Text 69041, 85 rader
Skriven 2012-08-29 12:18:00 av Ed Vance (10056.windowsa)
  Kommentar till text 68994 av HOLGER GRANHOLM (2:20/228)
Ärende: Re: Win95 on stills ?
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HG>In a message dated 08-24-12, Jean Parrot said to Jason Bock:

HG>Hi Jean,

HG> JB> Does anyone still use Win95?

HG>JP>    Not me but as you asked, there might be some other left over at you
HG>JP>desk. Would you have a floppy with Wintype on it. I got a like
HG>JP>programme from Ed here but it is $$$ to download, I would like that
HG>JP>Wintype for my brother who is just getting on a keyboard. Thanks.

HG>I guess it isn't on the installation CD otherwise you wouldn't ask.
HG>I have both Win 95 and Win 98se update CDs.

Holger,

I bought a shrink-wrapped W98SE Book with CD at a Thrift Store.

The CD has "Operating System Backup CD Version 98.1" and "Gateway"
printed on it.

A Label on the shrink-wrap package has "Win 98 Eng System Recovery"
printed on it.

A neighbor of mine was given a computer in a Dell case with a Pentium 4
CPU in it, with Ubuntu on it for his birthday this year.

He told me that he wished it had XP or some other Windows OS on it
instead of Linux because he wanted to play games written for Windows.

I told him to look for a unwrapped copy of XP SP2, ME or 98SE on eBay or
Craigs List or even at a computer vendor at a Flea Market, and maybe he
would find a copy to put it on his Ubuntu box.

Before I will give this "Backup CD" to him I want to put it in a vBox
virtual session to see if it will work.

 BECAUSE

1. I'd hate for him to use the CD and the Installation fail because it
couldn't find the hardware that a Gateway 2000 computer model would have
on it.

AND

2. the W98SE installation wiped out Ubuntu. (see below)

I'd hate for him to waste his time with a installation that would Fail.

If I can run this CD in a virtual session, I'd think it would work on
his Dell box also.

My Question Is:

Do You, or any other person here, know if the W98SE CD Can be used by
him?

His computer has gotten Updates to the latest U'u 12.04 version, and
IIRC, I gave a U'u 12.04 LTS Live CD for him to use if he ever needed
to do a Restore.

I have been using U'u 7.04 in a session with a version of Innotek
Virtual Box on my XP computer, I downloaded them back in 2007 when there
was a lot of messages in this echo about U'u, so I could try it out.

I tried putting U'u 10.04 and 12.04 LTS in a vBox session but couldn't
get either of them to work.

I learned that Oracle owns vBox now so I tried installing the Latest and
Greatest version but after trying two recent versions (4.1.18, 4.1.20)
that I can't get to run on XP I went back to the old Innotek vBox and
tried installing U'u 12.04 LTS in a session but Failed again.

I was able to get the old U'u 7.04 to work in a session but I'm not able
to access the internet with it this time around.
I'm still able to use the internet with programs for XP, I just can't
figure out what Network settings U'u 7.04 needs to be able to get on the
internet through my Linksys Router and DSL Modem.

It's Only A Hobby!       <GRIN>     Thanks!


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