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Upgrades in Microsoft leave debris in the registry and are not a great idea.
A fresh install is the best. F Disk and start over. Short of that, scandisk
(thorough), defrag and try again. Do you have a program that will allow you
to clean the registry such as Fixit, System Mechanic or RegCleaner?
Fix http://www.ontrack.com/fixit/fixitdemo.asp
System
http://www.iolo.com/sm/
Reg
http://www.jv16.org/
----- Original Message -----
From: "neo" <neo1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 8:03 AM
Subject: RE: Microsoft : Grave is ready Second Edition
> Somewhat off topic. I use 98. If I try to upgrade to SE from either the
disk
> or the web my system always locks up. Have tried it several times.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> neo
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Daniel Martinez
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 4:23 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Off Topic : Microsoft : Grave is ready. WARNING!!!
>
>
> Last year the Justice Department lost an appeal to the USA Supreme
> Court. Legal analysts are now saying there is little chance MSFT will
> be broken up. Moreover, with a new president in office, there is even
> less of a chance this will happen. I would like to see MSFT broken up
> because they have become too powerful. Not only do they have an O/S
> monopoly, but since 1997 they have taken over the Office software and
> programming language categories.
>
> I don't have any problem with MSFT having a monopoly with O/S's. We
> need a standard for all software app cos. to abide by. Personally I
> like my Win98 (1). I finally have it running the way I want. I'd
> like to upgrade to Win98 SE. However, I don't think it's right they
> control all 3 categories.
>
> I don't know why Rajesh doesn't like MSFT's products. I do not plan
> to upgrade to ME or XP yet because of the new copyright protection
> schemes they allegedly contain. See my old post to another forum
> below. If you have a lot of MP3's, you should be aware of this
> issue. Still, if someone needs to buy a new system next year, surely
> the O/S will be Windows ME/XP. All of the best trading related
> software is written in Windows. You cannot get around this.
>
> Daniel.
>
>
> ===================================
> WARNING!!! Windows ME & WHISTLER (Windows XP) Contain New Copyright
> Protection Schemes
>
> Windows ME & WHISTLER or Windows XP are supposed to come with the new
> Secure Audio Path (SAP) copyright protection schemes. They are
> designed to protect against users who like to download multimedia
> files (MP3's, MPEG's, etc...) and burn them onto CD-RW's. ME & XP
> defeat the purpose of having a PC. If M$ carries out this scheme,
> owning a PC is going to be as boring as it was during the '80's. It
> looks to me as though they are well on their way to implementation:
>
> The Register Feb 15, 2001:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/16959.html
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/16933.html
>
> This one has some alarming details:
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41614,00.html?tw=wn20010213
>
> It contains details about Secure Audio Path
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/psdk/wm_media/wmf
> orm/htm/understandingsecureaudiopath.htm
>
> Secure Audio Path (SAP) adds static to copyrighted files. It says SAP
> is already included in ME (but doesn't seem to be activated yet).
> "The SAP system was first included in Windows ME, and will be bundled
> in Windows XP". I think Windows Media Player 7 has these protections.
>
> ===================================
>
>
> Rajesh M wrote:
>
> > I have been an huge admirer of Microsoft. From what I see now this
> > time round Microsoft has surely dug its grave and is just building
> > the coffin for itself. Its only a matter of time.Microsoft will be
> > broken up. No amount of political lobbying is going to help
> > Microsoft this time round, i.e. if the politicians want to have the
> > people on their side. Eventually the free market and peoples power
> > will prevail. Microsoft will not be able to hide behind the
> > bushes. I for one will not be upgrading or buying any more office
> > products for my personal use. No XPs for me. Switching to Linux
> > (buggy but it sure would make me happy to support it). Unless
> > microsoft take a 180 degree turn right now ala Intel, the company as
> > you know it today will be history. When the Euphoria sets into the
> > pricing of MSFT I will be there on the top and will short it all the
> > way. Anyone here betting that I will have to chew and munch my
> > word? Regards Rajehs
>
>
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