Category: Operating Systems
A Look At Windows NT Service - Configuration problems
The following was lifted, with some modification, from two sources:
A response I sent to a friend who had requested help overcoming HTTP error 401 problems that, presumably, were due to shortcomings in the configuration of Microsoft Internet Information Server 4 within a Windows 2000 Server...
This document contains information about features present in the official release versions (original release and Second Edition) of Windows 98 that may be of interest to technically inclined users.
Getting Up and Running
Keeping Your System in Shape
Speed Tips (Updated)
Troubleshooting
Year 2000 features
Power Management
Hidden Features
Win95+98...
Reports
Mac-to-Windows
Switching from the Mac to Windows part 1 and part 2
Making a PC work more like a Mac
YzDock Tips
Alternative GUIs for the PC
Alternative GUIs for Windows XP
Windows-to-Mac
PC to Mac and Back
Switching to Mac: a Reality Check
16 Months on: A Switcher's Tale
Editorials:
Graphical User Interfaces - the need for rethinking...
Product: Basilisk II
Version: 142 (recommended!)
Summary: The following programs were tested. Overall, we'd rate Basilisk's compatibility and (non-FPU-intensive) performance as excellent. (on a 200 MHz or faster PC, Basilisk II outperforms any 680x0 Mac ever released.)
Versions shown are not necessarily the latest releases that will work; but were...
More on the topic of PC, Mac, Amiga and PostScript emulation
PC Emulation
Bochs is a PC emulator written by Kevin Lawton that runs under MacOS, Win32 (you may ask: why bother!?" But there are a few reasons why you might want to do this), different flavors of Unix, and BeOS. It is decidedly rough around the edges, but compatible enough...
Emulate This!
Emulation software (and, in a few cases, supplemented with hardware) are available that can, with varying degrees of success, allow you to run programs designed for one type of computer on another. Here are a few of the ones we were able to track down recently.
For Windows PCs:
Palm Pilot emulation: homepages.tig.com.au/~sydney/...
Subliminal Surfactants
Bob Loblaw's piece on Windows 95's subliminal messages sure generated a lot of interest. Some comments were serious, but most people liked the tongue-in-cheek spirit in which the article was written. Bob even grabbed the attention of Spencer F. Katt, witty columnist for PC Week magazine, who pointed to TCP's web page where...
Subliminals are a memetic virus: you suggest their existence, and suddenly, they're popping up everywhere. Fortunately, you don't have to look too hard to see subliminals in the opening screen of Windows 98. There's a plainly visible image of an eagle in the middle of the left side of the Win98 splash screen , and a "loving couple" at...
One of the side-effects of performing seemingly endless tests of beta versions of Windows 95 is that you get to spend a lot of time staring at its startup screen. During one particularly long late-night session, my mind wandered and I began to see pictures in the clouds. After the installation was complete, I noticed that, on the Windows 95 CD,...
How to run multiple operating systems
Product: Virtual PC
From: Microsoft (developed by Connectix)
Price: about US$200 (Windows 98 or Me); $250 (Windows 2000); Mac-compatible versions also available.
A fully functional 45-day trial version for Windows is available from http://preview.connectix.com/trial/
Pros: Solves many compatibility problems,...
Linux under NT with VMWare New software offers intriguing options
Wow! I am running Linux under NT4. I just downloaded and installed VMWare 1.0 (new non-beta commercial release) and installed the >2Meg package. Then I installed RedHat 6.0 on a free drive and added an entry for it in VMWare. Aside from having to do an...
Dual Booting: How to run multiple operating systems
Product: Partition Magic (versions 7.0, 5.0 and 4.0 tested)
From: PowerQuest
Price: upgrades US$30
Pros: Graphical boot manager and complete partition management software, including on-the-fly resizing of partitions. Simplified "wizard" configuration options from those in v4.0. Native...
A look at graphical user interface options - today & tomorrow
As we've noted in our features on Graphical User Interface (GUI) options for Linux, many computer users seem to enjoy customizing the look and feel of their computer. In this article, we'll examine some of the GUI options that Windows users can employ to provide additional...
Product: DirectX 8.0
For: Win95, Win98, NT4, Window 2000.
From: www.microsoft.com/directx
Price: free
Pros: generally good game compatibility, enables new features in some graphics cards
Cons: Gains seen in 3D performance during the beta cycle have mysteriously vanished in the final release, leading some to wonder if the software has some...
Introduction
Windows Media 9, code-named "Corona," is Microsoft's next generation of Windows Media technologies. Although we've been testing beta versions since August 2002, we just got our hands on the final version, released Jan. 7, 2003. Here's a look at the official release.
Key Features
If you're familiar with earlier versions of...