From: "Wayne Johnson"
I'm still afraid that most 98 machines wouldn't be able to run BartPE & Screenhunter with at least 128meg required to boot. Then many 98 machines couldn't boot from a cdrom drive & barely run USB never mind boot from those devices. Mr. Glazier & I have discussed this ad infinitum.
No offence to Wayne, but I build basic no-frills BartPE CDs that are REALLY meant for low-end machines... (OR, think of it as a "one size fits all"...) I "think" I can go as low as 32M ram... This is obviously extremely limited, and not good for much... Booting, Chkdsk, and Nero5-(full version), IIRC... (A basic data recovery setup that is for good working hardware...)
98 machines simply are not worth repairing these days with the low prices one can acquire a new system for. There was a thread about this on the HWG & an article on the NYTimes web site about disposable computers.
I have started giving people a hard time about carting off old WORKING Win98 machines, even for FREE...
OBTW in the WinNT/2k list there was a thread about how useless MSFT Antispyware beta is & that it actually let some spyware go undetected.
The next is technically cross-posting, so please forgive me... I put this next part on another list after someone gave unconditional praise for the MS Anti-spyware. They even said to use it BY ITSELF!!! *MS has changed what they call spyware and are leaving some of the "offenders" in... *Claria, 180Solutions, WhenU, New.net, eZula TopText, and Webhancer.... * http://netrn.net/spywareblog/archives/2005/07/01/microsoft-antispyware-ignores-claria/ *They have changed the defaults to leave it... A user running the program in *"brain dead fashion" and accepting the defaults will be leaving lots of stuff *on their computer that lots of other spyware detectors suggest removing. *The following explains it better than I ever could... *http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/microsoft-sets-claria-to-ignore.html *Note: I think SunBelt originally sold the program to MS as some sort of a *joint venture deal... I'll bet "lots" of people that only get the free detectors will run them at defaults, in "brain dead mode"... ;-( (Let the flames begin... <grin>) Rick Glazier -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
