My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Chrome 108.0.0.0, No Flash version detected

bruh it doesn't even work properly :skull:

I use Microsoft edge and windows 11

(edit: queen of the page)

INSERT-USER_NAME wrote:

I forgot, but when was the mouse pointer introduced?

Sometime during Windows 1.0's development.

(This didn't post last night!)
My browser / operating system: Windows Server 2003 / XP x64, Firefox 68.0, No Flash version detected

Also: This is not horrifying.

37liabur wrote:

Plus (pun intended), I made a project containing the startup and shutdown sounds from a theme from the Plus! expansion pack for Windows 98, namely the theme entitled “Garfield.”

Ooh, yeah. I've actually seen it first-hand on a 98 VM, thanks to widescreen, it didn't look so good.

Grew up using Windows XP and I still have a fondness in my heart for it. I just really like the look and function of old Windows even tho I use 10 and 11 now. I'd love to try using 3.1, 95, and 98 more often; I think I have an emulator for 95 that I tried to run some old games on.

PonyPokiPanikku wrote:

Grew up using Windows XP and I still have a fondness in my heart for it. I just really like the look and function of old Windows even tho I use 10 and 11 now. I'd love to try using 3.1, 95, and 98 more often; I think I have an emulator for 95 that I tried to run some old games on.

Well, it's surprisingly easy to make a VM for 3.1, you can even do it withing DOSBox if you do it right. I'm not sure how to do it myself, but don't worry, there are tutorials online for making VMs of even 1.0!

I think my VMs consist of: Windows 98, Linux, and Windows XP. I had a Windows 7 VM but it force upgraded to 10 so surprise surprise, I got rid of it. All of my stuff went missing anyway. :P

(Also, weren't you the first owner of Fictional Crushes?)

CaptainVictoria wrote:

PonyPokiPanikku wrote:

Grew up using Windows XP and I still have a fondness in my heart for it. I just really like the look and function of old Windows even tho I use 10 and 11 now. I'd love to try using 3.1, 95, and 98 more often; I think I have an emulator for 95 that I tried to run some old games on.

Well, it's surprisingly easy to make a VM for 3.1, you can even do it withing DOSBox if you do it right. I'm not sure how to do it myself, but don't worry, there are tutorials online for making VMs of even 1.0!

I think my VMs consist of: Windows 98, Linux, and Windows XP. I had a Windows 7 VM but it force upgraded to 10 so surprise surprise, I got rid of it. All of my stuff went missing anyway. :P

(Also, weren't you the first owner of Fictional Crushes?)

Cool!!
And yes, I was

PonyPokiPanikku wrote:

CaptainVictoria wrote:

PonyPokiPanikku wrote:

Grew up using Windows XP and I still have a fondness in my heart for it. I just really like the look and function of old Windows even tho I use 10 and 11 now. I'd love to try using 3.1, 95, and 98 more often; I think I have an emulator for 95 that I tried to run some old games on.

Well, it's surprisingly easy to make a VM for 3.1, you can even do it withing DOSBox if you do it right. I'm not sure how to do it myself, but don't worry, there are tutorials online for making VMs of even 1.0!

I think my VMs consist of: Windows 98, Linux, and Windows XP. I had a Windows 7 VM but it force upgraded to 10 so surprise surprise, I got rid of it. All of my stuff went missing anyway. :P

(Also, weren't you the first owner of Fictional Crushes?)

Cool!!
And yes, I was

I can link a tutorial into this topic at some point for anyone who needs one.

XD Yeah, I thought so! But *Augghh* it went so horribly wrong now. We are no longer allowed to have a topic by that name.

Windows XP is the best
Vista is the second best

SonicIn2022 wrote:

Windows XP is the best
Vista is the second best

I kind of agree, once Vista got all it's service packs, it was pretty good.

I wish so much that I could use XP though. If you can find a good antivirus and browser, the OS is actually very secure considering a lot of the old viruses are gone and all that's left are really Windows 10 viruses (Which could work with 7 as well).

CaptainVictoria wrote:

SonicIn2022 wrote:

Windows XP is the best
Vista is the second best

I kind of agree, once Vista got all its service packs, it was pretty good.

I wish so much that I could use XP though. If you can find a good antivirus and browser, the OS is actually very secure considering a lot of the old viruses are gone and all that's left are really Windows 10 viruses (Which could work with 7 as well).

what about Windows 7?

Auguust wrote:

CaptainVictoria wrote:

SonicIn2022 wrote:

Windows XP is the best
Vista is the second best

I kind of agree, once Vista got all its service packs, it was pretty good.

I wish so much that I could use XP though. If you can find a good antivirus and browser, the OS is actually very secure considering a lot of the old viruses are gone and all that's left are really Windows 10 viruses (Which could work with 7 as well).

what about Windows 7?

7 was a bad OS. It ruined Windows by deleting all of the useful features.

CaptainVictoria wrote:

SonicIn2022 wrote:

Windows XP is the best
Vista is the second best

I kind of agree, once Vista got all it's service packs, it was pretty good.

I wish so much that I could use XP though. If you can find a good antivirus and browser, the OS is actually very secure considering a lot of the old viruses are gone and all that's left are really Windows 10 viruses (Which could work with 7 as well).

I have a Windows XP VM and I don't have any viruses on it due to me disabling the Internet.

Welp, I suppose I should warn someone about this. Windows 10 disables your internet after declining the 11 upgrade. Not 100% of the time, but it does sometimes. It'll do this if you decline normal updates too.
To fix this, go into the control panel and enable it again. It's easier for me because I have ClassicShell installed, but control panel is still there somewhere.

Just remember, this is all a dirty business tactic to get you to upgrade to an OS that hasn't been fully tested for exploits, backdoors or glitches. I may sound like I'm going on a rant, but I'm really sick of feeling that way because this is a legitimate problem.

CaptainVictoria wrote:

My browser / operating system: Windows Server 2003 / XP x64, Firefox 68.0, No Flash version detected

Oh, h e l l o t h e r e !

thats surprising that you have no flash installed

CaptainVictoria wrote:

Welp, I suppose I should warn someone about this. Windows 10 disables your internet after declining the 11 upgrade. Not 100% of the time, but it does sometimes. It'll do this if you decline normal updates too.
To fix this, go into the control panel and enable it again. It's easier for me because I have ClassicShell installed, but control panel is still there somewhere.

Just remember, this is all a dirty business tactic to get you to upgrade to an OS that hasn't been fully tested for exploits, backdoors or glitches. I may sound like I'm going on a rant, but I'm really sick of feeling that way because this is a legitimate problem.

Yay, another reason to switch to Linux!

INSERT-USER_NAME wrote:

CaptainVictoria wrote:

Welp, I suppose I should warn someone about this. Windows 10 disables your internet after declining the 11 upgrade. Not 100% of the time, but it does sometimes. It'll do this if you decline normal updates too.
To fix this, go into the control panel and enable it again. It's easier for me because I have ClassicShell installed, but control panel is still there somewhere.

Just remember, this is all a dirty business tactic to get you to upgrade to an OS that hasn't been fully tested for exploits, backdoors or glitches. I may sound like I'm going on a rant, but I'm really sick of feeling that way because this is a legitimate problem.

Yay, another reason to switch to Linux!

I would switch to Linux in a heartbeat if I backed up my laptop, but since I haven't yet, I'm stuck. :P Anyway, the whole thing sucks. I feel like it's just not going to give me a choice at some point like it did back in the days of Windows 7.

-ElectronicArts- wrote:

CaptainVictoria wrote:

My browser / operating system: Windows Server 2003 / XP x64, Firefox 68.0, No Flash version detected

Oh, h e l l o t h e r e !

thats surprising that you have no flash installed

Unfortunately, I haven't gotten that to work on my VM.

Any tips on getting Flash Player to work on Windows XP?

bring up my post