god, windows sucks

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
2k > XP

 

[BennyD]

Originally posted by: Snapster
I got enter the matrix installed on XP no probs

same here

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: nan0bug

Originally posted by: shady06
i tried installing enter the matrix, 4 Cd's took about 20 minutes and had a fatal error each time. losat 40 minutes of my life that i'll never get back.

And this has what to do with windows? ETM sucks balls, everyone knows that.

this is just one of many incidents in a day full of blue screens...

Could those blue screens have anything to do with...oh, overclocking perhaps?

 

[murphy55d]

I don't get blue screens on my install of WinXP either. Sounds like user error.

 

[IBuyUFO]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: nan0bug

Originally posted by: shady06
i tried installing enter the matrix, 4 Cd's took about 20 minutes and had a fatal error each time. losat 40 minutes of my life that i'll never get back.

And this has what to do with windows? ETM sucks balls, everyone knows that.

this is just one of many incidents in a day full of blue screens...

If you get tons of blue screens, you can't build a computer, easy as that. I'm assuming you use win2k or windows xp. I NEVER get blue screens on the machines I build.

Amen to that! I always buy brand name componenst when building a new computer. Cutting a few bucks by getting generic components will only give you headaches later on down the road. Another thing that I just looked at is that you have your system overclocked? IF that's the case try putting it back down to the normal cpu speed. I'm sure your blue screens will go away.

 

[Brutuskend]

Click Me

 

[Electric Amish]

So, you're blaming XP for Atari's inability to program??

Do you know anything about computers?

 

[rh71]

NTCompatible.com states that Enter The Matrix works fine on XP.

Blame something else.

 

[SSP]

The problem is between the keyboard and the chair.

Never had a problem with XP or 2K. Very stable on a good system.

 

[ggavinmoss]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: Maleficus
2k > XP

Gentoo > 2k > XP

Isn't your kernel still compiling?

-geoff

 

[nick1985]

make a better operating system.

ps--the problem is probably between the keyboard and the chair

 

[slag]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: nan0bug

Originally posted by: shady06
i tried installing enter the matrix, 4 Cd's took about 20 minutes and had a fatal error each time. losat 40 minutes of my life that i'll never get back.

And this has what to do with windows? ETM sucks balls, everyone knows that.

this is just one of many incidents in a day full of blue screens...

Its definitely your system. I have over a year uptime on my STABLE hardware using windows xp.

STOP OVERCLOCKING if you don't know what the limits are.

 

[TJN23]

windows XP aint bad, but i have a question,....isnt XP built off of 2k? so shouldnt stability be the same (at least in XP pro?)? i'm sure there might be other factors that proves this is not the case...

 

[rh71]

PEBCAM = problem exists between chair and monitor

Error code = ID-10-T.

 

[Corsairpro]

I've used DOS, 3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2k, XP.... never used linux or anything like of that sort.

Personally, I think that windows has gotten much better since 98. I hate win98... errors like a mofo... and people hated WinME, but i NEVER had a problem. NOT ONE. 2k was used on a computer that had the VIA/Soundblaster problem so I got pissed and never used either again.... using XP for a year and a half... and by a margin, better than any MS OS IMO.

I don't like MS pricing, but I don't blindly think their OS is crap. As anything, there's always room for improvement, but its not crap or the suck or anything like that.

 

[TJN23]

yea OS's are easy to make....we'll just whip up a better one in the meantime

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: SSP
The problem is between the keyboard and the chair.

Never had a problem with XP or 2K. Very stable on a good system.

Agreed. XP is rock-steady even on my POS computer at home, which has had nothing but problems with Windows 98 and ME (shudder).

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: TJN23
windows XP aint bad, but i have a question,....isnt XP built off of 2k? so shouldnt stability be the same (at least in XP pro?)? i'm sure there might be other factors that proves this is not the case...

Well, it's not the same. But it is based on the 2K kernel. And yes, it's just as stable as 2K. And has fewer compatibility problems and extra features.

If you are getting blue-screens, there is something wrong with your system.
I've had XP for a year, I do a lot of gaming, and my system is almost always on. I've had plenty of program crashes from crappy software. But XP handles it beautifully 99% of the time. The only time XP has ever crashed is when my PSU was crapping out. Since replacing it, no more problems.

Makes me laugh when overclockers blame their software instead of their hardware. Especially when running non-standard voltages.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: shady06
i tried installing enter the matrix, 4 Cd's took about 20 minutes and had a fatal error each time. losat 40 minutes of my life that i'll never get back.

you sat there for 40 minutes waiting for it to install?!

 

[21Jumper]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: shady06
i tried installing enter the matrix, 4 Cd's took about 20 minutes and had a fatal error each time. losat 40 minutes of my life that i'll never get back.

you sat there for 40 minutes waiting for it to install?!

Hehe. That's what I was thinking. Seems there wasn't really a life to waste anyway.

 

[Brymo]

maybe you should buy ETM?

i am on xp, and downloaded it, and i still installed very fast.. its your system..

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Maleficus
2k > XP

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Corsairpro
I've used DOS, 3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2k, XP.... never used linux or anything like of that sort.

Personally, I think that windows has gotten much better since 98. I hate win98... errors like a mofo... and people hated WinME, but i NEVER had a problem. NOT ONE. 2k was used on a computer that had the VIA/Soundblaster problem so I got pissed and never used either again.... using XP for a year and a half... and by a margin, better than any MS OS IMO.

I don't like MS pricing, but I don't blindly think their OS is crap. As anything, there's always room for improvement, but its not crap or the suck or anything like that.

Yep Win98 was crap. For me personally Win ME was even worse when I tried it. Seemed slower, more bloated, and less reliable. But Win2k is absolutely awesome. I truly have no complaints at all.

 

[Dedpuhl]

I find it to be a rock solid OS.


The only BSOD(s) I've gotten have involved my 200gb WD harddrive. My mobo doesn't like it for some reason....

 

[Staples]

Originally posted by: Pilsnerpete
Thank you for helping me not to Google it, GT! I probly never would've gotten around to finding the answer as it seems pretty petty.

Also you will want the status bar when browsing files on your hard drive. I hate that Windows comes default with options such as hidding the status bar, hidding extensions of known types, hidding hidden files, large icons instead of details, etc. The thing you do is when you are in explorer, fix everything and in the folder options, click apply to all folders.