this for Linux. I could be wrong though... I prefer doing HTML in text editors quote: 7. Adobe Photoshop The Gimp. quote: 8. Sprint DSL pppoe connection Can easily configured. quote: 9. mouse/keyboard drivers 99.9% of the time you ownt need to isntall drivers for hardware in Linux quote: 10. Geforce 4 ti 4200 video drivers See response to #9 quote: 11. Anarchy Online ( 3d RPG game ) Never heard of it. You might be abe to run it in Wine. quote: 12. Norton Systemworks ( not required ) Exactly right. Antivirus software is not required. quote: 13. mircstats Can probably be emulated in Wine... quote: 14. cheetachat for yahoo ( not required ) Yahoo probably jas a Linux port of that software. Could be wrong. Again, try Wine. Of course, you could always do a dual boot with windows/Linux Logged I use my hotmail email on here to keep from begin spammed by trolls. If you want my good email address for something then ask... Refalm Administrator Posts: 5,163 Kudos: 704 Sjembek! fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #7 on: 13 June 2003, 19:48 » 3. Media Player VideoLAN (my favourite, sorry Doctor V ), XMMS, Mplayer... 10. Geforce 4 ti 4200 video drivers nVidia has very easy to configure GeForce 4 drivers. Don't stick to the ones that come with Linux if you want to play UT2003, Return to castle Wolfenstein or something... 11. Anarchy Online ( 3d RPG game ) Maybe through Wine... if that doesn't work out, you can always check out Falcons Eye or even the cross-platform Runescape (going to be in full 3d next month). Logged Radio Knop . Kupotek Member Posts: 74 Kudos: 0 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #8 on: 13 June 2003, 20:38 » Thankyou for the replies. I know mirc will work with Wine, although AO will not run ( yet ) on either Wine or WineX... this has been a long standing debate ever since Funcom, the designers of the aforementioned game Anarchy Online, promised there would be a native linux client for AO madein 2000, and since then it has been said by FC that it will never happen, most likely soemthing about switching out OpenGL, double patches, not enough man hours... etc etc ad nauseum. I code in mirc which is why I won't choose an alternate IRC client at this time. I'll keep you posted how my progress goes. Logged "The only thing that is impossible is the possibility of impossibility" KittySafe Ntwrk. Faust Member Posts: 1,223 Kudos: 0 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #9 on: 13 June 2003, 21:15 » quote: 3. Media Player VideoLAN (my favourite, sorry Doctor V ), XMMS, Mplayer Xine is better, you just know it :-P Logged Yesterday it worked Today it is not working Windows is like that -- http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/error-haiku.html Faust Member Posts: 1,223 Kudos: 0 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #10 on: 13 June 2003, 21:18 » quote: 6. Dreamweaver I always thought there was a version of this for Linux. I could be wrong though... I prefer doing HTML in text editors. Not everyone likes coding html by hand (I sure don't) and Dreamweaver doesn't run on Linux (at least natively) to the best of my knowledge. There is always Mozilla Composer and Open Offices html composer though. Versions are available for WIndows if you want to check them out when deciding whether to switch. AAMOF I like Mozilla Composer so much that I use it in preference to Dreamweaver when I'm on the public Mac OSX boxes - although I'm hardly a master web designer. Logged Yesterday it worked Today it is not working Windows is like that -- http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/error-haiku.html Fett101 VIP Posts: 1,581 Kudos: 85 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #11 on: 13 June 2003, 21:48 » Nope. No Cheetahchat for Linux, but you could see if it would work in Wine. Or... you could realize that chat rooms are festering collections of time wasting, useless jabber. But that's just an opinion. Logged Visit the FGMMA! TheQuirk VIP Posts: 2,154 Kudos: 315 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #12 on: 13 June 2003, 22:35 » BTW, Dreamweaver works almost flawlessly in Wine. Logged suselinux Member Posts: 711 Kudos: 30 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #13 on: 14 June 2003, 21:58 » quote: Originally posted by Faust: Not everyone likes coding html by hand (I sure don't) and Dreamweaver doesn't run on Linux (at least natively) to the best of my knowledge. There is always Mozilla Composer and Open Offices html composer though. Versions are available for WIndows if you want to check them out when deciding whether to switch. AAMOF I like Mozilla Composer so much that I use it in preference to Dreamweaver when I'm on the public Mac OSX boxes - although I'm hardly a master web designer. look on source forge and fresh meat there some gui web design stuff Logged suselinux Member Posts: 711 Kudos: 30 fun things to do with windows XP « Reply #14 on: 14 June 2003, 10:09 » Hey Emiko from Ohio This is SUSE Linux from BC CANADA try looking in Linux. Use KDE and really look around. I went through my list of things I would need to totally migrate from the Cock suckers OS to Linux I found that it had everything that I needed, and alot fucking more,the last thing I needed was a native gui for burning ISO's....... KDE 3.2 has one called "K3B" easier than Nero get a NEW distro and actually look Im tired of people bitching, Oh it dosen't have this or have that well it doesn't have a fucking price tag either so stop your fucking bitching..........bitch, Fuck me, Eh Logged Print Pages: [1] 2 3 Go Up « previous next » Stop Microsoft » Forum » All Things Microsoft » Microsoft Software » fun things to do with windows XP
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