TLDR: use Windows 98, the Cult of (Formerly the microsoft windows megathread)

[microsoft windows]

I survived Y2K with Windows 3.1. That was a good OS. Windows 98 is a good choice too if you're getting ready for Y2K.

[baldgye]

YTK is what people who didn't survive Y2K call it

[microsoft windows]

YTK is what people who didn't survive Y2K call it

But I survived Y2K in style by effectively utilizing innovative Windows 98 technology. Where's yours?

[Lain1911]

The only reason to go back! But why go back when there's Dosbox?

[baldgye]

YTK is what people who didn't survive Y2K call it

But I survived Y2K in style by effectively utilizing innovative Windows 98 technology. Where's yours?

Trapped in Zip Discs

[microsoft windows]

YTK is what people who didn't survive Y2K call it

But I survived Y2K in style by effectively utilizing innovative Windows 98 technology. Where's yours?

Trapped in Zip Discs

Then you better get yourself a ZIP drive! Don't let your data get trapped.

[iLLucionist]

For me, the great releases were:

DOS 2.15, 2.5, 3.3, and 6.22

Windows 95, 98, XP, and 7

One day in the next year, when I have the time and money, I will probably go to 8

No love for DOS 5.0?

WHO NEEDS DOS 5 WHEN THERE'S WINDOWS 98?

Well, Windows 98, being the same garbage that Windows 95 was, only less BSODs and slightly less reinstalling IMHO, made me more question why Windows 98 when there's also DOS At that time, I liked System 7 and System 8 more than Windows 95/98.

Windows 98 is not garbage. You are making a fool out of yourself by denying settled science.

Mehh.. Windows 98 SE was alright, but I had really really weird experiences with Windows 98 (of course, YMMV), especially system/driver detection (on different machines). I have seen multiple times where Windows 98 would install different drivers / detect different hardware when I reinstalled Windows 98. That was really really weird. And the only way to fix that was to reinstall again.

[Lurch]

[iLLucionist]

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Ahh the memories.. I had Win95 on 16 floppies if I remember correctly (Win98 on CD).

[Lurch]

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Ahh the memories.. I had Win95 on 16 floppies if I remember correctly (Win98 on CD).

Oh yes, good times(?). ;D

Just found this as well:

[microsoft windows]

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Ahh the memories.. I had Win95 on 16 floppies if I remember correctly (Win98 on CD).

Oh yes, good times(?). ;D

Just found this as well:

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Wonderful software there! And an excellent choice of medium as well.

[Lurch]

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Ahh the memories.. I had Win95 on 16 floppies if I remember correctly (Win98 on CD).

Oh yes, good times(?). ;D

Just found this as well:

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Wonderful software there! And an excellent choice of medium as well.

Thanks!

[iLLucionist]

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Ahh the memories.. I had Win95 on 16 floppies if I remember correctly (Win98 on CD).

Oh yes, good times(?). ;D

Just found this as well:

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Mmm nice. I had QuickBasic 4.5 on floppies... it was the exact same design, exact for the red triangle being blue. I also had the QuickBasic 4.5 manual, still have it somewhere in some box. The good old days where they would give you bibles full of documentation (like Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition Deluxe, which was a cassette of books).

[zeroni13]

I'll just leave this here:

[rowdy]

Internet Explorer vulnerabilities increase 100%

[tp4tissue]

Firefox + NoScript + Adblock...   nothing gets past this...    UNLESS you're begging for viruses on some pr0n or free game download site..

[paicrai]

lol

[microsoft windows]

Internet Explorer is an instrument of the Daleks.

Those who do not use it will be exterminated.

Which, of course, is why you should use Internet Explorer.

[rowdy]

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/08/07/stay-up-to-date-with-internet-explorer.aspx

[microsoft windows]

Guess what? Internet Explorer 6 is still alive!

[Novus]

Exterminate!

[microsoft windows]

Exterminate!

Exterminate the macs.

[Grim Fandango]

Firefox + NoScript + Adblock...   nothing gets past this...    UNLESS you're begging for viruses on some pr0n or free game download site..

This is the same thing I used. Checking out Chrome now , but it does not have no-script (I think, should look it up).

[Novus]

Firefox + NoScript + Adblock...   nothing gets past this...    UNLESS you're begging for viruses on some pr0n or free game download site..

Nobody on geekhack surfs porn okay.
Nobody likes to get their beloved keyboard dirty.
mkay
get with it.
gosh
*sigh, unzips

[Elrick]

Firefox + NoScript + Adblock...   nothing gets past this...    UNLESS you're begging for viruses on some pr0n or free game download site..

Nobody on geekhack surfs porn okay.
Nobody likes to get their beloved keyboard dirty.
mkay
get with it.
gosh
*sigh, unzips

Don't waste your time watching other people having fun, get involved and get busy with your significant other.

You've got all the porno temptations with her and why waste your time surfing the web for it?  Only use the web to BUY, move money around and book holidays, that's about it.

Also forget about ever using IE because it's just nasty junk way past it's usefulness  .

[microsoft windows]

Firefox + NoScript + Adblock...   nothing gets past this...    UNLESS you're begging for viruses on some pr0n or free game download site..

Nobody on geekhack surfs porn okay.
Nobody likes to get their beloved keyboard dirty.
mkay
get with it.
gosh
*sigh, unzips

Don't waste your time watching other people having fun, get involved and get busy with your significant other.

You've got all the porno temptations with her and why waste your time surfing the web for it?  Only use the web to BUY, move money around and book holidays, that's about it.

Also forget about ever using IE because it's just nasty junk way past it's usefulness  .

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG! INTERNET EXPLORER IS THE BEST BROWSER EVER MADE. IT IS THE ONLY ONE TO FEATURE AWARD WINNING MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY, AND IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR WINDOWS, WHICH IS BY FAR THE MOST SUPERIOR OPERATING SYSTEM. IF YOU WANT TO USE A GOOD QUALITY KEYBOARD, WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO USE A GOOD QUALITY INTERNET BROWSING SOFTWARE? FOR THAT REASON, I FEEL THAT YOU HAVE DONE THE WONDERFUL INTERNET EXPLORER 6 A GREAT INJUSTICE. IT IS BY FAR THE HIGHEST QUALITY INTERNET BROWSER EVER CREATED, AND HERE YOU ARE INSULTING THIS GLORIOUS FAMILY OF PRODUCTS. SHAME ON YOU!

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

IE6 died with WinXP.

[microsoft windows]

IE6 died with WinXP.

AND GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE BOTH ALIVE!

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

IE6 died with WinXP.

AND GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE BOTH ALIVE!

But are they? Are they really???

WERE THEY EVER EVEN ALIVE TO BEGIN WITH???????

[microsoft windows]

IE6 died with WinXP.

AND GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE BOTH ALIVE!

But are they? Are they really???

WERE THEY EVER EVEN ALIVE TO BEGIN WITH?

They are alive because I say they are alive.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

life
līf
(noun)
1.
the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.


By this definition, IE6 must be able to die in order to be considered "alive".

You can't have it both ways.

[microsoft windows]

life
līf
(noun)
1.
the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.


By this definition, IE6 must be able to die in order to be considered "alive".

You can't have it both ways.

Internet Explorer 6 is certified organic. And due to its inherent immortal nature, it will be alive forever.

[smarmar]

Windows 98 was actually pretty buggy, now Windows 98 SE was l33t.

Win98SE is where Ms should have said "Whoa! Hey, guys just.....Whoa! Everybody retire right now 'cause we got it. We Got this! It's over. We got this thing."
I use it for me olde gaming rig to run 90s-era pc games a la Daggerfall, Thief, Dark Forces, Myst, Star Flight, et al.

[microsoft windows]

Seems like Islamic extremism/terrorism has been on the rise in the past couple years. Recent incidents such as the Canadian parliament shooting, ISIL terrorism in western Iraq and eastern Syria, 9/11/2012 U. S. Embassy bombing, and the Boston Marathon bombing come to mind. What are your thoughts on this?

I personally think that if the United States had kept some troops in Iraq, the whole Islamic State fiasco would've largely been prevented.

[jdcarpe]

I personally think that if the United States had kept some troops in Iraq, the whole Islamic State fiasco would've largely been prevented.

THANKS, OBAMA!

[hwood34]

Wow nice flame bait. Have fun with the ****fest

[microsoft windows]

I personally think that if the United States had kept some troops in Iraq, the whole Islamic State fiasco would've largely been prevented.

THANKS, OBAMA!

I do believe that the Obama administration is largely responsible for the crisis in Iraq and Syria. Many others across the political spectrum, even George W. Bush, warned that a complete withdrawl of troops from Iraq would leave a dangerous power vacuum. But the Obama camp stuck with their ideological goals and withdrew the troops anyway. And look at what's filled the power vacuum. Now we've got a vicious terrorist organization that gets over $1 million a day from black market oil sales to deal with.

[SpAmRaY]

I personally think that if the United States had kept some troops in Iraq, the whole Islamic State fiasco would've largely been prevented.

THANKS, OBAMA!

Isn't change great! :facepalm:

[fohat.digs]

even George W. Bush, warned that a complete withdrawl of troops from Iraq would leave a dangerous power vacuum.

Clearly, you have gone full retard.

If Bush Jr had not totally lied, we would never have gone into Iraq in the first place.

[SpAmRaY]

even George W. Bush, warned that a complete withdrawl of troops from Iraq would leave a dangerous power vacuum.

Clearly, you have gone full retard.

If Bush Jr had not totally lied, we would never have gone into Iraq in the first place.

Didn't they just come out with news reports that they actually found WMD's and just neglected to mention it?

[hwood34]

even George W. Bush, warned that a complete withdrawl of troops from Iraq would leave a dangerous power vacuum.

Clearly, you have gone full retard.

If Bush Jr had not totally lied, we would never have gone into Iraq in the first place.

Didn't they just come out with news reports that they actually found WMD's and just neglected to mention it?

they found old chemical weapons used in the iraq/iran war, and completely accidentally

[Flyersfan1]

even George W. Bush, warned that a complete withdrawl of troops from Iraq would leave a dangerous power vacuum.

Clearly, you have gone full retard.

If Bush Jr had not totally lied, we would never have gone into Iraq in the first place.

Didn't they just come out with news reports that they actually found WMD's and just neglected to mention it?

they found old chemical weapons used in the iraq/iran war, and completely accidentally

That's news to me, could you link something? Not saying it's not true, just curious.

[hwood34]

even George W. Bush, warned that a complete withdrawl of troops from Iraq would leave a dangerous power vacuum.

Clearly, you have gone full retard.

If Bush Jr had not totally lied, we would never have gone into Iraq in the first place.

Didn't they just come out with news reports that they actually found WMD's and just neglected to mention it?

they found old chemical weapons used in the iraq/iran war, and completely accidentally

That's news to me, could you link something? Not saying it's not true, just curious.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html
This one is more on the soldiers that were told to keep quiet about the chemicals, which were made with the help of the US

[Flyersfan1]

Thanks! 

[baldgye]

This is the net result of what happens when you invade and depose the leader of one of the biggest nations in what is essentially the dark ages...

[microsoft windows]

even George W. Bush, warned that a complete withdrawl of troops from Iraq would leave a dangerous power vacuum.

Clearly, you have gone full retard.

If Bush Jr had not totally lied, we would never have gone into Iraq in the first place.

Bush may have not been the greatest president ever, but his replacement is even worse. You're neglecting to acknowledge the fact that if Obama did not have all the troops withdrawn from Iraq in 2011, then the IS situation would have been largely prevented. "Bush's lies" are no excuse for Obama's poor decision and leadership.

[dante]

I don't remember what movie it was - maybe '7 years in tibet'?  Anyway when I was younger I remember a scene in that movie where the Chinese came out and declared "Religion is Poison."  I thought that was rather harsh at the time but now that I'm getting older I'm starting to agree.

[microsoft windows]

I don't remember what movie it was - maybe '7 years in tibet'?  Anyway when I was younger I remember a scene in that movie where the Chinese came out and declared "Religion is Poison."  I thought that was rather harsh but now that I'm getting older I'm starting to agree.

I don't think religion itself is poison--after all, the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful people. But it's these evil, deranged, mentally ill people who use religion as an excuse for their terror who are the real poison.

[fohat.digs]

"Bush's lies" are no excuse for Obama's poor decision and leadership.

Obama is doing an exemplary job at shoveling out the latrine that Bush left for him.
 
His mistake is that he is too nice and has not done nearly as much as he should have.

PS - Religion is not a poison, it is a deadly virus.

[tp4tissue]

We went into Iraq to steal oil, what did you expect would happen.

Now that the heist has gone sour, and the occupation force becoming much to financially burdensome to sustain we have no choice but to end our latest imperialist campaign. If anything blame the capitalists who said they were rich enough but turned out to be all leverage and no substance.