Who do I call to make a complaint?

[between]

 

[nanette1985]

In defense of the OP, I have a handicapped son and I know of a lot of charities, agencies, etc. who depend on donated and older computers. Windows 95 was a stable and usable product, and these charities have been hurt by the loss of microsoft support - and this at a time when donations are way down because of the economic situation. If there was a lot of notice, they didn't hear about it.

 

[LS8]

Originally posted by: fleabagI?m asking for is access to resources that are of little to no cost [to them] to maintain

Then you put up the money and do it yourself if it's so cheap.

 

[moparacer]

Am in a time warp or something???

It seems like forever since they discontinued support for 98 and they were still supporting 95???

95 was stable?!?!?

 

[LS8]

95b was very stable. 95c.... well, not so much. Stupid IE integration fux0red things a bit. MS didn't get it really working right until 98SE.

 

[fleabag]

Originally posted by: LS8

Originally posted by: fleabagI?m asking for is access to resources that are of little to no cost [to them] to maintain

Then you put up the money and do it yourself if it's so cheap.

If microsoft is SERIOUSLY so cheap as not want to do it, FINE I'll do it. But unfortunately at this time, because they took the stuff off, I can't do it even if I intend to create such a site. I'd be willing to pay microsoft $10 to give me a DVD with all the information related to their legacy OSes, then I'd manipulate that data and post it online. That way people such as myself who have legacy systems for what ever reason would be able to bring their systems the most up to date as possible.

 

[funkymatt]

Originally posted by: fleabag

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Out of curiosity.... what are your computer specs?

This is for a legacy machine that will be running multiple OS'. An NO I am not going to even consider using a virtual machine because it sucks for emulating games, programs etc. etc. Pentium I 150mhz 32mb Ram.

VM works fine for emulating games and programs, it isnt like you're going to get any better than 16bit color out of that machine anyways. what exactly are you trying to run that you know won't work thru VM?

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: fleabag

Originally posted by: LS8

Originally posted by: fleabagI?m asking for is access to resources that are of little to no cost [to them] to maintain

Then you put up the money and do it yourself if it's so cheap.

If microsoft is SERIOUSLY so cheap as not want to do it, FINE I'll do it. But unfortunately at this time, because they took the stuff off, I can't do it even if I intend to create such a site. I'd be willing to pay microsoft $10 to give me a DVD with all the information related to their legacy OSes, then I'd manipulate that data and post it online. That way people such as myself who have legacy systems for what ever reason would be able to bring their systems the most up to date as possible.

Dude, upgrade to XP or at worse 98. 95 was a piece of shit.

 

[Firebot]

Originally posted by: fleabag

Originally posted by: LS8

Originally posted by: fleabagI?m asking for is access to resources that are of little to no cost [to them] to maintain

Then you put up the money and do it yourself if it's so cheap.

If microsoft is SERIOUSLY so cheap as not want to do it, FINE I'll do it. But unfortunately at this time, because they took the stuff off, I can't do it even if I intend to create such a site. I'd be willing to pay microsoft $10 to give me a DVD with all the information related to their legacy OSes, then I'd manipulate that data and post it online. That way people such as myself who have legacy systems for what ever reason would be able to bring their systems the most up to date as possible.

You think that's bad???? My old NES can barely run games anymore. I have to blow in the cartridges to get them to work. I go to the store and they laugh in my face when I ask to buy an NES cleaning kit. I even called Nintendo and they said that support for the NES has ended and I can't even get it repaired. I was told I could play the games on Wii, and a friend said to just download an emulator and play the games on my computer and simply get with the times. They don't get it. I WANT MY NES I BOUGHT 20 YEARS AGO TO WORK JUST LIKE IT SHOULD DAMN IT. WHY DID NINTENDO REMOVE SUPPORT FOR THEIR FLAGSHIP SYSTEM!

THE HUMANITY!

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: fleabag

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
this is a joke, right? are you pissed you can't get leaded gas and whale oil too?

Funny that you bring that up because of ALL THINGS, I can get both of those things FAR EASIER than getting previously released knowledgebase and updates from microsoft.

I wouldn't be QUITE so annoyed if this hadn't happened out of the blue, that I had warning, etc. etc. Another issue is, even if I did have warning, I have absolutely NO IDEA how one would backup their entire database relating to their legacy products and downloads. Since this has happened to Windows 95, I'm super worried now that it's going to happen to Windows 98 and I have no plan of action to take.


I want a website that has everything Windows 3.1, 95, 98 etc. related, in its simplist form an archive of the Microsoft Website pertaining to those products. I don't understand why doesn't microsoft have a page such as archive.microsoft.com or microsoft.com/legacy.... The biggest reason I care about having all the information pertaining to these older OSs is not only because I'm a bit sentimental but I'd like to keep all this stuff for historial record, reference, etc.

You have plenty of options to take. Stop using archaic operating systems

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

What is your problem anyways?

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: princess ida
In defense of the OP, I have a handicapped son and I know of a lot of charities, agencies, etc. who depend on donated and older computers. Windows 95 was a stable and usable product, and these charities have been hurt by the loss of microsoft support - and this at a time when donations are way down because of the economic situation. If there was a lot of notice, they didn't hear about it.

And because the economy is going, it doesn't make much more sense or provide enough incentive for Microsoft to still host or offer support on legacy operating systems. Businesses everywhere are cutting costs everywhere and something has to go.

And OP: with the system spec you provided I'd imagine a VM would still perform better than that. Most of the drivers in a VM would be unified and probably have all their bugs ironed out.